IEEE CENTRAL COAST Event – Dr. Leonard Chen PRESENTS “SENSING ACROSS THE INFRARED SPECTRUM” 

16 November @ 6PM  

Free Event – Open to Public – **************NOTE NEW VENUE*************************

NEW Location – Rusty’s Pizza Parlor at Turnpike Shopping Center, 4880 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93111

6:00 PM – Complimentary Pizza, Salad, Beverage­

6:25 PM – Central Coast Status

6:30 PM – Dr. Chen Presents

Please join us for the 16 November 2022 IEEE Central Coast Event when Dr. Leonard Chen, Director of Technology Development for Raytheon Intelligence & Space, will honor us with his timely talk “ Sensing Across the Infrared Spectrum “.

Link to Register yourself and guests: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/330476

 “Sensing Across the Infrared Spectrum”

Preview: In applications from smart phones to industrial machine vision, the past decade has seen an exponentially increasing demand for larger format cameras with greater functionality. This is also true of infrared (IR) cameras used in commercial and astronomy systems, where in addition to format size, there is need for increased sensitivity, higher dynamic range, faster frame rates, and improved image processing across the entire infrared spectrum.
In this talk, we discuss the basic principles of an IR sensor and look at the short wave infrared (SWIR), mid-wave infrared (MWIR), long wave infrared (LWIR), and very long wave infrared (VLWIR) bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Current commercial and astronomical applications will be addressed.

Dr. Leonard Chen

Dr. Leonard Chen is a Director of Technology Development for Raytheon Intelligence & Space. Some of his responsibilities include developing technology strategy, overarching technology roadmaps, and planning and coordinating research and development projects.  He has more than 30 years of experience at Raytheon, with technical expertise in integrated circuit design, focal plane arrays, and systems engineering. He is an SPIE Fellow and holds several patents.