Technology Transfer Showcase
The CLEO Technology Transfer Program offers attendees from industry a “one-stop” opportunity to learn about the latest optic and photonic technologies coming out of Universities and Government Labs. This is a great opportunity to hear speakers from top Optic and Photonic Universities talking about their institutions’ latest research that could lead to new commercial products or improvements in the efficiency, durability and/or availability of existing components or systems. This Thursday afternoon session will also feature White Paper Posters as well as two case study speakers who will talk about how they successfully licensed technology from a University and transferred that research into a commercial product offered by their company.
Moderator: Mark Tolbert, President, TOPTICA Photonics Inc., U.S.
Date/Time: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Invited Speaker Presentations: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
White papers and discussion time: 2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Location: San Jose Convention Center, Exhibit Floor session area
Invited University Speakers will include:
Bahaa Saleh, Dean, CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida
Dr. Saleh’s presentation will focus on technologies currently being developed at UCF/CREOL, a success story about one of UCF’s faculty start-ups, and will highlight some of UCF’s major patent portfolios.
Bahaa E. A. Saleh has been Dean of CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida, since January 2009. From 1994 to 2008 he was a faculty member of Boston University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), of which he also served as Chair from 1994 to 2007. He also served as Deputy Director of the Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, an NSF Engineering Research Center in 2000-2008.
Dr. Saleh received his BS from Cairo University in 1966 and his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1971, both in Electrical Engineering. He held faculty and research positions at the University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, Kuwait University, Max Planck Institute in Germany, UC-Berkeley, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Columbia University, University of Vienna, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a faculty member from 1977 to 1994 and served as Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1990 to 1994.
Amy Phillips, Technology Transfer License Specialist, College of Optical Sciences, the University of Arizona
Ms. Phillip’s Presentation will include an overview of some of the technologies from the College of Optical Sciences at University of Arizona’s broadly based research programs in optical harmonic generators, fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, pulsed lasers, integrated optics/photonics, electro-optic modulators, and more. Several of the more mature technologies that have patents pending will be discussed in terms of their capabilities, competitive advantages, and efforts required bringing them to market. Examples of works to be discussed:
1) Easy to Fabricate, Low-Cost Optical Fibers, photonic crystal fibers with applications as compact, high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, optical sensors, and pump sources.
2) Compact Monolithic Multicore Fiber Lasers for High-Power Applications, such as welding, cutting, manufacturing, in-field pipe welding, and on-site cladding.
3) Splice less Phosphate Glass Fiber Laser, for use in communications, cutting and welding, imaging systems, and surgical lasers.
With a BS in Physics and Mathematics and an MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, Amy Phillips’ 25+ year-long career has included her work in areas as varied as designing optical heads for an optical disk drive company, testing optical materials for use in satellite systems, building interferometers for quality assurance testing of laser diodes, and contracting as the Contamination Control Specialist for the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix Mission to Mars. Throughout the decade before taking her current position at University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences, Amy consulted for an intellectual property firm on a wide range of tasks.
Invited Case Study Speakers will include:
Dr. Mark Kasevich, Professor, Stanford University; Co-Founder and Consulting Chief Scientist, AOSense, Inc.
Dr. Kasevich is a Professor of Physics at Stanford University and Co-Founder and Consulting Chief Scientist for AOSense, Inc. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1985 with a BA in physics and received his MA in physics and philosophy from Merton College, Oxford University in 1987. Dr. Kasevich received his PhD from Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics, in 1992 and has been a member of the Stanford physics department faculty since that time. From 1997-2002 Dr. Kasevich was also a member of the Yale University Physics Department faculty.
Dr. Marcos Dantus, President and CEO, BioPhotonic Solutions Inc.
Marcos Dantus is a University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Michigan State University, Dantus’ interests include ultrafast laser pulse theory, development and control, control of nonlinear laser-matter interactions, and biomedical imaging. Dantus has authored more than 150 publications, 43 invention disclosures and 13 patents. He is presently the President and CEO of BioPhotonic Solutions Inc., the President of the OSA Ann Arbor, Michigan, chapter and serves on the board of advisors for Chemical Physics Letters. Dantus was instrumental in the development of femtochemistry and the development of ultrafast electron diffraction, both as a PhD student and post doc under Professor Zewail (Caltech, 1999 Nobel Prize).
Dr. John Nightingale, Mobius Photonics
John Nightingale has twenty five years of experience working in the photonics industry. For the past eight years he has been a consultant working in various roles for more than 20 clients in fields such as laser development, material processing, medical, and display. Specifically he has worked four years with Mobius Photonics, where he has focused on intellectual property issues. Prior to becoming a consultant, John held various engineering roles at Coherent Inc., including VP of Engineering for the Semiconductor Group. John is an inventor on 18 patents related to optical fibers, laser diodes, diode-pumped solid-state lasers, nonlinear optics, and opto-mechanical packaging. John has a PhD degree in Applied Physics from Stanford University.