Optical design competition announces winners

San Diego, CA--University of Rochester students Bin Ma and Dustin Moore are the winners of the 2011 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition, according to Synopsys. Created in 2000 by Optical Research Associates (ORA), now the Optical Solutions Group at Synopsys, the competition was named in honor of ORA’s former president and CEO, Robert S. Hilbert. Open to students in North America working toward a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D., the competition recognizes those who use the company’s CODE V or LightTools software to perform optical design and engineering research—awards are granted to those who have submitted papers that demonstrate optical design excellence.

Bin Ma, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rochester, was recognized for his work on aspheric lens design using CODE V in his paper titled, “Design of Lithographic Lenses with Slope Constrained Q-Polynomials.” Applications of Ma’s project include ultra-precise projector lenses used to make integrated circuits (ICs). Dustin Moore, also a Ph.D. student at the University of Rochester, was recognized for his work on a panoramic imaging system using CODE V in his paper titled, “A High Resolution Four-Pi Steradian Panoramic Video System.” The goal of Moore’s design is to improve the quality of systems providing 360°, interactive video.

Bin Ma’s and Dustin Moore’s entries stood out for their effective communication of optical design principles and innovative use of CODE V for imaging systems design, according to George Bayz, vice president and general manager of the Optical Solutions Group at Synopsys.

Samples of the two winners' projects are on display at Synopsys’ booth (711) at SPIE Optics + Photonics, August 23–25, at the San Diego Convention Center.

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