By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="512" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whitley-1024x512.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whitley-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whitley-452x226.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whitley-768x384.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whitley-1080x540.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/whitley.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">David Whitley had an interest in all things electronic from an early age, and now he's giving back to the University where he got started.