Optical Design Awardees Announced

!%Synopsys Inc.%! of San Diego has chosen two University of Rochester doctoral candidates as winners of the 2011 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition. Bin Ma was recognized for his work on aspheric lens design using Synopsys’ Code V software in his paper, “Design of Lithographic Lenses with Slope Constrained Q-Polynomials.” Dustin Moore was recognized for his work on a panoramic imaging system using Code V software in his paper, “A High Resolution Four-Pi Steradian Panoramic Video System.” The annual competition was created in 2000 by Optical Research Associates, now the Optical Solutions Group, at Synopsys.