See also SPIE.org Donn Silberman Profile   

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Building new pathways for quantum technicians, Jake Douglass, Donn M. Silberman, Megan Ivory, Tobias Knight

SPIE Optics + Photonics, 21 August 2024, Invited Paper

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Guide to Building a Quantum Technician Workforce, Dec. 2023  QED-C, Workforce TAC, SRI International
Jake Douglass, Susan Schwamberger, Donn Silberman, Connor Teague, Corban Tilleman-Dick, Evangeline Williams, and Newry Corp.
 

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Teaching Quantum to High School Students - ETOP 2023

Video of presentation,  Slides

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Donn's video recording presentation at the Quantum World Congress Nov. 30, 2022 (scripted - not live)   &   Donn's slides with notes

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Quantum Education & Outreach, Education & Career Pathways (slides)

Optical Society of Southern California, Meeting Nov. 16, 2022 Registration page 

Video recording of presentations, "Quantum Industry, Education & Outreach"   by  Doug Finke & Donn Silberman

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Quantum education and pathways: an open-source modifiable presentation to high school and college students
22 August 2022 · 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM | Part of SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications
Author:  Donn Silberman       Link to SPIE Digital Library with video recording of the presentation

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Upskilling photonics technicians to meet challenges of the quantum 2.0 revolution
22 August 2022 · 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM | Part of SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications
Authors: Mo Hasanovic, Chrys Panayiotou, Donn Silberman

Link to SPIE Digital Library with video recording of the presentation

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Quantum Technician Skills and Competencies for the Emerging Quantum 2.0 Industry

SPIE Optical Engineering - Vol. 61 / No. 8 - Special Section on Education and Training in Quantum Sciences and Technologies

Authors: Mo Hasanovic, Chrys Panayiotou, Donn Silberman, Paul Stimers, and Celia Merzbacher

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Experiences integrating and using laser educational kits at Irvine Valley College's laser technology program (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman, Gabriel Blanks, et al. 
Published: 14 September 2018
 

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Dynamic alignment, tolerances, and metrology fundamentals at the nano and micro scales (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman 
Published: 3 September 2015
 

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Optics outreach evolves in southern California: OptoBotics begins to link informal to formal curriculum(SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman 
Published: 15 September 2014
 

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New teaching methods in use at UC Irvine's optical engineering and instrument design programs (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman, T. Scott Rowe, et al. 
Published: 15 October 2012
 

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New optical engineering and instrument design programs at the University of California, Irvine Extension(SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman; Valentina Doushkina 
Published: 31 August 2010
 

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Informal optics education and outreach programs in Southern California (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman, Robert Cartland, et al. 
Published: 31 August 2010
 

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Optics Education and Outreach in Southern California, Optical Society of Southern California, June 11, 2008, meeting presentation.

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Teaching lens, optical systems, and opto-mechanical systems design at the Irvine Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Valentina Doushkina; Donn Silberman 
Published: 14 September 2007
 

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Art + technology in optics educational outreach programs (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman 
Published: 14 September 2007
 

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Successfully using optical components and systems in novel ways during educational outreach programs for K-12 grades (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman 
Published: 5 September 2006
 

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Up to Some Optricks in Southern California, Optics & Photonics News, pages 16 - 17
Authors: Brian Monacelli and Donn Silberman

Published: 1 September 2006

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Optricks Day, Optricks Demos, Optricks Suitcases, Optricks Theme Packets; What are all these Optricks Anyway? Conference: Frontiers in Optics OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2005), paper FThD2   https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2005.FThD2

Authors: Donn Silberman 

Published: October 2005

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Hands-On Optics A Volunteer’s Perspective, Conference: Frontiers in Optics OSA, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2005), paper FThD4  DOI:10.1364/FIO.2005.FThD4
Conference: Frontiers in Optics

Authors: Donn Silberman 

Published: October 2005

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The Optics Institute of Southern California: organizing and implementing outreach effort (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman 
Published: 6 October 2003
 

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Ophthalmic Lens Design and Fabrication II (SPIE Conference Volume) 

Editors: 
Published: 26 May 1994

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Image quality evaluation of multifocal intraocular lenses (SPIE Conference Proceeding) 

Authors: Donn Silberman 
Published: 1 June 1991
 

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Determining the imaging quality of intraocular lenses, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery:  Volume 24 - Issue 5 - p 703-714
doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(98)80270-8

Authors: Norrby, Sverker N.E. PhDa; Grossman, Laurence W. PhD; Geraghty, Edward P.; Kreiner, Christine F. PhD; Mihori, Masatoshi MSc; Patel, Anil S. PhD; Portney, Valdemar PhD; Silberman, Donn M. MS

Published:  May 1998

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Accuracy in determining intraocular lens dioptric power assessed by interlaboratory tests, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Vol. 22. Issue 7, pages 983-93. 10.1016/S0886-3350(96)80204-5.

Authors: Norrby, Sverker & Grossman, Laurence & Geraghty, Edward & Kreiner, Christine & Mihori, Masatoshi & Patel, Anil & Portney, Val & Silberman, Donn.

Published: September 1996

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Fiberoptics Sensors for Medical Diagnostics: An Overview.  Laser Applications, Issue 7, pages 73-75, 77

Authors: Donn Silberman 

Published:  October 1988

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Optical Levitation, The Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics, Vol. 2 No. 2, pages 31-35,

Authors: Donn Silberman 

Published:  October 1983

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Silberman's Cosmology - A college English paper submitted in 1977

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Patents

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Tuned fresnel lens for multifocal intraocular applications including small incision surgeries

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Multifocal multizone diffractive ophthalmic lenses

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Variable spacing diffraction grating

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Here are the PowerPoint Slides for the newer version.  

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