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hermetic fibers, fiber design, fiber Bragg gratings, photosensitivity, fiber and

component reliability, hydrogen aging, and other topics pertaining to photonics,

materials, and reliability. He has numerous publications, presentations, and

patents in these areas. He received both his BS and PhD degrees from the

Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.

Borut Lenardic Borut Lenardic received a BSc degree in solid state physics

from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ljubljana in 1981 and

started his work in fiber optics in 1986 as a Development Engineer in Iskra,

Slovenia. Later he worked as a Process Specialist in Cabloptic, Switzerland and

Fotona, Slovenia. From 1996 to 2001, he worked as a consultant for Nextrom

Oy. In 2001 ...