Dr. Michael Gehm

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Biography

Michael Gehm received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992, followed by A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Duke University in 1998 and 2003, respectively. He initially served as a Research Associate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke, then became an Assistant Research Professor. In 2007, he joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and was later appointed as an Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences in 2009. He was promoted to Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Optical Sciences in 2013 and returned to Duke as an Associate Professor in 2016, with a secondary appointment in Physics added in 2021. In 2022, he became a full Professor in both the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics departments. His current research focuses on computational compressive sensing measurement modalities, particularly in the fields of electromagnetic and optical RF x-ray forms and mass spectrometry, along with side interests in optical physics and high-performance x-ray simulation. He is a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA) and SPIE.

Research Interests

Courses

ECE 543: Statistical Optics ECE 542: Holography Coherent Imaging ECE 270L9: Fields Waves: Fundamentals Information Propagation (Lab) ECE 270DL: Fields Waves: Fundamentals Information Propagation

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)