How the formation of one company led to many global optics clusters

Bob Breault

doi:10.1117/12.2207793

24 October 2005 How the formation of one company led to many global optics clusters

Bob Breault

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 9664, Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics; 96642C (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207793
Event: Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2005, Marseille, France

Abstract

I took a circuitous, but planned route from a childhood of building small rockets (pre-Sputnik) in a small rural town, influenced by one keystone book on astronomy, received a BS in mathematics, but not to become "mathematician", just to have it as a tool to do space based research. Add the founding of Breault Research Organization, becoming a regional economic advisor to multiple regions in 29 countries and 18 states, and building 25 Optics Clusters around the world, and you have a synopsis of my life in bullet form. How, is the topic of the presentation?

Notes

[1] D. W. Johnson, R. T. Johnson, K A. Smith, “Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom,” Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN, 1991

[2] -C. Poyatos, C. Allan, “The use cf learning portfolios to develop generic skills: An evaluative case study with on-line Industrial Relations students”, ETL Conference, 2003, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University -Classroom Assessment Techniques Portfolios. http://www.flaguidecrg/cat/portfolios/portfolios1.php

[3] -Electronic Portfolios in Teacher Education Carla Hagen Piper. http://www.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/EPWeb/toc.html

[4] - Queensland University of Technology. http://www.studentportfolio.qut.edu.au/overview/

-The Kalamazoo College Portfolio- http://www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/

-Dr. Helen Barrett, http://electronicportfolios.org

[5] J. Walker, J. Briggs, A. Gibbons, G. Putnam, T. Nally, and B. Shoop, “Optics Education-A Blueprint for the 21^st Century”, Proceedings of the SPIE: Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, T. Lim and A. Guenther, Editors, Vol. 4588, 2002.

[6] S. M. Pompea and I. Hawkins, “Increasing Science Literacy in Optics and Photonics through Science Centers, Museums, and Web-based Exhibits”, Proceedings of the SPIE: Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, T. Lim and A. Guenther, Editors, Vol. 4588, 2002.

[7] S. M. Pompea and T. K. Gek, “Optics in the Great Exploration in Math and Science (GEMS) Program: A Summary of Effective Pedagogical Approaches”, Proceedings of the SPIE: Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, T. Lim and A. Guenther, Editors, Vol. 4588, 2002

[8] M. Hall-Wallace, N. L. Regens, and S. M. Pompea, “Design of a Professional Development and Support Program for Future Photonics Industry Team Leaders”, Proceedings of the SPIE: Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, T. Lim and A. Guenther, Editors, Vol. 4588, 2002.

[9] S. M. Pompea and Alan Gould, Invisible Universe: The Electromagnetic Spectrum from Radio Waves to Gamma Rays, Book in the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) Series, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, 2003.

Citation Download Citation

Bob Breault "How the formation of one company led to many global optics clusters", Proc. SPIE 9664, Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 96642C (24 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207793

Access the abstract

PROCEEDINGS
1 PAGES

DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY