James M. Conrad, Ph.D., PMP
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNC Charlotte

Office:  Woodward 210C, Labs:  Woodward 211 (research), Woodward 203 (teaching).

Phone: 704-687-8597, Fax: 704-687-4762

Snail Mail:  UNC Charlotte ECE Department, Woodward Hall 246, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001

UNCC email:  jmconrad@uncc.edu

Spring 2008 office hours:  When the door is open, and MW 3:15 - 4:30 pm.

James M. Conrad received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from North Carolina State University.   He is currently an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and as an instructor at North Carolina State University. He has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina.  Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).  He is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society.  He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.


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Classes that Dr. Conrad Teaches

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Papers:

Author of over 50 published papers/book chapters and three books (see my list of publications, with links to the papers)


The Stiquito Microrobot

Stiquito is a small, simple, and inexpensive six-legged robot that has been used as a research platform to study computational sensors, subsumption architectures, neural gait controllers, emergent behavior, cooperative behavior, and machine vision. Stiquito has also been used to teach science in primary, secondary, and high school curricula.

Now available: Stiquitotm Controlled! Making a Truly Autonomous Robot, James Conrad, ISBN 0-4714-8882-8, Wiley Books, February 2005.  Go here for addition information and support.
Dr. Conrad was interviewed for the "Mecklenburg Neighbors" section of the Charlotte Observer, and the story and a HUGE picture appeared in the September 29, 2004 issue.  The topic was StiquitoClick here to read the story.

Dr. Conrad was a speaker at the TI Developer Conference in Houston in February 2005.   He will talked about Stiquito, a robotic bug, and how he used the TI MSP430 processor for controlling the robot.  Check out the presentation here.

          
See the information from the 2001 ECE292B class, Intro to Stiquito and Microprocessors.  Also has a 40 second spot that showed up on local TV.

  Also check the Stiquito Homepage for more Stiquito information!


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