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Faculty Profile - Edward J Coyle

Arbutus Chair for the Integration of Research and Education; Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; Director, Arbutus Center for the Integration of Research and Education
Digital Signal Processing

Phone: 404.894.4813
Office: Cent 5224

http://coyle.gatech.edu/

Biography

Edward J. Coyle received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1978, and master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 1980 and 1982. From 1982 through 2007, he was a faculty member at Purdue University, where he served at various times as assistant vice provost for research, co-director of the Center for Wireless Systems and Applications, and co-founder of both the Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program and the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program. During the 2006-07 academic year, he was the Kenan Trust Visiting Professor at Princeton University.

Dr. Coyle joined Georgia Tech in 2008 and is currently the Arbutus Chair for the Integration of Research and Education at Georgia Tech, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, and director of the Arbutus Center for the Integration of Research and Education.

Selected Publications, Patents

Research Interests
  • Computer and Sensor Networks
  • Signal and Image Processing
  • Engineering Education
 Distinctions
  • Innovative Program Award, for the creation of the EPICS Program, from the ECE Department Heads Association, with L.H. Jamieson, 2006.
  • Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education from the National Academy of Engineering, with L.H. Jamieson and W.C. Oakes, 2005.
  • First Annual Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism, presented by the State of Indiana to the EPICS Program, 2003.
  • Fellow of the IEEE for "Contributions to the theory of nonlinear signal processing" 1998.
  • Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the University of Delaware, 1998.
  • General Chair of the 1997 IEEE/EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal Processing.
  • Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, from the American Society for Engineering Education, with L.H. Jamieson, 1997.
  • Class of 1922 Award for Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn, Purdue University, (1997) with L.H. Jamieson, 1997.
  • Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award from the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, with M. Gabbouj, 1989.
  • ASSP Society's Best Paper Award for Authors under age 30, with J.P. Fitch, 1986.

Last revised on May 31, 2011.