Arkansas Center for Environmental Studies

Degrees

B.S., Physics, Arkansas State University, 1978.

M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1980. (Specialization: Semiconductor Growth and Characterization.)

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1983. (Specialization: Electrodeposition of Semiconductor Thin Films.)

Professional Registration

Licensed as a Professional Engineer (Electrical Engineering) in Arkansas.

Professional Experience

1982-1983: Instructor, Department of Engineering; Arkansas State University.

1983-1986: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Arkansas State University.

1986-1992: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Arkansas State University.

1987: Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA Lewis Research Center Photovoltaic Branch, Cleveland, Ohio.

1992: Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Huntsville, Alabama.

1992-present: Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Arkansas State University.

1998: Granted "Graduate Faculty" status as a core/charter faculty member in ASU's new Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences program.

Biographical Sketch

Robert D. Engelken, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department Engineering at Arkansas State University, received the B.S. in Physics from Arkansas State University in 1978, the M.S.E.E. from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1980, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1983.

Dr. Engelken rose through the academic ranks at the Arkansas State University from Instructor to Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Engineering between 1982 and 1992. He currently serves as the Director of the Optoelectronic Materials Research Laboratory at Arkansas State University and as the senior faculty member and coordinator of the ASU electrical engineering program. Dr. Engelken has participated in various NASA research projects. He served as a Summer Faculty Fellow in 1987 at the NASA Lewis Research Center Photovoltaics Branch in Cleveland, Ohio and in 1992 at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He has also had numerous research and development projects funded by other agencies such as NSF, NIH, the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, and now EPA; several of these have been in partnership with industry or other institutions such as the various campuses of the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas-Arlington. He is a CO-investigator, along with faculty of the University of Arkansas- Little Rock and the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, in the Arkansas Advanced Photovoltaic Materials Research Center funded through the NASA/Arkansas EPSCoR program. He has been a symposium/session coordinator at conferences of the Electrochemical Society and the Arkansas Academy of Science and has reviewed numerous publications, books, and research proposals for various journals, publishers, and funding agencies, respectively. He served for several years as a member of the Science Advisory Committee of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority. He has spearheaded development of a solid undergraduate instruction and research program in semiconductors and thin films, as well as the ASU electrical engineering program as a whole. In 1983 he chartered and has since served as Faculty Counselor of the ASU Student Branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was granted graduate faculty status in 1998 as core/charter faculty member in ASU?s new Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences program.

His research has resulted in well over a hundred publications and presentations in semiconductor and metal thin film deposition, particularly electrodeposition and chemical bath deposition, as well as engineering education. In 1987, he was granted a U.S. patent for a novel nonaqueous process for chemical deposition of tin sulfide films. He is a member of IEEE, the Electrochemical Society, the American Association for Engineering Education, and the Arkansas Academy of Science.


		Robert D. Engelken Professor of Engineering Arkansas State University Tel: (870)972-3421 E-mail: bdengens@NAVAJO.ASTATE.EDU Degrees B.S., Physics, Arkansas State University, 1978. M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1980. (Specialization: Semiconductor Growth and Characterization.) Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1983. (Specialization: Electrodeposition of Semiconductor Thin Films.) Professional Registration Licensed as a Professional Engineer (Electrical Engineering) in Arkansas. Professional Experience 1982-1983: Instructor, Department of Engineering; Arkansas State University. 1983-1986: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Arkansas State University. 1986-1992: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Arkansas State University. 1987: Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA Lewis Research Center Photovoltaic Branch, Cleveland, Ohio. 1992: Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Huntsville, Alabama. 1992-present: Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Arkansas State University. 1998: Granted "Graduate Faculty" status as a core/charter faculty member in ASU's new Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences program. Biographical Sketch Robert D. Engelken, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department Engineering at Arkansas State University, received the B.S. in Physics from Arkansas State University in 1978, the M.S.E.E. from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1980, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1983. Dr. Engelken rose through the academic ranks at the Arkansas State University from Instructor to Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Engineering between 1982 and 1992. He currently serves as the Director of the Optoelectronic Materials Research Laboratory at Arkansas State University and as the senior faculty member and coordinator of the ASU electrical engineering program. Dr. Engelken has participated in various NASA research projects. He served as a Summer Faculty Fellow in 1987 at the NASA Lewis Research Center Photovoltaics Branch in Cleveland, Ohio and in 1992 at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He has also had numerous research and development projects funded by other agencies such as NSF, NIH, the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, and now EPA; several of these have been in partnership with industry or other institutions such as the various campuses of the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas-Arlington. He is a CO-investigator, along with faculty of the University of Arkansas- Little Rock and the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, in the Arkansas Advanced Photovoltaic Materials Research Center funded through the NASA/Arkansas EPSCoR program. He has been a symposium/session coordinator at conferences of the Electrochemical Society and the Arkansas Academy of Science and has reviewed numerous publications, books, and research proposals for various journals, publishers, and funding agencies, respectively. He served for several years as a member of the Science Advisory Committee of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority. He has spearheaded development of a solid undergraduate instruction and research program in semiconductors and thin films, as well as the ASU electrical engineering program as a whole. In 1983 he chartered and has since served as Faculty Counselor of the ASU Student Branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was granted graduate faculty status in 1998 as core/charter faculty member in ASU?s new Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences program. His research has resulted in well over a hundred publications and presentations in semiconductor and metal thin film deposition, particularly electrodeposition and chemical bath deposition, as well as engineering education. In 1987, he was granted a U.S. patent for a novel nonaqueous process for chemical deposition of tin sulfide films. He is a member of IEEE, the Electrochemical Society, the American Association for Engineering Education, and the Arkansas Academy of Science.