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Optica Design and Fabrication Congress

Student Paper Competition

Congratulations to our Winners and Finalists.

The papers submitted to the competition were reviewed during the standard Technical Program Committee (TPC) review process, and up to 4 finalists were selected. After the papers were presented at the meeting, the Program Committee members made their winner selections based on content quality, value to the technical community of interest and the students' presentation skills.

International Optical Design Conference (IODC)

Winner

Paul Buske, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Wednesday, 07 June, 09:30 - 09:45 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
Diffractive Neural Networks Built from Spatial Light Modulators for Laser Beam Shaping in the NIR and VIS 

Finalists

Ankur Desai, University of Rochester, USA
Wednesday, 07 June, 11:00 - 11:15 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
Multi-Material Gradient-Index Optics 

David Lippman, University of Rochester, USA
Wednesday, 07 June, 11:45 - 12:00 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
Compact Zoom Visual Scope Using Gradient-Index Alvarez Lenses 

Jacob Sacks, University of Rochester, USA
Wednesday, 07 June, 15:00 - 15:15 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
Microscope Objective Design and Analysis Using New Theory of Secondary Axial Color 

Optical Fabrication and Testing (OF&T)

Winner

GaYoung Lee, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea
Tuesday, 06 June, 12:00 - 12:15 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
On-Sky Point Spread Function Analysis for the Off-Axis Freeform Three-Mirror Telescope 

Finalists

Luke DeMars, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Wednesday, 07 June, 16:45 - 17:00 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
MSFLib: A Data Library of Mid-Spatial Frequency Surface Errors for Optical Modeling and Specification 

Md Amir, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Wednesday, 07 June, 17:15 - 17:30 (EDT, UTC-04:00)
Surface Modification of SPION-Nanoabrasive for Superfinish Optical Polishing

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