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SPIE Educator Award

The Educator Award is given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to optics education by an SPIE instructor or an educator in the field. Honorarium $2,000.

Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education, USA, is the 2009 Educator Award winner in recognition of her leadership in several NSF-ATE programs, and her unfailing enthusiasm for optics/photonics technology. Ms. Hanes has fostered the growth of optics education in secondary schools and colleges throughout the United States.

Previous Recipients of the SPIE Educator Award

2008 - Ajoy Ghatak
2007 - Valery Tuchin
2006 - James Palmer
2005 - Gallieno Denardo
2004 - James R. Janesick
2003 - Judith Donnelly