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
- 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)
- L. Zhang; M. Martino; Orges Furshi; E. Jacobs; R. Driggers; C.K. Renshaw "Human task performance on detecting distant targets under cluttered background in NIR and LWIR" L. Zhang, M. Martino, l. Furshi, E. Jacobs, R. Driggers and C. K. Renshaw, "Human task performance on detecting distant targets under cluttered background in NIR and LWIR," 2024 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 01-02, doi: 10.1109/RAPID60772.2024.10647032 (2024)
- Shih, KH (Shih, Ko-Han) [1] ; Renshaw, CK (Renshaw, C. Kyle) [1] , [2] , [3] "Hybrid meta/refractive lens design with an inverse design using physical optics" Applied Optics 63(15) pp. 4032-4043 (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)
- L. D. Somerville, P. Leslie, S. Jordan, C. K. Renshaw and R. G. Driggers "A comparison of reflected and emitted radiometric signal levels in SWIR, eSWIR, MWIR, and superband (SWIR through MWIR) optical systems" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing XXXV, 13045-11 (2024)
- S. Jordan, R. G. Driggers, O. Furxhi, P. Leslie, R. C. Cavanaugh, C. K. Renshaw and E. L. Jacobs "Comparison of scene contrast temperature in MWIR and LWIR" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing XXXV, 13045-5 (2024)
- Kang, E (Kang, Eunmo) [1] ; Fylypiv, O (Fylypiv, Oles) [1] ; Mares, J (Mares, Jeremy) [1] ; Follansbee, J (Follansbee, Joshua) [2] ; Driggers, R (Driggers, Ron) [2] ; Renshaw, CK (Renshaw, C. Kyle) [1] "Experimental comparison of imaging illumination modes for long-range target imaging in Near-IR verse SWIR bands" Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXXV, Volume: 13045, Year: 2024 (2024)
- J. W. Mares, M. Martino, A. Irwin and C. K. Renshaw "Geolocalization from multiband image matching to simulated scenery based on digital elevation data" , Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Technology and Applications L, 13046-45 (2024)
- J. Follansbee, E. Mitchell, C. K. Renshaw and R. G. Driggers "Image-plane speckle contrast and F?/d in active imaging systems" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing XXXV, 13045-7 (2024)
- E. L. Jacobs, C. K. Renshaw, R. G. Driggers, O. Furxhi, and J. Conroy "Interrogation as a targeting task" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing XXXV, 13045-13 (2024)
- Shih, KH (Shih, Ko-Han) [1] ; Renshaw, CK (Renshaw, C. Kyle) "Metasurface hybrid lens physical modeling" Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV Through LWIR IX, Volume: 13042, Year 2024 (2024)
- M. Martino, L. Zhang, J. W. Mares, A. Irwin, O. Fylypiv, E. Kang, R. G. Driggers and C. K. Renshaw "Multispectral characterization of tower visibility in VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR bands from a ground-vehicle" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing XXXV, 13045-8 (2024)
- J. Hewitt, C. K. Renshaw and R. G. Driggers "Trade study of moving sensor optimization model" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing XXXV, 13045-4 (2024)
- J. W. Mares, P. Leslie, T. Watson, E. Kang, E. Jacobs, C. K. Renshaw and J. K. Conroy "Vehicle detection using drone-mounted optically pumped magnetometers" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Autonomous Systems: Sensors, Processing and Security for Ground, Air, Sea, and Space Vehicles and Infrastructure 2024, 13052-16 (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)
- E. L. Jacobs, O. Furxhi, K. Renshaw, R. Driggers and J. Conroy "Multiple UAS/Multiple Sensors for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaisance" 2023 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), 2021, pp. 1-2 (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. Cavanaugh, E. Chau, P. Leslie, L. Wiley, E. L. Jacobs, K. Renshaw, R. Driggers and J. K. Conroy "Cell tower detection in the VIS, SWIR and LWIR bands" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXXIV, 12533-11 (2023)
- T. P. Watson, K. McKenzie, A. Robinson, K. Renshaw, R. Driggers, E. L. Jacobs and J. Conroy "Evaluation of aerial real-time RX anomaly detection" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging XXIX, 12519-40 (2023)
