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Paul F. McManamon Named the 2022 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award Recipient
Optica (formerly OSA) and SPIE are pleased to announce that 2022 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award has been awarded to Paul F. McManamon, Exciting Technology LLC and University of Dayton, USA, for his 2019 book titled LiDAR Technologies and Systems.
The book, published by SPIE, is a useful reference as it covers LiDAR’s history, the components of a LiDAR system, how to build systems for popular applications, and more. The examples and exercises in each chapter ensure that technical concepts are well understood. The inclusion of Matlab codes allows lidar engineers to more conveniently run simulations to obtain estimates on lidar performance. And its highlights of the fundamental parameters, design options and tradeoffs are a value resource for lidar system designers.
Paul F. McManamon received his MS degree and PhD from Ohio State University, USA. He is founder and President of Exciting Technology LLC and the Technical Director of the Lidar and Optical Communications Institute (LOCI) at the University of Dayton. He previously served as the Chief Scientist for the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Sensors Directorate.
A recognized leader in the field, McManamon has played an active role in LIDAR/Electro-Optics research and development for more than 40 years. He chaired the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Study “Laser Radar: Progress and Opportunities in Active Electro-Optical Sensing,” co-chaired the study “Optics and Photonics, Essential Technologies for Our Nation,” which recommended a National Photonics Initiative (NPI) and served as vice chair of the “Seeing Photons: Progress and Limits of Visible and Infrared Sensor Arrays” study. He was the main LiDAR expert witness for Uber in the lawsuit vs Google/Waymo.
He received the W.R.G. Baker Award, and is a Fellow of Optica, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Directed Energy Professional Society, IEEE, the Military Sensing Symposia, and SPIE. His first book, Field Guide to Lidar, was published in 2015.
The Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award, established in 2005, is a biennial award funded by Joseph W. and Hon Mai Goodman and co-presented by Optica and SPIE. It recognizes authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics, published in the last six years, that has contributed significantly to research, teaching, or the optics and photonics industry.
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Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light. Optica’s renowned publications, meetings, online resources and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate scientific, technical and educational achievement.
About SPIE
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, brings engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology. The Society, founded in 1955, connects and engages with our global constituency through industry-leading conferences and exhibitions; publications of conference proceedings, books, and journals in the SPIE Digital Library; and career-building opportunities. Over the past five years, SPIE has contributed more than $22 million to the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public-policy development. www.spie.org
