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The past two decades have seen significant innovation in teaching methods for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This innovation has been driven by development of new educational technologies and methods that were accelerated in 2020 and 2021 by the explosion of remote teaching due to COVID-19. The teaching of optics, being a highly specialized STEM field, has much in common with other areas, but has its own unique challenges. This volume explores individual experiences with the development of methods and their application to the teaching of optics, especially in higher education. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor John Greivenkamp, who passed away in early 2022 and was among the best known and most passionate educators of optics in the world.
Pages: 184
ISBN: 9781510653214
Volume: FG53
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue 1
- Prologue 2
- Perspectives
- The Power of Kindness – Jennifer Barton
- Telling the Story of Optics – Hans Zappe
- One Small Optics Lab Can Bring Light into the World – Ashley N. Blackwell, Atiyya Davis, and Thomas A. Searles
- Teaching. You Mean Learning! How Online Education May Help Carve an Effective Pathway – Jannick P. Rolland
- University Teaching and Research: Transferring Knowledge to the Next Generation – María J. Yzuel
- Optics Outreach with the International Day of Light – John M. Dudley
- Teaching Optical Design – José Sasián
- Education in Medical Physics as an Entry to an Academic Career in the Optics and AI of Medical Imaging – Maryellen Giger
- Optics Informed by History and Nature – Joseph A. Shaw
- Is Optics Easy to Learn and Master? – Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
- You're on Mute – Alexis Vogt
- Resources for Effective Approaches – Stephen M. Pompea
- Teaching Optics: A Tribute to John Greivenkamp – Zeev Zalevsky
- Balancing Perfection and Achievement: Life Lessons & Optics – Cather Simpson
- Debug Your Hardware as You Would Your Software – Kathy Creath
- Optics Education: Engaging the Next Generation – Adam P. Wax
- Teaching (Optical Design) Students to Learn from Their Mistakes – Julie L. Bentley
- Education in an International Community Is a Solution: A Journey Inspired by Researchers on Different Continents – Samuel Otalvaro Serna
- On Hyperlinked Teaching and Learning – Bahaa Salehv
- The Importance of Students' Cross-Cultural Mobility – Małgorzata Kujawińska
- The Importance of Hands-On Learning – James C. Wyant
- Teaching Methodologies and Paradigms
- Teaching Laser Engineering to Undergraduates: A Practical Approach – Peter J. Delfyett
- Design, Fab, and Test – Glenn Boreman
- What Do Holiday Lights and Solar Panels Have in Common? – Fatima Toor
- Teaching Wave Mechanics with a Modern Digital Toolkit – Andrew Forbes
- Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Terrific Teaching – William Wolfe
- The Art of Insight in Optical Science and Engineering – Keith J. Kasunic
- There is More to Teaching Optics and Photonics Than Science and Engineering – Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard
- Re-inventing the Lecture – Rick Trebino
- From Ray Geometrical to Wave Diffraction Imaging – Virendra N. Mahajan
- Teaching Optics Outside the Discipline – MJ Soileau
- Tissue Optics: Student Lab in the Kitchen with First Aid Kid and Smartphone – Valery V. Tuchin
- The Importance of Learning Both the Great Potential of Optics and the Significant Practical Challenges of Meeting It – Wolfgang Osten
- Specific Lessons
- Could Our Eye Be a Single Sphere? – Yobani Mejía
- Teaching Optics by Analogy and Association – Mitsuo Takeda
- Six Myopic Engineers and the ?? System – Shanti Bhattacharya
- Bent Seesaw – Jim Schweigerling
- Phase Measurement: Simplicity, Beauty, and Uncertainty – Qian Kemao and Yuchi Chen
- Writing a Good Scientific Paper – Chris Mack
- Exciplexes and Excimers and the Importance of Calling Them by Their Proper Names – Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu
- Advances in 3D Human Face Imaging and Automated Facial Expression Analysis – Megan A. Witherow and Khan M. Iftekharuddin
- Notes on Photonic Concepts and Ideas vs. Algebra – Brian Culshaw
- A Classical Approach to Teaching Light–Matter Interaction – Eric Van Stryland and David Hagan
- Laboratory Courses as the Foundation / Pillars of Optomechanical Engineering – Jonathan Ellis
- Reminiscences
- Education in Optics–John's Way – Toyohiko Yatagai
- A Shared Passion for Optics Education: John Greivenkamp and Harrison Barrett – Kyle Myers
- Chamblant Lenses, Astigmatism, and Cylindrical Lenses – Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
- Remembering John Greivenkamp – Larry C. Andrews
- Getting the Word Out – Daniel Vukobratovich
- Optics at ICTP: Bringing Light to Students from the Developing World – Joseph Niemela
- Guided-Wave Photonics – Bishnu P. Pal
- Reminiscences – Rajpal Sirohi
- Appendix: Reviewer Memories
- Remembering John Greivenkamp – S. Craig Olson
- Tribute to John Greivenkamp: A Respect for the Fundamentals – Katie Schwertz
- The Power of a Brief Exchange – Matthew Jungwirth
- List of Contributors
- Sponsors
In January 2022 SPIE and the optics profession at large lost a giant of our community, Prof. John E. Greivenkamp of the Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. John had a long and distinguished career in optics, but his most impactful contribution was as an educator. He directly impacted hundreds, if not thousands, of students as the instructor for the introductory geometric optics courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Arizona, and many more through the short courses he taught through SPIE and other venues. He indirectly impacted a host of students and professionals through his Field Guide to Geometric Optics book. John also served SPIE in just about every manner imaginable. In 2020 he was President of the Society. He served multiple terms as a member of the SPIE Board of Directors, and was committee chair, conference chair, and short course instructor many times over. He was always available to fulfil any duty—formal or informal—professional or personal.
While John's contributions to SPIE were myriad, his most unique and probably most enduring legacy was the creation of the Field Guide book series. He served as founding Series Editor until 2020, and his Field Guide to Geometric Optics is the archetype of the genre. It remains to this day the most popular technical book in SPIE's catalog. SPIE has now published more than 50 Field Guides and has initiated subseries to extend coverage into other important fields such as fundamental physics. John's impact through the Field Guide series will continue for decades...
Upon learning of John's untimely passing, SPIE wanted to find an appropriate way to honor his unique and lasting legacy. An obvious choice was this Field Guide to Optics Education: A Tribute to John Greivenkamp because it ties together John's passions for education and service to the optics community.
In planning this Field Guide, we asked a number of educators and industry leaders, many of whom were John's colleagues and collaborators, to reflect on the importance of education in their careers and to provide insights into their approaches to teaching and mentoring students and young professionals. We gave the contributors very few constraints, and the result was an incredibly diverse range of essays.
These essays are organized into four broad categories that reflect the varied nature of the contributions: Perspectives; Teaching Methodologies and Paradigms; Specific Lessons; and Reminiscences. We hope that you, the reader, find something in this book that takes you a step further on your own journey in optics education as a teacher, student, or both. For those of you who did not know John personally, we hope that you gain some insight into the value he placed on education. And for those of you who were lucky enough to count John among your friends and colleagues, we hope these stories bring a tear to your eye and remind you of the passion John brought to his work.
J. Scott Tyo, SPIE Field Guide Series Editor
Eric Pepper, Guest Editor
Patrick Franzen, SPIE Director of Publications
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