Mitchell, Steve
    Senior Lecturer
  
  
 Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
  
    Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
    2128 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
  
   	  
    
  
  
    
  
Education
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
 - M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
 - B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
 
Courses Developed
ENME489Y: Remote Sensing
Fundamentals of active and passive remote sensing technologies for autonomous navigation and terrain mapping. Lidar, radar, and computer vision. Semester project: design, integration, and deployment of lidar sensor using Raspberry Pi, OpenCV, and Python.
Courses Taught
- ENME350: Electronics & Instrumentation I
 - ENME351: Electronics & Instrumentation II
 - ENME392: Statistical Methods for Product & Process Development
 - ENME462: Vibrations, Controls, & Optimization II
 
Selected Publications & Patents
- Thayer, J. P., S. Mitchell, and M. Hayman, Remote measurement of shallow depths in semi-transparent media, U.S. Patent No. 9,476,980. 25 Oct. 2016.
 - Mitchell, S., Why not see the forest and the trees, LiDAR News 5.4 (2015): 31-35.
 - Mitchell, S. E., and J. P. Thayer (2014), Ranging through shallow semitransparent media with polarization lidar, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 31(3), 1 Mar 2014.