Eric Durant, PhD, MBA, PE

I am a professor and the director of the master of science in machine learning program at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). During the summers I am a DSP Research Engineer at Starkey Hearing Technologies in Eden Prairie, MN. While on sabbatical in 2018–2019, I worked with NVIDIA on deep learning applications to audio signal processing. My research includes deep learning based speech enhancement and fall detection, beamforming, convex optimization, genetic algorithms, and spatialization. I am an inventor on 8 US patents.

I earned bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from MSOE. I earned my master's degree and PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and the Executive Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

I am a senior member of the IEEE (S'93 M'02 SM'06) and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (M'02). I serve as an ABET EAC program evaluator for both computer and electrical engineering programs. I was recognized by STEM Forward as the Young Engineer of the Year in 2013 and by MSOE and our students as the Oscar Werwath Distinguished Teacher in 2016. Additionally, I serve on the Board of Trustees for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater