William Harrington Tranter
Bradley Professor of Communications
Director: Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group
Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room 451 Durham Hall - 0350
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Office Phone: (540) 231-2961 FAX: (540) 231-2968
email: btranter@vt.edu

• B.S.E.E.  - University of Alabama, 1964

• M.S.E.E. - University of Alabama, 1965

• Ph.D. - University of Alabama, 1970
  (Major: Electrical Engineering, Double Minor: Applied Mathematics)

THESIS TITLES:

• M.S. - "An Exponential Digital Filter for Real Time Use"

• Ph.D. - "Theory and Analysis of AM-Baseband Systems"

TECHNICAL AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Digital Signal Processing

• Wireless Communication Systems

• Digital Communication Systems

• Computer-Aided Design, Analysis, and Performance Evaluation of Communication Systems

1997 - Present

Bradley Professor of Communications and Director of the
Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group
Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1985 - 1997

Schlumberger Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla

1984 - 1985

Associate Dean of Engineering for Graduate Affairs and Research
University of Missouri-Rolla

1980 - 1984

Assistant Dean of Engineering for Graduate Affairs and Research
University of Missouri-Rolla

1976 - 1984

Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla

1972 - 1976

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla

1969 - 1972

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
William H. Tranter
University of Missouri-Rolla

1965 - 1969

Instructor and Research Associate
University of Alabama

Jan. 1996 – June 1996

Visiting Erskine Fellow, Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

July 1995 - Dec. 1995