Previous Speakers

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Patrick Franzen

"Publishing in Optics and Photonics”
Patrick Franzen is the Senior Director of Publications for SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, where he is responsible for driving business strategy and innovation across the SPIE suite of publications activities including proceedings and conference content, journals, books, and multimedia.
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Dr. Charles Kankelborg

“Systematic Doppler Shift Errors in Imaging Spectrographs”
A physicist with a background in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observation of the Sun.He will be presenting an analytic and numerical study of slit-shifting problems and its remedies, with application to current and future instruments for solar physics. He will describe considerations in design, operation, and data analysis and how that can reduce the velocity anomalies significantly.
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Dr. Daewook Kim

 

Daewook Kim is a professor of optical sciences and astronomy at the University of Arizona. He has been working in the optical engineering field for more than 15 years, 25 m diameter Giant Magellan Telescope, and commercial Augmented Reality freeform glass project. His main research area covers precision freeform optics design, fabrication, and various metrology topics, such as interferometric test systems using computer-generated hologram, wavefront curvature measurement, and dynamic deflectometry system

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Dr. Riley Logan

"The Fate of a Photon"

Dr. Logan is currently a reasearch engineer in the Optical Remote Sensor Labratory. He will be talking about his past and present research as well as his future reasearch goals. We will be welcoming Dr. Logan to the ECE Faculty in August of 2025.

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Clarissa M. DeLeon

"Defining What Success Means to Me in Graduate School"

Clarissa M. DeLeon (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona's Wyant College of Optical Sciences, working with Professor Meredith Kupinski in the Polarization Lab. Her research combines instrument development with image science to study polarized atmospheric scattering. She holds a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Optics and Photonics from Montana State University. As a proud Latina, Clarissa is dedicated to increasing Latinx/Hispanic representation in STEM. She aspires to become a professor, advancing research while mentoring the next generation of scientists. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, hiking, and reading.

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Shannon Hamp

“Waveguides, Wafers, and Wizardry: An Introduction to Integrated Photonic Design”

Shannon is a Photonics Applications Engineer at Spark Photonics. Shannon will provide an introduction to the field of integrated photonics, including an overview of how photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are designed, simulated, and prepared for fabrication in an industry setting.