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is all the rage in science these days. The technology is a less expensive way to clear up the distortion scientist find in telescopes, but its usefulness goes far beyond the Milky Way.

The process of improves the performance of . Can you recall looking through a pair of binoculars down a long road and near the horizon you’d see the pavement begin to squiggle? Adaptive optics corrects that atmospheric distortion the same as it does the appearance of a star that is blinking – which is just an illusion.

Many including ’71, M.S. ’73, have used optic technologies throughout their careers. In her case she most notably worked with on its project. ÌýMs. Klement was recently one of five female graduates in the publication, Catalyst, on the subject of .