BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220909T210307Z UID:4D273CCE-2309-43A3-915E-3F5CC211B40B DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T153000 DESCRIPTION:As a child\, I was fascinated by television programs about Flas h Gordon. His partner in conquering the universe was Dr. Alexis Zarkov\, a physicist\, who had invented\, among other things\, a death ray gun. My p ersonal “death ray” was a magnifying glass\, focusing sunlight on unsu specting insects\, like crawling ants. I also practiced sneaking up on res ting\, flying\, stinging insects and burning their wings before they could take off and attack me. So I understood something about the power of sunl ight.\n\nIn my senior year of high school\, I had a fabulous physics teach er\, Lewis E. Love\, and I knew after one week that I wanted to be a physi cist\, not a medical doctor\, which is the career my parents wanted me to pursue.\n\nIt turns out that the first laser functioned on May 16\, 1960\, just one month before I graduated from high school\, and it was inevitabl e that I would pursue a career working with lasers. My first job as a phys icist\, during the summer of 1963\, was working with lasers at TRG\, Inc. a small company whose guru was Gordon Gould\, now recognized as the invent or of the laser. After three summers at TRG\, I spent three years working on nonlinear optics for my PhD thesis\, under the guidance of Prof. Nicola as Bloembergen\, who later won the Nobel Prize in Physics for codifying no nlinear optics.\n\nFollowing completion of my PhD research in 1969\, I joi ned IBM Research\, where I have worked ever since. Upon joining the Quantu m Electronics group in the Physical Sciences Dept. of the T.J. Watson Rese arch Center\, my management told me to “do something great” with laser s.\n\nAfter working on atomic spectroscopy with dye lasers through the 197 0s\, I had the inspiration to acquire an excimer laser for the Laser Physi cs and Chemistry group. Using this laser\, my colleagues and I discovered excimer laser surgery\, capable of removing human and animal tissue with g reat precision\, while leaving the underlying and adjacent tissue free of collateral damage. This discovery laid the foundation for the laser refrac tive surgical procedures of PRK and LASIK\, which have been used to improv e the visual acuity of >60 million people\, including my son Keith\, Gener al Mark Milley\, and Michelle Obama.\n\nToday\, I am working on validating my concept that the argon fluoride excimer laser can serve as a “smart scalpel\,” capable of debriding necrotic lesions of the skin without dam aging the underlying and adjacent viable tissue\, leading to faster healin g\, reduced pain\, reduced probability of infection\, and minimal scarring .\n\nTo quote Louis Pasteur\, “Chance favors the prepared mind!”\n\nSp eaker(s): James J Wynne\, PhD\, \n\nAgenda: \n2:00 PM Presentation\n\n3:00 PM Q&A\n\nBldg: Parsons Auditorium\, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road\, Laurel\, Maryland\, United States\, 20723\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org /m/317992 LOCATION:Bldg: Parsons Auditorium\, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road\, Laurel\, Mar yland\, United States\, 20723\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/ 317992 ORGANIZER:d.herres@ieee.org SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:Illuminating My Career – From Flash Gordon to Laser Surgery from Jim Wynne URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/317992 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>As a child\, I was fascinated by televisio n programs about Flash Gordon. His partner in conquering the universe was Dr. Alexis Zarkov\, a physicist\, who had invented\, among other things\, a death ray gun. My personal &ldquo\;death ray&rdquo\; was a magnifying gl ass\, focusing sunlight on unsuspecting insects\, like crawling ants. I al so practiced sneaking up on resting\, flying\, stinging insects and burnin g their wings before they could take off and attack me. So I understood so mething about the power of sunlight.</p>\n<p>In my senior year of high sch ool\, I had a fabulous physics teacher\, Lewis E. Love\, and I knew after one week that I wanted to be a physicist\, not a medical doctor\, which is the career my parents wanted me to pursue.</p>\n<p>It turns out that the first laser functioned on May 16\, 1960\, just one month before I graduate d from high school\, and it was inevitable that I would pursue a career wo rking with lasers. My first job as a physicist\, during the summer of 1963 \, was working with lasers at TRG\, Inc. a small company whose guru was Go rdon Gould\, now recognized as the inventor of the laser. After three summ ers at TRG\, I spent three years working on nonlinear optics for my PhD th esis\, under the guidance of Prof. Nicolaas Bloembergen\, who later won th e Nobel Prize in Physics for codifying nonlinear optics.</p>\n<p>Following completion of my PhD research in 1969\, I joined IBM Research\, where I h ave worked ever since. Upon joining the Quantum Electronics group in the P hysical Sciences Dept. of the T.J. Watson Research Center\, my management told me to &ldquo\;do something great&rdquo\; with lasers.</p>\n<p>After w orking on atomic spectroscopy with dye lasers through the 1970s\, I had th e inspiration to acquire an excimer laser for the Laser Physics and Chemis try group. Using this laser\, my colleagues and I discovered excimer laser surgery\, capable of removing human and animal tissue with great precisio n\, while leaving the underlying and adjacent tissue free of collateral da mage. This discovery laid the foundation for the laser refractive surgical procedures of PRK and LASIK\, which have been used to improve the visual acuity of &gt\;60 million people\, including my son Keith\, General Mark M illey\, and Michelle Obama.</p>\n<p>Today\, I am working on validating my concept that the argon fluoride excimer laser can serve as a &ldquo\;smart scalpel\,&rdquo\; capable of debriding necrotic lesions of the skin witho ut damaging the underlying and adjacent viable tissue\, leading to faster healing\, reduced pain\, reduced probability of infection\, and minimal sc arring.</p>\n<p>To quote Louis Pasteur\, &ldquo\;Chance favors the prepare d mind!&rdquo\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>2:00 PM Presentation</p>\n <p>3:00 PM Q&amp\;A</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR