Eric Durant, PhD, MBA, PE

I am a Principal Signal Processing Engineer at Starkey Hearing Technologies. My work includes deep learning applications to audio signal processing, deep learning-based speech enhancement, fall detection, beamforming, convex optimization, genetic algorithms, and spatialization. I am an inventor on 8 US patents.

I was a full-time member of the faculty at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) for 23 years through 2025 and led the computer engineering undergraduate program and the machine learning master's program. During my sabbaticals in 2018–2019 and again in 2024–2025, I worked with NVIDIA.

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 an Executive MBA from 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 my students as the Oscar Werwath Distinguished Teacher in 2016. Since 2023, I have served on the Board of Trustees for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.