Chairs and Professorships

Georgia Tech is fortunate to have the generous support of alumni, friends, industry and others and have established several endowments as a result. Endowments are fundamental for recruiting and retaining the best and brightest faculty from around the world.

Select an option below to filter the list of Endowed Faculty by Academic & Research Units.

Joseph M. Pettit Professorship in Digital Signal Processing

Mark Clements

Mark Clements

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: in honor of Joseph Pettit

Joseph M. Pettit Professorship in Microelectronics

Mark G. Allen

Mark G. Allen

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: in honor of Joseph Pettit

Julian T. Hightower Chair in Engineering

Jeff Shamma

Jeff Shamma

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Neil H. Hightower and George H. Hightower

Julius Brown Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Vasser Woolley Faculty Scholar

Mostafa A. El-Sayed

Mostafa A. El-Sayed

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Sciences

Donor/Sponsor: Julius Brown and Vasser Woolley Fndtn

Julius Brown Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Thomas K. Gaylord

Thomas K. Gaylord

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Julius Brown

K. Harrison Brown Family Chair

Chair holder pending

Donor/Sponsor: K. Harrison Brown

Kenneth G. Byers Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Microelectronics)

Steven McLaughlin

Steven McLaughlin

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Kenneth G. Byers

Kenneth G. Byers Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Signal Processing)

John Cressler

John Cressler

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Kenneth G. Byers

Kenneth G. Byers Professorship in Telecommunications

Ian F. Akyildiz

Ian F. Akyildiz

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Kenneth G. Byers

KUKA Chair of Robotics

Henrik Christensen

Henrik Christensen

School of Interactive Computing
College of Computing

Donor/Sponsor: Kuka Robotics

Lawrence P. Huang Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship

David Ku

David Ku

The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Lawrence P. Huang

Lockheed Martin Professorship in Avionics Integration

Eric N. Johnson

Eric N. Johnson

The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering

Donor/Sponsor: Lockhead Martin Corporation

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