Wang and Wu Win 2010
Goodman Book Award
The Optical Society
and SPIE are pleased
to announce that
the 2010 Joseph W.
Goodman Book Writing Award recipients
are Lihong V. Wang
and Hsin-I Wu for
their book Biomedical
Optics: Principles and
Imaging. This biennial award is funded
by a personal gift
from Joseph W. and
Hon Mai Goodman.
It recognizes a recent
and outstanding book
in optics and photon-
ics that has contrib-
uted significantly to
research, teaching or
the optics and photon-
ics industry. This year, the award will
be bestowed upon Wang and Wu at the
SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting in
August 2010 in San Diego.
Wang Wu
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The joint award selection
committee said that Biomedical
Optics:Principles and Imaging played a
very important role in the instruction
and understanding of biomedical
optics. Published by John Wiley &
Sons in 2007, the book has been
adopted in courses at top universities
around the world. It provides a strong
foundation of the basic physics and
engineering of imaging techniques such
as ballistic imaging, diffusion imaging,
photoacoustic tomography, and
ultrasound-aided hybrid imaging.
“Biomedical Optics: Principles and
Imaging is a good example of how
knowledge can be gained through the
coupling of information with numerical
examples in the body of chapters and
homework problems,” said Orazio
Svelto, chair of the selection committee.
“The clarity and quality of work that
Wang and Wu were able to convey
ensures that this book is not only
deserving of the Goodman Award
but it also deserves its place as an
important guide to introductory
biomedical optics.”
OSA Thanks IONS Galway
Organizers and Participants
OSA extends special thanks to the
National University of Ireland, Galway,
Student Chapter ( http://optics.nuigalway.
ie/OSA/) for their outstanding work
hosting the International OSA Network
of Students (IONS)- 7. Arlene Smith, the
chapter president and lead organizer, did a
terrific job! The meeting included technical talks, poster and chapter presentations, professional development sessions
and industry discussions. Guest speakers
included OSA President-Elect Chris
Dainty, past OSA Board member David
Hardwick and OSA Member Miles
Padgett. To learn more about IONS,
visit: http://www.ions-project.org/. The
next IONS meeting will take place on
June 21-25 in Moscow, Russia.
Announcing the Robert S.
Hilbert Memorial Student
Travel Grants
The OSAF is pleased to announce a special program in memory of Robert S.
Hilbert, president
and chief executive officer of
Optical Research
Associates. The
travel grant
program recognizes research
excellence among
students in the
areas of optical
engineering, lens
design, and/or illumination design.
The 2010 grants will be awarded to
students attending the International
Optical Design Conference. To make a
donation, please contact OSAF staff at
foundation@osa.org.
OSAF Thanks Contributors and
New Optics Trust Members
The OSA Foundation (OSAF) sponsors
programs that support youth education
outreach, provide professional devel-
opment opportunities, and recognize
technical and business excellence. The
OSAF’s work is made possible through
the generous contributions of donors
and volunteers. Please join us in recog-
nizing the following organizations and
individuals whose recent contributions
are helping the Foundation achieve its
mission: Bausch & Lomb - Global
Operations & Engineering, Corning
Incorporated, CVI Melles Griot,
Greater Milwaukee Foundation,
G. Michael Morris, Optics Communi-
cations published by Elsevier, Optical
Research Associates, David Scerbak,
Alexander A. Sawchuk, and James
Wyant. The OSAF also welcomes
Grace and Robert Klonoski to the
Optics Trust. To learn more about the
Foundation, please visit www.osa-
foundation.org.
