 He was professor of engineering and science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute between 2008 and 2010.Hoole returned to Sri Lanka in September 2010 (the LTTE had been defeated by the Sri Lankan military in May 2009) to co-ordinate the establishment of the University of Jaffna's new Faculty of Engineering.In December 2010 the senate of the University of Jaffna once again elected Hoole to be one of three nominees to be the university's vice-chancellor.