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Biography of Theodore S. Rappaport
(Fellow IEEE)
(S'83-M'84-S'85-M'87-SM'90-F'98)
revised 8/99
Theodore S. Rappaport received
BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in 1982,
1984, and 1987, respectively. Since 1988, he has been on the
Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering faculty, where
he is the James S. Tucker Professor and founding director of
the Mobile & Portable
Radio Research Group (MPRG), a university research and teaching
center dedicated to the wireless communications field. In 1989,
he founded TSR Technologies, Inc., a cellular radio/PCS manufacturing
firm that he sold in 1993. He received the Marconi Young Scientist
Award in 1990 and an NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship in 1992.
In 1996, he received Honorable Mention for the G. Holmes MacDonald
Outstanding Teaching Award, an honor given by Eta Kappa Nu to
electrical engineering professors age 35 or younger.
Dr. Rappaport has authored, co-authored
and co-edited 14 books in the wireless field, including the popular
textbook Wireless Communications: Principles & Practice (Prentice-Hall,
1996), Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications: IS-95 and
Third Generation CDMA Applications (Prentice Hall, 1999), and
several compendia of papers, including Cellular Radio & Personal
Communications: Selected Readings (IEEE Press, 1995), Cellular
Radio & Personal Communications: Advanced Selected Readings
(IEEE Press, 1996), and Smart Antennas: Selected Readings (IEEE
Press, 1998). He has co-authored more than 135 technical journal
and conference papers and holds 3 patents. He serves on the editorial
board of International Journal of Wireless Information Networks
(Plenum Press, NY), is a Fellow of the IEEE, and is active in
the IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology societies. Dr.
Rappaport is also chairman of Wireless
Valley Communications, Inc., a microcell and in-building
design and development firm. He is a registered professional
engineer in the state of Virginia and is a Fellow and past member
of the board of directors of the Radio Club of America. He has
consulted for over 20 multinational corporations and has served
the International Telecommunications Union as a consultant for
emerging nations.
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