Leo Kempel
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University Distinguished Professor, Dennis P. Nyquist Endowed Professor in Electromagnetics
Biography
Leo C. Kempel, the Dennis P. Nyquist Endowed Professor of Electromagnetics, has been a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 1998. He served as the ninth dean of the Michigan State University College of Engineering from 2014 to 2024, acting dean and associate dean for research from 2008 to 2013, associate dean for special initiatives from 2006 to 2008, and the inaugural director of the MSU High Performance Computing Center from 2004 to 2006.
His research interests include conformal antennas, engineered materials for microwave applications, and computational electromagnetics. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Commission B of the International Scientific Radio Union (URSI). He is a member of the Department of Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
Kempel pursued electrical engineering and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1989, a master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1990, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1994.
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan 1994
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan 1990
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati 1989
Research Interests
- Conformal Antennas
- Engineered Materials for Microwave Applications
- Computational Electromagnetics
Research Lab
Electromagnetics Research Group (EMRG)Selected Publications
- R.T. Fox, V. Wani, K.E. Howard, A. Bogle, and L. Kempel, "Conductive polymer composite materials and their utility on electromagnetic shielding applications," J. Applied Polymer Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.27317, 13 Nov. 2007.
- A.L. Higginbotham, J.J. Stephenson, R.J. Smith, D.S. Killips, L.C. Kempel, and J.M. Tour, "Tunable permittivity of polymer composites through incremental blending of raw and functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes," J. Phys. Chem., http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp070554p, 2007.
- S.M. Cossmann, E.J. Rothwell, and L.C. Kempel, "Transient reflection of TM-polarized plane-waves from a Lorentz medium half-space," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 24, pp. 882-887, Mar. 2007.
MSU Scholar
Awards
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- Fellow, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society
- MSU Teacher Scholar Award
- NSF CAREER Award
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