Dr. Michael HaneyProgram Manager

Dr. Haney joined DARPA in 2006 as a Program Manager for the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). His principle areas of interest are in the application of photonics technologies in new computing, switching, signal processing, and power conversion systems.

Dr. Haney is on leave from the University of Delaware, where he is a professor and a former Photonics Center Director in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Before joining the University of Delaware (in 2001), Dr. Haney was an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University. In 1998 he co-founded Applied Photonics, Inc., an optical engineering company that developed and demonstrated novel concepts in high-density optical interconnects. Previous to joining GMU (in 1994), he held positions as Director of Photonics Programs at BDM Corporation and Group Leader for Electro-optic Systems at General Dynamics.

Dr. Haney received his BS (1976) from the University of Massachusetts in Physics, MS (1978) from the University of Illinois in Electrical Engineering, and Ph.D. (1986) from the California Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He has contributed to over 100 journal and conference publications and has several issued and pending patents. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America.