Cooklev shares expertise in wireless communications with students across the globe

Many who watch the stock market understand the impact of technology on the global economy. im体育’s Todor Cooklev trains the technology leaders of tomorrow.

A im体育 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cooklev focuses on most aspects of wireless communications, including software and hardware architectures, particularly how to build the chips that allow cellular and 无线网络 networks to function.

“We see the technology these leading companies are developing and how it is transformative,库克列夫说。, “and the reason why is they have changed the way people live. 这是一个公司的标准. 如果你能改变人们的生活方式, 那么成功就有保证了, and wireless communications has been a very big part of that. We can’t live without 无线网络, and now we can’t imagine how people lived without it.”

Everything in today’s society from communications, 娱乐, and business transactions runs through wireless applications. Look at what happened during July when an interruption in services paralyzed much of the nation’s air travel for a day. 后果持续了几个星期.

进入PFW的第17个年头, Cooklev said he loves working with students to apply advanced mathematics and science to develop technology that later becomes very successful and significant, particularly when used to solve practical problems. In August, Cooklev was named a Fulbright Scholar in electrical and computer engineering.

“One avenue of research is how will future wireless cellular networks be built?库克列夫说。. “There are technologies that allow different ways to build the cell tower—more efficient ways to build cell towers. These days, the impact of wireless/cellular is such that society cannot function without these. 没有它，什么都不会发生.”

Sherif Elfayoumy, the Steel Dynamics Dean of the College of College of Engineering, 技术, 和计算机科学, said he appreciates Cooklev’s receptiveness in sharing his knowledge with those attending PFW.

“He has a tremendous national and international reputation, 还有他的身材, his accessibility to work with our students in the classrooms, 在实验室里也是一样, and with the extracurricular activities such as in the clubs, 非常重要,Elfayoumy说. “You cannot find availability in many places.”

Cooklev recently published an undergraduate textbook called “Modern Communications Systems: A First Course” that was co-written with the im体育 of Michigan’s Andrew E. Yagle. It is being used in more than 200 universities in the U.S. 国际上有100多家. 除了库克列夫的研究, the book shares his experiences developing technology and standards for communications systems before joining academia. During that part of his professional career, 他致力于蓝牙技术的创新, 无线网络, DSL, 以及用于蜂窝服务的4G标准.

Cooklev said industry engineers believed 无线网络 could be successfully used in computers, but never dreamed it could be as successful in overall use as it has become.

The book is designed to prepare undergraduate students for graduate school or careers in the leading semiconductor companies. Cooklev is currently on sabbatical writing another book.

随着技术的进步, Cooklev believes students should have higher aspirations as well.

“I want our students to think more about how they can be leaders nationally and internationally,库克列夫说。, while also suggesting too often the emphasis is on attaining jobs in northeast Indiana, or the state in general—which he supports—but students should not limit their potential.

“Our students and our communication with them should instill these thoughts about how they can become leaders,库克列夫说。. “Northeast Indiana is capable of so much more, and we want northeast Indiana to be a very competitive place. We want to compete with the best, and we can, and I think our students should be thinking this way.”