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Eustace L. Dereniak, Class of 1963


After graduation Eustace Dereniak joined Raytheon Company as a radar engineer and was responsible for an antenna design and RF signal detection tasks. He then worked for North American Aviation during the Apollo program, developing infrared optical components and detectors. He returned to graduate school in 1970, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1976. His dissertation research concentrated on breast cancer detection. He became a Professor of Optical Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1978, and he continues to hold these positions today. Professor Dereniak is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.