Working Group on Manufacturing

Committee on Optical Science and Engineering

National Research Council

Working Group Members:

NRC Staff:

This working group is planning two workshops, one in October 1995 on manufacturing in general and one in March 1996 focusing on defense issues.

Agenda for Workshop on OS&E and Manufacturing

Irvine, California, October 11-12, 1995

Wednesday, October 11

8:30 -- Introductory Remarks -- Chuck Shank, Chair of COSE, and Art Guenther, Chair of COSE Manufacturing Working Group

8:45 -- Keynote Address: The Manufacturing Infrastructure for Optoelectronics -- Arpad Bergh, OIDA

9:30 -- Optical Sciences in Metrology -- Ted Vorburger, NIST

10:15 – BREAK

10:30 -- Optical Science Issues in Machine Vision -- Gordon Osbourn, Sandia National Laboratories

11:15 -- Chemical Industry -- Richard Harner, Dow Chemical

12:00 – LUNCH

1:30 -- The Use of Optics-Based Systems in Automotive Manufacturing -- David Rockwell, Delco Electronics, and David Roessler, General Motors R&D Center

2:15 -- Aerospace Manufacturing -- Roger Withrington, Hughes Aircraft Company

3:00 – BREAK

3:15 -- The Use of Optics in the Construction Industry -- Brian Dorwart, Shannon and Wilson

4:00 -- The Future of Optics and Printing Goes Digital -- Mark Fleming, Duplex Products, Inc.

4:45 -- OPEN DISCUSSION

5:30 – RECEPTION

6:00 -- DINNER -- Address: The U.S. Optical Industry: Where It Has Been, Where It Is, and Where It Might Be Going -- Bob Shannon, University of Arizona

Thursday, October 12

8:30 -- A Small Company Approach to Future Competitiveness -- Arvie Lake, Boeckeler Instruments Company,and Bob Breault, Arizona Optics Industry Association

9:15 -- Manufacturing Issues in Laser Disk Optical Storage -- James Hanley, Pinnacle Micro, Inc.

10:30 – BREAK

10:45 -- Micro- and Diffractive-Optics Technology: Current Status and Future Impact -- Mike Morris, Rochester Photonics Corporation

11:30 -- Manufacturing Issues in Semiconductor-Based Optoelectronic Components -- Roland Haitz, HP Components Group

12:15 – LUNCH

1:30 -- Opto-Electronic Diagnostics for Semiconductor Manufacturing -- Steve Brueck, Center for High Technology Materials

2:15 -- Deterministic Manufacturing of Complex Advanced Lithography Optics -- Paul Reid, Hughes Danbury Optical Systems

3:00 – BREAK

3:15 -- Opto-Electronics Issues in Display Manufacturing -- Steve Depp, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

4:00 -- Optics in Imaging Systems -- David Kessler, Kodak

4:45 -- OPEN DISCUSSION

6:00 – ADJOURN

Friday, October 13

8:30 -- Industrial Lasers -- Dave Belforte, Belforte Associates

9:30 -- Work Session (committee and guests)

12:00 -- LUNCH

1:00 -- Work Session Continues (committee only)

5:00 -- ADJOURN

Agenda for Workshop on OS&E and Defense

Washington, D.C., March 18-20, 1996

Monday, March 18

Keynote Address: The Manufacturing Factory of the Future -- John Stichman, Sandia National Laboratory

A U.S. Industry Perspective on Flat Panel Display Manufacturing -- Jim Hurd, Planar Inc.

Focal Plane Array Manufacturing -- Raymond Balcerak, ARPA

Flat Panel Display and Sensor Manufacturing for Dual-Use Applications -- Rex Tapp, Optical Imaging Systems

High Value, Low Cost, Low Volume Manufacturing of Optics -- Milton Chang, New Focus Inc.

Optical Systems for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing -- Richard Fedchenko, 3D Systems Inc.

Low-Cost Rapid Fabrication of Optics -- Harvey Pollicove, Univ. of Rochester

Alliances for the Use of Lasers in Manufacturing -- Len Marabella, TRW

Optical Design -- Kevin Thompson, Optical Research Associates

Weapons-Class Lasers -- Lou Marquet, Department of Defense

Laser Gyros -- Charles Volk, Litton Industries

Dinner Address: Defense Needs in Optics -- Lee Buchanan, ARPA

Tuesday, March 19

Optics in Aircraft Manufacturing -- Luis Figueroa, Boeing Defense and Space Group

Advanced Adaptive Optics -- Mark Ealey, Xinetics

RF Transmission Through Fibers -- Israel Ury, Ortel Corp.

Semiconductor Lasers and OEICs: Past, Present, and Future -- Don Scifres, Spectra Diode Labs

Production of Optics for FLIRs and Other Electro-Optic Sensors -- Pat Trotta, Texas Instruments

Maunfacturing Airborne Focal Plane Array Sensor Systems -- Glenn Riley, Lockheed Martin

Optics Metrology -- Jim Bilbro, NASA Marshall

Precision Asphere Manufacturing: A Small Company Perspective -- Robert Aronno, Tinsley Laboratories

Packaging of Photonic Components -- Phil Anthony, Bell Labs

Optical Coatings -- Pat Beauchamp, OCLI

Large Optics and the National Ignition Facility -- Jeff Atherton, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Wednesday, March 20