Prof. John D. Cressler received his B.S. from Georgia Tech in 1984, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1990. From 1984 to 1992, he was on the research staff at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and from 1992 to 2002, he served in the faculty at Auburn University. In 2002, he joined the faculty at Georgia Tech and is currently a Schlumberger Chair Professor in Electronics in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2001 for his research contributions and was awarded the 2010 Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award (Georgia Tech's top teaching award), the 2011 IEEE Leon Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award (the IEEE's top graduate teaching award), and the Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award (the highest honor Georgia Tech bestows on its faculty).