LTC Alex Katauskas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department Executive Officer Electrical Engineering & Computer Science alex.katauskas [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications LTC Alex Katauskas was commissioned in 2002 upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Economics. He served as a platoon leader in the 3-509th Airborne Infantry Battalion, afterwards serving as the Rear Detachment Commander and the Battalion S-1. He then deployed as a intelligence advisor on a military transition team in Iraq. Following that he served as an intelligence analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center. Afterwards, he served as an instructor in the Physics & Nuclear Engineering Department at the U.S. Military Academy. Then he served as an operations officer at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. LTC Katauskas is a graduate from the Infantry Officer Basic Course, the Military Intelligence Captain's Career Course, the Nuclear Counterproliferation Officer Course, and Airborne School. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.B.A. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University M.S. in Physics - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S. in Economics - United States Naval Academy Research Interests Semiconductor Crystal Growth, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Power Limiters Current Research Katauskas, A., Dutta, P. Material Characterization and Analysis of Impurity Compensated Gallium Antimonide for Optical Power Limiting Applications. Selected Publications A. Katauskas, W. Huang, “Demonstration and Simulation of Dispersion in Coaxial Cables with Low Pass Filters – A Teaching Laboratory Experiment,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, USA, Jun. 24-28, 2017.Katauskas, Alex F. “Sacrifices for Country.” In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from American’s Longest War, edited by Joshua Welle, John Ennis, Katherine Kranz, Graham Plaster, Naval Institute Press, 2012, pp. 161-165.