Ulrich

Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde
Honorary Professor

Specialization: Microwave circuits, (Amplifiers, Oscillators and Mixers ) as well as Frequency Synthesizers

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About

Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Microwave Engineering a the Universites of Oradea, Romania, and Cottbus, Germany . He received a PhD from Clayton University, USA in 1978., a Dr.Ing. from the Technical University of Germany 2004 on Microwave Oscillators and holds several honorary Doctorates .In 2011, he earned the Dr.-Ing habil. Degree from the University of Cottbus, Germany. He is currently also the Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corporation,Paterson, New Jersey. In 2014, he joined IIT Delhi as Honorary Professor in Centre for Applied Research in Electronics. Visit the Website

Work Experience

Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde has served honorary positions in various organisations

  • 1985 : Present Chairman, Synergy Microwave Corporation, Paterson, New Jersey
  • 1977 : Present President of Communications Consulting Corporation, Marco Island, Florida
  • 1982 : 1985 Managing Director of the military communication division, RCA Corp., Camden, New Jersey
  • 1974 : 1982 President, Rohde & Schwarz USA, Fairfield, New Jersey
  • 1973 : Present Partner, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co., KG, Munich, Germany
  • 1985 : 1997 President, Compact Software, Inc., Paterson, New Jersey
  • 1968 : 1974 Director of military communication systems division, AEG Telefunken, Ulm, Germany
  • 1965 : 1968 Design Engineer, responsible for development of cable repeaters, United States Underseas Cable Corp., Cologne, Germany

Honors

  • 2014: IFCS C. B. Sawyer Award recipient, IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2011: List of Divine Innovators of November 2011, Microwave Journal
  • 2011: Honorary senator at Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, Germany
  • 2010: Golden Badge of Honor from the Technical University, Munich, Germany
  • 2008: Honorary member of the Senate of the Department of Defense University in Munich, Germany
  • 2006: DeForest Audion Gold Medal from the Veteran Wireless Operators Association
  • 2006: Selected to be part of the Microwave Legends: Through innovation and invention, these 45 people, places, and things have shaped the microwave industry, Microwave & RF Magazine
  • 1997: Awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Grosswardein
  • 1997: Awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Technical University of Klausenburg
  • 1979: Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from Clayton University, Missouri

Appointments

  • June, 2014: Appointed Honorary Professor, IIT Delhi, India
  • June, 2014: Appointed Chief Judge of IEEE IMS 2014, Student Design Competition, Tampa, Florida
  • June, 2014: Appointed Ph.D. Defense Committee Member at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  • May, 2014: Appointed Ph.D. Defense Committee Member at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • Effective April, 2014: elected Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Academy of Science, Munich, Germany
  • November 2013: Honorary Member of the Bavarian Academy of Science, Munich, Germany
  • April 2013: Appointed to the Board of Trustees, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (EMFT), Munich, Germany
  • February 2012: Appointed Visiting Lecturer at the Technical University (TU) Munich, Germany
  • April 18, 2002: Appointed Honorary Professor of RF and Microwave Technologies at the University of Cottbus, Germany
  • November 2001: Appointed Visiting Professor of RF and Microwave Technologies at the University of Cottbus, Germany
  • October 1, 1998: Appointed Honorary Visiting Professor of Electronic and Microwave Engineering by the University Of Bradford, England
  • May 1997: Appointed Professor of Electrical Engineering and Microwave Technology at the University Of Oradea, Romania
  • 1997 - 2006: Member of the Board of Directors Ansoft Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; now part of Ansys, Inc
  • 1990 to 1992: Appointed Visiting Research Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Newark, New Jersey
  • 1982: Appointed adjunct professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, George Washington University, Washington DC
  • 1977: Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Dr. Rohde has 45 patents and has published more than 200 scientific papers in professional journals, contributed a chapter entitled "Oscillators and Frequency Synthesizers" of the Handbook of Microwave and Optical Components, 2nd Edition by Kai Chang, published in 2003, contributed a chapter entitled "Frequency Synthesizers" to The Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications by John G. Proakis, published in 2003, as well as nine current books as listed:

  1. Introduction To Differential Calculus with co-authors G.C. Jain, Ajay K. Poddar and A.K. Ghosh, by John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2012;
  2. Introduction To Integral Calculus with co-authors G.C. Jain, Ajay K. Poddar and A.K. Ghosh, by John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2012;
  3. Microwave Circuit Design Using Linear and Nonlinear Techniques (with co-authors George Vendelin and Anthony M. Pavio) Second Edition by John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2005; First Edition January 1990;
  4. The Design of Modern Microwave Oscillators for Wireless Applications Theory and Optimization (with coauthors Ajay K. Poddar and Georg Boeck) by John Wiley & Sons, NY, May 2005;
  5. Communications Receivers, Third Edition, with co-author Jerry Whitaker was published by McGraw-Hill, in December 2000 (in 2003 this book was translated into Chinese); Second Edition 1997, First Edition 1983;
  6. RF/Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Applications, with co-author David P. Newkirk, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., April 2000. In addition, the second edition of this book together with Matthias Rudolph was published by the end of 2012;
  7. Microwave and Wireless Synthesizers: Theory and Design, John Wiley & Sons, August 1997;
  8. Digital PLL Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design, Prentice-Hall 1983;
  9. Transistoren bei hoechsten Frequenzen; in German, by Verlag F\FCr Radio-Foto-Kinotechnik GMBH, BerlinBorsigwalde, 1965/1969, (on microwave transistors).

Memberships

  1. Fellow Member of the IEEE
  2. Invited Session Chair and contributor to many IEEE, MTT shows, and related meetings
  3. Member of the IEEE Technical Committee for HF, VHF, and UHF Technology MTT-17
  4. Member of the IEEE Signal Generation and Frequency Conversion MTT-22
  5. ETA KAPPA NU Honor Society
  6. Executive Association of the Graduate School of Business-Columbia University, New York
  7. The Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association
  8. Fellow of the Radio Club of America
  9. Past Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Contact Information

 

Name Prof.Dr.-Ing. habil. Ulrich L. Rohde
Primary Email rohdeu@tu-cottbus.de
Secondary Email ka2weu@aol.com
Telephone (+001)-9738818800; (+001)-2013147551; (+49)-3550695662
Website Visit the Website