Robert Heath

Robert W. Heath Jr. received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is a Distinguished Professor at the North Carolina State University. He was previously a Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

Heath is a leader in the field of signal processing for wireless communications, especially to multiple antenna wireless communication systems (also known as MIMO systems) and communication systems operating at millimeter wave frequencies. He has published more than 700 academic papers in these areas and holds 55 U.S. patents in wireless communication. His research has been widely recognized through best paper awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP). He also received the EURASIP Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He was a distinguished lecturer in the IEEE Signal Processing Society and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He is currently an elected member of the Board of Governors for the IEEE Communications Society, and is a past member of the Board of Governors for the IEEE Signal Processing Society.

Heath is a frequent consultant to the wireless industry, through his company MIMO Wireless Inc., and is serving on the technical advisory board of several startup companies. His research at has been widely funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and a number of companies in diverse areas of wireless communication.

Heath is also a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, a Private Pilot, and a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.