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Virginia Tech
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vt.edu Email: ijacobs

Title: Professor

Education:
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1955
M.S., Purdue University, 1952
B.S., College of the City of New York, 1950

Experience:
Bell Laboratories; MTS 1955-60, Supervisor 1960-62, Department Head 1962-67, Director 1967-1987; directed the development of AT&T's initial terrestrial fiber optic systems.

Teaching Interests:
Fiber optics, Telecommunications


Research Interests:
Fiber optic communication system performance, architecture, and technology, Application to long-distance systems, local area networks, CATV distribution, and wireless interfaces