Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
August Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:00-1:30 PM

Commercial Applications for Infrared Imaging:
The State of the Art

Infrared imaging is used for a wide variety of applications, including night vision and surveillance, military targeting, process control and testing, machine vision, robotics, medical research, meteorology, and gas detection. After a brief overview of infrared sensor technology, our speaker will discuss specific commercial applications for imaging the IR portion of the spectrum. He will show many interesting images, both in visible light and infrared.

------PRESENTER------

Austin Richards, PhD
Research Scientist, Indigo Systems

Austin Richards has a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Berkeley. He has worked as a research scientist at Indigo Systems (now FLIR Systems, Indigo Operations) for 5 years. He is the author of the SPIE monograph "Alien Vision: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum with Imaging Technology", which has been called a "clearly written, humorous, and outstandingly illustrated non-technical tour of the spectrum of light".

------OTHER INFO------

$12 for SEC members; $15 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road.
Website: http://www.scieng.org

From the President: This month we are very pleased to welcome Texas Instruments of Goleta as a new corporate member, and two new individual members, Anne E. Maczulak and Alice V. Green. Please join us August 12 to meet a local technology leader and learn more about infrared technology that is at the heart of advanced research and development. See you there!

Tim Murphy