Julie L. Bentley

Julie Bentley
Born	Julie Lynn Bentley
Alma mater	University of Rochester (PhD)
Children	2, including Danielle
Scientific career
Institutions	The Institute of Optics Hughes Aircraft Company Corning Inc.
Thesis	Integration of the design and manufacture of gradient-index optical systems  (1995)
Website	www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/bentley_julie

Julie Lynn Bentley is an American optical physicist who is a professor at the University of Rochester. She is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

Early life and education

Bentley earned her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Rochester. Her doctoral research investigated the design and manufacture of gradient-index optical systems. ^[1]

Research and career

After her PhD, Bentley moved to the Hughes Aircraft Company, where she spent two years designing optical systems for the defence industry. ^[2] Bentley is an educator, researcher and optical design consultant. She started her career at Cornel Tropel, where she designed optical assemblies. Her experience at Corning motivated her to start her own consulting company. ^[3] She joined The Institute of Optics at Rochester in 2009. ^[2] At Rochester, Bentley has developed optical education for both undergraduates and professionals. She has created programs on lens design, ^[4] aberrations ^[5] and optical design. ^[6]

Bentley's research has investigated medical imaging techniques, in particular, the development of open source microscopy systems. ^[7]

Awards and honors

• 2012 Elected Fellow of SPIE ^[8]
• 2014 University of Rochester Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching ^[9]
• 2014 Technology Woman of the Year by Digital Rochester ^[10]
• 2019 SPIE Community Champion ^[11]
• 2019 RRPC Education Award ^[12]
• 2020 SPIE Community Champion ^[11]
• 2020 Elected Fellow of Optica ^{[13] [14]}
• 2022 Optica Esther Hoffman Beller Medal ^[15]
• 2022 SPIE Director's Award ^[16]

Selected publications

• O'Shea, Donald C.; Julie L., Bentley (2018). Designing optics using CODE V. Julie Bentley. Bellingham, Washington, USA. ISBN   978-1-5106-1974-6. OCLC   1052902062.
• Bentley, Julie L.; Olson, Craig; Youngworth, Richard N. (2010). "In the era of global optimization, the understanding of aberrations remains the key to designing superior optical systems". In Wang, Yongtian; Bentley, Julie; Du, Chunlei; Tatsuno, Kimio; Urbach, Hendrik P. (eds.). Optical Design and Testing IV. Vol. 7849. SPIE. pp. 78490C. Bibcode:2010SPIE.7849E..0CB. doi:10.1117/12.871720. S2CID   108437739.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Yang, Tianyi; Takaki, Nick; Bentley, Julie; Schmidt, Greg; Moore, Duncan T. (2020). "Efficient representation of freeform gradient-index profiles for non-rotationally symmetric optical design". Optics Express. 28 (10): 14788–14806. Bibcode:2020OExpr..2814788Y. doi: 10.1364/oe.391996 . ISSN   1094-4087. PMID   32403513. S2CID   218632473.

References

1. Bentley, Julie Lynn (1995). Integration of the design and manufacture of gradient-index optical systems (PhD thesis). University of Rochester. OCLC   35130918. ProQuest   29750393.
2. "Julie Bentley". rochester.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
3. "Julie Bentley – 2010 SPIE Women in Optics Planner". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
4. Olson, Craig; Bentley, Julie (2012). Field Guide to Lens Design. doi:10.1117/3.934997. ISBN   9780819491657 . Retrieved 2023-01-29.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
5. "Course Detail". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
6. "Optical System Design". rochester.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
7. "UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope". ucla.edu. UCLA Med School. 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
8. "Six Women Among the 75 New Fellows of SPIE". wiareport.com. Women In Academia Report. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
9. "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching". rochester.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
10. "SPIE fellow Julie Bentley awarded for excellence in teaching". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
11. "Julie Bentley". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
12. "2019 New York Photonics / RRPC Awards". New York Photonics. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
13. "Optica Fellow Members".
14. "Meet OSA's 2020 Fellows". 2020.
15. "Esther Hoffman Beller Medal". 2022.
16. "Julie Bentley: The 2022 SPIE Directors' Award". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-01-28.