University Distinguished Professor, Dennis P. Nyquist Endowed Professor in Electromagnetics
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Engineering Bldg, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 3410C
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 resear
Read morePh.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan 1994
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan 1990
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati 1989
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Fellow, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society
MSU Teacher Scholar Award
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Read moreR.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.