Dr. George Vachtsevanos

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George Vachtsevanos Professor Emeritus Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory Phone:404.894.6252 | Fax:404.894.7583 | Office:VL 392 Email: gjv@ece.gatech.edu Curriculum Vitae

George Vachtsevanos is a Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and also serves as the chief scientist of Impact Technologies, LLC. He was awarded a B.E.E. degree from the City College of New York in 1962, a M.E.E. degree from New York University in 1963 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York in 1970. He directs the Intelligent Control Systems laboratory at Georgia Tech where faculty and students are conducting research in intelligent control, neurotechnology and cardiotechnology, fault diagnosis and prognosis of large-scale dynamical systems and control technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. His work is funded by government agencies and industry. He has published over 250 technical papers and is a senior member of IEEE. Dr. Vachtsevanos was awarded the IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award for the years 2002-2003 (with L. Wills and B. Heck). He was also awarded the 2002-2003 Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Professor Award and the 2003-2004 Georgia Institute of Technology Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award.