Kidger Optics Associates: Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship: Awardees: Winner 2010

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Bráulio F.C. de Albuquerque and Tina Kidger, Kidger Scholarship Award Luncheon 2010 IODC Jackson Hole, WY, USA	Award Year 2010 Bráulio Fonseca Carneiro de Albuquerque, a PhD student at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), received the 2010 Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship awardee. Bráulio's supervisors are Fabiano L. de Sousa who specializes in evolutionary optimization techniques and Amauri S. Montes who specializes in optical system design. At INPE, Braulio also works as an optical designer on space borne optical systems. The Kidger Scholarship Award was presented to Bráulio by Tina Kidger at the International Optical Design Conference (IODC), June 14, 2010, The Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA.

Bráulio F.C. de Albuquerque majored in Physics at the Federal University of South Mato-Grosso- Brazil in 2001. He received his M.Sc. degree in Engineering and Space Technology from the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in 2005. During his master’s program Mr. Albuquerque carried out studies about the influence of optical aberrations on the star position determination errors for a fixed-head autonomous star tracker, and also suggested a methodology for reducing them.

Mr. Albuquerque's research interests are in methods for optimization of optical systems. His Ph.D. research focus is the investigation and development of new evolutionary optimization techniques for application in optical systems design. He has recently spent three months on a research project in the College of Optical Science at the University of Arizona, under the supervision of Prof. Jose Sasian, where he worked on the development of an optimized multi-objective technique of glass selection for super-achromatic optical systems of remote sensing cameras.

BRAULIO
Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
2005

Update 2020

In September 2018 Dr. Albuquerque made a big change in his career and life, he moved with his family (wife and two kids) to Germany to join OHB systems AG in Oberpfaffenhofen just west of Munich, where he has been working in the Optics department as a Lead Optical Engineer. In OHB Dr. Albuquerque works with optical design and analysis of space-borne Earth remote sensing and scientific instrumentation.

Update 2015

Braulio defended his thesis, "A Multi-Objective Memetic Approach for the Automatic Design of Optical Systems" which was accepted by his institute, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE, São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil, on 5 February 2014. On 9 January 2015, the China-Brazil Satellite was launched carrying two remote sensing cameras. Braulio participated as a significant contributor to both the design and test phases of these two cameras which are carrying out their intended tasks successfully.

Braulio and his wife Elizabeth were blessed with their second child in March 2014. As an encore, Elizabeth opened a drive-through bakery, a new business concept for Brazil, in September 2014 to which Braulio contributes in his time apart from his scientific and technical work.

BRAULIO and ELIZABETH
with Victoria and Guilherme
at Ocktoberfest 2019