Graduate Students

Riley Aumiller

(520) 626-5600

aumiller@email.arizona.edu

Website

Education:

  • B. A.  Physics, Lake Forrest College; Lake Forest, IL - 2003

  • Graduate of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy; Aurora, IL - 1999
Fields of Interest:

  • Lasers

  • Holography

  • Computer Generated Holography

Experience:

  • Teaching Assistant, Student Researcher; Lake Forest College Physics Department (1999-2003)

  •  Consultant, holography lab; Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Technology Center (summer 2003)

  •  Graduate Student, College of Optical Sciences (2003-Present)

Julia Craven

 

(520) 626-6936

jcraven@optics.arizona.edu

Education:

  • B.S. in Physics, emphasis in Modern Optics, San Diego State University, May 2006
Fields of Interest:

  • Lasers

  • Spectroscopy

  • Image Processing
Experience:

  • Intern, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Summer 2004)

  • Intern, Sandia National Laboratory (Summer 2001)

Matthew Jungwirth

(520) 626-xxxx

mjungwirth@optics.arizona.edu

Education:

  • B.S. Physics and B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2007

Fields of Interest:

  • Polarization

  • Optical System Design

  • Optical Instrumentation
Experience:

  • REU at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Summer 2005

  • REU at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Summer 2006

  • Electrical Design Engineer, Banner Engineering, 2007-2008

  • Graduate Student, College of Optical Sciences (2008-Present)

Michael Kudenov

(520) 626-3401

mkudenov@optics.arizona.edu

Education:

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, Emphasis in Computer Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2005)

Fields of Interest:

  • Astrometric Optics

  • Optical Design

  • Data Processing

  • Optical Detection
Experience:

  • Surveyor’s Exchange Inc. (1999-2004)

Elias C. Martinez

(520) 626-6936

emart@email.arizona.edu

Education:

  • Graduate Student, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona (8/06 - Present)

  • B.S. Optical Engineering, Opto-Electronics emphasis, University of Arizona, May 2006

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, Communications emphasis, Long Beach State University, Fall 1998

Fields of Interest:

  • Infrared Detectors and Systems

  • Optical Design

  • Image Processing

  • Remote Sensing

Experience:

  • Systems Engineer II, Raytheon Missile Systems, Electronics Division, Tucson, AZ (6/99 - Present)

  • Associate Engineer/Scientist I, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Long Beach, CA (7/98 -5/99)

  • Tutor & Peer Advocate, Math, Engineering, Science and Achievement (MESA), CSULB, Long Beach, CA (1/95 – 5/98)

Darren Miller

(619) 823-4944 or (520) 626-5600

dmiller@optics.arizona.edu

Education:

  • B.S. Physics and Mathematics,
    San Diego State University 2005

  • Graduate Student, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona 2005-Present

Fields of Interest:

  • Polarization

  • Holography

  • Baseball

Experience:

  • Graduate Student, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona 2005-Present

Jim Scholl

(520) 626-0984

jfscholl@email.arizona.edu

Website

 

 

Education:

  • B. S. Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester 1980, "Nonradial oscillations of warm neutron stars"

  • M. S. Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 1984, "Interactive galaxies in small groups"

  • M. S. Mathematics, University of Rochester 1989, "Numerical calculations of the moments of Riemann's zeta function"
Fields of Interest:

  • Wavelets

  • Signal & image processing

  • Computer generated holograms

  • Computational physics

  • Category theory
Experience:

  • Lockheed 1983-1985

  • Rockwell 1989-1999

  • Raytheon 1999-2002

Corrie Vandervlugt

 

(520) 621-1020

cvandervlugt@optics.arizona.edu

Education:

  • B.S. Physics Purdue University May 2005

Fields of Interest:

  • Optical Detection

  • Optical Design

  • Spectroscopy
Experience:

  • Graduate Research Assistant, Optical Detection Lab (2005 - present)

  • Intern, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Inc. (Summer 2004)