| MISSION LOCI serves the LADAR and free space optical communications community by developing highly qualified engineers for leadership in the field. It will conduct researches on component technology, to demonstrate unprecedented sensing, tracking, identification, and access to information. DESCRIPTION LOCI is an Air Force center of excellence for laser radar (LADAR) research and graduate study. Free space laser communication (FSOC) comes under the LOCI purview since many aspects of LADAR and FSOC and are synergistic. LOCI performs advance laser radar research in pre-competitive areas. We seek and encourage industry participation and fulfill educational needs,as well as develop research directions. LOCI is a collaboration between AFRL, AFIT, the University of Dayton, and the LADAR / FSOC communities. We provide graduate education in these areas with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and a LADAR certificate program. LOCI is the place to be for graduate education in LADAR and FSOC. |
 
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On
Nov 12, 2008 the IEEE board of directors voted to elevate Dr. Paul
McManamon to the rank of Fellow of IEEE. The citation along
with the elevation is: “for contributions in optical phased
array and laser radar”. Dr McManamon is the Technical Director of
the Ladar and Optical Communication Institute, LOCI, at the
University of Dayton. His citation is in the technical areas
covered by LOCI. Dr McManamon is also a Fellow of SPIE, The
International Society for Optics and Photonics, OSA, The Optical
Society of America, MSS, the Military Sensing Society, and AFRL,
The Air Force Research Laboratory. Dr McManamon was the 2006
President of SPIE. |