Professor Hakan Urey was the Principal System Engineer at Microvision until 2001 when he joined the engineering faculty at Koc University. Presently, Prof. Urey, is the Director of the Optical Microsystem Laboratory. Over the past several years Prof. Urey has focused his research on MEMS Scanners and 2D/3D Displays specifically with Pico-projectors. His department has significantly grown over the past couple years and was recently presented the “new product award” for portable 3D laser projection at the 2013 3D Technology Award by the International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society. Microvision over the years has maintained a close partnership with Prof. Urey. Several of his projects have been sponsored by Microvision and the most recent 3D award winning product was made possible through joint research collaboration between the two. There have been a significant amount of shareholders who have questioned Microvision’s ability to innovate in the midst of budget cuts but CEO, Alexander Tokman, has always spoken about individuals and corporations around the world preforming leading edge projects with Microvision’s technology, Prof. Urey’s laboratory is just one of them. Disney and Microsoft research is another great example.
