Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Process engineering and machine design
Ways to Contact:
E-mail: rohrbach@eos.ncsu.edu
On-Campus: Emeriti Office
184 Weaver Labs
Phone: 513-0323
Fax-515_57760
Alternative: Phone BAE Secretary 515-3121
and ask to have your contact information forwarded.
Dr. Roger Rohrbach retired on March 1st after serving on the BAE faculty for more than 35 years. Roger joined the Department in 1968 with a PhD from The Ohio State University. His appointment was split between research and teaching. His research included work on precision planting, blueberry harvesting, sorting of grapes and blueberries, singulation of pine seedlings, and rapid chemical analysis of blueberries. During his career he published three books, received eleven patents, and either authored or co-authored 114 publications and papers.
For twenty-seven years, Roger taught the senior design course in the BAE department. The experience which undergraduates received in the course is frequently mentioned by our alumni as a high point in their undergraduate program at NCSU. As a mentor to students, Roger took pride in sharing both the frustrations and the successes of students as they worked on their design projects.
For the past three years, Dr. Rohrbach's academic program activities have primarily involved planning for our ABET accreditation review which will take place October 24-26th; chairing the Computer Committee in the College of Engineering where a great deal of effort has been put into a student owned computing initiative; and working with a University-wide group to develop plans for student "Learning in a Technology Rich Environment." Roger has very capably led our planning efforts for ABET and has planned teaching faculty retreats during the past three years to evaluate and modify our curricula to meet the objectives established by the Department. We are happy that Roger, although retired, has agreed to continue to work half-time through the remainder of 2004 in order to complete ABET review reports and keep us "on track" throughout the review process.
