Student Optical Design Competition Winners for 2020

Top Awards

Read our blog entry about our winners.

Comprehensive Automotive Lighting Array

Cody Brelage
Undergraduate Student
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 
Using LucidShape

Black Polar Bears: Aerial UV Survey Camera for Arctic Wildlife Census

Sarah Grabowski
Undergraduate Student
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Using CODE V

Three Mirror, Four Reflection Anastigmatic Imaging System

Jieun Ryu
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Arizona
Using CODE V

Tunable LED-Based Illuminator

Shohreh Shadalou
Ph.D. Candidate
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Using LightTools

Off-Axis Conics as Base Surfaces for Freeform Optics Enable Null Testability

Nick Takaki
Ph.D. Candidate
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Using CODE V