Evan Eshelman
Senior Optical Engineer at Honeybee Robotics
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolEvan Eshelman is a Senior Optical Engineer with 15 years of experience designing compact, low-SWaP optical and optomechanical systems for planetary exploration and harsh environments. He leads instrument development from concept through field deployment—recently as PI on NASA SBIR probes (PERISCOPE, GRAAL) and with roles at Honeybee Robotics, Impossible Sensing, JPL, and SETI Institute. His expertise spans time-resolved fluorescence, UV-visible Raman and LIBS, hyperspectral imagers, and lidar, combined with hands-on skills in SolidWorks, Zemax, and in situ software workflows. Known for translating demanding science requirements into rugged flight‑ready hardware, he also brings uncommon depth in subsurface detection techniques for Martian and lunar geochemistry and ISRU applications.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at Colby CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Physics at York University
Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (1)
hovvit/SDL-ASCII-Template
Nov 2010 - Aug 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 5 years 9 months
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