Steven A. Cummer
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Chair, William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering
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Research Themes
Metamaterials
Research Interests
Theoretical and experimental electromagnetic problems related to geophysical remote sensing and engineered electromagnetic materials.
Bio
Dr. Steven Cummer received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1997 and prior to joining Duke University in 1999 he spent two years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as an NRC postdoctoral research associate. Awards he has received include a National Science Foundation CAREER award and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2001. His current work is in a variety of theoretical and experimental electromagnetic problems related to geophysical remote sensing and engineered electromagnetic materials.
Education
- B.S.E.E. Stanford University, 1991
- M.S.E.E. Stanford University, 1993
- Ph.D. Stanford University, 1997
Positions
- William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering
- Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bass Fellow
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award. Pratt School of Engineering. 2018
- Fellow. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2011
- Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. President of the United States of America. 2001
Courses Taught
- ECE 891: Internship
- ECE 590: Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 574: Waves in Matter
- ECE 493: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 392: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 391: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
- ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation
- ECE 110L: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 110L9: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lab