2008 Spring Workshop

Monday, March 3

4:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Affiliates Table Top Showcase  List of exhibitors

Four Points Sheraton Hotel

Tuesday, March 4 

7:45 a.m.

Coffee, Registration and Group Photo

Lobby

8:30 a.m.

Welcome

307

• Jim Wyant, Dean

• Steve McCarthy, VP External Relations

• Carl Maes, Associate Dean, Academics

9:00 a.m.

Faculty and Student Presentations

307

• Tom Milster:  The UA Maskless Lithography Tool

• Jun Zhang:  Extreme Numerical Aperture

• Paula Smith:  Breakthroughs in Characterizing Anistropic Films

• Meredith Aronson and Scott Tyo:  Capstone Program Overview

10:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

Lobby

10:30 a.m.

Senior Optical Design Project Presentations

307

11:30 a.m.

Faculty Presentations

307

• Scott Tyo:  Advanced Infrared Remote Sensing Methods

• Stanley Pau:  Colloquium Overview

Noon

Affiliates Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Faculty and Student Presentations

307

• Masud Mansuripur:  Momentum of Light in Dielectric Media:
  Applications iin Optical Trapping and Binding

• Stacie Hvisc:  Optical Testing and Alignment for Large Telescopes

• Brian Miller:  CCD-Based Gamma-Ray Detectors

2:15 p.m.

Coffee Break

Lobby

2:30 p.m.

Laboratory Visits:  List of open labs

4:00 p.m.

Special Presentation

307

• Peter Smith:  UA Optics Goes to Mars

5:00 p.m.

Mixer and Poster Session  List of posters

UA Hall of Champions

6:30 p.m.

No organized dinner event

Wednesday, March 5

8:00 a.m.

Coffee

Lobby

8:30 a.m.

Faculty and Student Presentations

307

• Brian Anderson:  Quantum Group Overview

• Souma Chaudhury:  Quantum Control of Atomic Spins with Light

• Robin Richards:  UA Office of Technology Transfer-Overview

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

8th Floor

10:45 a.m.

Program Review

8th Floor

• Jim Wyant:  Industrial Affiliates

• Carl Maes:  Academic Programs/Outreach

• Robert Edmund:  Development Board/Giving Summary

Noon

Affiliates Lunch

1:00 p.m.

End of Formal Workshop

1:30 p.m.

Development Board Meeting

8th Floor