Dr. Chuck LaBerge
Non-Tenure Track
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
He/Him/His/Himself
About
Professor of the Practice of CSEE; UPD 2014-2019; joined UMBC in 2008 after 33 years with Aeronautical Research and Development organizations of Honeywell and its predecessor companies; chair of RTCA SC-222 2008-2021; 2018 UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology Award for Teaching Excellence. 2020 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Award for Teaching Excellence. 2022 Diane Lee Award, 2023 UMBC Alumni Outstanding Faculty Award; UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor, 2025-2028
Research interests
Communication and coding theory, radio frequency interference to safety critical aeronautical radios.
Teaching interests
Intro to Engineering, Intro Circuit Theory, Signals and Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Probability and Random Processes, Capstone I/II, Intro to Professional Practice, Information Theory, Communication Theory, Error Correcting Codes, System Engineering, Communication Systems.
Education
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Ph D, Electrical Engineering
— UMBC (2003) On Turbo-Coded Hybrid ARQ Techniques Constrained by Time-Division Multiplex Signal Formats
- MS, Electrical Engineering — The Johns Hopkins University (1975)
- BS, Electrical Engineering — The Johns Hopkins University (1974)
Grants and Contracts
- Creating a Community of Transfer Scholars in Computing and Information Technology 2015
Patents and Intellectual Property
- MEMS based multiband receiver architecture 2013
- System and method to deterministically and dynamically prevent interference to the operation of safety-of-life radio equipment 2013
Courses Taught
- Basic Circuit Theory