BELLINGHAM, WA--(Marketwire - September 13, 2007) - SPIE 2007 President Brian Culshaw announced
the recent election results at the Annual General Meeting of the Society,
28 August 2007, in San Diego, California. Terms begin January 1, 2008.
The 2008 Society Officers:
Kevin G. Harding was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2008
President. He is the senior researcher and project leader for the General
Electric Global Research Center. Harding received his B.A. degree in
Physics/Philosophy from Rider College, Lawrenceville, N.J., and his M.S.
degree in Optics from the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. Harding
is an SPIE Fellow, and his technical interests include precision infrared
ellipsometry and reflectometry to high speed vibration analysis of turbine
structures using holography and Moiré techniques. Harding has served as
conference chair or co-chair on 15 SPIE conferences on machine vision
optics, 3D imaging, laser sensors, and opto-mechanical technology, and has
contributed over 100 papers, including 3 trade journal articles and 6 book
chapters in the area of optical inspection and measurement technology.
Maria J. Yzuel was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2008
President-Elect. Yzuel is a professor with the Department of Physics,
Group of Optics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. She
received her Ph.D. in Physics from the Universidad of Zaragoza, Spain. An
SPIE Fellow, she lists some of her technical interests as diffraction image
theory, image quality evaluation, apodization, applications to
photolithography optical pattern recognition, color information in
correlators, design of filters and liquid crystal devices. Yzuel has
published more than 200 scientific papers and presented about 20 invited
papers and more than 200 regular contributions in scientific conferences.
She has supervised 20 Ph.D. theses.
Ralph B. James was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2008
Vice-President. James is the associate laboratory director at the
Brookhaven National Laboratory. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in
Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology. An SPIE Fellow,
he lists his technical interests as photonic and electro-optical
instrumentation, sensors, imaging, lasers, laser processing of materials,
nanotechnology, nonlinear optics, semiconductor detectors, and biomedical
imaging. James has published over 400 journal articles, conference
proceedings, book chapters and invited review papers, has 10 patents
granted, and is the editor of 11 books on sensors, spectroscopy and
imaging.
Brian A. Lula was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2008
Secretary/Treasurer. Lula is the president and CEO of PI Physik
Instrumente LP. He graduated in mechanical engineering from Centennial
College, Ontario, Canada, and completed advanced engineering courses at the
University of Michigan. His technical interests include micro and
nanopositioning technologies, telescope mechanical/optical system design
and fabrication, astronomical imaging, optical manufacturing and testing.
Lula is a world class CCD astronomical imager/educator with published
photos in popular astronomy magazines such as Sky & Telescope, Astronomy,
CBS National and local TV news, NASA's Astrophoto of the Day (APOD) and was
featured in a personal exhibit at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in
Washington, D.C.
The newly elected Society Directors, three-year terms, 2008-2010:
Marta de la Fuente, group manager, Optical Design Group, Indra Systems.
Fernando Mendoza Santoyo, general director, Ctr de Investigaciones en
Óptica.
Kathleen M. Perkins, chief executive officer, Breault Research Organization
Inc.
David V. Wick, principle member of technical staff - optical engineer,
Sandia National Labs.
Appointed Directors:
2008-2010
Ray O. Johnson, chief technology officer, Lockheed Martin Co.
2008-2009
Harry J. Levinson, manager, Strategic Lithography Technology, Advanced
Micro Devices, Inc.
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Stacey Crockett
360-676-3290 ext. 402