CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Personal Details

 

Name:                       Richard D. J. van Nee                 

Address:                   Lekdijk 82

                                 3999NX Tull en ‘t Waal

                                 The Netherlands

Date of birth:             January 17, 1967

E-mail:                      rvannee@gmail.com

 

 

Education

 

1985 - 1990:              M.Sc. degree (Cum Laude) from Twente University, The Netherlands

 

1990 - 1995:              Ph.D. degree (Cum Laude) from Delft University, The Netherlands

 

 

Professional Experience

 

1995:                        Consultant for NovAtel Communications, Calgary, Canada

 

1995 - 2001:              Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Research

 

2001 - 2006:              Director of Algorithms and cofounder of Airgo Networks

 

2006 – Present:           Senior Director at Qualcomm in Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

 

Other Achievements

 

  • Session chairman at IEEE VTC 1999.
  • Supervised several students for their M.Sc. thesis project.
  • Gave a one-day tutorial on OFDM at IEEE VTC 2000.
  • Lectured part of the graduation course ‘Radio Positioning and Navigation’ at Delft University of Technology.
  • Lectured parts of two PATO (post academic technical education) courses.
  • Gave a 2-day post-graduate course at Aalborg University on OFDM for Mobile Communications in 2003.
  • Wrote a book on OFDM together with Ramjee Prasad entitled ‘OFDM for Mobile Multimedia Communications’
  • Wrote a chapter in two other WiFi related books, including the “Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications”, edited by Proakis.
  • Holds over 100 patents.
  • Served as an expert witness in several WiFi related lawsuits.
  • Won the Dutch Veder Award in 2002 for decisive contributions to the WiFi standards.