SHENG LIU

Graduate Research Associate, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

Address: **** * ********** ****, ******, AZ 85721, USA

Mobile: 520-***-****

Email: abpaz1@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Website: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~liusheng

Education

AUG 2005 MAY 2010 University of Arizona Ph.D. candidate in Optical Sciences

SEPT 2001 -- JUL 2004 Tsinghua University M.S. in Physics

SEPT 1997 -- JUL 2001 Tsinghua University B.S. in Physics

Research Experiences

AUG 2005 present Graduate Research Associate, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

Thesis Work:

Development of variable focus and volumetric three-dimensional (3-D) near-eye display system.

Other Research Highlights:

Extended depth-of-focus (EDOF) microscopic imaging.

Aberration analysis for high dynamic range Shack-Hartmann aberrometer.

Zooming camera without mechanical moving components.

SEPT 2001 -- JUL 2004 Graduate Research Associate, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, China

Development of Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope (NSOM) for biomedical imaging.

Work Experience

JUN 2009 -- AUG 2009 Summer Internship, Utopiacompression Corporation, Los Angeles, USA

Design and prototype demonstration of a panoramic imaging camera, with hemispherical field of view and

uniform high resolution.

Skills

Optical modeling Experienced in CODE V and LightTools, familiar with Zemax and ASAP

Optical engineering Lens design, illumination design

Programming Matlab, Visual C++, OpenGL

Optical lab skills Optical bench setup, alignment, and testing; image/video capturing & post-

processing; PSF/MTF analysis; camera calibration

Certificates

APR 2008 Illumination Design (Advanced Tutorial) Breault Research Organization

AUG 2007 Introduction to ASAP Breault Research Organization

Publications

1. Sheng Liu, Leonard Brown, and Hong Hua, "Variable focus gaze contingent display with real time depth of

field rendering," manuscript in preparation.

2. Sheng Liu, and Hong Hua, "A systematic method for designing depth fused multi-focal plane three-dimensional

displays," manuscript submitted to Optics Express.

3. Sheng Liu, Hong Hua, and Dewen Cheng. "A novel prototype for an optical see-through head mounted display

with addressable focus cues," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 16 (3): 381-393,

May/June 2010. (ISMAR 2008 invited paper)

4. Peng Wu, Sheng Liu, Edward DeHoog, and Jim Schwiegerling, "Systematic errors analysis for a large dynamic

range aberrometer based on aberration theory," Applied Optics, 48 (32): 6324-6331, November 2009.

5. Sheng Liu, and Hong Hua, "Time-multiplexed dual-focal plane head-mounted display with a liquid lens,"

Optics Letters, 34 (11), 1642-1644, June 2009.

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6. Sheng Liu, Dewen Cheng and Hong Hua. "An optical see-through head mounted display with addressable focal

planes." The seventh IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2008),

Cambridge, UK, September 2008, pp.33-42. (Best Student Paper Award, 114 total submissions)

7. Sheng Liu, Chunyu Gao and Hong Hua. "Illumination design of a multi-touch sensing projection screen for

augmented virtual environments," Society for Information Display International Symposium, Seminar and

Exhibition (SID 2008), Los Angeles, CA, May 2008.

8. Sheng Liu and Hong Hua. "Spatialchromatic foveation for gaze contingent displays," Eye Tracking Research &

Applications Symposium (ETRA 2008), Proceedings of ACM, Savannah, USA, March 2008.

9. Hong Hua and Sheng Liu. "A dual-sensor foveated imaging system," Applied Optics, 47 (3): 317-27, January

2008.

10. Sheng Liu, Craig Pansing and Hong Hua. "Design of a foveated imaging system using a two-axis MEMS

mirror," SPIE Proceedings of the 2006 International Optical Design Conference (IODC 2006), Vol. 6342,

63422W-1-W-8, Vancouver, Canada, June 2006.

11. Sheng Liu, Jialin Sun, Hongsan Sun, Xiaojing Tan, Shuo Shi, Jihua Guo and Jun Zhao. "First overtone

frequency stimulated quartz tuning fork used for shear-force scanning near-field optical microscopy," Chinese

Physics Letters 20 (11): 1928-1931, November 2003.

12. Xiaojing Tan, Jialin Sun, Sheng Liu, Jihua Guo and Hongsan Sun. "Shear force detection using single-tine

oscillating tuning fork for scanning near-field optical microscopy," Chinese Physics Letters 20 (3): 338-341,

March 2003.

Provisional Patent Application

1. Hong Hua, and Sheng Liu, Method for real-time, single-shot extended depth of focus microscopic imaging,

U.S. Porvisional Patent Application, March 2010.

2. Hong Hua, and Sheng Liu, "Design of an optical see-through head mounted display," U.S. Provisional Patent

Application, September 2009.

Awards

SEPT 2008 "Best Student Paper Award" of the 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium

on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2008), IEEE & ACM

SEPT 2008 Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) student travel grant award for

ISMAR 2008, University of Arizona

MAR 2008 GPSC student travel grant award for ETRA 2008, University of Arizona

AUG 2007 MAY 2008 Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF) Imaging Fellowship, University

of Arizona

Outreach and Services

Reviewer Optics Letters 2009

Reviewer Applied Optics 2009

Reviewer ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment

Technology 2009

Reviewer IEEE & ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2008, 2009

Student Volunteer Frontiers in Optics -- Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America (OSA) 2005

Student Member SPIE, OSA

Teaching Experiences

OCT 2009 Guest Lecturer Course: Projection Displays, Laser Displays, 3-D Displays,

Head-Mounted Displays, in Introduction to Display Science & Technology

College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

JAN 2009 MAY 2009 Lab Instructor Course: 3-hour lab session, in Advanced Optics Laboratory

College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

JUN 2008 Guest Lecturer Course: Visual acuity, in Optical sciences summer camp

College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

AUG 2004 -- JUN 2005 Lab Instructor Course: 3-hour lab session, in Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

Physics Department, University of Arizona

Personal Values

Strong problem-solving skills, self-motivated, responsible

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