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Complete Optical Solutions |
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Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
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Complete
Optical Solutions
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Optical Design
Engineering & Consulting Services:
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Optical Design |
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Optical Engineering |
Optical Product Development |
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the optical design skills, the optical fabrication
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to make your next optical product a winner. |
Customized Services:
- Design
Optical Systems / Lens Design Engineering
- Prototype
New Optical Systems and Devices
- Tolerance
for Improved Performance and Manufacturability
- Generate
New Product Concepts
- Perform
Feasibility Studies
- Determine
Product Performance Requirements & Specifications
- Model
and Predict System Performance
- Pilot
and Scale-Up Products for High Volume Manufacturing
- Design
for Robust Manufacturability
- Design
and Coordinate Fabrication of Tooling and Fixturing
- Improve
System Costs
- Design
and Improve Test & Measurement Processes
- Intellectual
Property (IP) Due Diligence Research
The list goes on ... Call for more details.
Product Markets and Technologies:
- Thermal Infra-Red Optics, for the 3-5 & 8-12 Micron Wavebands (FLIRs)
- Free Space Optics (FSO) for High Speed Laser Communication Links
- Image-Intensified Systems; Night Vision Goggles (NVGs)
- Head-Mounted Optics: Virtual Reality; Retinal Scanning Displays (RSD); LCD Display Optics
- Camera Optics: Photographic Objectives, Viewfinders, Photometer Optics, etc.
- Ophthalmic Optics: Contact Lenses, Spectacle Lenses, Progressive Addition Lenses (PALs)
- Microscope Systems: Objectives, Eyepieces, Infinity Optics, Illumination Optics
- Aspheric Optics for Improved Performance & Lower Weight & Cost
- Injection-Molded Plastic Optics, Glass Optics & Crystal Optics
- Fiber Optics: Image Relay Bundles, Power Delivery, Coupling Systems for Fiber Sensors
- Illumination Systems: Photography, Optical Benches, Fiber Optics, etc.
- Diffractive Optics
- Telescopes and Astronomical Optics
- Visible and Infra-Red Systems
- SWIR Illuminators and SWIR Imagers
- MWIR & LWIR, Staring and Scanning FLIR Optics
- ENVG, Enhanced Night Vision Goggles
- DENVG, Digitally Enhanced Night Vision Goggles
- USPL Optics
- IED Detection and Identification
- Spectrometer Optics
- FCS, Future Combat Systems
- Low-Light-Level, Full-Color TV Optics
- Unmanned Vehicle Platforms Optical Sensors, UAVs, UGV, ROVs
Plus Lots More ... Call and ask.
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Call Kevin Hines today, and find out how
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Complete Optical Solutions |
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Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
Fax: 540-992-4028 |
Complete
Optical Solutions
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Customized Solutions:
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Lens Design |
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Imaging Systems |
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Military and Commercial Optical Systems |
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Contributed to the new product development efforts
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LOCKHEED-MARTIN, RAYTHEON – TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, LEICA, |
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ITT, MICROVISION, JOHNSON &
JOHNSON, POLAROID... |
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Let’s make your optical project a success
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Selected Project Highlights:
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Design
Infra-Red FLIR Optics Design
FSO (Free Space Optics) Transmit and Receive Lens Systems Successfully designed high performance, low-cost, secure, giga-bit laser communication link optics, significantly improving link margin by a factor of 18 dB. Develop
Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs) Design
and Build Fiber-Optic Coupling Systems Solve
Stray-Light Issues Create
Unique New Products Boost
Manufacturing Process Yields Streamline
QC Inspection Methods |
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Call Kevin Hines today, and find out how
to make your optical project a success. |
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Complete Optical Solutions |
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Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
Fax: 540-992-4028 |
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KEVIN
P. HINES |
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Providing Optical Design
Engineering & Consulting Services |
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Complete Optical Solutions |
Telephone:
540-819-8020 |
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28 Winthrop Place |
Fax: 540-992-4028 |
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Daleville, Virginia 24083 |
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MISSION STATEMENT |
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Provide optical design
engineering services to clients; |
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Develop successful and
superior optical products. |
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HONORS
& ACTIVITIES |
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Elected Officer of the Optical Society of America's
National Capital Section, Washington, D.C.
