Category: GeekPortland
Venue/Location: Bagdad Theater, 3702 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd, Phone: (503) 467-7521
Date: Monday, June 6, 2011 - 7:00 PM

Seeing Things in a New Light: Infrared Imaging
Speaker: John Lester Miller (a.k.a. Dr. Strangephoton)

5 p.m. doors; 7 p.m. event
$3 per person suggested

Join us to see the world in a “new light.” John Lester Miller (a.k.a. Dr. Strangephoton) will give an energetic presentation on the history, phenomenology, and applications of infrared imaging. The evening starts with Hershel’s discovery of infrared light in 1800 and traces the fascinating story to modern day astronomy, military, law enforcement, and commercial applications. The talk will be augmented with numerous infrared video clips, images, and a live infrared camera.

John Lester Miller has 30 years of experience in the design and development of infrared systems for astronomy, commercial applications, military, and intelligence. He has worked at Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Rockwell, NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (on Mauna Kea), Martin Marietta, and the Research Triangle Institute and has been with FLIR Systems (headquartered in Wilsonville) for over 14 years. He has written more than 60 papers and four books on electro-optical technology. John sits on SPIE’s Infrared Technology and the Military Sensor Symposium’s National Sensor program committees and chairs several sessions each year. He is the chief technical officer for FLIR Systems’ Government Division overseeing several imaging development initiatives.