Current MSU Collaborators

Rufus

Dr. Rufus Cone

Distinguished Professor

(Physics) Fellow, APS

Education

Ph.D. Physics, Yale University

M. Phil. Physics, Yale University
B.S. Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Optical memories, signal processing, and laser crystal studies. Studies of optical, dynamical, and magnetic properties of solids using advanced nonlinear optical spectroscopic methods, many new materials, and over twenty lasers.

   207 Barnard Hall
   (406) 994-6175
   mailto:cone@montana.edu
david

Dr. David Dickensheets

Distinguished Professor (ECE)
Director,Montana Nanotechnology Facility

Fellow, SPIE 
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado
MOEMS, Active and adaptive optics, tissue spectroscopy, lidar scanners.

    530 Cobleigh Hall
   (406) 994-7874
   davidd@montana.edu
Wataru

Dr. Wataru Nakagawa

Associate Professor (ECE) 

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Applied Physics), Univ. of California, San Diego
B.S. Applied Physics, Stanford University
Optical nanostructures, photonics, nanoscale optics, computational electromagnetics

   Cobleigh 529
   (406) 994-5956
   nakagawa@montana.edu
Kevin

Dr. Kevin Repasky

Professor (ECE)

Ph.D. Physics, Montana State University
M.S. Physics, Montana State University
B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Youngstown State University
Laser research and development, laser remote sensing. 

    Cobleigh 537
   (406) 994-6082
   repasky@montana.edu
Roudas

Dr. Ioannis (John) Roudas

Professor, Gilhousen
Telecommunications Chair (ECE)

Ph.D. & M.S. Coherent Optical Communication Systems, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.
M.S. Electronics & Radio Engineering, University of Athens (Greece). 
B.S. Electronics & Radio Engineering, University of Athens (Greece)
Optical communications; photonics; computational electromagnetics

   619 Cobleigh
   (406) 994-5960
Joe

Dr. Joseph Shaw

Distinguished Professor (ECE) & OpTeC Director 

Fellow, OSA & SPIE
Ph.D. & M.S. Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Utah
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Remote sensing systems, optical system design and testing, radiometry, polarimetry, lidar, science and photography of optical phenomena in nature

 

Ross

Dr. Ross Snider

Associate Professor (ECE) 

Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University 
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University 
B.S. Engineering, Walla Walla College 
Custom computing using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processing (DSP), embedded real-time systems, data acquisition and processing systems for smart imaging systems, auditory neuroscience.

   538 Cobleigh Hall
   (406) 994-1645

Industrial Collaborators

 

Advanced Research (AdvR) Bozeman, MT
Bridger Photonics Bozeman, MT
Scientific Materials Corp. Bozeman, MT
Montana Instruments Corp. Bozeman, MT
 Northrop Grumman  Redondo Beach, CA
S2 Corporation Bozeman, MT

Academic Collaborators

Stefan Kroll Lund University, Sweden
Mark Neifeld ECE, University of Arizona
Mingzhen Tian Physics, George Mason University
Kelvin Wagner ECE, University of Colorado
Laboratoire Aime Cotton Orsay, France
Matt Sellars ANU Canberra, Australia
Baris Erkmen JPL