Marek Osinski Elected SPIE Fellow

SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering will honor 25 new Fellows of the Society at its 47th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, this summer. Fellows are members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the fields of optics, Photonics, and imaging.
“The annual recognition of Fellows provides an opportunity for us to acknowledge outstanding members for their service to the general optics community,” said James A. Harrington, SPIE President. The Fellows Committee, chaired by Prof. Henri H. Arensault, University Laval, selected Marek Osinski to be honored along with other award winners at a banquet on Wednesday, 10 July 2002. Each new Fellow joins a prestigious list of more than 420 SPIE members so honored for their contribution to the discipline since the Society’s inception in 1955.

SPIE Fellow for 2002:
Marek Osinski,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Computer Science, University of New Mexico, USA, for his achievements in novel optoelectronic devices, semiconductor laser physics, design, and simulation, wide bandgap group-III nitride light emitters, and technical optoelectronics meeting organization. Osinski has made major advances in modeling and simulation of semiconductor lasers, developing new concepts for high-brightness, high-power diode lasers and resonant-periodic-gain vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and pioneering crystal growth procedures for novel optoelectronic materials and structures. He has worked on committees for many organizations including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the National Science Foundation, and the National Research Council. Osinski has chaired or co-chaired 17 SPIE conferences and symposia, as well as served on several program committees and edited 14 proceedings volumes. In addition, Osinski has authored more than 320 technical papers.
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