215 Bryan Hall Tel. Since 1980, Professor Rode has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Washington University. Work in optoelectronics and fiber optics involves high-speed optical interconnects using fiber optics and polymer optical waveguides to replace slower electrical interconnects in future advanced electronic systems.
Work is in progress on new types of fiber- optic sensors.
These materials also open the possibility of optoelectronic performance in the near-ultraviolet and blue regions of the optical spectrum. He is the Director of the Optoelectronics Research Laboratory, as well as the incorporator and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Conference on Gallium-Arsenide Manufacturing Technology, which he has served as Treasurer since its founding in 1986. T. S. Barry, D.L. Rode and R. R. Krchnavek, Photonic Device Engineering for Dual-Use Applications, SPIE vol. 2481, Orlando, April 17-18, 1995. IEEE J.of Lightwave Tech.