awards
Chuck Westfall Technical Education Award
Recipient of the 2nd Annual Chuck Westfall Technical Education Award 2019
Presented at the 5th Annual Lucie Technical Awards, an initiative of the
Lucie Foundation and sister program of the Lucie Awards. This distinguished
honor is awarded to an influential voice in the photographic industry who
displays an extraordinary commitment and love for the art and technology of
photography. It is named in the honor of Chuck Westfall, a longtime Canon
employee who became known as the “teacher of technology” to journalists and
the photo industry in general.
Patents
TRIPOD HEAD WITH FOLDING HANDLE
U.S Patent No. US 8,366,062. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
MULTI-AXIS PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIPOD HEADS
U.S Patent No. US 8,418,973. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
in-action | induro 5-way tripod panhead
(Product Designer, also scripted and featured in video) 2:21
Workshops and
Presentations
Adobe Educational Summit | Co-creator
Adobe Educational Summit – Program Co-Creator and Producer
With Julieanne Kost of Adobe, San Jose, CA
sva, nyc | Invited lecturer
Invited Lecturer – MPS Digital Photography Program, New Technologies
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
the smithsonian institution | invited lecturer
Invited Lecturer – The Smithsonian Institution Photo Departments
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
sPE | Invited Presenter
Invited Presenter, Society of Photographic Education Industry & Education Forum, 52nd-57th SPE National Conferences, Multiple Locations
special olympics | educator/mentor
Educator/Mentor Support for RIT Photography Students at the Rochester Special Olympics, Floreano Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, NY
rochester museum & science center | guest
Invited Guest for Gambit - KH7 Reconnaissance Satellite Declassification & Dedication, Rochester Museum & Science Center Planetarium, Rochester, NY
flower city art youth program | organizer
Organized and coordinated PhotoScience Workshop for Flower City Art Youth Program students, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
images of science 3 | invited organizer
Invited Organizer “Images of Science 3” Exhibit Opening
John Hopkins, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Select exhibits
faculty exhibitions
Photographs displayed in Faculty Exhibition for CAD (Formerly CIAS)
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
traveling exhibition
Photographs displayed in traveling exhibit of Ellis Island Art (La Porta Dell’America), Ferrara, Codigoro, Mesola and Migliarino, Italy
ellis island immigration museum
Photographs displayed at opening of Ellis Island Gallery
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York, NY
Professional appointments
International association of panoramic photography
International Association of Panoramic Photography (IAPP) Board of Directors
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2022 - Present
george eastman museum
George Eastman Museum (GEM) Technology Collection Committee, Rochester, NY
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2018 - Present
ansi standards tc110 group
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Expert within the TC110 Group for Electronic Displays, Washington, DC
A member of the U.S. National Committee (USNC) of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) participating in development and ratification of globally relevant standards for the electrotechnical industry specific to commercial and industrial products within the IEC Technical Subcommittee TC 110 Group for Electronic Displays in the following Working Groups:
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TC 110 / Working Group 10 (WG 10) Laser display
To prepare standards of terms and definitions, letter symbols, essential rating and characteristics, measuring methods, specifications for quality assurance and related test methods, and reliability for laser display devices and relevant components
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TC 110 / Working Group 13 (WG 13) Optical measurements of electronic displays (OPT)
To prepare standards for measurements and evaluation of optical properties for electronic displays
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2018-Present
