The Center for Adaptive Optics

Mission Statement: "To advance and disseminate the technology of adaptive optics in service to science, health care, industry, and education."

The Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) is one of a number of National Science Foundation funded Science and Technology Centers (STCs). Initial funding began in 2000. The goal of the STCs is the funding of basic reseach and education activities and to encourage technology transfer and innovative approaches to interdisciplinary programs. More information about the STCs can be found at the NSF STC pages.

Dr. Claire Max, the CfAO Director, has generated a recent overview of the Center and its activities.

Institutions

• University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Center for Adaptive Optics (Headquarters)
• University of California, Berkeley
  • Astronomy Department
  • School of Optometry
  • Vision Science Program
• University of California, Irvine
  • Astronomy Department
  • Optics at UC Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
  • UCLA Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
• University of Chicago
  • ChAOS – Chicago Adaptive Optics System
  • Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
• University of Houston
  • College of Optometry
• University of Rochester
  • Center for Visual Science
  • Institute of Optics
• Indiana University
  • School of Optometry
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Montana State University
  • Center for Computational Biology
  • Mathematical Sciences
• California Institute of Technology
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  • Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences
  • Thirty Meter Telescope
  • Tech Astronomy Department
• Maui Community College
  • Maui Community College Space Grant Program
• University of Waterloo
  • Department of Physics & Astronomy
  • School of Optometry

Affiliated Institutes

• Doheny Eye Institute
• Gemini Observatory
• Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada)
• Maui Community College
• National Solar Observatory
• Schepens Eye Research Institute
• Space Telescope Science Institute
• W.M. Keck Observatory
• University of Waterloo (Canada)
• UC Davis - Visual Psychophysics Laboratory

Industrial Associates

• ALU LIKE
• Ball Aerospace
• Bausch & Lomb
• Boston Micromachines
• Iris AO
• Lucent Technologies
• Lockheed Martin
• Maui Economic Development Board
• MEMS Optical