Articles published in refereed journals
Englund, R. B., and Weissbach, R. S., “Interdisciplinary laboratory exercises for the design and construction of an LVDT position measurement system,” Journal of Engineering Technology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 8-12, 2002.
Weissbach, R. S., Karady, G. G., and Farmer, R. G., “A combined uninterruptible power supply and dynamic voltage compensator using a flywheel energy storage system,” IEEE Transactions in Power Delivery, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 265-270, 2001.
Ford, R. M., Weissbach, R. S., and Loker, D.R., “A novel DSP-based LVDT signal conditioner,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 768-773, 2001.
Weissbach, R. S., Karady, G. G., and Farmer, R. G., “Dynamic voltage compensation on distribution feeders using flywheel energy storage,” IEEE Transactions in Power Delivery, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 465-471, 1999.
Articles published in refereed proceedings
Weissbach, R., Rynders, M., and Loker, D., “Phase Lock Loop Control System Lab Development,” Proceedings, 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, paper #1150, June 2011.
Loker, D., Weissbach, R., and Henry, A., “Conveyor Control System Project,” Proceedings, 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, paper #1607, June 2011.
Weissbach, R., and Cheers, J., “Markov Based Estimation of Energy Storage Requirements Accounting for Seasonal Variations,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Paper #2010GM1014, Minneapolis, MN, July 2010.
Weissbach, R., Wang, W., Coulston, C., and Tang, M., “Relative Cost of Fault-Tolerant Transmission for Connecting Distributed Resources,” Proceedings, 2010 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition, no. 2010TD0297, 5 pp., New Orleans, LA, April 2010.
Barote, L., Weissbach, R., Teodorescu, R., Marinescu, C., and Cirstea, M., “Stand-alone wind system with vanadium redox battery energy storage,” 11th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM), vol. 2, no. 2G16, Brasov, Romania, May 2008.
Weissbach, R. S., Teodorescu, R. E., and Sonnenmeier, J. R., “Comparison of time-based probability methods for estimating energy storage requirements for an off-grid residence,” IEEE Conference on Global Sustainable Energy Infrastructure (IEEE Energy 2030), no. 1040, Atlanta, GA, November 2008.
Wang, W., Weissbach R., and Tang, M., “Predicting the learning performance of artificial intelligence systems using non-homogeneous Poisson process models,” [best paper award] Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference (ANNIE'07), 6 pp., 2007.
Weissbach, R., and Aunkst, I., “A microcontroller-based solar panel tracking system,” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Session 2433, Honolulu, HI, June 2007.
Weissbach, R., and Goodrich, J., “Developing positive teaming in a product development and entrepreneurship course using an off-campus weekend seminar,” Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Session 2454, Chicago, IL, June 2006.
Kussmaul, C., Farris, J., Goodrich, J., Howe, S., and Weissbach, R., “Facilitating entrepreneurship education at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI’s): Proposed functional and temporal models,” Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Session 2254, Chicago, IL, June 2006.
Kussmaul, C., Farris, J., Goodrich, J., Howe, S., and Weissbach, R., “Institutionalizing entrepreneurship education at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI’s): Proposed functional and temporal models,” Proceedings of the 2006 National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (CIIA) Annual conference, Portland, OR, March 2006.
Weissbach, R., and Kephart, L., “Hybrid renewable energy system analysis for off-grid Great Lakes residential housing,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Session 2433, Portland, OR, June 2005.
Weissbach, R., Goodrich, J., and Ford, R., “Lessons learned and best practices in multidisciplinary teamwork and teaching of a small product realization course,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Session 1654, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.
Weissbach, R., “Hardware experiments in feedback control systems using a geared DC motor,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Session 1793, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.
Nitterrright, F., Roth, J., and Weissbach, R., “Broadening the scope of a material science course by experimentally testing the effects of electricity on metallic test specimen’s material properties,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Session 3264, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.
Ford, R., Goodrich, J., and Weissbach, R., “A multidisciplinary business and engineering course in product development and entrepreneurship,” IEEE Frontiers in Education, Savannah, GA, November 2004.
Coulston, C., and Weissbach, R. S., “Routing transmission lines via Steiner Trees,” Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE PES General Meeting, paper PES2003-000391, 4 pp., July 2003.
Weissbach, R. S., and Meyers, T. S., “Honors thesis work in renewable energy for an undergraduate student,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Session 2433, ID #2185, 9 pp., 2003.
Loker, D. R., and Weissbach, R. S., “Simulation of DTMF encoder and decoder using LabView,” Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, pp. 362-366, 2002.
Fucik, O., Zemcik, P., Loker, D., Ford, R., and Weissbach, R., “A flexible DSP platform for LVDT signal conditioning,” Proceedings of the Electromotion 2001 Conference, pp. 183–188, 2001.
Gray, R., and Weissbach, R. S., “Industrial collaboration for an interdisciplinary elective in applied system design and remote diagnostics,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Session 1347, ID #768, 7 pp., 2001.
Torres, K. M., Loker, D. R., and Weissbach, R. S., “Introducing 9-12 grade students to Electrical Engineering Technology through hands-on laboratory experiences,” Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference, Session F2E, pp. P2E 12-F2E 16, 2001.
Weissbach, R. S., and Torres, K. M., “A noninverting buck-boost converter with reduced components using a microcontroller,” Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2001, pp. 79-84, 2001.
Gray, R., and Weissbach, R. S., “Integration of Satcom and GPS into a technology curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, session 3549, ID #1910, 8 pp., 2000.
Weissbach, R. S., Loker, D. R., and Ford, R. M., “Test and comparison of LVDT signal conditioner performance,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 1143-1146, 2000.
Ford, R. M., Weissbach, R. S., and Loker, D. R., “A DSP-based modified Costas receiver for LVDT position sensors,” IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 1448-1452, 2000.
Weissbach, R. S., and Kuntz, R. A., “Teaching power electronics in a technology classroom,” Proceedings of the ASEE North Central Section Spring Conference, pp. 192-196, 1999.
Weissbach, R. S., Karady, G. G., and Farmer, R. G., “Model and simulation of a flywheel energy storage system at a utility substation using an induction machine,” Proceedings of the 60th American Power Conference, vol. 60, no. II, pp. 906-910, 1998.
Weissbach, R. S., Karady, G. G., and Farmer, R. G., “Series voltage compensation on distribution feeders using flywheel energy storage,” Proceedings of the 30th North American Power Symposium, pp. 175-182, 1998.