GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS
Karlton Crabtree Memorial Scholarship in Optical Engineering
Karlton Crabtree , PhD , earned a BS in Physics from San Diego State University ( 2003 ) and an MS in Optical Sciences from UA ( 2006 ). He was awarded a Ph . D . in Optical Sciences in 2010 under Dr . Russell Chipman ; his dissertation was entitled “ Polarization Conversion Cube Corner Retro-Reflector ”. He and Dr . Chipman were jointly awarded US Patent 8,421,711 for this work in 2013 .
Karlton joined the Polarization Lab at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences in 2013 as a research scientist . Here , he did optical design work and analyses , lab equipment setup and scientific programming . He was particularly proud of his work on NASA ’ s polarimeter definition experiment ( PODEX ).
In 2014 , Karlton joined Photon Engineering ( Tucson ) as a senior optical engineer . His duties included optical design and analysis , stray light analysis , software development and testing . He supported several development projects including a CubeSat optical receiver to map water ice on the moon , diffraction analyses for large segmented mirror concepts for exoplanet exploration , solar loading on orbiting sensors , among many others .
The Karlton Crabtree Memorial Scholarship in Optical Engineering is funded through the generous donations of Photon Engineering and the many friends , family and colleagues whose lives have been enriched by knowing this remarkable person and talented optical engineer .
SAWYER MILLER
I am a Ph . D . Candidate working under the guidance of Professor Stanley Pau . My research interests include polarization , liquid crystals , and polarization phenomena in the natural world . The Karlton Crabtree Memorial Scholarship in Optical Engineering will help me focus on research , allowing me to finish graduate school on time .
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