The Rudolf Kingslake Medal is awarded annually in recognition of the most noteworthy original paper to appear in the Society's official journal, Optical Engineering, on the theoretical or experimental aspects of optical engineering. All papers published in the journal are automatically eligible for consideration for this award. (Nominations are not required.) Honorarium $2,000.
The 2006 Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize is awarded to Sergey S. Sarkisov, Michael J. Curley, LaQuieta Huey, Aisha Fields (not pictured), Sergey S. Sarkisov, II and Grigory Adamovsky for their paper titled "Light-driven actuators based on polymer films" published in the March 2006 issue of Optical Engineering. This paper, selected by the Kingslake Award Committee, is recognized for its original development of new light-driven actuators based on PVDF thin films with potential applications in micro/nano scale.
Previous Recipients of the Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize
2005 - James J. Snyder and Stephen L. Kwiatkowski 2004 - Mark T. Gruneisen, Lewis F. DeSandre, James R. Rotgé, Raymond C. Dymale, and Donald L. Lubin 2003 - John A. Hoffnagle and C. Michael Jefferson 2002 - Thomas Tsao and James Zhiqing Wen 2001 - Giuseppe Schirripa and Dario Ambrosini 2000 - Aden B. Meinel and Marjorie P. Meinel 1999 - Robert D. Fiete 1998 - Russell C. Hardie, Kenneth J. Barnard, John G. Bognar, Ernest E. Armstrong, and Edward A.Watson 1997 - Gleb Vdovin, Simon Middlehoek, and Pasqualina Sarro 1996 - Pîr Olof Kierkegaard 1995 - Glenn D. Boreman, Arnold Daniels, Alfred D. Ducharme, and Eyal Sapir 1994 - Jose M. Sasian 1993 - Harvey M. Phillips and Roland A. Sauerbrey 1992 - Aden B. Meinel and Marjorie P. Meinel 1991 - Brian E. Newnam 1990 - Paul R. Prucnal and Philippe Perrier 1989 - Pochi Yeh, Arthur Chiou, John Hong, Paul H. Beckwith, Tallis Chang, and Monte Khoshnevisan 1988 - Ares J. Rosakis, Alan T. Zehnder, and Ramaratnam Narasimhan 1987 - Chris P. Kirk 1986 - Arthur D. Fisher, Lai-Chang Ling, John N. Lee, and Robert C. Fukuda 1985 - Armand R. Tanguay, Jr. 1984 - Gene R. Gindi and Arthur F. Gmitro 1983 - James R. Palmer 1982 - David M. Pepper 1981 - Robert A. Sprague and William D. Turner 1980 - G. Ferrano and G. Hausler 1979 - J. R. Fienup 1978 - Norman J. Brown 1977 - David B. Kay and Brian J. Thompson 1976 - Richard E. Swing 1975 - J. M. Burch and C. Forno 1974 - Irving R. Abel and B. R. Reynolds
