+ Passive and active fiber optics components testing and trouble-shooting for Interferometric Fiber Optics Gyroscope application (IOC, 2x2 SM Coupler, SM Isolator, Laser Diode, Photodetector); + Frequency Response Testing of IOCs;+ Optical Back-reflection Reflectometer / Optical Time Domain Reflectometer / Polarization Analyzer handling;+ Vytran & Fujikuwa Splicer handling; Single-mode and Polarization Maintaining Fibers (80um & 125um clad. dia.);+ Technical and Engineering support for a strategic program (Draper / Navy).

⦁ Sagnac, Mac-Zehnder and Michelson Fiber Optic interferometric sensors (accelerometers; hydrophones) design and studies for oil/gas prospection, monitoring, security perimeter and seismic applications.⦁ Engineering Lead and project logistics for the development of several fiber optic sensing prototypes.⦁ High NA, SM fiber optic (125 um-, 80 um- and 50 um-dia.) handling, splicing and interferometric system measurements. MM fiber optic handling and splicing.⦁ Responsible for Multi-Fiber Optical Connector realization, inspection and testing. Fiber optic polishing laboratory installation.

⦁ Fiber Optics Gyroscope engineer technical lead for LR-240's program: design and measurements on IFOGs and fiber optic devices.⦁ Measurements on SM and PM optical fibers, EDFAs, Laser Diodes and SLDs with optical power-meter, OSA, OBR, OTDR.⦁ Certificate of Appreciation “Hardware Engineering LR-240 Development Team - for extraordinary performance of first build” from Juergen Flamm (Director of Hardware Engineering, NSD)⦁ Support for the Test & Return of GEO CGRAs – SBIRS2 IRAD proposals submitted on 2009. 1 IRAD proposal submitted on 2010.⦁ Participation to ES Symposium in 2008, and 3 Stanford review meetings (Spring/Fall 2008 and Fall 2010).⦁ Internal training and Certification on Navigation Sciences (INS, GPS, Kalman Filtering, Integrated INS and GPS). Summer 2010, M. Braasch PhD., Ohio University.⦁ Trainings on "Principe and Application on Fiber Optics Gyroscopes" (SPIE conference in 2008, Michel Digeonnet, San Jose, CA), ⦁ Training on "Inertial Navigation Systems, GPS and Kalman Filtering" (June 2008, M.S. Grewal PhD., California State University, Fullerton, CA).⦁ Internal HRG Technological Seminars.⦁ "Hands-on Polarization-Related Measurements Workshop",March 7th, 2011 at OFC/NFOEC Optical Telecommunications, Los Angeles.⦁ Mentoring sessions with G. Pavlath.

⦁ Optical design and implementation of a MTF-Analyzer for multifocal Intra Ocular Lens’ measurements.⦁ Manipulation of industrial Fizeau Interferometer, Twyman-Green Interferometer (Fisba Optik, Wyko), and industrial Hartman-Shack wavefront sensor (Wavefront Science).⦁ Simulations using Zemax, image processing and analysis programming with MathCad, Matlab and Visual Basic 6.0.⦁ Participation to the SPIE’s conference “Photonics West” at San Jose (CA), 21-26 January 2006 and 20-21 January 2007

⦁ Design of adaptive optical correction systems for retinal imaging purposes: a Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO) and an Optical Coherence Tomograph (OCT).⦁ Simulations using Zemax (Participated at 2 classes about “Optical Design using Zemax” in 2004)⦁ Characterization of a bimorph deformable mirror from AOptix for vision science purposes.⦁ Collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Scot Olivier); Collaboration with the University of Indiana (Don Miller)⦁ Participation and publication in several conferences: “Ophthalmic Adaptive Optics” in BIOS’2005 in San Jose; CfAO’s (Center for Adaptive Optics) Fall Retreat in 2004, in Lake Arrowhead; CfAO’s (Center for Adaptive Optics) Summer School in 2005, in Santa Cruz; Presentation at CfAO’s Fall Retreat in 2005.

⦁ Creation and equipment of an optical laboratory.⦁ Conception and implementation for vision science of a close-loop adaptive optics system for Zernike polynomial generation and static high-order aberration compensation of an eye model. ⦁ Manipulation of a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor and a micro electro mechanical system (MEM), a micromachined continuous-membrane deformable mirror from Oko Technology.⦁ Study and design of an adaptive optics Scanning Laser Opthalmoscope prototype, using a continuous face-sheet piezo deformable mirror from Xinetics.⦁ Participation at 2 Summer schools about adaptive optics in Santa Cruz (USA) organized by the CfAO (Center for Adaptive Optics).