11 Micro/Nano Technology Center (MNTC) Prof. Michael Manevich 1. Research and Development Labs: MNTC consists of jointly operating Active Micro-Optics Lab, Micro-Nano-Structures Lab, Liquid Crystal Chemistry Lab, Micromechanics and Electronics Lab, Micro/Nano-Characterization Lab. 2. Current Research and Development Projects: 2.1. Ultra-fast adaptive optical elements based on stressed liquid crystals, funded by the NATO ESC Division, 2015–2018, Project Co-Directors: Prof. J. West, KSU, USA; Prof. M. Manevich, LAC, Israel; Prof. V. Nazarenko, IOP, Ukraine. 2.2. Development of Micro-structures and Technologies for Ultrafast Dynamic Beam Shaper, funded by the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Magnet Program, ALTIA Consortium, 2016– 2021, Principal Investigator: Prof. M. Manevich. 2.3. Research and Development of Fast Switching Smart Window Model Based on Liquid Crystal Material, funded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, State of Israel, 2017–2020, Principal Investigator: Prof. M. Manevich. 2.4. Development of Microstructure for Smart Window Model Based on Active Electrooptical Material, JCT R&D Grant, Israel, 2018–2019, Principal Investigator: Prof. M. Manevich. 4. Completed R&D Projects: The MNTC scientists have successfully completed 21 R&D Projects over the past 9 years. 4. Publications and Patents: The MNTC scientists have more than 160 publications and 22 patents. Eye Tracking Lab Prof. Avi Caspi We continuously make decisions where to look next. The brain continuously decides where to move the eyes in order to keep an object of interest in the center of the visual field. Despite the motion of the image sensor - our eyes - our visual interpretation of the world is uninterrupted. The brain makes coordinate transformations in real time so that we have a stable representation of the world. Research in the eye-tracking lab at JCT is focused on eye movement research on patients with low vision and on blind patients with implanted visual prosthesis. The research has demonstrated that the brain makes continuous coordinate transformations in blind patients when a visual prosthesis is used. Better understanding of the image transformation in the brain will help with the development of visual aids for the low
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