David Matolak

David W. Matolak received the B.S. degree from The Pennsylvania State University, M.S. degree from The University of Massachusetts, and Ph.D. degree from The University of Virginia, all in electrical engineering.

He has over 25 years’ experience in communication system research, development, and deployment, with industry, government institutions, and academia, including AT&T Bell Labs, L3 Communication Systems, MITRE, and Lockheed Martin. He has over 250 publications and eight patents. He was a professor at Ohio University (1999-2012), and since 2012 has been a professor at the University of South Carolina. He has been Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, visting scientist/professor at NASA, NIST, the German Aerospace Center, and L3Harris Technologies. Professor Matolak is a Distinguished Lecture of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and he has delivered several dozen invited presentations at a variety of international venues. His research interests are radio channel modeling and communication techniques for non-stationary fading channels. Prof. Matolak is a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of standards groups in RTCA and ITU, and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, URSI, ASEE, and AIAA