Technical/Industrial Working Group:
Cochairs Chandra Roychoudhuri (University of Connecticut) and Arthur Guenther (University of New Mexico)

Brian Bauman is an optical engineer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He holds an M.S. degree in optical sciences from the University of Arizona and is studying toward the Ph.D. degree. Bauman works as an optical engineer on adaptive optics systems with applications to astronomy, vision science, communication, and high-power lasers. He also works in the Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation program, and he has designed a number of infrared systems and lenses.

Robert P. Breault is chairman of the Breault Research Organization, Inc., an optical engineering software developer and consulting company. He has participated in analysis of renowned space-based sensors and many military optical sensors. Breault is cochairman of the Arizona Optics Industry Association and has helped export development of the optics industry as an important economic resource internationally as well as to many states. He serves on boards of directors of many business and education organizations. and has served SPIE in many capacities including service on its board of directors.

Milton Chang, managing director of Incubic, LLC (www.incubic.com), has actively incubated sixteen companies. Notable public companies in the list are Newport, Uniphase, Gadzoox Networks, Iridex, and New Focus. He sits on the boards of Arcturus Engineering, Gadzoox Networks, OEpic, and OpVista. He is a fellow of OSA and president elect of IEEE LEOS, and he writes monthly business columns for Laser Focus World and Photonics Spectra. He served as president and CEO of Newport Corporation and as president/CEO, and chairman of New Focus. Chang earned Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois.

John E. Greivenkamp is professor of optical sciences and ophthalmology at the University of Arizona. He is a fellow of SPIE; he has served on the SPIE Board of Directors and will chair the 2002 SPIE Education Committee. He also serves on the OSA Board of Directors and is chair of the OSA Engineering Council. He served on the National Research Council Committee on Optical Science and Engineering. Greivenkamp conducts research in interferometry and optical testing, optical fabrication, ophthalmic optics, optical measurement systems, optical systems design, and the optics of electronic imaging systems.

Anthony Johnson is chairperson and distinguished professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and is president elect of the Optical Society of America. He served with AT&T Bell Labs in quantum physics and electronics research and in photonics research. Johnson's general area of research is in ultrafast optical and optoelectronic phenomena, with current research in ultrashort pulse lasers; ultrafast photophysics and nonlinear optical properties of bulk, nanostructured, and quantum well semiconductor structures; ultrahigh-speed optoelctronic devices and measurement techniques; ultrashort pulse propagation in fibers; and high-speed lightwave systems. He holds four U.S. patents in the area of ultrafast phenomena. He holds a B.S. degree in physics from Polytechnic Institute of New York and a Ph.D. degree in physics from City College of the City University of New York.

William P. Latham is technical advisor to the Laser Effects Research Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory/Directed Energy Directorate. He serves as associate director of the Alliance for Photonics Technology, and is a fellow of the SPIE and Laser Institute of America. He has many years of experience in research, technical program management, technology cooperative program management, and teaching. Latham holds a B.S. degree in physics and mathematics and M.S and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of North Texas.

Sudhakar Prasad is director of the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of New Mexico. He has taught optics ranging from classical to quantum optics as well as core graduate physics courses in quantum mechanics and electrodynamics; his research is centered in optical physics, particularly in theoretical studies of optical techniques for high-resolution interferometric imaging and fundamental interactions of light with matter. Prasad earned an M.S. degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Harvard University.

Gloria Putnam is an applications engineer in the Image Sensor Solutions division of the Eastman Kodak Company. In this role she assists customers implementing charge-coupled devices and CMOS image sensors in applications ranging from digital still photography to radiography. She holds degrees in physics and mathematics from California State University at Pomona, and immediately following graduation she taught physics and mathematics in California public high schools for seven semesters. She has held several volunteer leadership positions within SPIE, including chairing the Education Committee and the Women in Optics working group.

Barry Shoop, LTC, is a visiting fellow at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. In addition to being a fellow of the Optical Society of America and IEEE's Laser Electro-Optics Society, Dr. Shoop has been instrumental in establishing an OSA membership category that is inclusive of technicians and is chair of OSA's Membership and Education Services Council. He recently authored a text on optical fiber communication with an emphasis on WDM and optical networking.

M. J. Soileau oversees and manages the School of Optics, which offers graduate degrees at the University of Central Florida. He served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and research scientist for the U.S. Navy and taught physics at the university level. Soileau is a director for several organizations in the optics industry. He has served as president of SPIE and is a fellow of the SPIE, OSA, and IEEE. He holds a B.S. degree in astronomy and physics from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in physics and optics from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and quantum electronics from the University of Southern California.

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