Donn Silberman on a Career in Optics, Education, and Outreach
This week I spoke with Donn Silberman, who first entered optics in 1976 as a high school student, getting involved in astronomy. Donn shared his insights from his career in optics, in not only enginee...
13 Feb 20241h 19min
Dr. Eva Acosta on Visual Optics, Wavefront Coding, and Imaging through Cataracts
Dr. Eva Acosta sat down to share her research in the area of visual optics. She discussed how she entered the field of optics and specific visual optics, her work on wavefront coding, cataract imaging...
18 Dec 20231h 10min
Heejoo Choi on Innovative Optical Designs
In this episode, I sat down with Heejoo Choi. Heejoo recently won the Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award He won the award for an innovative UV cross-dispersion space telescope and engine...
5 Sep 202256min
David Shafer on His Philosophy of Optical Design
In this episode, I sat down with David Shafer. David has been creating incredible and cutting edge lens designs for decades; my first introduction to his work were his free slides he posted which look...
3 Aug 202259min
Graves on Creating a Science Startup
In this episode, we do something a bit new, in that I am the person being interviewed by previous guest Kris Ford. I talk about my own perspectives on being a co-founder of ELE Optics, the general exp...
28 Juni 20221h 7min
Bob Parks on the Point Source Microscope, Alignment, and Optics
In this episode, Bob Parks discusses his background in optics. For those who are not aware, Bob has been a key figure in the world of optics, being a force to establish using an auto-stigmatic microsc...
22 Maj 20221h 13min
Craig Ament on Thin Films, Entrepreneurship, and Founding Arizona Thin Films
In this episode, Craig Ament discusses thin films and their near universal application in the optics industry. He comments on how he started his company, Arizona Thin Films, key considerations in inco...
7 Apr 20221h 9min
David Aikens and Eric Herman on Modern Optical Drawings: The ISO10110 Companion
I sat down with Dave Aikens and Eric Herman to discuss their recent book “Modern Optical Drawings: The ISO10110 Companion”, which they co-authored along with Richie Youngworth. I cannot recommend this...
17 Mars 20221h 6min