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Invited To Chair an SPIE Optical Engineering Conference
Session
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Featured Guest on Business Television Program, Focus
On Business
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Invited Speaker at Various Organizations: Optical
Scientists and Engineers, Astronomers...
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Member of Regional Technology Council - the New Century
Technology Council
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Advisor to College and Educational Leaders Regarding
Optical Engineering and Technology Curricula
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
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COMPLETE OPTICAL SOLUTIONS, Roanoke, Virginia |
1998 – Present |
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Chief Engineer and Owner |
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Design, develop and implement solutions to optical
engineering challenges faced by client organizations. |
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Filed patents with partner organizations, on new,
innovative optical technologies.
Combined market value is approximately one billion dollars; current
development investments are over two million dollars. |
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Designed complex night-vision, FLIR optics, with
compound angles in 3-D, producing a lens design solution to a complex,
previously unsolvable challenge, contributing to development of a 250-million
dollar electro-optical targeting and designation system for the new Comanche
helicopter. |
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Designed scanning and viewing optics for breakthrough
Retinal Scanning Display (RSD) systems, scanning low-power laser beams
directly onto the user’s retinas, providing full-color, full-motion video
without the use of screens or external images, bright enough to be viewed in
direct sunlight. Designed optics to
incorporated diffractive and micro-lens array technologies, to boost optical
system performance. |
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Designed, built and delivered fiber optic coupling
system, to interrogate a fiber optic sensor with a Fourier-transform infrared
spectrometer, successfully boosting signal strength by a factor of 80
times. Delivered system on budget and
ahead of schedule. |
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JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, Innotech Division, Roanoke,
Virginia |
1997 – 1998 |
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Manager of Optical Engineering |
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Created and managed optical
labs: Specified, procured and coordinated the setup of new optical labs;
managed day-to-day activities of staff using optical labs; coordinated maintenance,
calibration of equipment and training of lab staff members. |
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Measured and characterized
optical products: Created a product measurement and performance database in
Microsoft Access; incorporated both in-house and competitive products to
obtain strategic advantage over our competitors. |
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Planned out two new optical labs from scratch, to
develop in-house optical metrology capabilities. |
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Developed and improved model of theoretical limit of
Progressive Add Lenses’ imaging performance, to streamline feasibility
studies of new optical product designs. |
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Created plans for profilometry capabilities, to
measure, characterize and qualify aspheric optical tooling. |
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LEICA, Optical Products Division, Buffalo, New York |
1996 - 1997 |
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Director of R & D Engineering |
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Directed the development of new
optical products, coordinating efforts between R&D, marketing, design,
prototyping, piloting and manufacturing.
Managed the fourteen-member R&D Department, with an annual budget
of $2 million. Created new, precise, cost‑effective microscope and
refractometer products. |
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Led development of innovative materials for
microscopy markets, such as the fully conductive plastic microscope body for
semiconductor applications and glass-composite materials to reduce weight and
cost while maintaining crisp optical and mechanical performance. |
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Created empowered, cross-functional teams to oversee
development projects, resulting in improved forecasting of resources required
and delivery dates to complete projects.
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Coordinated the efforts of international engineering
organizations in Germany, Switzerland, China and the USA. |
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POLAROID CORPORATION, Precision Optics, Norwood,
Massachusetts |
1992 - 1996 |
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Senior Optical Engineer and Supervisor |
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Supervised
laboratory staff and coordinated projects.
Predicted and improved manufacturing costs, yields and quality. Worked with R&D to bring new optical
products into manufacturing. Directed
quality control of precision, plastic optical elements, and assemblies at
high production volumes (20‑50 million lenses per year). |
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Prototyped,
tested and improved optical imaging systems.
