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ORA Names Winners of Optical Design Competition
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 24, 2010 — Optical software developer Optical Research Associates (ORA) announced the winners it selected for the annual Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition, with granted awards totaling $4,000. The awards are given to students in North America who are working toward a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. degree, and who utilize ORA’s Code V or LightTools software to perform research in some area of optical design or engineering. The 2010 top award winners are:...
ORA, QED to Integrate Software and Surface Formulations
PASADENA, Calif., and ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 11, 2010 — Optical design software maker Optical Research Associates and QED Technologies, finishing and metrology products provider to the precision optics industry, today announced a cooperative agreement that will integrate QED's aspheric characterization...
Micro Video Lenses Grow Up
Nov 1, 2009 — A few years ago, micro video lenses were used in machine vision almost exclusively for limited-space and low-resolution applications. But the ongoing reductions in size and cost of optical sensors, along with increases in pixel count, are allowing...
The Search for Other Earths
Oct 1, 2009 — In recent years, astronomers have discovered more than 350 extrasolar planets, or exoplanets. But typical detection techniques are best suited for finding planets that are very dissimilar to Earth in terms of size and orbital characteristics, and it...
Bentley to Advise Qioptiq Defense
Sep 8, 2009 — Qioptiq announced that Dr. Julie Bentley, recognized as a leader in the field of optical system design, has joined Qioptiq Defense in Fairport, N.Y., as technical advisor. Qioptiq manufactures optical systems for defense and aerospace applications;...
Want Great Services in Photonics? Try This Company!
Jun 19, 2009 — (This is a continuation of my previous post on Photonics India, in conversation with Narayana Sharma.) Probing a bit further into the company's business model, it was important to determine the nature of after sales service provided by the...
Cooper Buys LED Maker IMS
HOUSTON, March 17, 2009 – Electrical equipment maker Cooper Industries acquired Irvine, Calif.-based Illumination Management Solutions Inc. (IMS), a provider of specialized optics and systems designs for LED fixtures, for an undisclosed amount.
Andor Shows Shamrocks
Mar 4, 2008 — Andor Technology's new Shamrock SR-500 and SR-750 spectrographs are among products it is exhibiting at Pittcon 2008 (Booth 4104), being held this week in New Orleans. Andor said the new Shamrock models, both based on Czerny-Turner optical...
ORA Promotes Stuart David to Sales Director
Feb 6, 2008 — Optical Research Associates (ORA) has promoted Stuart David to director of sales for its software business. David was formerly sales manager, responsible for overseeing the company's Code V and LightTools direct software sales activities, primarily...
Optimax Obtains Funding for Training Programs
Aug 1, 2007 — Under the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development initiative, the federal government has granted Optimax Systems Inc. of Ontario, N.Y., funding to support four employee training programs during 2007. The company plans to spend more...
LED Light Combiner Allows High-Intensity Headlight Design
Feb 1, 2007 — High luminosity, low power consumption and longevity are among the characteristics that make LEDs ideal lighting sources for applications such as automobile headlights. However, several hurdles remain to achieving an efficient optical design,...
G. Groot Gregory Joins ORA as Technical Business Analyst
Jan 19, 2007 — G. Groot Gregory has joined Optical Research Associates (ORA) of Pasadena, Calif,, as a technical business analyst. Gregory will take a leading role in defining and developing customer-based software requirements, application case studies and...
OPTICAL COMPONENTS
Nov 1, 2006 — A supplier of glass projection lenses for automotive headlights, Docter Optics GmbH has launched a redesigned Web site for the automobile industry and other sectors. Featuring a new navigational structure and expanded content, the trilingual site...
Michelson Launches Consultancy Service
Aug 1, 2006 — Michelson Diagnostic Ltd. of Orpington, UK, has launched an instrument engineering consultancy service. The company, formed by six former employees of Sira Technology Ltd. of Chislehurst, UK, will focus on serving clients of optical design and...
Optical Research Names Design Contest Winners
Oct 1, 2005 — Optical Research Associates of Pasadena, Calif., has announced the winners of its annual Student Optical Design Competition, in which awards totaling $4000 are granted. The allotments are presented to students in North America who are working toward...
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
May 1, 2005 — Although it is part of a planned six-volume series devoted to optical design and simulation, the first volume of Handbook of Optical Systems: Fundamentals of Technical Optics also can be used as a self-contained textbook and as a reference for...
Flextronics, Nortel Begin Optics Tranfer
Nov 2, 2004 — TORONTO, Nov. 2 -- Nortel Networks announced it has completed the transfer of certain optical design operations and related assets in Ottawa, Ontario and Monkstown, Northern Ireland, to Flextronics as part of a larger transaction announced by the...
Diploma Program Offered for Photonics Professionals
Dec 1, 2003 — EP3, the Education Program for Photonics Professionals, is a series of six courses, each eight weeks long, for working scientists and engineers who require core educational background in optics and photonics. Designed and taught by faculty of the...
Illumination Design Gets Faster, Easier
Apr 1, 2003 — From cell phones to automotive dashboards, illuminated displays have become commonplace. Historically, they were designed with rudimentary software tools, and, consequently, many prototype iterations were required. But in the past decade, the...
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