INNOVATION July-August 2018

INNOVAT ION

JULY/AUGUST 2018 | volume 22 number 4

NEWS / DEPARTMENTS

COVER STORY EYES ON THE UNIVERSE Advanced designs from BC engineers are forming a key part of next-gen telescopes that will help astronomers see more clearly and much further into space than ever before. BC engineers are even helping design and build crucial elements of the forthcoming Thirty Meter Telescope—expected to be one of the largest and most powerful telescopes ever.

6 ASSOCIATION 10 COUNCIL REPORT 24 COMMUNITY 27 NEWS

28 DISCIPLINE AND ENFORCEMENT 31 FOUNDATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND DONORS 38 IN MEMORIAM 39 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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WHAT IS ADAPTIVE OPTICS? Adaptive optics is turning up

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everywhere. It sits at the core of both the advanced telescopes and SFU’s retinal scanner featured in this edition o f Innovation. So—what is it?

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35 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 38 CLASSIFIEDS 38 DISPLAY ADVERTISERS INDEX

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ON THE COVER An artist's conception of the planned Thirty Meter Telescope, scheduled for first-light operations in Hawaii by 2027. Find out more in our feature beginning on Page 12. Illustration: TMT International Observatory

SEEING INTO THE FUTURE A new award-winning, made-in- BC retinal scanner is capable of producing images with unprecedented clarity and precision—and it’s poised to help ophthalmologists identify and treat serious eye diseases in their earliest stages.

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