Optical Engineering

CLASS OF 2009
Dr. Kasra Daneshvar, Instructor
Chong Li and Gayathri Moorthy, Assistants

T. Lammert, L. Rozo and E. Whittier

Graphene: Material of the Future, in Review

Emily Lim, Colleen Ni, Fang Wang

Plasmon

Sean Reynolds, Michaela Thorne, Lydia Wang

Quantum Dots for Cancer Research

Birger Hennings, Alexander Kenan, Meredith Shutt

Metamaterials: A Comprehensive Study

Yasmine Jackson, Andrew Wu, Cameron Lancaster

Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glass

 

CLASS OF 2008
Dr. Kasra Daneshvar, Instructor
Mr. Hugo Rosillo and Ms. Tanya Dias, Assistants

D. Cutting, E. Baik, C. France, B. Ferguson

Basics and Fundamentals of Applied Photonic Crystals

Kacper Skakuj,Nelson Wu,Kjersti Sigler

Low Index Metamaterials

Mary Beth Hunnicutt,John Caudle,Christopher Baker

The Medical Application Of Quantum Dots

Quinna Marshburn,Andrew Miller,Victoria C. Nneji

Applications Of Terahertz Radiation

 

CLASS OF 2007
Kasra Daneshvar, Instructor
Hugo Rosillo and Guanxiong Xu, Assistants

Verne Wesley

Carbon Nanotubes

Carroll Patrick, Cook Zachary, Feinstein Barry

Nanomotors: The Power of the Future

Fuller Alexandra, Lok Wynne

Optical Tweezers

Lin Ruby, Howard Monika

Nanomedicine

Li Kevin, Lan Richard

Quantum Dots

Bowden Amber

Slow Light

Biddlecome Josh, Mendez Tomas, Solow Devin

X-Ray Lasers

 

CLASS OF 2006
Kasra Daneshvar, Instructor
Sravanthi Chalasni and Reshmi Mitra, Assistants

Shivani Salunke, Alison Kilburn, Jeffery Sullivan

Quantum Dots: Crossing the Barriers of Size

Hamish Patel, Dominic Libera, Jamal Molin

Silicon Optical Amplifier

Alexanderia Poole and Brittney McAuley

Optical Tweezers

Kiersten Jeske, Abhiram Chivukula, Chris Collins

The Negative Index of Refraction

Miles Huang, Josh Daniels, Dylan Gardner

Photonic Crystals

 

CLASS OF 2005
Kasra Daneshvar, Instructor

Kaushik Ram Kommaraju, Steve Guidry III and Parteek Singla

Optical Tweezers

Michael Brooks, Chris Chanelli, and Daniel Page

Photonic Crystals and their Applications

Choon Hye Kang, Bridgette Brooks, Hung-Bing Tan

Quantum Dots

Clayton Edwards, Melody Lo, Tianna Scriven

Slow Light

Drew Rowland, Cassy Piela, Nic Goodman

Quantum Cascade Layers

CLASS OF 2004
Kasra Daneshvar, Instructor
Arindam Maitra and Jyotshna Cherukuri, Assistants

Jonathan Sokash, Thomas Koff, Darryl Harrison

Digital Cameras

Philip Roscoe, Torie Chryst, Charles Lingafelt

Space Communications

Greg Shepherd, Laura Webb, Stephen Allen

Liquid Crystal Displays

Ben Hu, Rahul Patel, Michael Ho

CD and DVD Players

CLASS OF 2003
Dr. Kasra Daneshwar, Instructor
Ms. Anita Pasricha & Mr. Arindam Maitra, Assistants

Neema Kapadia, Scott Moore, Nick Tetsworth

The Inner Workings and Applications of CD Players

Katie Shearin, Robert Fenequito, Patrick Wong, Noah Wright

Digital Camera Technologies

Devin Cifers, Drew Tingen, Steven Walters

Cell Phones: The End of the Beginning

Matthew Fergen, Ivey Taylor, Yolanda Fair

A Mouse’s Tail

CLASS OF 2002
Dr. Kasra Daneshwar, Instructor
Ms. Anita Pasricha & Mr. Arindam Maitra, Assistants

Stephanie Jackson and Ralph Goniea

Applications and Basic Physics of the Gas Laser

David Sulock, Micheal Morgan, Derrick Dudley

Liquid Crystal Displays

Alexis Carr, Matt Parunak, and Rekita Moody

Night Vision Optics

Brandon Hussey and Owen Onderdonk

Optical Computers: The Future of Technology

Matthew Reardon and Matt Lane1

Solid-State Lasers

Matthew Ellis and Chris Appel

Why Optics?

CLASS OF 2001
Dr. Kasra Daneshwar, Instructor
Ms. Anita Pasricha & Mr. Arindam Maitra, Assistants

Jared Ange and Wes Wester

Applications of Passive Components in Fiber Optics

Kenneth Ball and Stockton Perry

The Electronic to Optical Evolution in Switching and Modulation Technologies

Ashley Hagans and Kyle Paulson

Attenuation in Fiber Optics

Jonathan Newton and Richard Jones

Erbium Doped Fiber Optic Amplifiers

Brian Phelps & Marife Ortega

Photon Driven Linear Molecular Motor

Willie Vinson II & Jonathan Webb

Light Amplification: The Future of Optical Communications

Don Warren and Justin Moore

Multiplexing in Fiber Optic Connections

CLASS OF 2000
Dr. Kasra Daneshwar, Instructor
Ms. Keisha Thomas and Mr. Jason Fish, Assistants

Sonia Gupta and Kinde wubneh

Laser Eye Surgery

Daniel Michalak and Sarah Williford

Optical Transmitters

Matt Vanderhoof

Optical Data Storage

Ann Lovell and Jeevs Sood

Optical Networking

Ashish Gupta and Brendan Lehnert

Optical Receivers

Jerimiah Harrell

Military Applications of Lasers

Nathan Metcalf and Brandan McLamb

“Light” Talk

Sarah Moore and Bobby Scott

Holography

Eric Whitaker

Lidar in Space Technology Experiment