Bal Virdee

Bal S. Virdee (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in communications engineering from the University of Leeds, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of London, U.K. He has worked in industry for various companies, including Philips, U.K., as a Research and Development Engineer and Teledyne Defence and Space as a Future Products Developer in RF/microwave communications. He has taught at several academic institutions before joining London...See more

Bal S. Virdee (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees in communications engineering from the University of Leeds, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of London, U.K. He has worked in industry for various companies, including Philips, U.K., as a Research and Development Engineer and Teledyne Defence and Space as a Future Products Developer in RF/microwave communications. He has taught at several academic institutions before joining London Metropolitan University, where he is currently a Senior Professor in communications technology with the School of Computing and Digital Media, where he is also the Head the Communications Technology Research Center. His research, in collaboration with industry and academia, is in wireless communications encompassing mobile-phones to satellite-technology. He has chaired technical sessions at IEEE international conferences and published numerous research papers. He is an Executive Member of IET's Technical and Professional Network Committee on RF/Microwave-Technology. He is a fellow of IET. See less