Optimized manufacturing processes for precision optical elements and
assemblies. Directed and worked with
engineers, scientists, technicians, machine operators, and mechanical
designers. Created and analyzed
Taguchi-method experiments to improve both products and processes. Reported to the manager of new product
development. |
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Piloted diffractive optical elements into volume
manufacturing (10,000 units per year). |
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Led and participated in Business Improvement Teams
that improved profitability and increased customer satisfaction. Led a team that reduced contamination of
view-finder assemblies from 4.5% to 0.5% (i.e. a nine-times improvement),
earning personal visit and recognition from CEO of Polaroid. |
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Oversaw process improvement efforts with a Scottish
subsidiary, resulting in improvements of up to 25-times improvement in the
production yield of reticle lenses. |
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Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia |
1992 |
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Graduate Research
Assistant, FEORC (Fiber and Electro-Optical Research Center) |
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Investigated novel fiber optic systems and components for
innovative applications such as optical power delivery and sensors. Worked for the research center while
pursuing graduate coursework, with a concentration in Fiber Optics. Earned a funded position working on a
Virginia Department of Aviation contract. |
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ITT, Electro-Optical Products Division, Roanoke,
Virginia |
1989 - 1991 |
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Optical Systems Lead Engineer |
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Designed,
prototyped, tested, improved, and implemented optical imaging systems into
image intensified night vision products.
Optimized transmission, weight, cost, size, tolerance, stray‑light
and boresight performance for both visible and near infra‑red
wavebands. Tested performance of
optical components and night vision systems.
Created software models of optical systems' performance. Coordinated setup of automated optical
test equipment. Directed the work of
vendors, technicians and mechanical designers. Managed laser safety within division. |
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Wrote portions of successful proposals, helping ITT
to win majority of PVS-7B and ANVIS contracts. |
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Created and taught "Introduction to Optics"
courses, improving the skills of both in‑house staff and customers. |
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Dallas, Texas |
1986 - 1989 |
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Optical Design Engineer |
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Designed
and developed both visible and thermal infra‑red (3 to 5 micron and 8
to 12 micron wavebands) imaging systems, particularly forward looking infra‑red
(FLIR) systems. Designed lens and
mirror systems to optimize image quality, weight, size, cost, resolution,
modulation transfer function (MTF), illumination, coldshielding, narcissus,
coldspike, tolerances, and boresight performance. Designed, analyzed and improved optical system types such
as: FLIR systems, common module
thermal infra‑red systems, laser rangefinders, laser target
designators, infra‑red "heat‑seeking" missile seekers,
electro‑optical counter‑counter measures (EOCCM), and Diamond
Point Turned aspheric optics. Tested
lenses. Used Code V software
daily. Wrote software models of
optical systems' performance. |
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EDUCATION |
M.S.,
Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1986
Awarded a Ph.D. Fellowship at the
Institute of Optics
Successfully Completed Ph.D. Written
Qualifying Exam
B.S.,
Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1984
Degree Awarded “with Honors”
GPA in major: 3.75 / 4.0
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ADDITIONAL
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Completed
graduate courses in Fiber Optics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute &
State U. (1991-1992) and undergraduate courses in Mechanical
Engineering Technology, Old Dominion University (1990-1991). |
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Completed
the following training courses:
Advanced Lens Design; Design for Manufacturability; Precision
Mechanics for Optical Systems; Microscopy; Photographic Science; Injection
Molding of Plastics; Tooling for Injection Molding (taught by Tredegar
Tooling, Inc.); Taguchi Methods/Design of Experiments (12 weeks); Statistical
Engineering and Process Control (14 weeks); Electronic Imaging; Advanced MS
Access Database Management; Total Quality Management; Polaroid Leadership
Course; Personnel, Policy and Wage Administration for Supervisors &
Managers; Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course; Business Improvement Team
Training; Laser Safety Officer Training. |
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Software
Skills Include: CodeV, Zemax, OSLO, and also some FRED, Light Tools,
Opti-CAD, etc. |
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PRESENTATIONS
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"How To Successfully Develop New Optical
Products," presented to the Optical Society of America, National Capital
Section, 1999. |
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P. P. Clark, Y. Y. Chao and K. P. Hines,
"Production Application of Injection Molded Diffractive Elements,"
SPIE Proceedings, Volume 2600, 1995. |
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"Astronomical Optics - Principles and Practical
Advice," presented to the RVAS Astronomical Organization, 1999. |
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AFFILIATIONS
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Optical Society of America (OSA), Elected Officer in
Local Section |
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Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation
Engineers (SPIE), Invited To Chair an SPIE Conference Session |
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Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) |
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) |
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Conversant in German; naturally skilled at learning
new languages, including some Dutch, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, and
Chinese. |
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Avid amateur astronomer, camper and hiker. |
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Call Kevin Hines today, and find out how
to make your optical project a success. |
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Complete Optical Solutions |
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Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
Fax: 540-992-4028 |