Steven W. McLaughlin, PhD

Georgia's Online Cancer Information Center

Steven W. McLaughlin

Steven W. McLaughlin, PhD

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Georgia Institute of Technology

Steven W. McLaughlin, PhD

Steven W. McLaughlin

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Georgia Institute of Technology

Steven McLaughlin joined Georgia Tech as a member of the faculty in 1996. He has previously served as the dean and Southern Company Chair of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering, the largest engineering college in the country. Other prior roles include the School Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Vice Provost for International Initiatives.

He is an electrical engineer and his research interests are in the general area of communications and information theory. His group has published more than 250 papers in journals and conferences and holds 36 U.S. patents.  He received the B.S.E.E. degree from Northwestern University, the M.S.E. degree from Princeton University, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan.

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