Associate Professor Paul Hasler has been named the 2011 recipient of the Georgia Tech Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award. He received this award at the Georgia Tech Faculty Staff Honors Luncheon at the Student Center Ballroom on April 19.

In his 13 years since joining the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, Dr. Hasler has graduated 21 Ph.D. students from his program. In the past four years alone, he has graduated 15 Ph.D. students. No signs of a slowdown are apparent, as Dr. Hasler is currently supervising 11 Ph.D. students and co-advising four additional Ph.D. students.

Dr. Hasler has published over 200 refereed journal and conference papers with his students, and many have won awards at top electronics conferences. Ten of his Ph.D. students are named as co-inventors on U.S. patents that are based on their Ph.D. research.

"Paul's commitment to excellence in advising and preparing Ph.D. students has been a tremendous asset to ECE and Georgia Tech," said Gary S. May, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Professor. "Graduates of his research group have continued on to start their own successful businesses and have thriving careers in academia and with high-tech companies. They are making their marks in the technical world and will keep on doing so in the years to come, thanks to the preparation and training that they received from both Paul and from Georgia Tech."