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Location: | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 3 Forbes Road, Lexington, MA 02420 |
| Dinner Reservation Deadline: | Monday, April 23, 2018 @ 6pm |
The World of Spectral Imagers, From Multiband to Hyperspectral What They Are and How They Work
I will talk about the design and function of spectral imagers. I will not concentrate on the application of spectral image data such as identifying and tracking targets, defeating
camouflage, assisting in medical treatment, inspecting agricultural, and in food and manufacturing QC. But rather I will concentrate on the instrument design and the specific advantage of each design. I will cover the various systems that are available and go into depth on the systems we have built at Bodkin Design including multi-band, filter wheel, multi-slit, Fery prism, fiber re-formatter, and our own HyperPixel Array and Agile HyperPixel Array. The systems span the visible through LWIR so I will discuss the nuances of working in the infrared and how cooling affects design and operation. I will culminate the talk with a demonstration of one of our commercial products, the Cubert 185, which is a compact snapshot hyperspectral instrument intended for UAV based agricultural analysis.>
Andrew Bodkin, Bodkin Design & Engineering
After graduating Amherst College with a degree in Physics, specializing in diffractive imaging I started Jack Porch, a carpentry business. After a couple years I decided to
return to school where I could take advantage of my education. I received a cross disciplinary degree from the department of Engineering Design and the Electro-Optic Technology Center at Tufts University. Since graduating I have been developing infrared and visible sensors and imaging systems. First at Textron where I developed the Scoring Skeet, which was an air-gun launched camera that captured high speed images using a gated image intensifier tube coupled to film. Then at Loral Infrared and Imaging Systems, where I worked on the mechanical testing and integration of the first THAAD missile seeker. At Loral I was introduced to the emerging technology of uncooled infrared. I left Loral and started my own business through the SBIR program where I invented and patented the uncooled infrared UAV based reconnaissance system. In a merger I became the Vice President at Ion Optics, where I invented and patented the hot grating technology (plasmon based emitter) used to tune radiation from thermal emitters, and the emitter/sensor where the emitter doubles as the detector in gas sensors. I left Ion Optics and started Bodkin Design and Engineering in my basement in 2001, and became an LLC in 2003 when I started to hire employees. We have developed and patent a variety of technologies from LWIR zoom lenses, to hyperspectral imagers, to spatial heterodyne spectrometers, to micro-optic array concentrators, to power systems and wave generators. I have been a member of the NES/OSA since graduating Tufts, and have served as its Program Committee Chair and its President.>
Reservations:
Please make online reservations via the "Click to signup" button above.
Reservations may also be left on the answering machine at (617) 454-4693. We no longer have an email address for reservations due to SPAM.
When making reservation requests, please provide the following information:
- DINNER AND MEETING or meeting only
- Name(s) and membership status
- Daytime phone number where you can be reached (in case of change or cancellation)
Location:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
3 Forbes Road
Lexington, MA 02420
(Map to MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
Networking—5:45 PM, Dinner—6:45, Meeting—7:30 PM.
Menu:
Vegetarian option available on request
Dinner Prices:
| Register on/before DINNER Reservation Date |
Late Reservations Based on Availability |
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| NES/OSA Members and their guests | $30.00 each | $35.00 |
| Non-members | $35.00 (See NOTE Below) | $40.00 |
| Students | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Post-Docs | $15.00 | $15.00 |
NOTE: The NES/OSA has not changed dinner prices in several years but has been facing higher costs. We have increased the cost of dinner by $5 this year. We will try to accommodate late reservations but cannot not guarantee that a meal will be available.
General Information on NES/OSA Meetings
Cancellations and No-shows:
If the meeting must be cancelled for any reason, we will try to call you at the phone number you leave with your reservation. Official notice of cancellation will be on our answering machine.
We have to pay for the dinners reserved as of the Tuesday before the meeting, so no-shows eat into our cash reserve. If you will not be able to attend, please let us know as early as possible. Otherwise, no-shows will be billed.
Membership Rates:
| Regular members | $15.00 |
| Student members | free |
NOTE: The extra $5.00 of the non-member dinner fee can be used toward membership dues if the nonmember joins and pays dues for the current year at the meeting.
