Steven A. Cummer

School Pratt School of Engineering · 2018 Given each year to an outstanding researcher. These faculty inspire their colleagues, serve others, contribute to the knowledge base and have a deep passion for their work. More about this honor

Fellow

National Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 2011

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

National President of the United States of America · 2001

News Items

Published October 4, 2024

Most Tropical Lightning Storms Are Radioactive

Published August 21, 2024

Snap, Crackle, Pop: How Lightning Works

Published August 5, 2022

Steve Cummer: New Information on “Gigantic Jet” Lightning Bursts That Reach Toward Space

Published August 25, 2021

Moving Tiny Things ... With Sound

Published March 1, 2021

Steve Cummer on Studying Waves in Duke Forest

Published May 14, 2020

The Science of Lightning: Steven Cummer Answers Your Questions

Published December 15, 2019

A Research Tour of Duke's Largest Laboratory

Published May 7, 2019

Duke Adds 21 Faculty to Distinguished Faculty Rank

Published March 26, 2018

Duke Stories

Beyond Materials: From Invisibility Cloaks to Satellite Communications

Published May 23, 2016

Marketplace Tech

Steven Cummer explains auditory invisible cloaks

Published August 11, 2015

Nature

3D-printed device helps computers solve cocktail-party problem

Published August 11, 2015

The Daily Mail

'Hearing aid' picks out voices in a crowd: Device mimics how the brain processes sound using the 'cocktail party effect'

Published April 21, 2015

The News & Observer

Steven Cummer: Is there more to lightning than meets the eye?

Published January 26, 2015

There's More to Lightning Than Meets the Eye

Published September 29, 2014

The New York Times

On the hunt for a sprite on a midsummer's night

Published March 12, 2014

The Huffington Post UK

3D-acoustic cloaking device can make you invisible -- to dolphins