Rate My Professor Goutam Koley

Goutam Koley is the Samuel R. Rhodes Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering within Clemson University's College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, a position he has held since joining the institution in 2014. He obtained his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1998, his M.S. degree from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, in 1999, and his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 2003. Previously, Dr. Koley served as an Assistant Professor from 2003 to 2009 and as an Associate Professor from 2009 to 2014 at the University of South Carolina's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he also acted as Graduate Director for three years. His academic career includes visiting faculty appointments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2006 and the University of Alberta, Canada, in 2012. A prominent figure in Engineering, Koley's research conducted at the Nanoscale Electronics and Sensors Laboratory (NESL) centers on micro- and nanoscale materials and devices for electronic, optical, and sensing applications. His current interests encompass the synthesis and applications of graphene and other 2D materials, as well as MEMS/NEMS-based sensors for detecting physical, chemical, radiological, and biological agents.