Dr. Gregory Durgin

Professor

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Biography

Greg Durgin joined the faculty of Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Fall 2003. He received BSEE (1996), MSEE (1998), and PhD (2000) degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University. In 2001, he was awarded the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-doctoral Fellowship and spent a year as a visiting researcher at Morinaga Laboratory in Osaka University. Professor Durgin authored the textbook titled 'Space-Time Wireless Channels', focusing on space-time channel modeling. He has served as an area editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and as an associate editor for IEEE Virtual Journal RFID and IEEE Journal RFID. Durgin is a frequent consultant in the industry. His research interests include Backscatter, Low-Power Radio, Propagation Channel Modeling, Wireless Power Transfer, and Harvesting Radiolocation.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2003-08-01 — Present

Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA

Joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awards

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Stephen O. Rice Prize Paper Award

1998-01-01
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Personal Indoor Mobile Radio Communications Conference Student Paper Award

1999-01-01
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JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellowship

2001-01-01
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HKN Outstanding Junior Faculty

2005-01-01
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Women Engineering Faculty Excellence Award

2005-01-01
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National Science Foundation CAREER Award

2006-01-01
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HKN Outstanding Junior Teacher Award

2013-01-01
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Paper Award

2015-01-01
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Paper Award

2016-01-01

Requirements for Georgia Institute of Technology

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.