3032 Eaton Hall
1520 West 15th Street
Lawrence KS 66045-7621
Education:
Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University, 1979
M. S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
B. S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1966
Teaching:
Detection and Estimation Theory
Information Theory and Coding
Wireless Communications
Communications System Design
Detection and Estimation Theory
Service:
IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference Steering Committee, 1996-2007
Technical Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Sydney
Chair, Kansas Bioscience Authority Task Force on Eminent Scholars, 2005-2006
NSF Proposal review panelist, 2004 and 2005
Visiting panelist to review programs and proposals for:
University of Nebraska System, 2005 and 2007
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008
Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 2006
Research:
Wireless communications
Spread-spectrum communications
Information theory and coding
Space surveillance
Affiliations:
Memberships:
American Society for Engineering Education
U. S. Sen. Pat Roberts’ Advisory Committee on Science, Technology, and the Future 1999-2007
Board of Directors, International Engineering Consortium, Inc.
Board of Directors, Lawrence-Douglas County Bioscience Authority, Inc. 2006-2008
Board of Directors, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education, 2005-2008
Honors:
Ronald J. Schmitz Award for Outstanding Service to the Frontiers in Education Conference, 2004
Fellow of the IEEE
Selected Publications:
L. Vijayan and J. A. Roberts, "BER Performance of 2-D Rake Receivers in DS-CDMA over Frequency-Selective, Slow Rayleigh Fading Channels," IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 434-436, Oct. 2002.
M. Thaker, J. B. Evans, and J. A. Roberts, "Evaluation of Media Access Control Protocols for Broadband Wireless Local Loop Applications and Recommended Design Improvements," in Proceedings of the 2003 WNCG Wireless Networking Symposium, Austin TX, Oct. 22-24, 2003. (5 pages)
D. Trajkov, J. B. Evans, and J. A. Roberts, "Spectrum Sharing for Directional Systems," in Proceedings of the 2006 International Workshop on Technology and Policy for Accessing Spectrum (TAPAS), in association with the 2006 ACM Wireless Internet Conference (WICON), Boston MA, 5 Aug. 2006. (7 pages)
V. Petty, R. Rajbanshi, D. Datla, F. Weidling, D. DePardo, P. Kolodzy, M. Marcus, A. Wyglinski, J. Evans, G. Minden, and J. Roberts, "Feasibility of Dynamic Spectrum Access in Underutilized Television Bands," in Proceedings of 2007 IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Dublin, Ireland, 17-20 April 2007. (9 pages)
J. A. Roberts, "Industry Funding of University Research: Can it Replace Federal Funding?" in Future Directions for Federal Research Funding, Merrill Advanced Studies Conference Report No. 111, (M. Rice, Ed.), pp. 50-56, Valley Falls KS, June 21, 2007.
J. Roberts, K. Demarest, and G. Prescott, "What is Electrical Engineering Today and What is it Likely to Become?" in Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Saratoga NY, Oct 22-25, 2008. (Accepted)
