Professor Joy Laskar

Schlumberger Chair in Microelectronics
Director, Georgia Electronic Design Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Joy Laskar received his B.S. degree (Computer Engineering with Math/Physics Minors, summa cum laude) from Clemson University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 1995, Dr. Laskar was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an assistant professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

At Georgia Tech he holds the Schlumberger Chair in Microelectronics in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also Founder and Director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center, and he heads a research group of 70 members (graduate students, research staff and administration) with a focus on integration of high-frequency mixed-signal electronics for next-generation wireless and wire line systems. Between 1995 and fall 2008 Dr. Laskar graduated 36 Ph.D. students. He has authored or co-authored more than 500 papers, several book chapters and three books (with another book in development). He has given numerous invited talks, and he has more than 40 patents issued or pending.

In 1998 Dr. Laskar co-founded an advanced WLAN IC company, RF Solutions, which is now part of Anadgics (Nasdaq: Anad). In 2001 he co-founded a next-generation analog CMOS IC Company, Quellan, which is developing collaborative signal-processing solutions for the enterprise, video, storage and wireless markets. Since 2003, he has worked very closely with Samsung to establish its North American Design Center in Atlanta.

Dr. Laskar’s honors include the Army Research Office’s Young Investigator Award in 1995, the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award in 1996, NSF Packaging Research Center Faculty of the Year in 1997, and co-recipient of the IEEE Rappaport Award (Best IEEE Electron Devices Society Journal Paper) in 1999. He was faculty advisor for the 2000 IEEE MTT IMS Best Student Paper award, was Georgia Tech Faculty Graduate Student Mentor of the year in 2001, received a 2002 IBM Faculty Award, and the 2003 Clemson University College of Engineering Outstanding Young Alumni Award. He was the 2003 recipient of the Outstanding Young Engineer award of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and was named an IEEE Fellow in 2005. For the 2004-2006 term, Dr. Laskar served as an IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer and currently is an IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer. He received Georgia Tech’s “Outstanding Faculty Research Author” award in 2007 and ECE’s Distinguished Mentor Award in 2008. Dr. Laskar served as General Chairman of the IEEE International Microwave Symposium 2008. He currently serves as an elected member of the IEEE MTT-S Administrative Committee, Chair of the IEEE MTT-S Education Committee, and Vice-Chair of the IEEE MTT-S Executive Committee.

Phone: 404-894-5268
Fax: 404-385-2140
E-mail: joy.laskar@ece.gatech.edu
More information: http://faculty.ece.gatech.edu/joy.laskar