Julie L. Bentley Explained

Julie Bentley
Birth Name:	Julie Lynn Bentley
Workplaces:	The Institute of Optics Hughes Aircraft Company Corning Inc.
Alma Mater:	University of Rochester (PhD)
Thesis Title:	Integration of the design and manufacture of gradient-index optical systems
Thesis Url:	https://worldcat.org/en/title/35130918
Thesis Year:	1995

Julie Lynn Bentley is an American optical physicist who is a professor at the University of Rochester. She is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

Early life and education

Bentley earned her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Rochester. Her doctoral research investigated the design and manufacture of gradient-index optical systems.^[1]

Research and career

After her PhD, Bentley moved to the Hughes Aircraft Company, where she spent two years designing optical systems for the defence industry.^[2] Bentley is an educator, researcher and optical design consultant. She started her career at Cornel Tropel, where she designed optical assemblies. Her experience at Corning motivated her to start her own consulting company.^[3] She joined The Institute of Optics at Rochester in 2009. At Rochester, Bentley has developed optical education for both undergraduates and professionals. She has created programs on lens design,^[4] aberrations^[5] and optical design.^[6]

Bentley's research has investigated medical imaging techniques, in particular, the development of open source microscopy systems.^[7]

Awards and honors

• 2012 Elected Fellow of SPIE^[8]
• 2014 University of Rochester Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching^[9]
• 2014 Technology Woman of the Year by Digital Rochester^[10]
• 2019 SPIE Community Champion^[11]
• 2019 RRPC Education Award^[12]
• 2020 SPIE Community Champion
• 2020 Elected Fellow of Optica^{[13] [14]}
• 2022 Optica Esther Hoffman Beller Medal^[15]
• 2022 SPIE Director's Award^[16]

Selected publications

• Book: O'Shea . Donald C. . Designing optics using CODE V . Julie L. . Bentley . 2018 . Julie Bentley . 978-1-5106-1974-6 . Bellingham, Washington, USA . 1052902062.
• Book: Bentley . Julie L. . Olson . Craig . Youngworth . Richard N. . In the era of global optimization, the understanding of aberrations remains the key to designing superior optical systems . Yongtian . Julie . Chunlei . Kimio . Hendrik P. . Wang . Bentley . Du . Tatsuno . Urbach . 2010 . Optical Design and Testing IV . SPIE Proceedings . 7849 . 78490C . SPIE . 10.1117/12.871720. 2010SPIE.7849E..0CB . 108437739 .
• Yang . Tianyi . Takaki . Nick . Bentley . Julie . Schmidt . Greg . Moore . Duncan T. . 2020 . Efficient representation of freeform gradient-index profiles for non-rotationally symmetric optical design . Optics Express . 28 . 10 . 14788–14806 . 10.1364/oe.391996 . 32403513 . 2020OExpr..2814788Y . 218632473 . 1094-4087. free .

Notes and References

1. Julie Lynn. Bentley. 1995 . Integration of the design and manufacture of gradient-index optical systems. PhD . University of Rochester. . 35130918 .
2. Web site: Julie Bentley . 2023-01-29 . rochester.edu . en-US.
3. Web site: Julie Bentley – 2010 SPIE Women in Optics Planner . 2023-01-29 . spie.org.
4. Book: Field Guide to Lens Design . 2023-01-29 . spiedigitallibrary.org . 2012 . 10.1117/3.934997 . Olson . Craig . Bentley . Julie . 9780819491657 .
5. Web site: Course Detail . 2023-01-29 . spie.org.
6. Web site: Optical System Design . 2023-01-29 . rochester.edu . en-US.
7. Web site: 2022-08-05 . UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope . 2023-01-29 . ucla.edu. UCLA Med School . en.
8. Web site: 2012-01-25 . Six Women Among the 75 New Fellows of SPIE . 2023-01-29 . wiareport.com. Women In Academia Report.
9. Web site: Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching . 2023-01-28 . rochester.edu . en-US.
10. Web site: SPIE fellow Julie Bentley awarded for excellence in teaching . 2023-01-29 . spie.org.
11. Web site: Julie Bentley . 2023-01-28 . spie.org.
12. Web site: 2019-11-21 . 2019 New York Photonics / RRPC Awards . 2024-01-04 . New York Photonics . en-US.
13. Web site: Optica Fellow Members .
14. Web site: 2020 . Meet OSA's 2020 Fellows .
15. Web site: 2022 . Esther Hoffman Beller Medal .
16. Web site: Julie Bentley: The 2022 SPIE Directors' Award . 2023-01-28 . spie.org.