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Biography

In 1971, after completing his B.S., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees at Stanford University, he joined the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia, where he helped develop that university’s program in optics. In 1976 he was a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, and during the period 1990-91 he held an appointment as Denver Business Challenge Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research interests include optical image formation and display, diffraction theory, imaging through turbulence, and information processing; he taught in the areas of modern optics, optical engineering, , electronic- medical- and bio-imaging, communications, and signals and systems. He is a consultant for research on high-resolution imaging through long horizontal-path atmospheric turbulence at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is coauthor of the textbook Introduction to Lasers and Their Applications and is preparing a text on the Principles of Fourier Optics. Between 1987 and 1993 he served as Editor/Editor-in-Chief of Applied Optics, published by OPTICA (former Optical Society of America) and as Founding Editor of SPIE Reviews. He now serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Springer-Verlag Optical Sciences series of monographs, as Editor for optics in the Springer Graduate Texts in Physics series. He is a Fellow of the OSA and the SPIE, and has served on the boards of both societies. Dr. William T. Rhodes is Professor Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and of Florida Atlantic University.

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Employment (23)

Florida Atlantic University: Boca Raton, Florida, US

2019 to present | Professor Emeritus (Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
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William T Rhodes

Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

2005 to present | Professor Emeritus (Electrical Engineering)
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Florida Atlantic University: BOCA RATON, FL, US

2005 to 2020 | Professor (Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
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Florida Atlantic University: Boca Raton, FL, US

2005 to 2012 | Associate Director (Imaging Technology Center)
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Harris Corporation: Melbourne, Florida, US

2006 to 2006 | Consultant
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

1992 to 2005 | Director (Center for Optical Science & Engineering)
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

1981 to 2005 | Professor (Electrical Engineering)
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Georgia Tech Lorraine: Metz, Lorraine, FR

1997 to 2002 | Research Director
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IRT, Inc: Durham, US

1993 to 1993 | Consultant
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

1992 to 1993 | Associate Director (Georgia Tech Research Institute Electro-Optics, Environment and Materials Laboratory)
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William T Rhodes

Analytics, Inc.: New York, US

1991 to 1991 | Consultant
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs: Boulder, Colorado, US

1990 to 1991 | Denver Business Challenge Professor of Optoelectronics (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, Colorado, US

1990 to 1991 | Director, Optical Signal Processing Program (Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems)
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Computer Microfilm International: Austin, Texas, US

1990 to 1990 | Consultant
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Aerodyne Research: Billerica, Massachusetts, US

1990 to 1990 | Consultant
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

1976 to 1981 | Associate Professor (Electrical Engineering)
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia, US

1971 to 1976 | Assistant Professor (Electrical Engineering)
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Stanford University: Stanford, California, US

1971 to 1971 | Acting Instructor (Electrical Engineering)
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SRI International: Menlo Park, California, US

1969 to 1971 | Research Engineer
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Stanford University: Stanford, California, US

1968 to 1971 | Graduate Research Assistant (Electrical Engineering)
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Lockheed Electronics Company: Mountain View, CA, US

1969 to 1969
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Guiltech Research Company: San Geronimo, CA, US

1969 to 1969 | Consultant
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Hewlett Packard Corporation: Palo Alto, California, US

1967 to 1968 | Research Engineer
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Education and qualifications (3)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

1972 | PhD (Electrical Engineering)
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Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

1968 | M.S. (Electrical Engineering)
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Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

1966 | B.S. (Physics)
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Professional activities (12)

Sigma Xi: Durham, US

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Optica: Washington, DC, US

Fellow
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International Society for Optics and Photonics: Bellingham, Washington, US

Fellow
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: NY, NY, US

Senior Life Member
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La Société Française d'Optique: SFO: Palaiseau, FR

1995 to 2003 | Member
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Georgia Tech Research Institute: Atlanta, US

1993 | Fellow
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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics: Bellingham, US

1981 | Fellow
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Optica: Washington, US

1980 | Fellow
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American Society For Engineering Education: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

1976 | Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award (Southeastern Section )
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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Bonn, DE

1976 | Research Fellow
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American Society For Engineering Education: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

1971 to 1976 | Member
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NASA: Huntsville, Alabama, US

1969 | Traineeship in Lasers and Optics
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