Leopold B. Felsen

Leopold Benno Felsen
Born	(1924-05-07)May 7, 1924 Munich, Weimar Republic
Died	September 24, 2005(2005-09-24) (aged 81) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Awards	National Academy of Engineering membership (1977) IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal (1991)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering Acoustics
Institutions	Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Boston University
Thesis	Diffraction by Wedges and Cones  (1952)
Doctoral advisor	Nathan Marcuvitz

Leopold Benno Felsen (May 7, 1924 – September 24, 2005) was a German-born American electrical engineer and physicist known for his fundamental contributions to electromagnetism and wave-based disciplines. For the most of his career, he was a professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, which later became New York University Tandon School of Engineering.