Scholars@Duke
David R. Smith

David R. Smith

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
drsmith@duke.edu
Box 90291, Durham, NC 27708-0291
2527 CIEMAS Building, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Fellow (NAI)

Other National Academy of Inventors · 2016 More about this award

Highly Cited Researcher

National Thomson Reuters · 2014

Fellow

National Optical Society of America · 2013

Top Ten Breakthroughs for 2006

National Science Magazine (Cloaking) · July 2008

Top 50 Researchers

National Scientific American · July 2008

Top Ten Breakthroughs for 2003

National Science Magazine (Negative Index Materials) · July 2008

Top 100 Science Accomplishments for 2006

National Discover Magazine (Cloaking) · July 2008

Descartes Prize for Research

International European Union · July 2008

Fellows

National Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 1986

In the News

Published October 2, 2025
Bending Light – and Minds – with Metamaterials
Published June 13, 2024
How Metamaterials Turn Our Understanding of Physics Inside Out
Published January 30, 2024
A Marriage of AI and Photonics to Advance Imaging, Health Care and Public Safety
Published November 16, 2023
Which Duke Scholars Made the Most Cited List?
Published March 10, 2021
Duke AI Security Screening Start-up Goes Public Via SPAC Deal
Published January 9, 2020
A Crystal Ball for the Decade Ahead
Published November 19, 2019
Global List of Highly Cited Puts Duke in Top Ten
Published November 27, 2018
Duke Faculty Plentiful On ‘Highly Cited’ List
Published March 26, 2018
Beyond Materials: From Invisibility Cloaks to Satellite Communications
Published October 23, 2017
David Smith on How Invisibility Is No Longer the Stuff of Science Fiction
Published December 12, 2016
Three Duke Researchers Named To National Academy Of Inventors
Published October 24, 2016
Proposed wireless charging station would make dead batteries 'a thing of the past'
Published September 30, 2015
Interview with David Smith: How invisibility cloaks might become real
Published August 20, 2015
Which universities are the most innovative?
Published September 4, 2013
Intellectual Ventures spinout Evolv gets $11.8M from Bill Gates and others, aims to transform security scanning
Published August 9, 2013
Exotic optics: Metamaterial world