H. Angus Macleod

Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences

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Education

  • DTech, Council for National Academic Awards, 1979

  • Graduate Apprenticeship Sperry Gyroscope Company, 1954-1956

  • BSc, Glasgow University, 1954

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus, 1995-date; Professor, Optical Sciences, 1979-1995

  • Thin Film Center Inc., President 1992-date

  • University of Aix-Marseille: Visiting Professor, 1979, 1976

  • Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic: Reader in Thin-Film Physics, 1971-1979

  • Sir Howard Grubb Parsons & Company: Technical Manager, 1969-1971; Instrument Development Manager, 1968-1969; Thin Films Manager, 1963-1968

  • Mervyn Instruments Ltd.: Senior Physicist, 1962-1963

  • Williamson Manufacturing Co.: Chief Development Engineer, 1960-1962

  • Sperry Gyroscope Company: Research Engineer, 1956-1960

Awards and Honors

  • Society of Vacuum Coaters – Nathaniel H Sugerman Award, 2002

  • Association of Industrial Metallizers Coaters and Laminators – John Matteucci Award, 2000

  • University of Aix-Marseille – Docteur Honoris Causa, 1997

  • Optical Society of America – Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, 1997

  • Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers – Gold Medal, 1987

Research

  • Optical thin film component and systems design and calculation techniques.