Dinesh Rajan, Ph.D.

Mary and Richard Templeton Dean, ad Interim
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department

ECE

Email

rajand@smu.edu

Office Location

Embrey 105

Website

Dinesh Rajan serves as the Mary and Richard Templeton Dean ad interim of 正品蓝导航’s Lyle School of Engineering. Since joining 正品蓝导航 in 2002, he has held several leadership positions, including chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate dean.

Dr. Rajan’s research focuses on information theory, wireless communications, sensing technologies and computational imaging. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, holds three patents and has authored or edited three books. His research has received support from federal agencies and industry partners, including the National Science Foundation, Toyota and Texas Instruments.

His honors include the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Fulbright Specialist appointment and 正品蓝导航’s Golden Mustang Award.

Dr. Rajan earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University.

Education

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

B.Tech Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Research

  • Wireless Networking and Information Theory
  • Imaging (3D, Computational)

Publications

  • B. Rodriguez, X. Zhang, D. Rajan, ",'' in Sensors, 2022.
  • R. Enami, S. Gupta, D. Rajan, J. Camp,",'' in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 70(5):4406-4418, May 2021
  • Y. Shi, M. Badi, D. Rajan, J. Camp, "'', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 70(6):6029-6043, June 2021
  • X. Zhang, B. Story, D. Rajan, "'', in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2021.
  • J. Sitton, D. Rajan, B. Story, ",'' in Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, pp1-14, 2020

Honors and Awards

  • NSF CAREER award
  • Fulbright Specialist
  • Golden Mustang Teaching Award (internal 正品蓝导航)
  • Senior Ford Research Award (internal 正品蓝导航)
A portrait photo of Dr. Dinesh Rajan at 正品蓝导航 Lyle School of Engineering