Steven A. Cummer, Professor, Bass Fellow and Director of Graduate Studies

  


Steven A. Cummer

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.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  3455 CIEMAS
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5256
Email Address:   send me a message
Web Page: http://www.ee.duke.edu/~cummer/

Education:

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1997
M.S.E.E., Stanford University, 1993
B.S.E.E., Stanford University, 1991
Specialties:

Geophysics
Photonics
Atmospheric Science
Metamaterials
Electromagnetics
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award, Pratt School of Engineering
Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
NSF Early CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2001
Presidential Early Career Award for Engineers and Scientists, 2001
Young Scientist Award, International Union of Radio Science, 1999
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, President of the United States of America
Teaching (Spring 2026):

  • ECE 270DL.001, FIELDS AND WAVES Synopsis
    Fitzpatrk 1464, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • ECE 270DL.01D, FIELDS AND WAVES Synopsis
    Fitzpatrk 1464, F 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Pu, Y; Cummer, SA; Lyu, F; Zheng, Y; Briggs, MS; Lesage, S; Mailyan, B; Roberts, OJ, Unsupervised Clustering and Supervised Machine Learning for Lightning Classification: Application to Identifying EIPs for Ground-Based TGF Detection, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 128 no. 9 (May, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
  2. Shen, C; Rohde, C; Cushing, CW; Li, J; Tan, ZJ; Du, H; Peng, X; Wilson, PS; Haberman, MR; Fang, NX; Cummer, SA, Anisotropic Metallic Microlattice Structures for Underwater Operations, Advanced Engineering Materials, vol. 25 no. 6 (March, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
  3. Shen, L; Tai, J; Crivoi, A; Li, J; Cummer, S; Fan, Z, Self-stabilizing three-dimensional particle manipulation via a single-transducer acoustic tweezer, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 122 no. 9 (February, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
  4. Huang, A; Cummer, SA; Pu, Y; Chanrion, OA; Neubert, T; Reglero, V; Østgaard, N, Transition in Optical and Radio Features During the Early Development of Negative Intracloud Leader, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49 no. 22 (November, 2022) [doi]  [abs].
  5. Huang, L; Jia, B; Pilipchuk, AS; Chiang, Y; Huang, S; Li, J; Shen, C; Bulgakov, EN; Deng, F; Powell, DA; Cummer, SA; Li, Y; Sadreev, AF; Miroshnichenko, AE, General Framework of Bound States in the Continuum in an Open Acoustic Resonator, Physical Review Applied, vol. 18 no. 5 (November, 2022) [doi]  [abs].
Duties:

Steven Cummer is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1997. His research interests include remote sensing, electromagnetic modeling, and complex electromagnetic materials.
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