Valentina V. Doushkina
President at Doushkina Optics
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Valentina obtained her degree of M.Sc. in Earth and Space /Atmospheric Science from York University, Toronto, Canada in 1996. She also holds a degree of M.Sc in Electrical Engineering, with major in Electro-optical Instrumentation design from Electro-Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Valentina has years of experience in optical and opto-mechanical design, modeling, prototyping, and production of complex systems such as laser scanners, laser Doppler vibrometers and velocimeters, spectral imagers of atmospheric emission, LCD projection systems and other. Valentina is Director of Optical Engineering at N2 Imaging Systems, Irvine CA. She has been teaching a series of Optical and Optomechancial classes in University of California, Irvine (UCI), CACT, ATEP and SPIE full day class “Integration of Optical and Mechanical Design (SC983)”. Valentina has been nominated for her specific achievements in optical instrument design, engineering and education for SPIE Senior Member 2010 https://spie.org/x19144.xml . She was featured in 2010 SPIE Women in Optics Yearly Planner http://spie.org/x31321.xml .
Valentina is the 2010/2011 President of the Optical Society of Southern California (OSSC).
Publications (6)

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2010 Open Access Paper
Proceedings Volume 7783, 77830N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860060
KEYWORDS: Optical instrument design, Optical engineering, Optical design, Lens design, Geometrical optics, Laser optics, Optical metrology, Mechanical engineering, Vibration control, Fiber lasers

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2010 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7788, 778809 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860944
KEYWORDS: Polymers, Optics manufacturing, Glasses, Thermography, Diffraction, Hybrid optics, Optical design, Optical components, Modulation transfer functions, Integrated optics

Proceedings Article | 10 September 2009 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7424, 74240Q (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.832319
KEYWORDS: Polymers, Optics manufacturing, Glasses, Optical design, Photorefractive polymers, Tolerancing, Biomedical optics, Integrated optics, Resistance, Refractive index

Proceedings Article | 14 September 2007 Paper
Proceedings Volume 6668, 66680E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732709
KEYWORDS: Lens design, Tolerancing, Optical design, Optical components, Statistical analysis, Optical instrument design, Optical scanning systems, Systems modeling, Zemax, Error analysis

Proceedings Article | 17 May 2006 Paper
Proceedings Volume 6217, 621715 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668927
KEYWORDS: Land mines, Laser Doppler velocimetry, Spatial resolution, Sensors, Doppler effect, Cameras, Interferometry, Phase shifts, Imaging systems, Photography

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SC983: Integration of Optical and Mechanical Design
It is rare to find a person skilled in both optical and optomechanical engineering, which is a growing demand of employers, especially those in small companies and start-ups. This course provides an introduction to an integrated end-to-end approach to the design and engineering of an optical system. It explains the basic principles of starting a design with a theoretical concept and taking the project through the optical system design and analysis, opto-mechanical design, assembly, alignment and packaging. A goal of the course is to introduce the students to the skills necessary to fill the gap between optical and mechanical engineering. It is accomplished by training students how to integrate the optical and mechanical designs on system level. This course is about the manufacturability of the design, which can be described as having the built and assembled system perform as closely as possible to the modeled system. The students will learn the basic ideas of how to integrate the concept of tolerancing of optical and mechanical components into one complete integrated system and how to wrap the optomechanics around the optical components by exporting the optical model into the mechanical design software and performing top level assembly design.
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