Background
Casasent, David Paul was born on December 8, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harold Kane and Delta (Fletchall) Casasent.
educator executive electrical engineer
Casasent, David Paul was born on December 8, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harold Kane and Delta (Fletchall) Casasent.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964; Master of Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1969.
Professor electrical engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1969; president, Unicorn Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, since 1983. Director Center for Optical Data Processing, Pittsburgh.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (local president 1971-1972, Barry Carlton award 1976), Optical Society of America (local president 1975-1977), Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (governor 1982-1985, 87-90, president 1993, executive board), International Neural Network Society (governor 1992-1995, 1998-1900, president 1999).
Married Paula Timko; children: Candace, Erin, Maureen, Tod, Jon.