Dr. David F. Kelley
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
Bucknell University
One Dent Drive
Lewisburg, PA 17837
E-mail: dkelley AT bucknell DOT edu
Phone: (570) 577-1313
I joined the Bucknell University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
as an Assistant Professor in August 2001.
I was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in April 2007,
and I served as chair of the department from July 2010 through
December 2012.
This semester (Spring 2024) I am teaching
ECEG 351 (Electronics II) and
ECEG 390 (Theory and Applications of Electromagnetics).
Office Hours (Srping 2024)
My office hours are variable. Please contact me via e-mail to
make an appointment.
Education
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1999
- MSEE, Virginia Tech, 1990
- BSEE, Virginia Tech, 1986
Bucknell Courses Taught
- ELEC 105 (Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering) - replaced by ECEG 205
- ELEC 120 (Foundations of Electrical Engineering) - replaced by ECEG 100
- ELEC 225 (Circuit Theory I) - replaced by ECEG 210
- ECEG 350 (Electronics I)
- ECEG 351 (Electronics II)
- ECEG 390 (Theory and Applications of Electromagnetics)
- ECEG 470 (Communication and Information Systems)
- ECEG 497/697, formerly 477/677 (Wireless System Design)
- ENGR 100 (Exploring Engineering)
- ENGR 138 (Written and Oral Communication) - no longer offered
- ENGR 695 (Advanced Topics in Engineering Mathematics)
- UNIV 213 (Science and Engineering of Music and Sound)
- Various independent study courses
Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester, the departmental designator for all
ECE course numbers was changed from "ELEC" to "ECEG."
For details on any of these courses, follow the appropriate link at left.
Courses that I have not taught for a long time have
sites that are greatly out of date.
Research Interests
- Parasitic array antennas
- Reconfigurable antennas
- Reactance-controlled array antennas
- Phased array antennas (active and parasitic)
- General antenna analysis and design
- Evolutionary optimization methods, esp. particle swarm optimization
- Computational electromagnetics, esp. the FDTD method
- For details and selected publications, follow the Research link above
Industry/Sabbatical Experience
- Jacobs, Special Projects Division, Severn, MD, 2021–2022
(sabbatical)
- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2008–2009 (sabbatical)
- Information Systems Laboratories, Vienna, VA, 1991–1993
- Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corp., Greenbelt, MD, 1989–1990
- HY-Tech Research Corp., Radford, VA, 1988–1989 (part time)
Professional Activities and Service
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE):
- Member since 1989; elevated to Senior Member in 2007
- Member of Antennas and Propagation Society
- Chair of Antennas and Propagation Society Education Committee
July 2007-December 2011; Co-Chair December 2011-December 2017
- Associate Editor of Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Education Column July 2007-December 2011
- Member of Technical Program Committee for
IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
most years from 2010 through 2017 and in 2023
- Publicity Chair for 2011 AP-S/URSI International Symposium
held in Spokane, WA
- Member of Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
- Reviewer for:
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
- Antennas and Propagation Magazine
- IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
- Reviewer for W. H. Hayt and J. A. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics,
6th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001
- Reviewer for the Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
John G. Webster, ed., New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999
- Contributing author to P. A. Laplante, ed., Comprehensive Dictionary
of Electrical Engineering, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999
Bucknell University Service:
- University Level:
- University Faculty and Academic Personnel Committee,
Fall 2018–Spring 2021 (co-chair Fall 2019–Spring 2021)
- University Committee on Staff Planning, Fall 2005–Spring 2008
(chair for academic year 2007–2008), Fall 2014–Spring 2017
(chair for academic year 2016–2017)
- Geology Department Search Committee, academic year 2007–2008
- University Composition Council, Fall 2002–Spring 2005
- Computer Science Department Search Committee, academic year 2002–2003
- College Level:
- Engineering Facilities Committee
(formerly known as Instructional Facilities Committee),
Fall 2014–Spring 2015, Spring 2016–Spring 2021,
Fall 2022–present
- Academic East Building roof-top research space planning committee,
Fall 2016–Spring 2018
- Engineering Strategic Planning "Applying Knowledge" Working Group,
Spring–Fall 2017
- Engineering College faculty mentor, Fall 2013–Spring 2014
- Engineering Strategic Planning Committee on Open-Ended Problems,
Spring 2012
- Engineering Dean Search Committee, academic year 2010–2011
- Engineering International Education Committee, Fall 2005–Spring 2008,
Fall 2009–Spring 2011
- Engineering Curriculum Committee, Fall 2001–Spring 2004
- Dana Engineering Building electronics labs and Project Development
Lab repurposing committees, academic year 2003–2004
- Breakiron Engineering Building Electromagnetics Lab configuration
contact person, Summer 2002–Spring 2003
- Department Level:
- ECE Department Search Committee, 2001–2012, 2013–2015,
2016–2018
(chair for academic years 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 and Fall 2012)
- ECE Departmental Review Committee, Fall 2007, Fall 2009–Fall 2014,
Fall 2023
- Chair of Electrical Engineering Department, July 2010–December 2012
- ECE Department Electronic Systems Working Group,
Spring 2023–present
- ECE Department Technical Communication Working Group (chair),
Fall 2018–Spring 2020
- ECE Department "40,000-Foot" Working Group, Fall 2013–Spring 2015,
Spring 2016–Spring 2019
- ECE Department Programming Working Group (chair), Fall 2014–Spring 2015
- ECE Department Junior Design Course Working Group (chair),
Fall 2013–Spring 2014
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