# List of Georgia Institute of Technology faculty

This list of Georgia Institute of Technology faculty current and former faculty, staff and presidents of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

## Administration
### Institute presidents

| Name Department Notability References Ángel Cabrera President: 2019 - present George P. "Bud" Peterson President: 2009 - 2019 G. Wayne Clough President: 1994 - 2008 the first alumnus to become President of Georgia Tech; separated the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy, and International Affairs into the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; returned the College of Management to "College" status John Patrick Crecine President: 1987 - 1994 initiated the establishment of the College of Computing (the first computing college in the US), the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy, and International Affairs, and the College of Sciences; served as Chairman of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and as President of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation; active member of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games before and after Atlanta was chosen as host for the Centennial Games Joseph M. Pettit President: 1972 - 1986 Arthur G. Hansen President: 1969 - 1971 Edwin D. Harrison President: 1957 - 1969 racial integration began under his presidency Blake R. Van Leer President: 1944 - 1956 instrumental in making the school and Atlanta the first major research center in the American South Marion L. Brittain President: 1922 - 1944 establish the David Guggenheim School of Aeronautics; established the first ROTC unit in the Southern United States; got accreditation for the Institute by SACS; attributed with providing the vision and securing the finances to move Georgia Tech away from its roots as a teaching-oriented trade school and towards a new focus on science and technology Kenneth G. Matheson President: 1906 - 1922 oversaw the school's transition from a trade school to a technological university; pioneered the bill that would eventually result in the establishment of the GTRI Lyman Hall President: 1896 - 1905 noted for his aggressive fundraising and improvements to the school; opened the first textile engineering school in the Southern United States; established new degrees: electrical engineering, civil engineering, textile engineering, engineering chemistry; was an infamous disciplinarian, punishing the entire senior class because they came home a day late from Christmas vacation Isaac S. Hopkins President: 1888 - 1896 | George P. "Bud" Peterson Isaac S. Hopkins |

### Other administration

| Name | Department | Notability |
| Jean-Lou Chameau | Civil engineering | Georgia Tech's Provost (2001-2006); President of California Institute of Technology (2006-present) |
| Richard DeMillo | Computer Science | Dean of the College of Computing (2003-2008); former director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center |
| Don Giddens | Aerospace engineering | Dean of the College of Engineering (2007-2011) |
| George C. Griffin | Civil engineering | Dean of Men (1946-1964); known as "Mr. Georgia Tech" |
| Gary S. May | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Dean of the College of Engineering (2011-present) |

### Natural sciences

| Name Department Notability References Jean-Luc Brédas Chemistry One of the top 100 most cited chemists in the world; awarded 1997 Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences; 2000 Quinquennial Prize of the Belgian National Science Foundation Edward M. Burgess Chemistry inventor of the Burgess reagent, Secretary/Treasurer of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society Paul J. Crutzen Chemistry Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Predrag Cvitanović Physics researcher in nonlinear dynamics, especially periodic orbit theory Turgay Uzer Physics Researcher in nonlinear dynamics, especially applied to atomic and molecular systems Mostafa El-Sayed Chemistry Director of Georgia Tech's Laser Dynamics Laboratory David Finkelstein Physics (emeritus) Henry S Valk Physics (emeritus) Helen E. Grenga Chemistry Georgia Tech's first female professor | Paul J. Crutzen |

### Engineering

| Name Department Notability References James D. Meindl Electrical and Computer Engineering Nico F. Declercq Mechanical Engineering nondestructive testing, especially in acoustics, ultrasonics, and acousto-optics Russell Dupuis Electrical and Computer Engineering made pioneering contributions to metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and continuous-wave room-temperature quantum-well lasers Bruce R. Ellingwood Civil and Environmental Engineering member of the National Academy of Engineering Magnus B. Egerstedt Electrical and Computer Engineering roboticist; major contributor to the theory of hybrid and discrete event systems, and in particular, the control of multi-agent systems; 2003 NSF CAREER Award recipient Wassim M. Haddad Aerospace Engineering IEEE Fellow; member of the Academy of Nonlinear Sciences; Presidential Faculty Fellow Ayanna M. Howard Electrical and Computer Engineering named one of the world's top young innovators of 2003 by the Technology Review journal Michael Massimino Industrial and Systems Engineering NASA astronaut; adjunct professor Gary S. May Electrical and Computer Engineering Dean of College of Engineering Robert C. Michelson Georgia Tech Research Institute & Aerospace Engineering Principal Research Engineer Emeritus (GTRI) and Adj. Assoc. Professor (AE); progenitor of the field of aerial robotics Panagiotis Tsiotras Aerospace Engineering Ben Wang Industrial Systems and Engineering holds the Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing, and is the Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Ben Zinn Aerospace Engineering former international soccer player for both Israel and the United States; member of the National Academy of Engineering | Michael Massimino Robert C. Michelson |

