A (not so) brief history of optical design from 385 BCE to present, and a look into the future
Dave Aikens and Mary Turner (Presented by Dave Aikens)
Abstract
About the speaker
Dave Aikens is an optical design engineer at Savvy Optics Corp, a company he founded in 2007. He is a graduate of the University of Rochester (BS ’83, MS ’84), a Fellow of SPIE, and the 2021 recipient of the A. E. Conrady award. He teaches lens design through his optical mentorship program, and has been designing lenses for over 40 years.
Mary G. Turner is Technical Fellow for Optical Design at Edmund Optics. After receiving her Ph.D in Optics from UArizona, she spent much of her career teaching optical design in industrial as well as academic settings. In addition to her work in the Advanced Programs group at Edmund, she instructs students at UC-Irvine and UArizona in aspects of optical design.
Parking and location
The talk will be held in the Room 108 of Goergen Hall (Institute of Optics, 480 Intercampus Drive). Parking is available in the lot across the street in Intercampus Drive Lot, and is free for talk attendees (no pass needed).
Pre-talk dinner
