News: Optoelectronics
24 November 2021
II-VI Inc’s Julie Eng and Chris Cole elected Optica Fellows
Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA says that Dr Julie Sheridan Eng (senior VP & general manager, Optoelectronic Devices & Modules business unit) and Chris Cole (II-VI adviser) have been elected by the Optica board of directors to its 2022 Fellows Class.
Optica Fellows are members of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America, OSA) who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through their sustained contributions to education, research, engineering, business and society. Fellows are elected annually by the Optica board of directors in a highly competitive process.
Eng was elected for her contributions in technology development and productization of fiber-optic transceivers and 3D sensing VCSELs.
Cole was elected for pioneering contributions to architectures, specifications, standardization and product development of 10G, 40G, 100G, 200G and 400G optical interfaces.
“The election of Julie and Chris to the distinguished ranks of Optica Fellows speaks to their lifelong scientific curiosity and technical ingenuity, as well as their outstanding career contributions as innovators in photonics, most notably for datacom transceivers and laser arrays for 3D sensing, which are contributing to the growth of our business while enabling the convergence of communications, computing and sensing,” comments II-VI’s CEO Dr Vincent D. Mattera Jr.
