Wyant College of Optical Sciences Alumni Directory

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Full Name
Employer
Continuing at Uarizona
Job Title
MS Student
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
B.S. Spring, 2024
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
M.S. Summer, 2026
Non-Wyant College Adviser
Christos Gagatsos
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
QUANTUM-ENHANCED PHASE CHANGE DETECTION WITH CONTINUOUS-VARIABLE GAUSSIAN STATES
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2019
Adviser(s)
Su, Tsu-Te Judith
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Fall; 2008
Adviser(s)
Tyo, Scott J.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2024
Adviser(s)
Milster, Thomas D.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2018
Full Name
Employer
Sandia Nat'l Lab
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1986
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1988
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Fabrication, Experimental Investigation and Computer Modelling of Gallium Arsenide Nonlinear Optical Devices
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
Graduate Certificate; Fall; 2008
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Summer II; 2011
Adviser(s)
Burge, James H.
Full Name
Employer
Toshiba
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2003
Adviser(s)
Mansuripur, Masud
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Studies of Dynamic Change in Reflectivity of Thin Film Metal and Phase-Change Media Induced by Sub-nano Second Laser Impulses
Employer
Motorola
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1989
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1992
Adviser(s)
Gibson, Ursula J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Silicon Preparation Techniques for Nucleation and Growth Studies of Zinc Sulfide Deposited by Atomic Layer Epitaxy
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2018
Employer
Univ of Rochester
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1981
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Transverse Effects in optical Bistability and Superfluorescence
Employer
Air Force
Job Title
Scientist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 1993
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 1995
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Spring; 1999
Adviser(s)
Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
MS - Fluorescence Properties of Novel Silylated Dyes in a Sol-Gel Matrix
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 2
PhD - Explanation and Prediction of Curious Experimental Results in Lasers and Nonlinear Optics
Employer
Microsoft
Job Title
Principle Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1990
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1991
Adviser(s)
Meystre, Pierre
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Direct Overwrite in Magneto-optical Recording
Full Name
Employer
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Job Title
Technical Staff, Photonics and Remote Sensing
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
M.S. Spring, 2026
Adviser(s)
Spencer, Mark
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Experimental Characterization and Modeling of Event-Based Sensors
Full Name
Employer
Raytheon
Job Title
EO optical engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2024
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2006
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2018
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2018
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
Grad Cert; Fall; 2024
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
M.S.; Spring; 1988
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Fall; 2006
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Summer II; 2009
Adviser(s)
Tyo, Scott J.
Employer
Mackinac MicroOptics
Job Title
Owner/Operator
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1988
Adviser(s)
Wyant, James C.
Full Name
Job Title
Associate Research Staff
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2003
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2008
Adviser(s)
Anderson, Brian P., Kippelen, Bernard
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Spontaneous Formation of Quantized Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Full Name
Employer
EO Vista
Job Title
President
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1987
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1989
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Small-Angle Scatter Measurement
Employer
Smith College Physics Dept
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Fall; 1984
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Bistability in ZnS and ZnSe Thin-Film Interference Filters and in GaAs and CuCl Etalons
Employer
Intel
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1994
Adviser(s)
Falco, Charles M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Deposition and Characterization of Candidate Materials for High Density Magneto-Optical Data Storage
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2014
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Fall; 2005
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Fall; 2007
Non-Wyant College Adviser
Dallas, William J.; Thome, Kurtis J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Analysis of Reconnaisance Satellite Architectures
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2013
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2016
Adviser(s)
Barton, Jennifer K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
PhD - Structural and Functional Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Colon