Magnus B Egerstedt

Dr. Magnus B Egerstedt is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. He previously served as the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair for ECE (2018-2021) and Executive Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (2016-2018). He holds secondary appointments in Mechanical Engineering, Interactive Computing, and Aerospace Engineering.

His research spans control theory, robotics, and cyber-physical systems, with emphasis on multi-robot coordination and complex network control. Egerstedt develops algorithms for autonomous systems that enable adaptive behavior in dynamic environments, particularly for mobile sensor networks and swarm robotics applications.

Honors include:

• O. Hugo Schuck Award (2019)
• IEEE Fellow (2012)
• John R. Ragazzini Education Award (2015)
• Royal Institute of Technology Alumni of the Year (2013)

As founding director of Georgia Tech's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, he established interdisciplinary research initiatives in autonomous systems. He has advised numerous PhD students in robotics and control theory, though specific advisees are not listed.