Harpreet Dhillon
Associate Dean For Research And Innovation, College Of Engineering
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolHarpreet Dhillon is a professor and engineering leader at Virginia Tech, currently serving as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and the W. Martin Johnson Professor of Engineering. With a Ph.D. from UT Austin and over eight years in senior academic roles, he bridges deep technical research in wireless communications and networks with strategic research leadership. His work spans electrical and computer engineering and, by courtesy, mathematics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to problems like capacity scaling, energy-harvesting networks and national security–relevant wireless systems. He has progressed from postdoctoral and faculty fellow roles to interim department head and college-level leadership, evidencing an ability to translate research excellence into institutional impact. Based in Blacksburg, he combines academic rigor with practical industry experience from internships at places like Bell Labs, Samsung, and Qualcomm. An understated strength is his consistent cross-cutting collaboration across academia, industry, and national security institutes, enabling applied research that informs both policy and technology.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinMS Electrical Engineering, MS Electrical Engineering at Virginia TechB.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering, B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiGithub contributions (5)
stochastic-geometry/SRWP-Drones
Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
stochastic-geometry/TwoHop-Drones
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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