### Computer science

| Name Department Notability References Ronald C. Arkin Computer Science known for the motor schema technique in robot navigation; author of Behavior-Based Robotics David Bader Computer Science director of the first Sony Toshiba IBM Center of Competence for the Cell Processor at Georgia Tech; NSF CAREER Award recipient; IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Speaker; high-performance computing; expert in the design and analysis of parallel and multicore algorithms for real-world applications Jay David Bolter School of Literature, Communication, and Culture the evolution of media and the usage of technology in education Amy S. Bruckman School of Interactive Computing designed several influential online communities and constructionist learning environments Aaron Bobick Computer Science known for contributions to robotics and computer vision; director of the GVU Center; in 2007 became the first chair of the new School of Interactive Computing Tom Conte Computer Science (joint with Electrical and Computer Engineering) computer architect known for work in compiler code generation, fast computer architecture simulation and multicore architecture Frank Dellaert Computer Science affiliated with the RIM@GT center; known for contributions to robotics and computer vision James D. Foley Computer Science one of the fathers of modern computer graphics Nancy D. Griffeth Computer Science Rebecca Grinter School of Interactive Computing Mark J. Guzdial Computer Science original developer of the CoWeb (Swiki), one of the earliest wiki engines Janet L. Kolodner Computer Science case-based reasoning Richard J. Lipton Computer Science computer science theorist Nancy Lynch Computer Science James H. McClellan Computer Science Ralph Merkle Computer Science Ashwin Ram Computer Science Dana Randall Computer Science Karsten Schwan Computer Science director of the Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems at Georgia Tech Thad Starner Computer Science helped to design Google Glasses based on his research Greg Turk Computer Science Vijay Vazirani Computer Science Ellen W. Zegura Computer Science founding chair of the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing from 2007 to 2012 | Mark Guzdial |

### Mathematics

| Name Department Notability References Silas D. Alben Mathematics 2005 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award (Fluid Dynamics) recipient; known for work in biomechanics and biologically inspired systems; member of the Center for Biologically Inspired Design Michael Barnsley Mathematics fractal compression Leonid Bunimovich Mathematics dynamical systems; discovered focusing chaotic billiards (the "Bunimovich stadium") and the Bunimovich mushroom Ernie Croot Mathematics proved the Erdős–Graham conjecture D. M. Smith Mathematics Robin Thomas Mathematics graph theory; proved the strong perfect graph and other conjectures | D. M. Smith |

## Social Sciences
### Psychology

| Name | Department | Notability | References |
| Jack M. Feldman | Psychology (COS) | industrial and organizational psychology | |
| Stanley A. Mulaik | | | |

### Public policy

| Name | Department | Notability |
| Marilyn A. Brown | Public Policy | Co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Kaye Husbands Fealing | Public Policy | Economics |
| Mary Frank Fox | Public Policy | Sociology |
| Susan Herbst | Public Policy | Communication Theory and Research |
| Nancy J. Nersessian | Public Policy | Philosophy |
| John (J.P.) Walsh | Public Policy | Sociology |

## Humanities
### Literature

| Name | Department | Notability | References |
| Jay David Bolter | | | |
| Janet Murray | | | |

## Athletics

| Name Department Notability References Bobby Cremins Basketball Georgia Tech basketball coach (1981-2000); College of Charleston basketball coach (2006-present); NCAA basketball analyst Bill Curry Football football head coach of Georgia Tech (1980-1986); football head coach of Alabama (1987-1989); football head coach of Kentucky (1990-1996); football head coach of Georgia State University (2008-present); NFL player (1963-1974) Bobby Dodd Football Former Georgia Tech football coach; Namesake of college football's Coach of the Year award; Georgia Tech named its stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium in honor of the legendary coach John Heisman Football Former Georgia Tech football coach; Namesake of the Heisman Trophy, college football's Outstanding Player of the Year award | John Heisman |