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Jenoptik sponsoring SPIE entrepreneur competition at Photonics West

Thu - 19 Jan

BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- Twenty aspiring entrepreneurs will pitch their biophotonics and optoelectronics ideas and products to a team of expert judges in a photonics-based start-up business pitch competition Monday and Wednesday (23 and 25 January) at the SPIE Photonics West conference in San Francisco. Hosted by SPIE and sponsored by Jenoptik, the contest will bring together early-stage entrepreneurs with experienced industry leaders, product specialists, and venture capitalists serving as contest judges.

Participants each will have just three minutes to pitch the product or procedure that they think has commercial potential.

Marcelo Guimaraes joins Jenoptik Optical Systems

Fri - 04 Nov

Marcelo Guimaraes has joined Jenoptik Optical Systems, Inc. in a program management role where his primary responsibility is a new multi year, multi million dollar development and fabrication contract. Marcelo’s unique experience base includes optical metrology, entertainment imaging equipment, program management, and even teaching all of which will be drawn on in his new role.

Marcelo spent 11 years with Kodak in the Entertainment Imaging Division in various optical engineering and project management roles related to motion picture cameras, film scanners and image quality. He has authored two patents in these areas. After time with QED Technologies in its Optical Metrology Division, Marcelo was most recently the Optics Program Coordinator and also served as an Optics professor at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY.

Jenoptik Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary (1991-2011)

Fri - 23 Sep

The employees of JENOPTIK Optical Systems, Inc. held celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the founding of Jenoptik at each of US locations this summer. These celebrations followed the formal event held in Jena, Germany July 2nd. The local anniversary celebrations provided a time to reflect on the dedication and accomplishments, technical and commercial, of Jenoptik employees worldwide since 1991.

Jenopitk to participate in UCF SPIE Symposium

Thu - 12 May

JENOPTIK's Jay Kumler will participate as a speaker at the SPIE Symposium 2011 at the University of Central Florida. The symposium is sponsored by the universitie's SPIE student chapter and takes place May 20th, 2011.

Jay's talk is titled "Challenges for the North American Optics Industry". He will also particpate in the panel dicussion “life after grad school” which focuses on the three most common transitions after grad school - to a career in industry, to a career in academia and research labs, and to entrepreneurship and start-ups.

Jay Kumler is honored as a SPIE Fellow

Fri - 11 Mar

SPIE has announced 67 new SPIE Fellows and Jay Kumler, President of Jenoptik Optical Systems, Inc., has been honored in the 2011 class.

The Honor

Fellows are selected by the SPIE Board of Directors, and candidates must distinguish themselves in three areas including: technical accomplishment, service to the general optical community and service to SPIE. The electing body cited "achievements in optical design and fabrication" in electing Jay a SPIE Fellow (SPIE's full press release can be downloaded here).

Since 1955, the Society has named more than 800 SPIE members as Fellows. Join us in congratulating Jay and the rest of the 2011 honorees. The complete list of 2011 honorees is at SPIE.org.

JENOPTIK's CEO Michael Mertin provides his unique perspective for SPIE during Photonics West

Thu - 03 Mar

Based in Jena, the birthplace of optical technology in Germany, JENOPTIK's Michael Mertin has a unique perspective on the industry's past and future. He provided this perspective to SPIE during an interview during Photonics West 2011 in San Francisco. Dr. Mertin has been President and Chairman of the Executive Board of JENOPTIK AG since 2007, and is responsible for the entire operational business as well as strategy and innovations, auditing, data protection, communication and marketing.

Mertin studied physics at the RWTH Aachen and received his Doctorate in Engineering at the Fraunhofer Institut für Lasertechnik (FHG-ILT) [Laser Technology] in the field of laser materials processing and surface technology.