Dr. Steve Leeb

1999 Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award Recipient

 

Steven B. Leeb (S'89-M'93) received his Bachelor of Science and Doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and 1993, respectively. He has been a member of the MIT faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 1993. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in MIT's Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems.

 

From 1987 - 1991 he was a reservist in the US Air Force. In this capacity he assisted the microelectronics branch of the Wright Research and Development Center at Wright-Patterson AFB with the design of high frequency switching power supplies for advanced avionics applications. At MIT, he is concerned with the design, development, and maintenance processes for all kinds of machinery and servornechanisms with electrical actuators, sensors, or power electronic drives.

 

Some of his current research interests include advanced lighting ballast design to provide optical wireless communication networks for the disabled, inductively-coupled power transfer systems, adaptive tracking con-trol schemes for power electronic drives, electric utility system monitoring, and the development of actuators and sensors using novel or custom materials includ-ing gel polymer. He teaches a broad array of classes at MIT, and is especially concerned with instilling strong technical literacy and a passion to build in engineering students.

 

Source: Flyer from Award Presentation