Rate My Professor David Pommerenke

David Johannes Pommerenke serves as University Professor (Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing.) at the Institute of Electronics in the Faculty of Electrical and Information Engineering at Technische Universität Graz, a role he assumed on January 1, 2020. He obtained his Diploma in electrical engineering and Dr.-Ing. degree from the Technical University of Berlin, both under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Kalkner. Previously, Pommerenke was Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he directed the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory and contributed significantly to the field.

Pommerenke's primary academic interests lie in electromagnetic compatibility and electrostatic discharge, including printed circuit board design, transistor switching spectra, corona discharge coupling, human-induced electrostatic discharge, and robustness of IoT processors. His research has led several funded projects, such as the Austrian Chips Competence Centre (AT-C3), EU-APECS on advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration, and investigations into harmonic distortion of ESD protection devices. He has earned prestigious recognitions, including elevation to IEEE Fellow in 2015 for contributions to electromagnetic compatibility, best paper awards at the IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility in 2006, 2008, and 2012, best student paper at the IEEE EMC SI/PI Symposium in 2014, and the Best Paper Award at EMC Europe 2021. Notable publications include 'Characterization and Full-Wave Modeling of Corona Discharge Induced Coupling to Touchscreen Displays' (IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2026), 'GHz Range Surrogate Modeling of Transistor Switching Spectra' (IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2026), 'Active Isolation Structure for Directional Stress Current Injection' (IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Applications, 2025), 'A Method for In Situ Characterization of Human-Induced ESD' (IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2025), and 'An Inductive Method for ESD Current Capture on the ESD Generator Tip Using Two-Step Analog Integration' (IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Applications, 2025). Pommerenke also contributes as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility and participates in IEEE EMC Society Technical Committee 9.