FoTO GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
James Mayo Family Graduate Student Scholarship in Optical Sciences
The James Mayo Family Graduate Student Scholarship in Optical Sciences was established by James W . Mayo III ( Jim ) in honor of his family . Jim assisted the United States Air Force in its role in the founding of The Optical Science Center ( OSC ) at the University of Arizona in the 1960s . In 1968 , he became the first OSC graduate , earning an M . S . in optical sciences . He worked closely with OSC Founder Dr . Aden Meinel during this period and later with OSC Directors , Dr . Bob Shannon and Dr . James Wyant .
James W . Mayo Jr . and Mary Viola Arrington Mayo
Elsie Mae Arrington and Mary Viola Arrington
Jim ’ s parents , James W . Mayo Jr . and Mary Viola Arrington Mayo , spouse , Linda Murphy Mayo , and grandmother Elsie Mae Arrington were all tireless lifetime supporters of advanced education .
Jim retired from the USAF in 1985 as Head of the Optics and Beam Control Division , Air Force Research Laboratory , Albuquerque , NM . After retirement , he worked for Logicon RDA as Head , Opto-mechanical Engineering Department and as Department Head and Airborne Laser Project Chief Scientist for Northrop Grumman and TASC in Albuquerque . He was employed as Chief Optics Engineer for Tau Technologies LLC in Albuquerque when this scholarship was established .
XIANYUE DENG
A first-year Ph . D . student , Xianyue ’ s plans are to continue his research with Dr . Yuzuru Takashima on hybrid beam steering Lidar utilizing DMD and PLM .
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