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Biography

Edward J. Coyle is the John B. Peatman Distinguished Professor of ECE at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. He is the Founder of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program, which integrates research and education by embedding large-scale, long-term, multidisciplinary teams of undergraduates into the research efforts of faculty and their graduate students. VIP@GT currently has 82 VIP teams that span the campus and have an enrollment of 1600+ students per semester. The VIP Consortium, which consists of 44 universities around the world that have adopted the VIP Program, was selected by ABET to receive their 2019 Innovation Award. Dr. Coyle was a co-recipient of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering’s 2005 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education.
His research interests include: systemic reform of higher education; signal and information processing; and, wireless and sensor networks. In 1998, Dr. Coyle was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to the theory of nonlinear signal processing and he was a co-recipient of the 1986 Paper Award from IEEE Signal Processing Society.

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Employment (3)

VIP Consortium (nonprofit): Atlanta, GA, US

2019 to present | Chair of the Board
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

2008-01-01 to present | J.B. Peatman Distinguished Professor And Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Purdue University System: West Lafayette, Indiana, US

1982-08 to 2007-12-31 | Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

1978 to 1982 | Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
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University of Delaware: Newark, Delaware, US

1974 to 1978 | BSEE (Electrcial and Computer Engineering)
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Professional activities (20)

University of Strathclyde: Glasgow, GB

2013-01 to 2023 | Visiting Professor - Courtesy Position (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
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Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education: Philadelphia, PA, US

2020 | Campus Sustainability Research Award, “Using Vertically Integrated Projects to Embed Research-based Education for Sustainable Development in Undergraduate Curricula,” by S. Strachan, P. Murray, S. Marshall, J. Sonnenberg-Klein, E.J. Coyle, “Int’l Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, June 2019
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University of Delaware: Newark, Delaware, US

2019 | Distinguished Achievement Award (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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ABET (Accreditation Body for Engineering and Technology): Baltimore, MD, US

2019 | ABET Innovation Award for the VIP Consortium, “Recognizing vision and commitment that challenge the status-quo in technical education. It honors individuals, organizations or teams that are breaking new ground by developing and implementing innovation into their ABET-accredited programs.”
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Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, New York, US

2018 | Award from the Office of the President for Advancing Civic Engagement and Socially Beneficial Science and Engineering (Office of the President)
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University of Delaware: Newark, Delaware, US

2016 | Outstanding Service Award (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

2006-08 to 2007-05 | Kenan Trust Visiting Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association: Chicago, Illinois, US

2006 | Innovative Program Award for the creation of the EPICS Program, with L.H. Jamieson
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Purdue University System: West Lafayette, Indiana, US

2005 | Faculty Award for Engagement/Service; Citation: “For his outstanding work in fostering multidisciplinary learning and creating partnerships to support research, policy, and planning.” (Schools of Engineering)
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National Academy of Engineering: Washington, DC, US

2005 | Bernard M Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, with L.H. Jamieson and W.C. Oakes
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State of Indiana: Indianapolis, IN, US

2003 | First Annual Governor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteerism, presented to the EPICS Pr
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Purdue University System: West Lafayette, Indiana, US

2003 | Team Excellence Award, with L.H. Jamieson, W.C. Oakes, and P. Brown; Citation: “For the creation, institutionalization, and dissemination of the EPICS Program.” (Schools of Engineering)
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Purdue University System: West Lafayette, Indiana, US

2002 | Focus Award, Presented to the EPICS Program for outstanding contributions to the furthering of Purdue’s commitment to disability accessibility & diversity.
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University of Delaware: Newark, Delaware, US

1998 | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus (College of Engineering)
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: NJ, NJ, US

1998 | IEEE Fellow: For contributions to the theory of nonlinear signal processing
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Purdue University System: West Lafayette, Indiana, US

1997 | Class of 1922 Award for Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn, University-wide Award, with L.H. Jamieson (Purdue University)
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Purdue University System: West Lafayette, Indiana, US

1997 | Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award, with L.H. Jamieson (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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American Society For Engineering Education: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

1995 | Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, with L.H. Jamieson.
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

1989 | Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award from the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems for “Minimum Mean Absolute Error Stack Filtering with Syntactic Constraints,” by M. Gabbouj and E.J. Coyle, Urbana, IL, Aug. 1989
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

1986 | IEEE ASSP Society's Paper Award for “Median Filtering by Threshold Decomposition,” by J. P. Fitch, E. J. Coyle and N.C. Gallagher, vol. ASSP-32, pp. 1183-1188, Dec. 1984.
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