Challenges of Passive and Active RFID Infrastructure (Active RFID Summit 2005)

Dr Robb Clarke, Assistant Professor
Michigan State University, United States
 

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Presentation Summary

  • Compatibility issues with a complex read environment
  • Resolution versus Range, Active Tag Solutions
  • Modeling Tag behavior in a University Environment
  • Future Research Issues for Active RFID and Sensory Networks

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Michigan State University (MSU) is located three miles east of Lansing, Michigan's Capitol. MSU is a member of the Association of American Universities, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and the Big Ten athletic conference. The University has more than 200 programs of study offered by fourteen degree-granting colleges and an affiliated law college. An Association of Research Libraries member, the libraries have a collection of 4.5 million volumes across nine branches.

Speaker Biography (Robb Clarke)

Dr. Robb Clarke is an Associate Professor in Packaging at MSU. Prior to teaching, he had a 17-year industrial career. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on RFID and Packaging, Packaging Operations and Quality Issues, Material Handling and Distribution Packaging, and Supply Chain Issues.
 
He has a degree in Packaging, an M.B.A. in Marketing, a Ph.D. in Engineering Management, and a 2-year research position in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, England.
Dr. Clarke began research into RFID in 1997 and founded the MSU Auto-ID Testing Laboratory in 1999. The lab utilizes undergraduate and graduate students for independent testing and research projects involving Auto-ID technologies.