SSEP Seminar: Dr. Paul F. McManamon
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Solid State Electronics and Photonics Seminar – November 21st, 2019
Time: Nov. 21, 12pm – Dreese Lab Room 260
Title: LiDAR, LADAR, and Laser Radar for Mobility, Commercial Applications, and Defense
Dr. Paul F. McManamon
Exciting Technology LLC
Abstract
Dr McManamon will discuss LiDAR, also known as LADAR or laser radar. He has recently published his second book on the subject, LiDAR Technologies and Systems [1]. His first book on the subject was published in 2015, Field Guide to Lidar [2]. He chaired the National Academy of Sciences study on the same subject, published in 2014 [3].
Lidar is a thriving technology. Autonomous vehicles are driving this technology more than any other application. There are about 100 companies trying to provide inexpensive, but capable, lidar for autonomous vehicles, many of them very well-funded. Other remote vehicle applications, such as small UAVs for package delivery, are also thriving. 3d mapping for many applications has been around for a couple decades but is gaining more interest all of the time. Defense applications are what originally drove the development of lidar and are still very prevalent. Defense would like high probability object identification. Dr McManamon will discuss lidar technology and systems, along with applications.
Biography
[Dr McManamon -picture #3] Dr. Paul F. McManamon started Exciting Technology LLC after he retired from being Chief Scientist for the Air Force Research Lab, AFRL, Sensors Directorate. He is also Technical Director of the Lidar and Optical Communications Institute, LOCI, at the University of Dayton, and he is chief scientist for Lyteloop, an innovative data storage in motion company that uses optical technology. He chaired the US National Academy of Sciences Study “Laser Radar: Progress and Opportunities in Active Electro-Optical Sensing” (2014). He was the main LiDAR expert witness for Uber in the lawsuit vs Google/Waymo. He was co-chair of the US NAS study “Optics and Photonics, Essential Technologies for Our Nation” (2012) study, which recommended a National Photonics Initiative, NPI. Dr. McManamon was also vice chair of the 2010 NAS study called “Seeing Photons: Progress and Limits of Visible and Infrared Sensor Arrays”. Dr. McManamon is a Fellow of SPIE, IEEE, OSA, AFRL, DEPs, MSS, and AIAA. Dr. McManamon received the WRG Baker award from the IEEE in 1998 for the best paper in ANY refereed IEEE journal or publication (> 20,000 papers). He was president of SPIE in 2006. He was on the SPIE board of directors for 7 years and on the SPIE Executive Committee from 2003 through 2007. Dr. McManamon worked with Dr. Fenner Milton and Dr. Gerry Trunk to found the Military Sensing Symposia, combining IRIS and tri-service radar. He worked as a civilian employee of the Air Force at WPAFB from May, 1968- May, 2008. His last job for the Air Force was chief scientist for the AFRL Sensors Directorate, where he was responsible for the technical aspects of all AFRL sensing technologies, including RF and EO sensing, automatic object recognition, IRCM, electronic warfare, and device technologies. Prior to that he also was senior scientist for EO/IR Sensors, and acting chief scientist for the Avionics directorate for > 2.5 years. In 2006 he received the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. He was the co-recipient of the SPIE Presidents’ Award in 2013.