SPIE 2014 Election

The SPIE 2014 election, conducted by electronic voting, continues through 6 August for members to select four new directors and vote on candidates for vice president and secretary/treasurer.

The candidates for vice president are SPIE Fellows:

Glenn D. Boreman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (USA)

Seung-Han Park, Yonsei University (Republic of Korea)

Boreman is director of the Center for Optoelectronics & Optical Communications at UNC, professor emeritus at University of Central Florida, and cofounder and chairman of Plasmonics Inc. His research interests are in IR detectors, systems, antennas, and frequency-selective surfaces; image-quality characterization; and modulation transfer function. He has served on the SPIE Board of Directors; the Education, Publications, and Kingslake Award committees; and the Editorial Advisory Board for SPIE Press. His PhD in optical science is from University of Arizona.

Park is director of the Pioneer Research Center for Neuro-Science & Technology, chairman of Yonsei Strategic Initiatives, and professor of physics at Yonsei University. His technical interests include surface plasmon photonics, confocal microscopy, near-field optics and photonics, and nonlinear pump-probe spectroscopy. Park has served on the SPIE Symposia, Publications, Strategic Planning, Education, and the Engineering, Science & Technology Policy committees. His PhD in optical science is from University of Arizona.

The candidate for secretary/treasurer is SPIE Senior Member Gary Spiegel. Spiegel, recently retired as senior vice president of Newport Corp. (USA), has been a member of the SPIE Financial Advisory Committee since 2007. His technical activities and interests include opto-mechanical systems for research and industrial applications, precision manufacturing, technical management, and the business of optics. His BA in industrial marketing is from Baruch College, City University of New York (USA).

For director, the candidates are:

Julie Bentley, University of Rochester (USA)	Marc Himel, Jenoptik Optical Systems (USA)	Brian Lula, PI (Physik Instrumente) (USA)	Andrew Rakich, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Kristen Maitland, Texas A&M University (USA)	Craig Olson, L-3 Communications (USA)	Wolfgang Osten, Institut für Technische Optik (Germany)	Richard Youngworth, Riyo (USA)

SPIE directors serve three-year terms and officers serve for one year.

Election results will be announced at the SPIE annual general meeting at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego (USA) 19 August.

View election candidate statements and see video presentations of the vice-president candidates.

SPIE President Toyohiko Yatagai, director of the Center for Optical Research and Education at Utsunomiya University (Japan)

SPIE President-Elect Robert Lieberman, president and CTO of Intelligent Optical Systems (USA)

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