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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2011
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 2015
Adviser(s)
Barrett, Harrison H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Photon Statistics in Scintillation Crystals
Employer
UNC Charlotte
Job Title
Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Optical Science - Director, Center for Optoelectronics & Optical Communications
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1981
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1984
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Measurements of Modulation Transfer Function and Spatial Noise in Infrared CCD's
Full Name
Employer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1998
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2002
Adviser(s)
Palmer, James M., Thome, Kurtis J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Design, Calibration and Operation of Mars Lander Cameras
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2011
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2017
Adviser(s)
Chipman, Russell A.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - SpectroPolarimetric Imaging Observations
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2013
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2016
Adviser(s)
Furenlid, Lars R.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - Staging Liver Fibrosis with Statistical Observers
Employer
Breault Research Organization
Job Title
Chairman of the Board
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1979
Adviser(s)
Shack, Roland V.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Suppression of Scattered Light
Employer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Job Title
Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2022
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 2023
Adviser(s)
Kim, Daewook
Non-Wyant College Adviser
Erika Hamden
Employer
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1976
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring, 1982
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L., Wyant, James C.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
M.S. - Construction and Calibration of Phase Perturbation Plates in Photoresist
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 2
Ph.D. - Microprocessor-Based Instrumentation for BRDF Measurements from Visible to Far Infrared
Employer
University of California, Santa Barbara
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1991
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1994
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M., Khitrova, Galina
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Instabilities in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 2016
Adviser(s)
Kolesik, Miroslav
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - Exactly Solvable Light-Matter Interaction Models for Studying Filamentation Dynamics
Employer
SA Photonics
Job Title
General Manager, Vision Products
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1987
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1991
Adviser(s)
Dallas, William J., Roehrig, Hans
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Noise Limited Performance for a Hybrid Detector and High Resolution Display Devices
Employer
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp
Job Title
Staff Consultant, Optics & Detectors Engineering
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1981
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1983
Adviser(s)
Macleod, Angus H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Electron Bombardment of Certain Thin Films During Deposition
Employer
Synopsys, Inc.
Job Title
R&D Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1982
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1985
Adviser(s)
Burke, James J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
The Use of Finite Impulse Response Kernels for Image Restoration
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1976
Adviser(s)
Shack, Roland V.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Tilted Component Optical Systems
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1983
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 1986
Adviser(s)
Stegeman, George I.
Full Name
Employer
College of Optical Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Job Title
Professor of Optical Sciences, Professor of Astronomy
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1991
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1993
Adviser(s)
Angel, J. Roger P., Wolfe, William L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Advanced Techniques for Measuring Primary Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes
Full Name
Employer
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Job Title
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Summer; 2023
Adviser(s)
Driggers, Ronald
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Speckle Phenomena in Active Electro-Optical Applications
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Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2013
Adviser(s)
Angel, J. Roger P., Burge, James H.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2010
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2013
Adviser(s)
Burge, James H.
Employer
Areté
Job Title
Senior Systems Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1996
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1998
Adviser(s)
Powell, Richard C.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Solid-State Raman Image Amplification
Employer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Job Title
Senior Director, Engineering
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1993
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1994
Adviser(s)
Kostuk, Raymond K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Polarization Properties of Volume Holograms
Employer
Penn State University
Job Title
Assistant Research Professor
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2010
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2013
Adviser(s)
Ziolkowski, Richard W.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Studies of Passive and Active Plasmonic Core-Shell Nanoparticle and Their Applications
Employer
Boeing Aerospace & Electronics
Job Title
Associate Technical Fellow
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1984
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1986
Adviser(s)
Sargent III, Murray, Slater, Philip N.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - Two-Photon Multiwave Mixing
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2012
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2016
Adviser(s)
Jones, Jason R.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - Frequency Combs for Spectroscopy in the Vacuum Ultraviolet
Employer
Ondax Inc.
Job Title
Director of Business Development
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2001
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2004
Adviser(s)
Kostuk, Raymond K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ion-Exchanged Ring Resonator Integrated Optic Devices
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1987
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1989
Adviser(s)
Sargent III, Murray
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Effects of Injected Atomic Coherence on Multiwave Mixing
Full Name
Employer
Omega Optical
Job Title
Director of R&D
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1980
Adviser(s)
Seraphin, Bernard O.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Properties of Chemical Vapor Deposited Molybdenum Thin Films
Employer
Ruda-Cardinal, Inc.
Job Title
President
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1985
Adviser(s)
Slater, Philip N.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Absolute Radiometric Calibration of a Spectropolarimeter
Full Name
Employer
University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Job Title
Assistant Research Professor of Optical Sciences, Assistant Research Professor of Medical Imaging
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer II; 2012
Adviser(s)
Barrett, Harrison H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Task Performance with List-Mode Data
Employer
Universidad de Sonora
Job Title
Professor, Researcher
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1980
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring, 1982
Adviser(s)
Hopf, Fred A.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Nonlinear Optical Interferometers