| Faculty |
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Professor, EECS
ITTC Lab Affiliation(s)
Communications and Networking Systems Laboratory
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| Contact Info |
| Primary Office: |
251 Nichols
ITTC--Univ of KS
2335 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, KS 66045-7612 |
| Phone: |
(785)864-7762 |
| Fax: |
(785)864-0387 |
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| Secondary Office: |
2001C Eaton (2050)
1520 W 15th St
EECS -- Univ of KS
Lawrence, KS 66045-7621
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| Phone: |
(785)864-8823 |
| Fax: |
(785)864-3226 |
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| Email Address: |
petr@eecs.ku.edu |
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| Awards |
- W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, 2005
- Harry Talley Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003
- Sharp Teaching Professorship, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, 2000-2003
- Ben Dasher Best Paper Award, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education conference, 2000
- Visiting Erskine Fellowship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2000
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 1999
- Runner-up for Harry Talley Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, 1996
- Senior member, IEEE, 1991
- Nominee for NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow, University of Kansas, 1991
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| Biography |
David W. Petr is a Professor in the Electrical and Engineering and Computer Science Department and the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center at the University of Kansas. From 1977 to 1986 he was employed by AT&T Bell Laboratories, working in the areas of digital PBXs, digital transmission systems, packet communication networks and protocols,and speech coding. He was awarded three patents related to this work and was an internal Bell Laboratories candidate for the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award in 1984. While pursuing his doctoral degree, he received the 1987 IEEE Frank A. Cowan Scholarship for graduate studies in communications.
Education:
- PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1990
- MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1978
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 1976
Teaching:
integrated telecommunication networks, analysis of communication networks, random signal theory, optimization with communication applications, introduction to communication systems, signal analysis, circuits
Research Interests:
Traffic and congestion management for communications networks, traffic integration and quality of service (QoS) for wireless and wireline networks, performance analysis and simulation, evaluation of students' confidence in answers.
Professional Affiliations:
Senior Member of the IEEE, member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
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