- K. Shih and C. K. Renshaw "Metasurface hybrid lens inverse design with diffractive/refractive co-optimization" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR VIII, 12530-21 (2023)
- L. Zhang, M. Martino, A. Irwin, J. Mares, O. Furxhi and C. K. Renshaw "Modelling performance of AI/ML-based tower localization in thermal imagery" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXXIV, 12533-4 (2023)
- W. Chen and C. K. Renshaw "Monochrome metasurface lens design for optical wireless transceivers" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR VIII, 12530-18 (2023)
- A. J. Ramirez, K. Renshaw, R. Driggers, J. Conroy and E. L. Jacobs "Motion blur modeling for multi-roto and fixed wing UAVs" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXXIV, 12533-16 (2023)
- J. Mares, M. Martino, A. Irwin, L. Zhang, O. Furxhi and C. K. Renshaw "Vehicle self-localization in GPS-denied zones by multi-band imaging and analysis of prominent scene features" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Technology and Applications XLIX, 12534-56 (2023)
- A. Irwin, J. Mares, M. Martino, L. Zhang, O. Furxhi, E. Jacobs, R. Driggers and C. K. Renshaw "Vehicle testbed for multispectral imaging and vision-based geolocation" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Technology and Applications XLIX, 12534-55 (2023)
- Nabavi, P (Nabavi, Pooya) [1] , [2] ; Yuksel, M (Yuksel, Murat) [1] , [2] ; Renshaw, CK (Renshaw, Christopher Kyle) [1] , [2] , [3] "Performance Analysis of Multi-Input Single-Output Links in Dense VLC Networks" 2022 IEEE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE (GLOBECOM 2022)pp. 1296-1301 (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)
- P. Nabavi, M. Yuksel and C. K. Renshaw "Performance analysis of multi-input single-output links in dense VLC networks" IEEE Global Communications Conference, 1296 (2022) (2022)
- 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)
- C. K. Renshaw, J. Hewitt, R. Grimming and R. G. Driggers "Sensor optimization for image-based geolocation" OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 2022, JF2D.6 (2022)
- C. K. Renshaw, J. Hewitt, L. Zhang, I. Tanner, M. Behnke, A. Mahalanobis, T. Watson, E. Jacobs and R. Driggers "Development of a near-infrared (NIR) python detection system" 2022 Everglades Invasive Species Summit (2022)
- P. Nabavi, S. S. Polkoo, M. Yuksel and C. K. Renshaw "A Multi-LED Dome Bulb Prototype for Dense Visible Light Communication Networks" Journal of Lightwave Technology, Early Access (2022)
- L. Zhang, C. Lopez-Zelaya, A. Badillo, F. Tan, J. Kaufman and C. K. Renshaw "Hybrid chalcogenide/polymer coherent fiber bundles for MWIR imaging" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR VII, 12103-2 (2022)
- C. Revello, R. Driggers, D. Brady and C. K. Renshaw "Large area coverage using drone mounted multi-camera systems" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling and Testing XXXIII, 12106-7 (2022)
- K. Shih and C. K. Renshaw "Low-dispersion nanohole metasurfaces for refractive-diffractive hybrid lens design in MWIR" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR VII, 12103-3 (2022)
- Z. Ma and C. K. Renshaw "Organic photodetector charge blocking mechanism by numerical simulation" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Image Sensing Technologies: Materials, Devices, Systems and Applications IX, 12091-14 (2022)
- J. Hewitt, C. K. Renshaw, O. Furxhi, L. Zhang and R. Driggers "Sensor optimization of camera direction for time-limited search performance" Proc. SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling and Testing XXXIII, 12106-3 (2022)
- C. Lopez-Zelaya, L. Zhang, A. Badillo, F. Tan, J. Kaufman and C. K. Renshaw "Hybrid Chalcogenide/Polymer Coherent Fiber Bundles for MWIR Image Relays" 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID) (2021)
- H. Gemar, M.K. Yetzbacher, R.G. Driggers and C.K. Renshaw "Near-field coupling of absorbing material to subwavelength cavities" Optical Materials Express, 11(8), pp. 2576-2586 (2021)