Lee Wendel Casperson (born 1944) is an American physicist and engineer. Casperson earned his bachelor of science degree from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

in 1966. He then pursued a master of science and doctorate at the

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, graduating in 1971. Casperson subsequently taught at the

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

. While at Portland, he was elected a fellow of the IEEE, as well as a fellow of the

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. He later joined the faculty of the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colle ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Casperson, Lee Wendel Living people Fellow Members of the IEEE California Institute of Technology alumni 20th-century American physicists 20th-century American engineers American electrical engineers Portland State University faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Fellows of the American Physical Society University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty 1944 births