DUNCAN MOORE AT UMAINE THIS WEEK
UM Today - 3/31/09
UMaine alumnus Duncan Moore, a former White House adviser on U.S. technology policy during the Clinton administration and leader of the NASA panel that determined the repair for the originally flawed vision of the Hubble Space Telescope, will give a special physics colloquium on Thursday, April 2. Moore will speak on "Gradient-index Materials Manufacturing in Nature and Manmade" at 3:30 p.m. in 140 Bennett Hall. Earlier that day, he will meet with students majoring in physics and those involved in entrepreneurship at the Foster Student Innovation Center. His afternoon talk will be followed by a reception in 114 Bennett. Moore is vice provost of entrepreneurship and the Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering at the University of Rochester, and a visiting professor at Stanford University, where he works in the Center for Longevity. He received his bachelor's degree in physics from UMaine in 1969, as well as an honorary degree from his alma mater in 1995. Moore's research focuses on gradient-index materials (optical lenses with varied refraction, which allow for flexibility in manufacturing and integrating into wide ranges of technological systems, such as for communications and imaging); computer-aided design, including design for manufacturing methods; optical systems manufacturing; medical optics, particularly for minimally invasive surgery; and optical instrumentation. His extensive career in science and technology includes serving as associate director for technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for three years starting in 1997, and chair of the Hubble Independent Optical Review Panel organized in 1990 to determine the correct prescription for the space telescope.
