Morris Cohen

Morris Cohen

Morris Cohen

Associate Professor

Morris Cohen received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003 and 2010, respectively, and served as a research scientist until August 2013. From September 2012 until August 2013, Dr. Cohen was appointed as AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation. 

In Fall 2013, he joined the faculty in the School of ECE. He is a winner of the NSF CAREER Award in 2017, the ONR Young Investigator Award in 2015, and was chosen for the Santimay Basu Prize in 2014, an award given once per 3 years to an under-35 scientist by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). 

Dr. Cohen is interested in the natural electricity of the Earth, including lightning, the electrically charged upper atmosphere, and the radiation-filled space environment. He uses radio waves at low frequencies measured all around the world to understand them, and develops resulting practical applications. His group also works on novel techniques to generate low frequency waves with nonconventional electrically-short antennas. He is an author of more than 60 journal publications. He employs a “flipped classroom” model in some of his courses to make the experience more active and engaging. 

He enjoys hiking, cooking, and traveling the world for work and play with his family.

mcohen@gatech.edu

(404) 894-8415

Office Location:
VL W511

Website

Research Focus Areas:
  • Energy Utilization and Conservation
  • Additional Research:
    Electronics

    IRI Connections:

    Thomas Conte

    Thomas Conte

    Thomas Conte

    Professor

    Tom Conte holds a joint appointment in the Schools of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the founding director of the Center for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies (CRNCH). His research is in the areas of computer architecture and compiler optimization, with emphasis on manycore architectures, microprocessor architectures, back-end compiler code generation, architectural performance evaluation and embedded computer system architectures.

    conte@gatech.edu

    (404) 385-7657

    Office Location:
    Klaus 2334

    Website

  • CRNCH Lab Page
  • Research Focus Areas:
  • Algorithms & Optimizations
  • High Performance Computing
  • Additional Research:

    Computer Architecture; Compiler Optimization


    IRI Connections:

    Deepak Divan

    Deepak Divan

    Deepak Divan

    Director, Intelligent Power Infrastructure Consortium

    deepak.divan@ece.gatech.edu

    (404) 385-4036

    Departmental Bio

    Research Focus Areas:
  • Energy Generation, Storage, and Distribution
  • Energy Utilization and Conservation
  • Additional Research:
    Utilities; Electric Vehicles; Electrical Grid

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    A.P. "Sakis" Meliopoulos

    A.P. "Sakis" Meliopoulos

    A.P. "Sakis" Meliopoulos

    Associate Director, Cyber-Physical Systems

    A.P. "Sakis" Meliopoulos, Ph.D., is the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and serves as Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems for the Institute for Information Security & Privacy. Meliopoulos helped the development of the power program at Georgia Tech by contributing to the modernization of existing courses, introducing new courses, initiating research activities, and developing continuing education programs and the Power System Certificate program. Meliopoulos is the co-inventor, with George Cokkinides, of the Smart Ground Multimeter and the Macrodyne PMU-based Harmonic Measurement System for transmission networks. In his most recent research activities, he has introduced new approaches for modeling large scale power grids based on quadratization and the utilization of this approach to a variety of protection and control of the future power system integrated with distributed generation, renewable energy sources, and power electronic subsystems and interfaces. He has introduced the concept of the SuperCalibrator, a new approach that enables fully distributed state estimation and root cause disturbance analysis. This technology is expected to make a huge impact on the way we presently monitor and control the power grid. Presently, Meliopoulos leads four field demonstration projects on four different utilities: USVI-WAPA, NYPA, Southern Company, and PG&E. He has applied the quadratized approach for high fidelity analysis, stability and control of integrated systems consisting of the power grid, and power electronics interfaced distributed generation and renewables (the μGRID model). He is leading an EPRI-sponsored effort to develop "settingless" protection methods utilizing recent technologies of merging units and GPS-synchronized measurements. He has developed a state-of-the-art synchrophasor laboratory with multiple capabilities: (a) characterization of PMUs, (b) testing of PDCs, (c) autonomous monitoring and control using GPS-synchronized measurements, and (d) testing of protective functions that require GPS synchronization. Meliopoulos holds three patents, published three books, and published over 270 technical papers. For his research achievements, he was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1993. In addition, he has received the IEEE-IAS Society Field Award in 2005 (IEEE-IAS Richard Kaufman Award), and the 2010 George Montefiore Institute Award (Belgium). He was named the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in 2006. He serves as the site director for the NSF I/URC PSERC, he is the academic administrator of the Power System Certificate program, and the chairman of the Georgia Tech Protective Relaying Conference and the Fault and Disturbance Analysis Conference. He attended the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, where he earned the Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in 1972. He then attended Georgia Tech where he earned his MSEE (1974) and Ph.D. (1976) degrees. He joined Georgia Tech's faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1976.

    sakis.m@gatech.edu

    404.894.2926

    Office Location:
    VL E164

    Website

    Research Focus Areas:
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Energy Generation, Storage, and Distribution
  • Additional Research:
    Large-Scale or Distributed Systems

    IRI Connections:

    Ajeet Rohatgi

    Ajeet Rohatgi

    Ajeet Rohatgi

    Regents Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Chair, College of Engineering
    Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

    Ajeet Rohatgi received the B.S. (E.E.) degree from Indian Institute of Technology in 1971, the M.S. (Materials Engineering) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1973, and the Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Lehigh University in 1977. He joined the Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1977 and became a Westinghouse Fellow while working on the science and technology of photovoltaic and microelectronic devices. Rohatgi joined the ECE faculty at Georgia Tech in 1985 and started a program on photovoltaics, which has become one of the best in the country. He has become an internationally recognized leader in photovoltaics. He is the founding director of the first university-based DOE Center of Excellence in Photovoltaic Research and Education. He is the author of more than 300 publications and holds 10 U.S. patents. Rohatgi has received numerous awards and distinctions from professional societies and Georgia Tech. He is the founder and CTO for Suniva.

    ajeet.rohatgi@ece.gatech.edu

    404.894.7692

    Office Location:
    VL W121

    ECE Profile Page

  • University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics
  • Google Scholar

    Research Focus Areas:
  • Electronic Materials
  • Materials for Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Semiconductors
  • Additional Research:
    silicon devices; solar cells; dielectrics; Compund Semiconductors; solar energy

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    Alan Doolittle

    Alan Doolittle

    Alan Doolittle

    Professor

    Professor Doolittle is a native of Jonesboro, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors in 1989. He later received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1996 from Georgia Tech. 

    His thesis work revolved around identifying the device limiting defects in photovoltaic silicon materials using several custom designed and patented tools. He later worked as a Research Engineer II in the area of compound semiconductor growth with emphasis on wide bandgap semiconductors. He joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 2001. 

    During his time at Georgia Tech he has helped develop academic programs in the areas of microelectronic fabrication, materials growth, characterization, and measurement system design. Professor Doolittle consults with industry in the areas of law, materials testing, MBE growth, and test equipment development. 
    His hobbies include bible studies, classic cars, playing the guitar, and reading. Most of his free time is spent with his two teenage children.

    alan.doolittle@ece.gatech.edu

    (404) 894-9884

    ECE Profile

  • Website
  • Research Focus Areas:
  • Energy Generation, Storage, and Distribution
  • Additional Research:
    Electrical Grid; Energy Storage

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