Optical Systems Engineering

Keith J. Kasunic, Ph.D. is a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Corporation. He has more than 20 years’ experience developing electro-optic systems for remote sensing, astronomy, laser radar, and laser communications. Dr. Kasunic’s numerous peer-reviewed contributions include the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2005 entry, “Photonic Crystal Devices”.

Keith J. Kasunic has more than 25 years of experience developing optical, electro-optical, infrared, and laser systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He has worked for or been a consultant to a number of organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sandia National Labs, Nortel Networks, and Bookham. He is currently the Technical Director of Optical Systems Group, LLC. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Univ. of Central Florida’s CREOL – The College of Optics and Photonics, as well as an Affiliate Instructor with Georgia Tech’s SENSIAC and an Instructor for the Optical Engineering Certificate Program at Univ. of California Irvine.