Bernard William Steyaert

Bert received his Ph.D. (2026), an M.Phil. (2023), M.S. (2022), and a B.S. (2020), from Columbia University in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a B.A. in Pre-Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from Ursinus College (summa cum laude, salutatorian, 2019, joint B.S. program). He participated in Columbia University Formula Racing (CUFR) in a variety of roles from 2018–2023. He held an internship at Comcast Corporation (2019) and worked at L3Harris Technologies (2020–2021). Bert was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.