Susan Houde-Walter
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Susan Houde-Walter
University of Arizona
About the Speaker
Susan Houde-Walter, Ph.D. is a distinguished leader in optics and photonics with a career spanning academia, industry, and national defense. She served as Director and Professor at the Center for Imaging Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology, CEO of LMD Power of Light Corp., and co-founder of LaserMax, Inc., following a long tenured professorship at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics; she is currently an adjunct professor at the Jim Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. Her honors include the Keeper of the Flame Award from the National Women’s Hall of Fame and Commander’s Awards for Public Service from both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. She has long served on the U.S. Air Force Science Advisory Board, the U.S. Army Science Board, the National Academy of Sciences Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group, the National Defense Industry Association SO/LIC Division Board, along with many roles at Optica, including 2005 President. A prolific inventor and scholar, she holds 28 U.S. patents, authored over 100 publications and invited talks, and has chaired external review teams for leading optics institutions.
