Biography
Kyle Renshaw received his PhD in Applied Physics and his MS in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He received his undergraduate education in Engineering Physics from Cornell University. Dr. Renshaw’s research interests include optoelectronics, sensor arrays, focal plane imagers, lens technologies, imaging systems and their applications.
Awards & Honors
- 2018 AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship
- 2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, CREOL
Research Group
The Knight Vision Lab (KVL) conducts research on imaging materials, components, systems and applications spanning the visible to infrared spectrum. See the group research page for more details.
Research Scientists
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Publications
Teague, J (Teague, Joshua) [1] ; Furxhi, O (Furxhi, Orges) [2] ; Akbulut, M (Akbulut, Mehmetcan) [1] ; Spencer, MF (Spencer, Mark F.) [1] ; Renshaw, CK (Renshaw, C. Kyle) [3] ; Driggers, RG (Driggers, Ronald G.) [1] "Performance characterization of electronic FMCW active imagers" Applied Optics, Volume: 64, Issue: 28, Page: 8360-8369 2025
K. H. Shih and C. K. Renshaw "Metasurface-Refractive Hybrid Lens Modeling with Vector Field Physical Optics" Photonics 12(4), 401 2025
L. Sommerville, P. Leslie, S. Jordan, K. Renshaw and R. Driggers "Comparing reflected and emitted radiometric signal levels in SWIR, eSWIR, MWIR, and superband (SWIR through MWIR) optical systems" Optical Engineering 64(2), 023102 2025
W. Chen, K. Shih and C. K. Renshaw "Dispersive Sweatt Model for Broadband Lens Design with Metasurfaces" Photonics, Volume: 12 Issue: 1
Article Number 43 2025
A. Medina, Z. Mitchell, T. Willhite, J. W. Hopwood, C. Pande, S. D. Wekker, C. Woolsey, K. Renshaw and G. J. Koch "Evaluation of Doppler wind lidar for advanced air mobility" Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 19(1), 014509 (2025) 2025
L. Zhang, M. Martino, O. Furxhi, E. L. Jacobs, R. G. Driggers and C. K. Renshaw "Comparing human performance on target localization in near infrared and long wave infrared for cluttered environments" Sensors 2024, 24(20), 6662 2024
K. Shih and C. K. Renshaw "Hybrid meta/refractive lens design with inverse design using physical optics" Applied Optics 63 (15), 4032 2024
J. Follansbee, E. Mitchell, C. K. Renshaw and R. Driggers "Image-plane speckle and contrast and F?/d in active imaging systems" Optical Engineering 63(5), 053101 2024
A. Cuellar, A. Mahalanobis, C. K. Renshaw and W. Mikhael "Detection and Localization of Small Moving Objects in the Presence of Sensor and Platform Movement" MDPI Sensors 24 (4), 1218 2024
R. Cavanaugh, E. Chau, P. Leslie, L. Wiley, E. Jacobs, K. Renshaw, R. Driggers and J. Conroy "Cell tower contrast in the visible, short-wave infrared, and long-wave infrared bands" Optical Engineering 63 (1), 015101 2024
Burrell, D (Burrell, Derek) [1] ; Follansbee, J (Follansbee, Joshua) [1] ; Furxhi, O (Furxhi, Orges) [1] ; Spencer, M (Spencer, Mark) [2] ; Lund, J (Lund, John) [3] ; Renshaw, CK (Renshaw, C. Kyle) [4] ; Driggers, R (Driggers, Ronald) [1] "Performance benefits of charge-domain gain in active shortwave infrared targeting" Optical Engineering 63(1) 2024
D. Burrell, J. Follansbee, O. Furxhi, M. Spencer, J. Lund, K. Renshaw and R. Driggers "Performance benefits of charge-domain gain in active SWIR targeting" Optical Engineering 63 (1), 013104 2024
J. Follansbee, D. Burrell, O. Furxhi, C. K. Renshaw and R. Driggers "Radiometry and contrast-to-noise ratio for continuous wave and laser range gated active imaging systems" Applied Optics 62 (35), 9317 2023
S. Jordan, R. Driggers, O. Furxhi, P. Leslie, C. Cavanaugh, K. Renshaw and E. Jacobs "Comparison of Scene Contrast Temperature in MWIR and LWIR" Optical Engineering 62(11), 113107 2023
J. Follansbee, D. Burrell, O. Furxhi, C. K. Renshaw, J. Lund and R. Driggers "Target acquisition performance comparison of active continuous-wave and range-gated imaging systems at 1.6 and 2.1 µm" Optical Engineering 62(9), 094107 2023
R. Grimming, O. Furxhi, R. Driggers and K. Renshaw "Multiband longwave infrared reflectance removal using blackbody channel prior" Optical Engineering 62(3), 033101 2023
K.H. Shih and C.K. Renshaw "Broadband metasurface aberration correctors for hybrid meta/refractive MWIR lenses" Optics Express, 30(16), pp. 28438-28453 2022
Shih, KH; Renshaw, CK "Broadband metasurface aberration correctors for hybrid meta/refractive MWIR lenses: publisher's note (vol 30, pg 28438, 2022)" Optics Express, 30(17), pp. 31518-31518
2022
Alumni
PhD
Jennifer Hewitt, PhD, Spring 2024
Robert Grimming, PhD, Fall 2022
Zhao Ma, PhD, Summer 2022
Sajad Saghaye-Polkoo, PhD, Spring 2022
Heath Gemar, PhD, Fall 2021
MS
Donald Hoff, MS, Fall 2021
Ko-Han Shih, MS, Summer 2021
Sajad Saghaye-Polkoo, MS, Fall 2019
Zhao Ma, MS, Fall 2018
Jennifer Kassel, MS, Fall 2017