Background Professor David J. Comer received the MSEE degree from the University of California and the PhD from Washington State University. He spent five years with IBM Advanced Systems Development Division before beginning his teaching career at the University of Idaho. He has taught at the University of Calgary and at California State University, Chico where he served as dean of the engineering program. Since 1981, he has been a professor at BYU, serving as department chair from 1990 to 1993.

Research Professor Comer's areas of interest include passive and active filter design, MOS amplifier design, wideband amplifier design, operation of MOS stages in the weak inversion region, and high-speed chip-to-chip communications. Eight patents have been applied for in Professor Comer's name, two by IBM and six by Intel.

Professional Professor Comer was elevated to the grade of Fellow of the IEEE in 2005. He has consulted in the field of circuit design for IBM, Intel, Lawrence Livermore Labs, and Mobility Systems Inc. He has published twelve textbooks in the area of circuit design. He served on the California Engineering Liaison Committee for five years and as Chair of the Council of California State University Deans of Engineering.