Wyant College of Optical Sciences Alumni Directory

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Full Name
Employer
MZA Associates Corp.
Job Title
Senior Scientist (retired)
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1987
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L.
Full Name
Employer
Raytheon
Job Title
Electrical Engineer II
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2014
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1995
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1998
Adviser(s)
Gaskill, Jack D., Milster, Thomas D.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
A Non-Paraxial Scattering Theory for Specifying and Analyzing Fabrication Errors in Optical Systems
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1991
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1992
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Light Scattering from a Sphere On or Near an Interface
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2005
Adviser(s)
Dallas, William J.
Employer
Edwards Air Force Testing
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2019
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2024
Adviser(s)
Koshel, John R.
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2023
Employer
ASML
Job Title
Optomechanical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2021
Adviser(s)
Sasián, José
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Imaging Process Overview and Design of an Unobscured Telescope
Employer
ITF Optical Technologies
Job Title
Vice President for Advanced Research
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1990
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1992
Adviser(s)
Stegeman, George I.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Nonlinearities and Applications of Semiconductors Near Half the Band Gap
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2006
Adviser(s)
Swartzlander, Grover A. Jr.
Full Name
Employer
SETS Technology
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1985
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1993
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Construction of a Dual-tip Scanning Tunneling Microscope: a Prototype Nanotechnology Workstation
Employer
Quantinuum
Job Title
Principal Scientist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1997
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2000
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Portable Snapshot Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
Full Name
Employer
L3 Communications/Aeromet
Job Title
Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2005
Adviser(s)
Palmer, James M.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2017
Employer
Corning Incorporated - Retired
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1975
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1976
Adviser(s)
Shannon, Robert R.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Imagery Utilizing Multiple Focal Planes
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1996
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer II; 2002
Adviser(s)
Hart, Michael, Mansuripur, Masud
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Application of an Achromatic Shearing Sensor for the Alignment of a Segmented Telescope
Employer
Boeing
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1994
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1999
Adviser(s)
Milster, Thomas D.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Superresolution applied to Optical Data Storage Systems
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1989
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1998
Adviser(s)
Biggar, Stuart F., Burke, James J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Models and Validation Measurements of Bidirectional Reflectance Factor for Diffuse Reflecting Materials
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2014
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Fall; 2016
Adviser(s)
Liang, Rongguang
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
A Brief Look Into the Functionality and Capabilities of Saguaro, A Data Processing Platform
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Full Name
Employer
BAE SMS
Job Title
EO Systems Performance Data Analyst
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
M.S. Fall, 2025Extending the Cryogenic IR optical Design material Set - A review of Chalcogenide Glasses and Minimum Deviation Refractometry at NASA CHARMS
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Extending the Cryogenic IR optical Design material Set - A review of Chalcogenide Glasses and Minimum Deviation Refractometry at NASA CHARMS
Employer
Microsoft
Job Title
Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2010
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 2013
Adviser(s)
Barton, Jennifer K.
Full Name
Employer
Optikos
Job Title
Opto-mechanical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2021
Adviser(s)
Chalifoux, Brandon
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Method for Thermally Balanced Mounting of Refractive Optical Elements
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2019
Adviser(s)
Hart, Michael
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Fall; 2005
Adviser(s)
Kueppers, Franko
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1985
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Fall; 2007
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 2013
Adviser(s)
Burge, James H.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1987
Adviser(s)
Angel, J. Roger P.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optics for Large Telescope
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
B.S. Spring, 2025
Full Name
Employer
Rivian Automotive
Job Title
Lead Vehicle Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2022
Adviser(s)
Kim, Daewook
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Adhesive-Free Mount for 330 mm Transmission Flat Optical Window