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Farah Maqsood

Associate Professor

Physics

Applied Medical Sciences
Building no.11, 3rd Floor, Office: 224, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, College of Applied Medical Science

introduction/brief CV

Farah Maqsood is an Associate Professor at the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She received her Ph.D. and M. Phil in Physics, more specifically, in Electronics with specialization in Secure Communications and Cryptography.  

areas of expertise

Her research areas include Secure communication using encryption/decryption, Optical fiber, Geometrical, Clinical and Visual Optics, Nanophysics and Nanotechnology, Newtonian and Non-newtonian flow of nanofluids.  

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course

This course covers selection and dispensation of eyewear, management of an eyewear dispensary, lens specifications and their verification, multifocal lenses, special lenses, aniseikonic lenses,…

course

In this course, a review of general and physical optics, optical properties of the eye, image quality, schematic and reduced eyes, optics of the cyclopean eye, measurement of parameters of the eye…

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Geometric methods as applied to refractive and reflecting surfaces are covered in this course in two hours of lectures and two hours of laboratory per week.  Thin and thick lens…