Edwin H. Land Medal

Last updated
Edwin H. Land Medal
Awarded forPioneering work empowered by scientific research to create inventions, technologies, and products in optics and imaging
Presented by The Optical Society and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology
First awarded1993
Website Edwin H. land Medal

The Edwin H. Land Medal is jointly presented by The Optical Society and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). [1] The Land Medal was established in 1992 to honor the noted scientist and entrepreneur Edwin H. Land, [2] who is noted for his invention of instant photography, for founding the Polaroid Corporation, and for developing the theory of Retinex, amongst many other accomplishments. It is funded by the Polaroid Foundation, the Polaroid Retirees Association and by individual contributors Manfred Heiting, Theodore Voss and John J. McCann. The medal honors individuals who, using the science of optics, "have demonstrated pioneering entrepreneurial activity that has had a major impact on the public." [3]

Contents

Recipients

See also

Related Research Articles

Optica is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals and organizes conferences and exhibitions. It currently has about 488,000 customers in 183 countries, including nearly 300 companies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Union of Pure and Applied Physics</span> International non-governmental organization that assists in worldwide physics development

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity. It was established in 1922 and the first General Assembly was held in 1923 in Paris. The Union is domiciled in Geneva, Switzerland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gregory Breit</span> Russian-American physicist and professor (1899–1981)

Gregory Breit was a Russian-born Jewish American physicist and professor at New York University (1929–1934), University of Wisconsin–Madison (1934–1947), Yale University (1947–1968), and University at Buffalo (1968–1973). In 1921, he was Paul Ehrenfest's assistant in Leiden University.

The Boltzmann Medal is a prize awarded to physicists that obtain new results concerning statistical mechanics; it is named after the celebrated physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. The Boltzmann Medal is awarded once every three years by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, during the STATPHYS conference.

James H. Stith is an American physicist and educator. He is known for his influential roles in multiple scientific societies. He is the former vice president of the Physics Resource Center at the American Institute of Physics, a past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers, and a past president of the National Society of Black Physicists.

Professor David Pegg is an emeritus professor in theoretical physics at Griffith University, Australia. In his career, he has made numerous contributions to NMR, quantum optics and conceptual physics including the nature of time. He has published approximately 200 papers and his h-index is at least 42. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a recipient of the Harrie Massey Medal for Australian physics and of the Centenary Medal for his contribution to quantum theory. He is best known for the Pegg-Barnett phase formalism that provides a quantum mechanical description of the phase of light, for the invention of the DEPT sequence for nuclear magnetic resonance and for the invention of the quantum scissors device.

The John Tyndall Award is given to the "individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology". The award is named after John Tyndall (1820-1893), who demonstrated for the first time internal reflection.

The James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics is an annual American Physical Society (APS) award that is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of the Plasma Physics. It was established in 1975 by Maxwell Technologies, Inc, in honor of the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell. It is currently sponsored by General Atomics. The prize includes a $10,000 USD monetary award and recognition at the annual American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics conference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Janet S. Fender</span> American physicist

Janet Sue Fender is an American physicist. She is the Scientific Adviser to the Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, USA. She was president of the Optical Society of America in 1997.

The Ellis R. Lippincott Award is awarded annually to recognize "an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by his or her influence on other scientists." It was jointly established in 1975 by The Optical Society, The Coblentz Society, and The Society for Applied Spectroscopy. The award honors Ellis R. Lippincott, a vibrational spectroscopist who worked at the University of Maryland. Lippincott was one of the developers of the Diamond anvil cell, which is used in high pressure research.

The Max Born Award is given by the Optical Society for "outstanding contributions to physical optics", and is named after Max Born.

The David Richardson Medal is awarded by the Optical Society to recognize contributions to optical engineering, primarily in the commercial and industrial sector. The award was first made in 1966 to its namesake David J. Richardson. He received it for distinctive contributions to the ruling and replicating of gratings, used to determine the transfer functions of lenses. There is a prize associated with the medal.

The Charles Hard Townes Award of The Optical Society is a prize for Quantum Electronics — that is to say, the physics of lasers. Awarded annually since 1981, it is named after the Nobel Prize-winning laser pioneer Charles H. Townes.

The Adolph Lomb Medal, awarded by the Optical Society is a prize for young scientists for their contributions to optics. It is named after Adolph Lomb, treasurer of the Optical Society of America from its founding until his death in 1942.

