The Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award is a biennial award funded by J.W. and H.M. Goodman. The award recognizes authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics, published in the last six years, that has contributed significantly to research, teaching, or the optics and photonics industry. This award is co-sponsored by SPIE and OPTICA.
Exiting Technology LLC
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States
The 2022 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award is presented to Paul McManamon, Exciting Technology LLC and University of Dayton, Ohio, USA, in recognition of his publication, LiDAR Technologies and Systems, published in 2019 by SPIE.
2020 - Irving J. Bigio and Sergio Fantini, Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications
2018 - Michael T. Eismann, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
2016 - Valery Tuchin, Tissue Optics: Light Scattering Methods and Instruments for Medical Diagnosis, 3rd ed.
2014 - Wenshan Cai and Vladimir M. Shalaev, Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications
2012 - R. Barry Johnson, Lens Design Fundamentals, Second Edition
2010 - Lihong V. Wang and Hsin-I Wu, Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging
2008 - Emil Wolf, Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light
2006 - Harrison H. Barrett and Kyle J. Myers, Foundations of Image Science
Any member of the optics and photonics community may nominate a book meeting the eligibility requirements. Direct nominations from publishers are discouraged. Nominations must include the following:
Specific Stipulations & Criteria
Nominations may be mailed or emailed to one of the following addresses:
Goodman Book Writing Award Nomination
SPIE
P.O. Box 10 Bellingham, WA 98225 USA
awards@spie.org
Goodman Book Writing Award Nomination
OPTICA
2010 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036-1023 USA
awards@optica.org