William Tranter

William H. (Bill) Tranter currently serves as Bradley Professor of Communications at Virginia Tech and as Director of the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1970. Bill moved to Virginia Tech after holding various academic and administrative positions at the University of Missouri - Rolla from 1969-1996 including Assistant/Associate Dean of Engineering (1980-1985) and Schlumberger Professor of Electrical...See more

William H. (Bill) Tranter currently serves as Bradley Professor of Communications at Virginia Tech and as Director of the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1970. Bill moved to Virginia Tech after holding various academic and administrative positions at the University of Missouri - Rolla from 1969-1996 including Assistant/Associate Dean of Engineering (1980-1985) and Schlumberger Professor of Electrical Engineering (1985-1996). In addition to his academic positions, Bill has held short-term positions with the Sperry Rand Corporation, NASA (both the Huntsville and the Houston centers), and the U.S Army. In 1995, Bill served as an Erskine Fellow at Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand. Bill is a Fellow of the IEEE and has been very active within the IEEE. He has served on both the Educational Activities Board and the Awards Board. Within the IEEE Communications Society Bill served as Director of Publications, member of the Board of Governors, and Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. In 2002-2003 Bill served as Vice President of the IEEE Communications Society with responsibility for Technical Activities. He currently serves as Director of Education. See less