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Dr. Demetris L. Geddis is Assistant Dean and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering, Architecture and Aviation at Hampton University, where he also serves as Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Hampton University in 1998 and both a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003. Earlier in his career, Dr. Geddis worked as a Research and Design Engineer at Motorola and Bell Laboratories. He also served as a NASA Faculty Fellow at NASA Langley Research Center's Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch, conducting research on optical fiber sensing for real-time health monitoring of aerospace vehicles. His expertise centers on integrated photonics and micro/nano technology, with research interests in integrated optoelectronics, photonic integrated circuits, micro and nanofabrication, semiconductor materials, and optical fiber sensing. As Principal Investigator of the Hampton-Brandeis Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM), a six-year NSF-funded initiative, Dr. Geddis leads collaborative research in integrated photonic materials involving faculty and students from engineering, physics, and chemistry disciplines.

Dr. Geddis has made significant contributions to his field through numerous peer-reviewed publications. Notable works include 'Numerical analysis of the propagation modes of photo-switching PDMS-arylazopyrazole optical waveguide and thin-film spectroscopic characterization' in the Journal of Nanophotonics (2023), 'A Study of Wave Confinement and Optical Force in Polydimethlysiloxane–Arylazopyrazole Composite for Photonic Applications' in Polymers (2022), 'The role of the HBCU pipeline in diversifying the STEM workforce: Training the next generation of drug delivery researchers' in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2021), and 'Solid-State Photoswitching in arylazopyrazole-embedded polydimethylsiloxane composite thin films' in Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2021). Additional publications cover topics such as tunable optoelectronic properties of composites, emission spectroscopy of perovskite nanoparticles, and project-based engineering education using Arduino kits (2020-2021). At Hampton University, he contributes to tactical autonomy research via the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA), emphasizing drone systems and preparing students as STEM leaders through meaningful research experiences.