William P. Osborne
Dean, College of Engineering
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
WILLIAM P. OSBORNE
William P. Osborne joined the University of Texas at Dallas in September 1995, as Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science and Ericsson Chair. He came to UTD from New Mexico State University, where he was Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, holder of the Carden Chair and the Director of the Center for Space Telemetering and Telecommunications Systems.
Prior to his career in higher education Dean Osborne spent twenty years in the telecommunications industry. His roles in industry included seven years as VP Engineering and then President of Comsat Technology Products, a division of Communications Satellite Corporation in Washington, D.C. While at Comsat, he led the company in its successful entry into the data communications business area using very small aperture terminals (VSAT's). Dean Osborne also spent eight years at Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Florida, where he rose to the level of VP of Engineering for the Satellite Communications Division. He also served as president of Telinq, a small telecommunications company in Richardson, which became a division of the ADC Corporation of Minneapolis.
One of Dean Osborne's goals while at UTD has been to strengthen the research and educational links between UTD and the high-technology business community in Dallas and Richardson. He continues to work at achieving this goal through involvement with the Telecom Corridor ® Technology Business Council (TBC) and the School's Advisory Council. Another main goal is to assist the School in increasing student enrollment, (which is up 250% in the last six years), and faculty appointments while enhancing diversity in both groups. Dean Osborne is also actively engaged in strengthening the School's research with programs such as the recently announced Texas Telecommunications Education Consortium (TxTEC) in which he is a board member.
Dr. Osborne is also on the broad of Directors of @Track Communications in Richardson, SigmaTel Corporation in Austin, and the Technical Advisory Board of CenterPoint Broadband Communications in San Jose, as well as the Advisory Boards for Electrical Engineering at New Mexico State University and Kansas State University.
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