Dr. Robert Bass is an assistant professor and the program director of the Renewable Energy Systems bachelors degree program (BSRES) at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Portland, Oregon. He is also a member of the Oregon Renewable Energy Center, OREC. Dr. Bass joined the full-time OIT faculty in September of 2005.

In addition to running the BSRES program, Dr. Bass also specializes in teaching courses on electrochemistry, electromechanical energy conversion, electric power, circuit fundamentals, photovoltaic systems, renewable energy systems, fuel cells, solid-state materials and power electronics. He has also taught numerous electronic engineering technology courses.

Dr. Bass received his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004 under the direction of Dr. Arthur Lichtenberger. His dissertation research centered on sub-micron device fabrication methods, sub millimeter-wave and quasi-optical circuit design, and unique fabrication technologies for superconducting terahertz heterodyne receivers.