Colin Joye

Dr. Colin Joye (b.1980) was born in Edison, New Jersey. He received his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In May 2016, he was invited to the White House to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from former President Barack Obama, the highest award bestowed on civilian scientists in their early careers. While at the White House, he had the privilege of meeting Jeffrey Bezos, founder of Amazon.

He enjoys improvising jazz on piano and guitar, and was classically trained on organ. He is also a professional organist and even played on the world's largest pipe organ at Wanamaker's Department Store, Philadelphia (now Macy's) at age 13. His favorite side-hobbies include building guitar equipment and clocks using antique parts, playing music, and inventing electronic devices.

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