Ratnajeevan Hoole
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Professor Ratnajeevan Hoole |
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| Native name | ரத்னஜீவன் ஹூல் |
| Born | 15 September 1952 |
| Other names | Jeevan Hoole |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Occupation | Academic |
Professor Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole (born 15 September 1952; commonly known as Ratnajeevan Hoole) is a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer and academic.
Hoole was born on 15 September 1952. He is the son of Rev. Richard Herbert Ratnathurai Hoole and Jeevamany Somasundaram. He was educated at Nallur CMS Practising School and St. John's College, Jaffna. He was offered a position to study at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1970 but as there were too many Tamil students at Peradeniya he was transferred to the Ceylon College of Technology, graduating from the University of Sri Lanka Katubedda campus in 1975 with a B.Sc degree in electrical engineering. He received a M.Sc. in electrical machines and power systems from the University of London in 1977 and a Ph.D. in electromagnetic field computation from Carnegie Mellon University in 1983. In 1993 he received a D.Sc. in computational electromagnetics from the University of London.
Hoole is married to Dushyanthi Hoole, a fellow academic from the Michigan State University. They have three daughters (Mariyahl Mahilmany, Elisapeththu Elilini and Annahl Anbini) and a son (Yovahn Yesuraiyan Ratnajeevan). He is the brother of Rajan Hoole. Hoole is a Christian and a member of the Church of Ceylon. He holds dual Sri Lankan and US citizenship.
Hoole was an instructor in electrical engineering at University of Sri Lanka Katubedda campus for a brief period in 1975 before moving to Singapore in 1976 to work as an engineer for an engineering consultancy firm. He was a lecturer in electrical engineering at The Polytechnic, Ibadan between 1977 and 1980. In 1981 he was a Westinghouse Intern and a teaching assistant at McGill University and in 1982 he was a graduate assistant at Carnegie Mellon University. Hoole worked for PA Consulting Services between 1983 and 1984 before joining Drexel University in September 1984 as an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. He joined Harvey Mudd College in July 1987 as an associate professor before being promoted to professor in January 1992. He took sabbatical leave from 1993 to 1994 to be a senior fellow at the National University of Singapore. Hoole left Harvey Mudd College in 1997 to work as a visiting professor at the Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy (1997) and as UNESCO professor of information technology (1998-99).
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