J. Kevin Erwin

Benton Central High School

Class of 1972

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J. Kevin Erwin - Class of 1972 - Benton Central High School

First Name	J. Kevin
Last Name	Erwin
Graduation Year	Class of 1972
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	AZ
Country	United States
Occupation	Laboratory Administrator
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Space Science class in the planetarium, long-winded discussions over coffee with friends at the McGuire's, Barts and the Fowler Village Pump,
About Me	In the 1980's I was involved in building the Hubble Space Telescope. I have been working at the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona most of the time for the past 24 years as lab supervisor, technician, engineer and teacher. I am very involved in optics outreach activities with kids, and run two major kaleidoscope workshops every year, where kids build 1000+ kaleidoscopes. I teach an optics outreach course for undergraduate and graduate students. In the course students develop and give presentations in optical engineering at local high schools to encourage students to pursue careers in this field. By the way, eyeglasses are just a very, very small part of optical sciences. Optical engineering is in almost everything high-tech, from Blu-Ray players ...(read more)