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Prof. Ted Rappaport, professor of electrical engineering, has been asked by Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine to serve on the state’s “Broadband Roundtable”, a project that will have Dr. Rappaport working with former Virginia Governor Mark Warner and Virginia’s Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra to develop strategies to accelerate broadband connectivity to rural homes and businesses in Virginia.  Governor Kaine said Rappaport was selected because of his strong national reputation in wireless communications. Rappaport will also be working on a one year research grant with Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative to implement wireless broadband last-mile internet access in towns throughout south side and southwest Virginia.  Rappaport was on the electrical engineering faculty at Virginia Tech for 14 years before joining The University of Texas and creating the Wireless Networking and Communications Group in 2002.  Dr. Rappaport holds the William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering and is also the Jack Kilby / Texas Instruments Endowed Faculty Fellow in Computer Engineering.