Maj Patrick B. Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
I comissioned into the USAF in 2011 and my first assignment was the C-17 SPO where I worked for two years before transfoering the AFRL/RQ for a year. Then I got accepted at AFIT for a MSEE (focus in Electro Optics). After graduating, I went back to AFR/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate) for three years. During that time, I was deployed for eight months as the exec to the AFCENT/A3 CC. Afterwards, I was accepted to AFIT's PhD program with for their faculty pipeline. I studied electro-optics with a focus on polarized light and graduated in 2022. Seince 2022 I have been teaching Electro Optics courses here at AFIT.
My research interests include: Space Domain Awareness (with a focus on optical systems), Polarimetrics, Atmospheric Turbulance Mitigation, and Remote Target Characterization (with a focus on optical systems).
Education
2022 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Dissertation Title: Multichannel Blind Deconvolution of Circularly Polarized Imagery
(Advisor: Maj. David Becker)
2016 MS, Electrical Engineering
Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Thesis Title: Geosynchronous Binary Object Detection
(Advisor: Dr. Stephen Cain)
2006 B.S., Electrical Engineering
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN