[UCI-Calit2] Upcoming Event: Optical Diagnostics Research and Applications at MetroLaser

Anna Lynn Spitzer aspitzer at rgs.uci.edu
Mon Mar 20 17:11:02 PST 2006


Title:                             Optical Diagnostics Research and
Applications at MetroLaser

 

Speaker:                       James D. Trolinger, Ph.D., optical
physicist

 

Time:                            2-3 p.m.            

 

Date:                            Friday, March 24, 2006

 

Location:                       Calit2 Building, Room 3008

 

Abstract:                       MetroLaser is an 18-year-old Irvine
company that specializes in the development and application of optical
diagnostics technology.

                                    Techniques include laser Doppler
velocimetry and vibrometry, holography, interferometry, spectroscopy,
light scattering and

                                    non-linear optics. Applications are
in the areas of aerodynamics, aero-optics, non-destructive testing, land
mine detection, ranging 

and tracking, hyper-spectral imaging, health monitoring, and recording
and display. The company has a long history of fruitful collaboration 

with UCI that dates back to its beginning, having issued more than 30
subcontracts to UCI. This talk describes some of the programs and
results, as

                                    well as new opportunities for
collaboration. One of MetroLaser's most important products is a line of
laser vibrometers, one of which will be

                                    demonstrated during the talk.

 

Bio:                              Trolinger is an optical physicist who
has devoted his entire career to the pioneering development and fielding
of laser-based,

                                    state-of-the-art, optical diagnostic
methods. During the past 35 years he cofounded two successful,
high-technology, optical companies,

                                    Spectron Development Laboratories
Inc., which was acquired by the Titan Corp. in 1986, and MetroLaser
Inc., where he has worked since

                                    1988.  He and his science teams
pioneered many applications of lasers in particle and flow diagnostics
and aero optics beginning with the first

                                    application of holographic particle
image velocimetry (published in 1968), followed by more than 140
publications of optical diagnostic methods.

                                    He has given more than 40 invited
lectures to audiences in 14 countries.  He serves on the editorial
advisory board for three professional journals.

Trolinger was the principal investigator for the space flight program
"SHIVA" (Spaceflight Holography Investigation in a Virtual Apparatus).
He was awarded the George W. Goddard award by SPIE and the Aerodynamics
Measurement Technique award by the American Institute of

                                    Aeronautics and Astronautics for
outstanding contributions in aerodynamics and aero optics.  Dr.
Trolinger received his bachelor's

                                    degree in engineering physics from
the University of Tennessee, his master's degree in physics from The
Louisiana State University and his

                                    doctorate in physics from the
University of Tennessee.

 

Additional Information:    Faculty sponsor: Henry Lee, professor of
electrical engineering and computer science

 

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