David W. Petr

David W. Petr is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Kansas (KU). He is affiliated with the Information and Telecommunications Technology Center (ITTC) at KU.

• BSEE from Southern Methodist University (1976)
• MSEE from Stanford University (1978)
• Ph.D. from University of Kansas (1990)

His research spans signal processing for music applications, multihop wireless networks, network traffic modeling, performance analysis, and network resource management. He has also focused on enhancing student confidence in engineering education.

Prof. Petr has received multiple teaching honors, including the Kemper Teaching Fellow and Sharp Professor of Engineering titles, as well as the Henry E. Gould Award for Undergraduate Engineering Advising. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and part of several honor societies.

• Kemper Teaching Fellow (2005)
• Sharp Professor of Engineering (2000-2002)
• Henry E. Gould Award (2013)
• Senior Member, IEEE
• Eta Kappa Nu
• Tau Beta Pi
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

He worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories (1977-1986) on digital PBXs, speech coding, and packet networks, earning three patents. He served as a Visiting Professor at Tennessee State University (1983-84), Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury (2000), and Fulbright Scholar at TU-Graz (2016). He contributes to the Information and Telecommunications Technology Center (ITTC) at KU.