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Douglas Blough

GaTech InstructorAcademic leadership · teaches

doug.blough@ece.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$238,255—
FY2024ASSOC DEPT CHAIR/DIR/HD ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$209,522$2,392
FY2023ASSOC DEPT CHAIR/DIR/HD ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$204,532$5,137
FY2022ASSOC DEPT CHAIR/DIR/HD ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$205,347—
FY2021ASSOC DEPT CHAIR/DIR/HD ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$185,675—
FY2020DIRECTOR, COLLEGE/DIVISION/SCHOOL ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$185,700$5,878
FY2019DIRECTOR, COLLEGE/DIVISION/SCHOOL ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$179,348$11,427
FY2018DIRECTOR, COLLEGE/DIVISION/SCHOOL ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$174,073$4,619
FY2017PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$167,396$3,931
FY2016PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$165,537$8,520
FY2015PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$162,292$4,226

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY2015–2020. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$1.9M
NIH
$0
NSF
$1.9M
Awards
3
$476K$545.6K$615.2K$684.8K$754.4K$824KFY2015FY2018FY2020

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 1987. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0002-0803-7647.

h-index
33
Citations
4.8K
Works
224
Works FY15–25
69
Publications and citations by year
023.847.671.495.21190246810CitationsWorks20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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.

1999–Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · Electrical and Computer Engineeringacademic
1988–1999Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, University of California Irvine · Electrical Engineering and Computer Scienceacademic
1984–1988Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University · Computer Scienceeducation
1984–1986M.S.C.S., Johns Hopkins Universityeducation
1980–1984B.S.E.E., Johns Hopkins Universityeducation

Georgia Tech teaching

181 classes taught30 distinct coursesSpring 2006 – Spring 2026
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▶20232 termsLecture 1.7hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 9h
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▶20203 termsLecture 7.5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 9h
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▶20193 termsLecture 5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 9h
Fall 2019Lecture 2.5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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▶20183 termsLecture 5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 9h
Fall 2018Lecture 2.5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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▶20173 termsLecture 7.7hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 21h
Fall 2017Lecture 5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Spring 2017Lecture 2.7hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
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▶20163 termsLecture 7.7hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 42h
Fall 2016Lecture 5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
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Spring 2016Lecture 2.7hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
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▶20153 termsLecture 10hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 42h
Fall 2015Lecture 5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
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▶20143 termsLecture 5.2hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 42h
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Spring 2014Lecture 5.2hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
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▶20133 termsLecture 5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 33h
Fall 2013Lecture 2.5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
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▶20123 termsLecture 12.0hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 21h
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▶20113 termsLecture 7.0hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 21h
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▶20103 termsLecture 7.0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 18h
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▶20093 termsLecture 23.6hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 9h
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▶20083 termsLecture 5.3hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 9h
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▶20063 termsLecture 5.3hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 51h
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