Wyant College of Optical Sciences Alumni Directory
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Full Name
Job Title
Optical Systems Developer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2001
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2006
Adviser(s)
Burge, James H., Chipman, Russell A.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Hyperspectral Fundus Imaging and Studies in Retinal Oximetry
Full Name
Employer
KBR
Job Title
Physicist / Sr. Technical Professional
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2012
Adviser(s)
Anderson, Brian P.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Generating and Manipulating Quantized Vortices in Highly Oblate Boise-Einstein
Full Name
Employer
Edmund Optics
Job Title
Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2019
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2019
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2018
Full Name
Employer
Cinnabar Optics
Job Title
CEO
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1993
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 1997
Adviser(s)
Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
A Novel Technique for Simultaneously Determining the First-, Second-, and Third-Order Optical Molecular Coefficients for Nonlinear Optical Chromophores
Full Name
Employer
NASA Langley
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1989
Adviser(s)
Slater, Philip N.
Full Name
Employer
3M
Job Title
Physicist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2004
Adviser(s)
Thome, Kurtis J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
The Calibration of ASTER using the Cross-Calibration Approach with MODIS
Full Name
Employer
Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc.
Job Title
Vice President, Atmospheric Products
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1970
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1976
Adviser(s)
Noble, Robert H., Shannon, Robert R.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
MS - The Effect of Target Temperature on the Erosion Ratio of Ionically Bombarded Fused Silica
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 2
PhD - The Techniques and Tolerancing Required for Phasing Hexagonal-Configured Synthetic Aperture Imaging Systems
Full Name
Employer
United States Air Force
Job Title
Test Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2020
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 2021
Adviser(s)
Kilper, Daniel
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Data-Driven Engineering of Optical Networks
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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2021
Full Name
Employer
Viavi Solutions
Job Title
Director, Next Generation Products
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1987
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1990
Adviser(s)
Macleod, Angus H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Surface Diffusion: A Computer Study of Its Effects on Thin Film Morphology
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS in PCE; Fall; 2019
Full Name
Employer
Carnival of Illusion
Job Title
Owner
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1997
Adviser(s)
Sasián, José
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Design Considerations for a Virtual Reality Retinal Scanning Device
Full Name
Job Title
Engineer II
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2010
Adviser(s)
Kostuk, Raymond K.
Full Name
Employer
RDIS, LLC
Job Title
President
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1992
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1999
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L., Gaskill, Jack D.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
MS - Characterization and Modeling of Microchannel Plate Intensified Charge Coupled Device Signal to Noise Ratio Variations with Image Size
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 2
PhD - Development, Characterization, and Modeling of a Tunable Filter Camera
Full Name
Employer
University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Job Title
Professor of Optical Sciences, Professor of Astronomy
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1987
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1989
Adviser(s)
Shack, Roland V.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Imagery of the Bilateral Symmetrical Optical System
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2018
Adviser(s)
Barton, Jennifer K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Software Implementation of a Combined Fluorescence and Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging System
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2012
Adviser(s)
Hua, Hong, Schwiegerling, Jim
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optofluidic Adaptive Optics
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2024
Non-Wyant College Adviser
Huxter, Vanessa
Full Name
Employer
University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2016
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Fall; 2019
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Spring; 2021
Adviser(s)
Barton, Jennifer K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Multimodal Optical Imaging for Tissue Characterization and Disease Diagnosis
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2021
Full Name
Employer
JDSU Santa Rosa
Job Title
Product Line Manager
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1985
Adviser(s)
Macleod, Angus H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ion-induced Processes in Optical Coatings
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
B.S. Spring, 2025
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2013
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2005
Adviser(s)
Kostuk, Raymond K.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2023
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
M.S. Summer, 2025
Adviser(s)
Kim, Daewook
Full Name
Employer
Honeywell Quantum Solutions
Job Title
Advanced Physicist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 2021
Adviser(s)
Anderson, Brian P.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Methods and Probes of Vortex Generation and Control in Dilute-Gas Bose-Einstein Condensates
Full Name
Employer
Air Force Research Laboratory
Job Title
Physicist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2020
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2021
Non-Wyant College Adviser
Jared Males
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Development of a Three-Sided Pyramid Wavefront Sensor for Astronomical Adaptive Optics