David Paul Casasent (December 8, 1942 — November 16, 2015) was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist, who was a professor emeritus at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He has served as the president of SPIE in 1993 and the International Neural Network Society in 1999.
Born in Washington, D.C., Casasent received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Illinois in 1964, 1965 and 1969, respectively. He joined Carnegie Mellon University as a faculty member in 1969 and was named as the George Westinghouse Chair in 1980. His research at Carnegie Mellon University mainly concerned optics with a focus on image and optical signal processing. Retiring in 2009, he died on November 16, 2015 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was survived by his wife and children.
Being the recipient of SPIE President's Award in 1996, Casasent was a fellow of SPIE, IEEE, and the Optical Society of America. He has previously served as the associate editor of the journal Optical Engineering.
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