Robert Weissbach

Chair, Department of Engineering Technology School of Engineering and Technology

Phone:: 317-274-7799
Email:: rweissba@iupui.edu

Department:: Engineering Technology
Campus:: IUPUI

ET 201P
799 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5195

Dr. Robert Weissbach is the Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, he worked at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division on the design and construction of submarine turbine generator sets. His research interests are in Renewable Energy, Energy Storage, and Engineering Education. He has recently been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation on a multi-institutional grant to improve engineering student writing competency using non-technical peer writing tutors. He is registered as a Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, and serves as a Program Evaluator for ABET in their Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). He has also served the Engineering Technology Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) as Vice-Chair for Annual Programs, Division Chair, and Past-Chair.

Selected Publications:

†Vance, D., Razban, A., Schubert, P., and Weissbach, R. Investigation into Sizing Photovoltaic with Energy Storage for Off-Grid Transactive Scenarios. Energies2021, 14(4), 1062.
†Jones, L., Renguette, C., Pflueger, R., Weissbach, R., Sorge, B., Ice, D., Meckley, J., Rothrock, M., and Dasgupta, A. Replication of a Tutor-Training Method for Improving Interaction Between Writing Tutors and STEM Students. Praxis, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 59 – 73, 2020.
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.
Rasouli, Mohammad, Weissbach, Robert, and Yeung, Deryck. Introducing Advanced Control Methods to Undergraduates Using a State Space Model of a Synchronous Generator. Journal of Engineering Technology, pp. 16 – 29, Fall 2017.
Weissbach, Robert S., Joseph W. Snyder, Edward R. Evans Jr, and James R. Carucci Jr. Industrial Sponsor Perspective On Leveraging Capstone Design Projects To Enhance Their Business. American Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE) 8, no. 1 (2017): 13-22.