Daniel Angloher is applying for a Master's program in Robotics, Cognition, and Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich. His professor, Robert Deotte Jr., writes a letter of recommendation highlighting Daniel's strong research and technical skills. Daniel has mastered complex fluid flow measurement systems and developed an inexpensive nephelometer to measure particle concentrations. The professor places Daniel in the top three or four of all undergraduate students he has supervised and encourages admitting Daniel to the program while providing a graduate research assistantship.

1. West Texas A&M University
School of Engineering and Computer Science
18 February 2016
Graduate Admissions Office
The Technical University of Munich
RE: Daniel Angloher
I write this letter in support of the application of Daniel Angloher for admission into the program
for Master of Science in Robotics, Cognition, and Intelligence.
• I have known Daniel Angloher since he approached me about a job in my research lab
about two years ago. He was relaxed and confident. I told him I had no positions open
but he continued to visit with me until I decided to use discretionary funds to employ
him.
• I have not had Daniel in any classes; my whole exposure to him has been as a researcher
in my lab. He has taken the initiative to learn complex instrumentation and the
supporting software. I work in fluid and aerosol mechanics and have state-of-the-art fluid
flow measurement systems including a particle imaging velocimeter, which Daniel has
mastered.
• The project on which Daniel is working is development of an inexpensive nepholometer
for measuring particle concentrations in a rural agricultural environment. For this he has
developed skill in computational fluid dynamics modeling with particle tracking and has
applied those results to direct the design of the nephelometer.
• In addition to working with the PIV system to measure fluid velocity fields, Daniel has
instrumented the nephelometer to make real-time measurements of concentrations of
aerosols. We are nearing the point where laboratory testing will yield to field testing and
prototyping.
• Mr. Angloher demonstrates inquisitiveness, perseverance, and intellectual insight.
• The quality of work Daniel has done for me is likely to be publishable in a higher level
environmental engineering journal. I expect one or two papers at conferences and one or
two refereed journal publications.
Of the twenty-five to thirty undergraduate students I have supervised in research, I easily place
Daniel in the top three or four. I would be pleased to have him as a graduate student if his
continued research interests aligned with mine. I certainly encourage you to not only admit him,
but to provide him with a graduate research assistantship.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
ROBERT E. DEOTTE JR, PHD, PE, PG
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office Phone: (806) 651-8781
Lab Phone: (806) 651-8780
Email: rdeotte@wtamu.edu