The Esther Beller Hoffman Medal is an award given by The Optical Society that recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals around the world to the fields of optical science and engineering education. The award was established in 1993 and past winners include Emil Wolf, Anthony E. Siegman, Ulrich Lemmer and Eric Mazur.

The R. W. Wood Prize is an award endowed by Xerox and given by The Optical Society to an individual that makes an outstanding technical contribution or an invention in the field of optics. The award was established in 1975 in commemoration of Robert W. Wood.

The William F. Meggers Award has been awarded annually since 1970 by the Optical Society for outstanding contributions to spectroscopy.

The Frederic Ives Medal is the highest award of the Optical Society, recognizing overall distinction in optics. The prize was established in 1928 by Herbert E. Ives in honor of his father, Frederic Ives. Initially awarded every two years, it has been awarded annually since 1951. The prize is funded by the Jarus W. Quinn Ives Medal Endowment.

Nathaniel Joseph Fisch is an American plasma physicist known for pioneering the excitation of electric currents in plasmas using electromagnetic waves, which was then used in tokamak experiments. This contributed to an increased understanding of plasma wave–particle interactions in the field for which he was awarded the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in 2005 and the Hannes Alfvén Prize in 2015.

Richard L. Greene is an American physicist. He is a distinguished university professor of Physics at the University of Maryland. He is known for his experimental research related to novel superconducting and magnetic materials.

References

  1. ↑ Ann Elsner (2018-05-18). "Polaroid Inventor Edwin Land Gave Us More Than Just Instant Photos". Smithsonian . Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ↑ J.M. Galst; P. Van Alfen (2018). Ophthalmologia Optica & Visio in Nummis. Wayenborgh Publishing. p. 468. ISBN   9789062999026.
  3. ↑ Tara E. Atterberry (2006). Awards, Honors & Prizes: United States and Canada. Thomson Gale. p. 861. ISBN   9780787678067.
  4. ↑ "Imaging Researchers Awarded - Inter-Society Color Council News" (PDF). 1993.
  5. ↑ "OSA Prize Winners Reflect a Wide Range of Achievements". Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 47 (6): 89–90. 1994. Bibcode:1994PhT....47f..89.. doi:10.1063/1.2808540.
  6. ↑ "OSA Names Award Recipients for 1996". Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 49 (3): 119. 1996. Bibcode:1996PhT....49R.119.. doi:10.1063/1.2807554. ISSN   0031-9228.
  7. ↑ "Robert H. Webb". The Lifeboat Foundation.
  8. ↑ "John E. Warnock" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "American Institute of Physics - Willard Boyle".
  10. ↑ "Inventors of the CCD honored".
  11. ↑ "OSA announces 2011 awards for scientific achievement". Laser Focus World. 2011.
  12. ↑ "HP News: Indigo Founder Benny Landa Awarded Edwin H. Land Medal".
  13. ↑ "Benny Landa".
  14. ↑ "Benny Landa Named Israeli Entrepreneur of the Year".
  15. ↑ "Optical_Society_of_America_Bestows_Honors_on_15". Photonics Media.
  16. ↑ "OSA hands out awards, medals". Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 59 (11): 72–73. 2006. Bibcode:2006PhT....59k..72.. doi:10.1063/1.2435655. ISSN   0031-9228.
  17. ↑ "OSA names recipients of awards, medals". Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 60 (7): 75–76. 2007. Bibcode:2007PhT....60g..75.. doi:10.1063/1.2761812. ISSN   0031-9228.
  18. ↑ "The Optical Society Announces 18 Awards for 2012". Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 2 April 2012. doi:10.1063/pt.4.0408. ISSN   1945-0699.
  19. ↑ "The Optical Society Announces 2013 Award Recipients".
  20. ↑ "Prof. Pablo Artal Received the Prestigious Edwin H Land Medal".
  21. ↑ Smith, Donna (2015). "IS&T 2015 Honors and Awards Recipients Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Society for Imaging Sciences and Technology.
  22. ↑ "The Optical Society Presents 19 Prestigious Awards for 2016". Business Wire. 2016.
  23. ↑ "2017 OSA Awards and Medals".
  24. ↑ "Prof. Alan Bovik Receives 2017 Edwin H. Land Medal". 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  25. ↑ "2018 OSA Awards and Medals".
  26. ↑ "The Optical Society Names 17 Recipients for 2019 OSA Awards".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.