Summary
Chris Coen is a senior research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta, where he leads microwave and millimeter-wave IC development and radiometer systems for Earth remote sensing. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2017, focusing on low-power millimeter-wave receiver front-ends using Silicon-Germanium HBT technology. Since 2021 he has developed ultra-low-noise MMICs, LNAs, switches, and integrated receivers with record 1/f noise performance, spanning 183 GHz and 60 GHz radiometers. He is a recipient of NASA's Space Technology Research Fellowship in 2011 and has held research fellowships at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He led the SiGe group lab (2013–2014), coordinating calibration, equipment repair, and external collaborations, and helped prototype a thin, lightweight 32-flip-chipped SiGe X-band phased-array panel. With 20 publications and a strong track record translating research into compact, high-performance hardware, he couples academic rigor with aerospace-ready engineering.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology