OSA Travelling Lecturer
Seminar: “The Business of Optics Today and in the Next Ten Years” by Robert
Breault
Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Room 102
Room 102
Robert P. Breault
President and Founder, Breault Research Organization
Abstract:
Optics is a rapidly evolving
industry and maintaining a competitive edge is a constant challenge. In
this presentation, Dr. Robert Breault will give his perspective on the current
state of the optics market and its outlook in the coming future. He will
also speak on the challenges of starting and growing a company and how to
foster a culture of innovation that enables continued success.
Biography:
Dr. Breault is chairman
and founder of the Breault Research Organization, Inc. (BRO). Dr. Breault is
internationally recognized as one of the world's leading experts in optics in
the area of stray light analysis and suppression. He has received awards
of recognition from NASA for his work on ground-based and space-based
telescopes, and an award from the University of Arizona for his outstanding
dissertation in the field of applied sciences. He has analyzed and
redesigned the space-based Hubble telescope. He is the author and
co-author of two chapters in the Handbook of Optics. Dr. Breault received
his B.S. in mathematics from Yale University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Optical
Sciences from the University of Arizona. Dr. Breault is a fellow of SPIE optics
society, won the Director’s Award from SPIE in 2011 and he is the Chairman of
the Arizona Optics Industry Association, which is more often referred to as the
Optics Cluster in Optics Valley. Most recently, it was announced that he
will be the 2014 recipient of the Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award at the OSA
annual meeting in Tucson later this year.
For additional information:
Tony Klee
President of OSA chapter
Tony Klee
President of OSA chapter
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