SPIE Gold Medal
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SPIE Gold Medal, or Gold Medal Award of SPIE, is the highest honor of SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics), and is considered as one of the highest award in the fields of photonic and optical engineering
and related instrumental sciences. The Gold Medal started awarding annually since 1977, and the award includes a medal and 10,000$ cash award. The most recent awardee is Prof. Harrison H. Barrett.
Optical engineering
Optical engineering is the field of study that focuses on applications of optics. Optical engineers design components of optical instruments such as lenses, microscopes, telescopes, and other equipment that utilizes the properties of light. Other devices include optical sensors and measurement...
and related instrumental sciences. The Gold Medal started awarding annually since 1977, and the award includes a medal and 10,000$ cash award. The most recent awardee is Prof. Harrison H. Barrett.
Past awardees
- 1977: John Donovan Strong
- 1978: James G. Baker
- 1979: Edwin H. LandEdwin H. LandEdwin Herbert Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and his retinex theory of color vision...
- 1980: Rudolf KingslakeRudolf KingslakeRudolf Kingslake was an eminent academician, lens designer, and engineer.Rudolf Kingslake was born in London, England in 1903. He studied optical design at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, under eminent optical designer and theoretician Alexander Eugen Conrady, and earned a Masters...
- 1981: Harold E. Edgerton
- 1982: Harold H. Hopkins
- 1983: Robert E. HopkinsRobert E. HopkinsRobert E. Hopkins was president of the Optical Society of America in 1973.Recognized as an expert in optical instrument design, aspheric optics, interferometry, lasers, and lens testing, Hopkins has been characterized as the “father of optical engineering.”Born in Belmont, MA, in 1915, Hopkins...
- 1984: Franke Cooke
- 1985: Warren J. SmithWarren J. SmithWarren J. Smith was president of the Optical Society of America in 1980.Warren Smith is world-renowned in the optics community as author of two editions of "Modern Optical Engineering - The Design of Optical Systems", "Modern Lens Design - A Resource Manual" and "Practical Optical Systems Layout"...
- 1986: Brian J. Thompson
- 1987: H. Angus Macleod
- 1988: Andrew Tescher
- 1989: Andre MarechalAndré MaréchalRobert Gaston André Maréchal was a French researcher and administrator in optics.André Maréchal, an OSA Honorary Member and Fellow and former director general of the French Institut d’Optique...
- 1990: Emmett N. Leith
- 1991: William F. SchreiberWilliam F. SchreiberWilliam F. Schreiber was an electrical engineer and professor emeritus of MIT. Schreiber had served on the advisory committee of Federal Communications Commission. In March 1969, he founded the imaging systems supplier ECRM...
- 1992: Charles K. KaoCharles K. KaoThe Honorable Sir Charles Kuen Kao, GBM, KBE, FRS, FREng is a pioneer in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications...
- 1993: Alfred H. Sommer
- 1994: Andrei L. Mikaelian
- 1995: Georges NomarskiGeorges NomarskiGeorges Nomarski was a Polish physicist and optics theoretician. Creator of Nomarski Interference Contrast or differential interference contrast microscopy , the method is widely used to study live biological specimens and unstained tissues.-Biography:Born in Nowy Targ, Nomarski was educated in...
- 1996: Robert R. ShannonRobert R. ShannonRobert R. Shannon is Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.He was president of the Optical Society of America in 1985....
- 1997: Marjorie and Aden Meinel
- 1998: Thomas I. Harris
- 1999: William L. Wolfe
- 2000: Robert E. Fischer
- 2001: Parameswaran Hariharan
- 2002: Zhores I. Alferov
- 2003: James C. Wyant
- 2004: Roland V. Shack
- 2005: H. John Caulfield
- 2006: Duncan T. MooreDuncan T. MooreDuncan T. Moore was president of the Optical Society of America in 1996 and was awarded the in 2009.-External links:* Journal of the Optical Society of America-See also:*Optical Society of America#Past Presidents of the OSA...
- 2007: Joseph W. GoodmanJoseph W. GoodmanJoseph W. Goodman was president of the Optical Society of America in 1992.Joseph W. Goodman received the A.B. Degree in Engineering and Applied Physics from Harvard University in 1958, and the M.S. and Ph.D...
- 2009: Richard B. HooverRichard B. HooverRichard B. Hoover is a NASA scientist who has authored 33 Volumes and 250 papers on astrobiology, extremophiles, diatoms, solar physics, X-ray/EUV optics and meteorites...
- 2008: M. J. Soileau
- 2010: Charles H. Townes