David G. Taylor was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He received the B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, all in Electrical Engineering. He has been a faculty member at Georgia Institute of Technology since 1988, where he is now a full Professor. His teaching and research encompass the theory and application of control system design, with emphasis on electromechanics, electromobility, robotics, and sensing.