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Lesley Jaycox / Monday, July 8, 2019
/ Categories: All Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Luke K. Rumbaugh

Education 

  • Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, 2016
    • Thesis title: Underwater chaotic lidar using blue laser diodes
  • M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, 2013
    • Thesis title: A 532 nm chaotic fiber laser transmitter for underwater lidar
  • B.S.E.E. Grove City College, 2007

Areas of Research

  • 3D imaging using conventional cameras, depth cameras, and lidar
  • Underwater optics and particle scattering
  • Wireless localization sensors
  • Underwater robotics and lake exploration

Courses

  • ELEE 201 Linear Circuits
  • ELEE 221 Signal Analysis
  • ELEE 251 Lab Skills & Prototyping
  • ELEE 310 Microcontrollers
  • ELEE 431/432 Communications
  • ENGR 217 Mechatronics II
  • ENGR 305 Labview
  • ENGR 451/452 Senior Capstone
  • Independent research and studies in 3D vision, digital signal processing, and image processing

Selected Publications (*indicates Grove City College student authors):

  • * DeMember, E., Bergey, A., Pipes, C., Stuyck, N., Rumbaugh, L. and Illig, D., 2023, September. Underwater Time of Flight Camera for Remotely Operated Vehicle Applications. In OCEANS 2023, Biloxi (pp. xx). IEEE.
  • Jantzi, A., Jemison, W., Athavale, P., Banavar, M., Bollt, E., Rumbaugh, L. and Illig, D., 2022, October. Underwater Time of Flight Camera Rangefinding with Backscatter Phasor Subtraction. In OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
  • * Rumbaugh, L.K., Will, J., Thomson, J.R., Jemison, W.D. and Illig, D.W., 2022, May. Experiments using a 525 nm time-of-flight camera for object imagining and ranging in clear and turbid water. In Ocean Sensing and Monitoring XIV (Vol. 12118, pp. 120-131). SPIE.
  • * Hunt, C.F., Young, J.T., Brothers, J.A., Hutchins, J.O., Rumbaugh, L.K. and Illig, D.W., 2020, October. Target detection in underwater LiDAR using machine learning to classify peak signals. In Global Oceans 2020: Singapore–US Gulf Coast (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  • Jantzi, A., Rumbaugh, L. and Jemison, W., 2019, May. Spatial coherence filtering for scatter rejection in underwater laser systems. In Ocean Sensing and Monitoring XI (Vol. 11014, pp. 20-29). SPIE.
  • Rumbaugh, L.K., Dunn, K.J., Bollt, E.M., Cochenour, B. and Jemison, W.D., 2016, May. An underwater chaotic lidar sensor based on synchronized blue laser diodes. In Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VIII (Vol. 9827, pp. 128-138). SPIE.

Ongoing Projects

  • PA DCNR: Autonomous underwater lake exploration vehicle.
  • Prototype system for Orbital Engineering: Off-grid wireless camera surveillance network.

What is the most important piece of advice you give students to help them succeed? 

Student success usually comes shortly after the student chooses to own the problem at hand.

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LastnameRumbaugh
TitleAssociate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Office Phone Number724-458-2045
Email AddressRumbaughLK@gcc.edu
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