Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, 08/1998
M.S. Electrical Engineering, RPI-Hartford Graduate Center, 08/1990
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 12/1987
Recipient of the Frederick J. Berger award, ASEE, 2021
Weissbach, R. and Pflueger, R., "Collaborating with Writing Centers on Interdisciplinary Peer Tutor Training to Improve Writing Support for Engineering Students," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 206 – 220, June 2018
Vance, David, Ali Razban, Peter Schubert, and Robert Weissbach. "Investigation into Sizing Photovoltaic with Energy Storage for Off-Grid Transactive Scenarios." Energies 14, no. 4 (2021): 1062.
Akbari, Rasoul, Afshin Izadian, and Robert S. Weissbach. "Quasi self-excited DFIG-based wind energy conversion system." IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 57, no. 3 (2021): 2816-2824.
Pflueger, Ruth, Jonathan Meckley, Robert Weissbach, and Corinne Renguette. "Training writing tutors to improve their support for engineering students’ technical reports." In 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2019.
Rasouli, Mohammad, Robert Weissbach, and Deryck Yeung. "Introducing Advanced Control Methods to Undergraduates Using a State Space Model of a Synchronous Generator." Journal of Engineering Technology 34, no. 2 (2017): 16-29.
Industry Engagement:
Assistant/Associate Professor of Engineering, Penn State Behrend, 8/1998 - 6/2016
Teaching & Research Assistant, Arizona State University, 8/1994 - 8/1998
Engineer/Senior Engineer, General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, 7/1988 - 7/1994
Test/Quality/Software Engineer, IBM Corporation (co-op), 1/1986 - 5/1987
My Research Interests
Undergraduate Technical Writing with Peer Tutors, Estimating Energy Storage Needs
Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, Power Electronics, Engineering Education
rweissba@purdue.edu
317-274-7799