Ronald Willey MS

Ronald R. Willey graduated from MIT in optical instrumentation, has an M.S. from the Florida Institute of Technology, and has 69 years of experience in optical systems and coating development and production. He is very experienced in practical thin film design, process development, and the application of industrial Design of Experiments methodology. He is the inventor of a robust plasma/ion source for optical coating applications.

Ron worked in optical instrument development and production at Perkin-Elmer, Block As¬sociates, United Aircraft, Martin Marietta, Opto Mechanik, and Hughes, and formed Willey Corporation which serves a wide variety of clients with consulting, development, prototypes, and production. He has published many papers on optical coating design and production. His recent books are “Practical Design of Optical Thin Films”, 6th Ed. (2022) and “Practical Production of Optical Thin Films,” 5th Ed. (2019). His three-day Zoom courses in Design and Production are offered every six weeks. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE a past Director of the Society of Vacuum Coaters and an organizer of the Optical Coating Technical Advisory Committee of SVC in 1984.