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Bio-Inspired Technology Laboratory
Dr. Rolf Mueller directs the Bio-Inspired Technology Lab where his main research goal is the development of bio-inspired technology, furthering his work developing robots inspired by bats. He has been conducting interdisciplinary research that bridges gaps between engineering and the disciplines of physics, computer science and biology.  Dr. Mueller's main received a Ph.D. in 1998 at the University of Tuebingen, Germany where he developed computational models for the biosonar system of bats. While during postdoctoral research at Yale University's Department of Electrical Engineering from 1998-2000, he worked on biosonar-inspired autonomous robots and statistical signal processing methods in natural outdoor environments. He returned to Tuebingen University in 2000 to set up a new lab developing robots inspired by bats. In 2003, he joined The Maersk Institute of Production Technology at the University of Southern Denmark as an assistant professor followed by a professorship at Shandong University in China. Mueller' has published 25 peer-reviewed articles and given more than 40 conference presentations. He was recently nominated for a Taishan Scholar endowed professorship, has received a Top Ten Scholars Award from Shandong University, was awarded Tuebingen University's 1999 Dissertation Award, and held a NATO Post-Doctoral Fellowship. His work has been featured by international media such as Nature, Physics Today, Popular Science magazine, and the BBC.
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