Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Purdue University |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Wireless communications |
Institutions | New York University, The University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Tech |
Doctoral advisor | Clare D. McGillem |
Theodore (Ted) Scott Rappaport (born November 26, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American electrical engineer and the David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering and founding director of NYU WIRELESS.[4]
He has written several textbooks, including Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice[5] and Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications (2014).[6]
In the private sector he co-founded TSR Technologies, Inc.[7] and Wireless Valley Communications, Inc.[8][9] In the academic setting he founded academic wireless research centers at Virginia Tech,[10] the University of Texas at Austin,[11] and New York University.[12]
His 2013 paper, "Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work!"[13] has been called a founding document of 5G millimeter wave.[14] He was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018,[15] and to the Wireless Hall of Fame in 2019.[16] He was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2021 for contributions to the characterization of radio frequency propagation in millimeter wave bands for cellular communication networks.[17]