Joseph Brooks (born 1960) is an American academic who is the deputy director of Electronics, Optics, and Systems at Georgia Tech Research Institute.^[1] He is the former director of the GTRI Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS).^[2]

Joseph Larry Brooks is the third of three children born to Charles William Brooks and Grace Mitchell Brooks of Hiram, Georgia in March 1960.^{[citation needed]} Brooks attended the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1980 before transferring to the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1982 and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1986.^[2]

Brooks married his Kellie Williams Brooks in 1984 and they have two children.^{[citation needed]}

Brooks worked as a student assistant at the Georgia Tech Research Institute while earning his bachelor's degree, and was hired as research engineer I in 1982 once he received his bachelor's degree.^[2] He worked at GTRI full-time while earning his master's degree, in what was then known as the Systems Engineering Lab (now the Electronic Systems Laboratory).^[2]

In November 2010, the previous director of the Electronic Systems Laboratory retired, and Brooks was named interim lab director. In January 2011, he was named the director of the lab.^[2] He held this position until 2014, when he was named deputy director of the newly created Electronics, Optics, and Systems Directorate, which oversees ELSYS as well as the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory and the Applied Systems Laboratory.^[1]

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