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Complete
Optical Solutions
www.CompleteOptical.com
Optical
Engineering & Consulting Services:
Optical Design
Optical Engineering
Optical Product Development
Tap into the optical product development experience,
the optical design skills, the optical fabrication
and testing know-how required
to make your next optical product a winner.
First hour of Consulting Work - Free!
Limited Time Offer - Call for details.
Customized Services:
Design
Optical Systems / Lens Design Engineering
Prototype,
Build & Measure 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.
Laser
Guidance Optics for SAL (Semi-Active Laser) Systems
Ophthalmic
Optics: Contact Lenses, Spectacle Lenses, Progressive Addition Lenses
(PALs), Monovision
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.
Call Kevin Hines today, and find out how
to make your optical project a success.
Complete Optical Solutions
Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
Fax: 540-992-4028
www.CompleteOptical.com
KevinHines@aol.com
Complete
Optical Solutions
www.CompleteOptical.com
Customized Solutions:
Lens Design
Imaging Systems
Military and Commercial Optical Systems
Contributed to the new product development efforts
of
LOCKHEED-MARTIN, RAYTHEON – TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, LEICA,
ITT, MICROVISION, JOHNSON &
JOHNSON, POLAROID...
Let’s make your optical project a success
too!
Selected Project Highlights:
Design
Infra-Red FLIR Optics
Designed complex night-vision, FLIR optics, with compound, 3-D
angles, producing a lens design solution to a complex, previously unsolvable
challenge, contributing
to development of the $250,000,000 system.
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)
Piloted, tested and improved injection-molded diffractive
lenses, enabling firm to launch $5,000,000 per year product.
Design
and Build Fiber-Optic Coupling Systems
Designed and successfully built a cost-effective system to
couple optical fibers to FTIR, significantly reducing insertion losses, boosting
signal strength by a factor of eighty times.
Solve
Stray-Light Issues
Eliminated stray-light paths in image intensified night vision
goggles (NVGs), significantly reducing ghost images and veiling glare,
contributing to manufacturer capturing 60% of market.
Create
Unique New Products
Changed microscope component from metal to a glass-filled
composite, significantly reducing both weight and cost while preserving
performance, giving firm's product a unique selling advantage, increasing
profits $400,000 per year.
Boost
Manufacturing Process Yields
Project A: Improved optical element manufacturing
yields (and therefore costs) as much as a twenty-five times improvement, boosting profits
$200,000 per year.
Project B: Redesigned processes to improve optical assembly yield
losses from 4.5% to 0.5%, a nine-times improvement, saving $150,000 per year.
Streamline
QC Inspection Methods
Applied innovative approach using total internal reflection,
to reduce inspector eyestrain and fatigue, virtually eliminating inspection errors.
Call Kevin Hines today, and find out how
to make your optical project a success.
Complete Optical Solutions
Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
Fax: 540-992-4028
www.CompleteOptical.com
KevinHines@aol.com
KEVIN
P. HINES
Providing Optical Design
Engineering & Consulting Services
Complete Optical Solutions
Telephone:
540-819-8020
www.CompleteOptical.com
28 Winthrop Place
Fax: 540-992-4028
KevinHines@aol.com
Daleville, Virginia 24083
MISSION STATEMENT
Provide optical
engineering services to clients;
Develop successful and
superior optical products.
OPTICAL ENGINEER
Designing and
developing innovative, successful optical systems since 1986.
Designed
Dual-FOV FLIR Optics for Lockheed Martin's multi-Billion-dollar JSF
aircraft; staring array MWIR (midwave infrared) 3rd
generation FLIR, providing superior target detection and identification
at greatly increased standoff ranges, high-resolution imagery, automatic
tracking, aerial reconnaissance, & IRST (infrared-search-and-track).
Designed the low
light level and color TV path optics for the Future Combat Systems (FCS)
ground vehicles, including for the US Army's unmanned
M.U.L.E. vehicle.
Designed
Modernized-PNVS (Pilotage Night Vision System) Thermal LWIR FLIR optics
for the
Apache helicopter, doubling the range at which targets can be engaged.
Designed Helmet
Mounted Display (HMD) optics, designed the optics to scan and
project three laser beams simultaneously into the user's eyes, thus providing
full-color video.
Developed LADAR optics
for laser scanning and navigation sensors for UAVs.
Designed complex
FLIR optics for Lockheed Martin, with compound, 3-D angles, produced a
lens design solution to a complex, previously unsolved challenge,
contributing to contract award of the $250,000,000 system.
Secret
Clearance, Active, Granted by US Department of Defense.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
COMPLETE OPTICAL SOLUTIONS, Roanoke, Virginia
1998 – Present
Chief Engineer and Owner
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.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, Innotech Division, Roanoke,
Virginia
1997 – 1998
Manager of Optical Engineering
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.
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.
LEICA, Optical Products Division, Buffalo, New York
1996 - 1997
Director of R & D Engineering
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.
POLAROID CORPORATION, Precision Optics, Norwood,
Massachusetts
1992 - 1996
Senior Optical Engineer and Supervisor
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).
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.
Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
1992
Graduate Research
Assistant, FEORC (Fiber and Electro-Optical Research Center)
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.
ITT, Electro-Optical Products Division, Roanoke,
Virginia
1989 - 1991
Optical Systems Lead Engineer
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.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Dallas, Texas
1986 - 1989
Optical Design Engineer
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.
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
ADDITIONAL
COURSEWORK AND SKILLS
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).
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.
Software
Skills Include: CodeV, Zemax, OSLO, and also some FRED, Light Tools,
Opti-CAD, etc.
PRESENTATIONS
& PAPERS
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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.
AFFILIATIONS
& INTERESTS
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AUVSI – Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International
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Build Robotic Vehicles, including UGVs & UAVs,
with optical & video sensor suites
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Coach & Sponsor School Robotics Teams
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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 RC aircraft pilot, kayaker, amateur astronomer,
camper and hiker.
Call Kevin Hines today, and find out how
to make your optical project a success.
Complete Optical Solutions
Telephone: 540-819-8020 -
Fax: 540-992-4028
www.CompleteOptical.com
KevinHines@aol.com
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