New NEETRAC Director Joe Hagerman Aims for Center to Lead Amid Power Grid Transformation
NEETRAC, a leading research and testing resource for the electric energy industry, housed under ECE, announced the appointment of Joe Hagerman as its director on June 1, 2023. Hagerman joined NEETRAC after directing the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center, a division of the Strategic Energy Institute.
It is an important moment for NEETRAC, as the nation’s power grid undergoes a transformative shift with historic investment in clean energy. It presents the center with a distinct opportunity to showcase expertise, drive progress, and actively shape the future of the grid.
Harris Named Director of DEI Initiatives in Office of Undergraduate Education
Joyelle “Joy” Harris, a senior academic professional in ECE, joined the Office of Undergraduate Education as their inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Undergraduate Education (OUE).
In this role, Harris collaborates with Georgia Tech’s minority-serving offices, programs, and organizations to analyze and identify barriers that impede under-resourced and under-represented students from engaging in OUE programs/services and other high impact practices.
Harris also took on the role of director of the College’s Women in Engineering program in August 2023.
ECE’s Heck to Co-lead GT AI Hub
ECE Professor Larry Heck was tapped to co-lead Georgia Tech’s newly announced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub. As an AI-powered university, Georgia Tech is embracing AI throughout the Institute, incorporating it into academic programs and research to assist and amplify human intelligence in all areas of work. The vision of AI Hub at Georgia Tech is to advance AI through discovery, interdisciplinary research, responsible deployment, and next-generation education to build a sustainable future.
Co-directors Heck and Irfan Essa, the senior associate dean in the College of Computing, will work to unite AI entities across campus, enabling the Institute to align on goals to become an international thought leader in AI.