David Keun Cheng (January 10, 1918 – August 22, 2012) was a Chinese-born Professor of Electrical Engineering. He was known for his work in the field of electromagnetics.[1][2] His 1983 undergraduate textbook Field and Wave Electromagnetics has been cited in more than 4000 publications[3] and in 2016 is in the collections of about 500 libraries around the world.[4]