Success Stories
At the EOC, we are proud to have the opportunity to support the men and women who serve as our Warfighters and First Responders. Together, with our EOA members, we have been able to improve the manufacturing processes related to EO Systems and Components, introduce new technologies to support their efforts and extend the life cycle of fielded system. Together these efforts have led to increased effectiveness of our Warfighters and cost savings for our Taxpayers. Among our recent successes are the following programs:
01/20/2012
Dr. Joshua Robinson (EOC Materials Division) selected for The Pennsylvania State University 2012 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award
On January 20, 2012, Dr. Joshua Robinson (EOC Materials Division) was selected for The Pennsylvania State University 2012 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award in the junior faculty-post doctorate category. Dr. Henry C. Foley, Vice President for Research, and Dean of the Graduate School made the announcement to Penn State faculty. While this award is a well deserved recognition of the hard work and effort that Dr. Robinson has put into helping to build the EOC Electronic Devices program, it also reflects the hard work, effort and dedication of the Materials Division engineering support staff, particularly Mike Labella, Kathy Trumbull and Randy Cavalero. Dr. Robinson will be recognized at a Main Campus ceremony in the near future.
11/22/2011
EOC Summer Camps Explore, Engage
Freeport, PA, June 10, 2011 - This summer the Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) was swamped with something other than contracts - and that would be kids. Young students from all over the region visited the Northpointe research campus in Freeport to attend summer camps about science, technology, robotics, optics, and more.
High school students joined one of two consecutive week-long sessions at the Electro-Optics Camp, held the week of June 13, 2011. The day camp exposed the students to state-of-the-art research facilities as well as professionals in the field, giving them hands-on experience with optics technology. This is an experience many students would not usually have until the college-level of education. Co-sponsored with the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the camp was hosted at IUP's Northpointe Campus.
Wrapping up the last week of June, the EOC together with the Female Alliance for STEM Excellence (FASE) and the Armstrong Educational Trust hosted a Discovery Camp for middle school girls. The students at this week-long day camp got a close-up look at their own DNA, learned how to catch a suspect by their fingerprints, and found hidden treasure with a GPS. Students worked with certified teachers and local business leaders throughout the week; each day at lunch, the girls spent time with successful women in STEM who serve as excellent role models.
Finally, the EOC and IUP Northpointe invited middle school students to Robotics Camp. Here students had the chance to build a robot themselves using a LEGO Mindstorms kit, and learned how to direct and control their creations through obstacles in order to complete a goal. The camp introduced students to role-models in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, and sparked an interest that may carry a student through a rewarding career.
09/22/2011
SHIPTECH 2011
SHIPTECH 2011 was held at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi on March 14 and 15, 2011. The two-day event is a forum for the domestic shipbuilding industry, its supplier base, the U.S. Navy Program Offices and the U.S. Navy-sponsored shipbuilding research programs to exchange information on shipbuilding technical developments. Featured were advances generated respectively by the National Shipbuilding Research Program and the Navy ManTech Program through its Centers of Excellence and related shipbuilding initiatives. The overriding objective of the information exchange was to reduce total ownership costs of naval ships while enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic shipbuilding industry.
Representing the EOC were Dave Ditto, John Mazurowski and Brian Del Vecchio.
09/13-14/2011
Congratulations to both EOC Authors and Presenters at the American Society of Naval Engineer's "Global Deterrence & Defense Symposium 2011"
Congratulations to both the Authors and Presenters of these important works.
At the American Society of Naval Engineer's "Global Deterrence & Defense Symposium 2011" held in Bloomington, Indiana on September 13th and 14th, EOC personnel were selected to present four different papers.
- "Thermal Factors Influencing the Reliability of GaN-Based HEMTs" Jason Carter presented the work authored by Jason Carter, Andrew Trageser. Jeremy Accord and Michael Horgan of the EOC.
- "Harbor Sentinel' A Service Oriented Network Approach to Multiple Sensor Fusion" Jeffrey Callen presented the work authored by Jeffrey N. Callen, Jason Mizgorski and James C. West of the EOC, John Morgan of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Eric Goldner of US Sensor Systems and Fred C. DeMetz Sr. of Sound Path Technologies.
- "RPCS – A Remote Panoramic Camera System" James West presented the work authored by James West and Jeffrey N. Callen of the EOC, John Morgan of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, and Steven Thrash of Shenandoah Solutions.
- "A Paradigm for Fiber Optics and Photonics Deployment" was presented and authored by John Mazurowski of the EOC.
08/16/2011
Harbor Sentinel Field Test and Demonstration at Lake Erie
During the week of June 6-10, 2011, the Penn State Electro-Optics Center successfully tested the Harbor Sentinel system in Lake Erie, at the entrance to the Erie, PA. harbor. A demonstration was held for sponsors and guests on June 9, 2011. Harbor Sentinel is a program sponsored by NSWC Crane and PEO IWS 2.0 to develop a layered, modular and scalable approach to the detection, identification, and investigation of maritime vessels for surveillance and security.
More information is at this link: http://www.eoc.psu.edu/success/suc_har_sen.html
06/29-30/2011
Congratulations to the EOC's John Mazurowski for serving as the General Chair at the Optoelectronic Packaging Conference held at the University of California- Irvine. The sponsor of the conference was the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS).
The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) held a conference on Optoelectronic Packaging at the University of California- Irvine on June 29-30, 2011. John Mazurowski served as the general chair. The conference covered materials and processes, LED packaging, and photonic packaging. A special workshop on the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) by members of the ITRS committee; this roadmap contains recommendations for the 15 and 25 year horizons.
More information is at this link:
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14427l
06/23/2011
AIMS Value Engineering Award
At a Pentagon ceremony on 22 June 2011, The Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Center (EOC) was recognized along with our Army and Navy team members as the 2010 Joint Service Value Engineering Achievement Award recipient for their Automated Intensifier Measurement System (AIMS-II).
The AIMS-II system is a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-traceable, calibratable, machine vision system developed to produce rapid, automated, quantifiable, and reproducible results on all 21 of the primary image intensifier tube inspections. The image intensifier tubes are the main optical component in night vision devices. The tubes were previously tested manually.
With approximately 900,000 image intensifier tubes in the field, fully tested and functional tubes to the warfighters via "AIMS-II" can save $15-22.5 million dollars annually and can reduce the new tube procurement backlog; thus providing our warfighters with the night vision devices (NVDs) required to support their mission readiness
The Department of Defense (DoD) Value Engineering Program continues to be an incentive for Government and industry partners to improve the joint value proposition by promoting innovation and creativity. Innovative value engineering proposals seek best value solutions as part of a successful business relationship. During Government Fiscal Year 2010, the DoD executed in-house value engineering proposals and accepted contractor initiated value engineering change proposals with a combined actual and projected savings/cost avoidance in excess of $2.4 billion.
To learn more about the EOC's highly successful AIMS program, see:
http://www.eoc.psu.edu/expertise/imaging/ima_nig.html
More information is at this link:
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14427l