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Michael E. Gehm

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Box 90291, Durham, NC 27708
3463 CIEMAS, Fitzpatrick Center, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Michael Gehm received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. He earned his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Duke University in 1998 and 2003, respectively. From 2003–2005, he was a Research Associate in ECE at Duke, followed by a year as an Assistant Research Professor. In 2007 he moved to the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor of ECE and was jointly appointed an Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences in 2009. He was promoted to Associate Professor of ECE and Optical Sciences in 2013 before returning to Duke as an Associate Professor of ECE later that year. He added a secondary appointment in Physics in 2021. In 2022, he was promoted to Professor of ECE and Physics.

His current research interests are primarily computational and compressive sensing and measurement in all modalities (with special emphasis in Electromagnetic/Optical from RF to x-ray and all forms of Mass spectrometry), with side interests in optical physics, high-performance x-ray simulation, and rapid-prototyping as a means of creating advanced electromagnetic structures.

 He is a Fellow of both Optica (formerly, OSA) and SPIE.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2022 - Present Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2024 - Present Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor of Physics · 2024 - Present Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Scholarly Works


Corrigendum to “A super-resolution coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer proof-of-concept for planetary science” [Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 507 (2025) 117368] (International Journal of Mass Spectrometry (2025) 507, (S1387380624001799), (10.1016/j.ijms.2024.117368))

Journal article International Journal of Mass Spectrometry · October 1, 2026 The authors regret that we have identified a typographical error and an incorrect molecular isotope ratio in the original article which we would like to correct. Although these corrections do not alter the paper's conclusions regarding SR-CAMMS performance ... Full text Cite

Design and analysis of asymmetric vision from a plume of oriented synthetic aerosol particles.

Journal article Applied optics · October 2025 The introduction of scattering media along an imaging path typically results in a deterioration of image quality, as scattering re-directs light into off-axis trajectories. Our goal is to create an asymmetric vision environment by exacerbating this deterio ... Full text Cite

A super-resolution proof of concept in a cycloidal coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer.

Journal article Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM · May 2025 RationaleHigher resolution in fieldable mass spectrometers (MS) is desirable in space flight applications to enable resolving isobaric interferences at m/z < 60 u. Resolution in portable cycloidal MS coupled with array detectors could be improved ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


COMPaSS Coded Omnidirectional Metamaterial Pointing and Sensing Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veyl Technologies, Inc · 2026 - 2027

MRI: Track 1 Development of a Multi-Band Radio and Optical Lightning Imager

ResearchPD/PI · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2027

DIODE: Directional Imaging via Orientable Dipole Engineering

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Signature Research Inc · 2022 - 2024

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Education


Duke University · 2003 Ph.D.
Duke University · 1998 M.S.
Washington University in St. Louis · 1992 B.S.