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Alan Porter

GaTech Instructor

alan.porter@isye.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2021HOURLY PROFESSIONAL, RETIREEAdministrative & ProfessionalGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$7,320
FY2020HOURLY PROFESSIONAL, RETIREEAdministrative & ProfessionalGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$180
FY2019PROFESSOR EMERITUSTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$4,320
FY2018PROFESSOR EMERITUSTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$8,585
FY2017PROFESSOR EMERITUSTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$17,790
FY2016PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$20,130$1,001
FY2015PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$23,940$2,028

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY20152015. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$50K
NIH
$0
NSF
$50K
Awards
1
$45K$47K$49K$51K$53K$55KFY2015

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 1967. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0002-4520-6518.

h-index
62
Citations
14K
Works
465
Works FY15–25
141
Publications and citations by year
0137.8275.6413.4551.2689059141823CitationsWorks20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Works (bars, right axis)Citations received (line, left axis)

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.Lists a founder/executive role.

2002Director, R&D, Search Technology, Inc.founder/exec
1975Professor Emeritus and Director, Technology Policy & Assessment Center, Georgia Institute of Technology · Public Policy, and Industrial & Systems Engineeringfounder/exec
1967–1972PhD, UCLA · Psychologyeducation
1963–1967B.S., Caltech · Chemical Engineeringeducation

Georgia Tech teaching

8 classes taught4 distinct coursesSpring 2010Spring 2025
20251 termLecture 5h
Spring 2025Lecture 5h
Lecture· 5h
20151 termIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2015Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
20141 termIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2014Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
20131 termIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2013Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
20123 termsIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2012Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
Summer 2012Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
Spring 2012Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
20112 termsLecture 2.7hIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2011Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
Spring 2011Lecture 2.7hIndependent Study 0h
Lecture· 2.7h
Independent Study· 0h
20101 termIndependent Study 2.3h
Spring 2010Independent Study 2.3h
Independent Study· 2.3h
20062 termsGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2006Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
Spring 2006Graduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Graduate Research· 0h
Independent Study· 0h

Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.