Home > Faculty & Staff > Dennis Derickson

Teaching and Research Interests

Radio frequency/microwave design
Test and Measurement techniques for digital and optical communications
High speed data access for underserved rural markets
Optical measurement techniques for industrial & scientific markets

Resources

• File: Background and Plans
  
• File: digital communications test and measurement intro at Design Con 2008
  
• File: Fall 2008 Projects Call
  This is a list of Masters and Senior Projects starting in Fall of 2008. Let me know if you are interested in any of these projects.
• File: grad student opportunity- april 2 2008
  Graduate Student Opportunity - April 2-2008
• File: IMS2008 Conference Paper
  Mike Bernacil, Shane OConnor, and Dennis Derickson authored a paper for the 2008 IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology International Microwave Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia.
• File: NEW BOOK! - Digital Communications Test and Measurement
  Here is a new book I edited with Marcus Mueller of Agilent
• File: SGDBR lasers
  
• File: spring 2008 project call
  Are you interested in any of these projects?
• File: Winter 2008 Project Call
  Are you interested in any of these projects?
• File: FPGA senior project spring 2008
  Ivan Bland, James Wu and Jeff Rowley(project sponsor)are shown together during a project review. This project involved configuration of a Xilinx FPGA evaluation board.
• File: graduate students 07-08
  
• File: Kyle Woolrich MS Defense
  In May 2008 Kyle Woolrich had his thesis defense. His project was a link simulator including doppler, delay, noise and fading features.
• File: Mike Bernacil Thesis Defense
  Mike Bernacil defended his thesis in May of 2008. Mike developed an optoelectronic method of microwave signal generation.
• File: Photonics Overview at Cal Poly
  
• File: Shane OConnor MS defense
  Shane OConnor had his thesis defense in May of 2008. His project was to produce a fast sweep rate test signal using SGDBR lasers.
• File: 07 RMAP open house booth
  The RMAP club displayed an walk-in pin hole camera at the 2007 Cal Poly open house.
• File: 2008 RMAP party
  This picture shows a potato cannon being fired at the 2008 RMAP party.
• File: Michael Ragsdale Senior Project
  Take a look at the nice photos from an RC plane with GPS tracking
• File: Mike Biller Thesis Defense
  Mike Biller defended his MS Thesis in May of 2008. His work was to extend the bandwidth of a digital signal path. Lou Shrinkle, the project sponsor, is shown with Mike Biller in the picture.
• File: RMAP 08 open house booth
  The 2008 Cal Poly open house booth for the RF, Microwaves and Photonics Club (RMAP) is shown.
• File: senior project requirements
  
• RF Microwaves and Photonics (RMAP) Call for Industrial Partners
• File: GaN amplifier sp
  
• File: RMAP Labs in Action
  
• File: analog ic characterization sp
  
• File: auto aligning interferometer sp
  
• File: mems beem steering sp
  
• File: robot control from chair sp
  
• File: Tunable Laser sp
  
• File: Join the SPIE student Chapter