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 Willis Lamb is
Honored with
the Lennart Bernadotte Medal
Optical Sciences Center Professor Willis Lamb, 1955 Nobel Laureate in Physics, is the
first American to receive this prestigious award.
Professor Lamb was selected to receive the award because of his
dedication to working with promising students and young researchers at
the Meetings of Nobel Laureates, held each year in Lindau, Germany.
For more
information, please read the Arizona Daily Wildcat article at
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/98/73/01_1.html
or the UA News article at
http://uanews.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/wa/MainStoryDetails?ArticleID=10222
Thank You OSC, For a
Great Holiday Party
It was wonderful -- great entertainment, great food and of course,
great company. These pictures are thumbnails, so please click on
them for larger images.
Sign Up Now for OSC's
January 2005 Computer Generated Holography Workshop
From Tom Milster.
The Optical Sciences
Center will host a workshop on Computer Generated Holography on January
28-30, 2005. The workshop will include training in the theory,
simulation and fabrication of computer-generated holograms (CGHs). CGHs,
which are also called diffractive optical elements (DOEs), are widely
used in optical systems for chromatic focus correction, optical testing,
aberration correction and other uses. Students will also learn how to
fabricate several types of CGHs using the Maskless Lithography Tool (MLT)
at the Optical Sciences Center. Students will experience an equal amount
of lecture and laboratory instruction. This workshop is primarily
intended for industrial engineers, scientists and managers who desire a
better understanding of CGHs and their potential use in optical
systems, however, a limited number of slots are available for graduate
students, faculty and other scholars from the U of A. For more
information, please see
www.optics.arizona.edu/milster
and click on the ‘CGH Workshop’ link. For registration information, call
Pat Gransie at 621-1925.
UA Creates Kidz Korner: A Designated
Child Play Area
From Alaina G. Levine, Director of Special Projects, College of Science.
Commuter Student Affairs at the University of Arizona will officially open Kidz Korner, a designated child play area in the Commuter Student Lounge in
the Student Union Memorial Center, on Tuesday, December 7, at 9:00 a.m.
The space is geared to provide a safe place for children to play while
their parents are studying or using the computers in the Commuter Student
Lounge. Kidz Korner is equipped with a child-sized table and
chairs, a colorful rug, comfortable pillows/bean bag chair, a TV/VCR, and a
bookshelf stocked with books, toys and videos. The Kidz Korner is a
collaborative project supported by the Commission on the Status of Women,
the Vice President for Campus Life, the Dean of Students Office, Commuter
Student Affairs and the Arizona Student Unions. Commuter Student
Affairs at the University of Arizona is located in the Student Union
Memorial Center, Room 404, above the UA Bookstore.
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Students, the UA is offering some interesting entrepreneurship
courses for Spring 2005
ENTR 481/581: Assessing Early
Stage Technologies For Commercial Potential
Instructor: Jim Jindrick, McGuire Entrepreneurship Program.
Whether scientist/inventor, investor, or business partner,
assessment of early stage technologies is a critical skill set
in today’s technology market place. This course is a
pre-business plan course designed to equip students to
effectively evaluate and assess early stage technologies and
products to identify potential applications and market
opportunities, enabling decisions to advance research and
design and to encourage early stage investment. One
credit. Open to any UA graduate, post doc, or senior
undergraduate student. For more information on these
exciting opportunities, please contact the Karl Eller Center at
520-621-4823 or shoskinson@eller.arizona.edu
ENTR 401/501: Basics of
Intellectual Property Management and Business Entrepreneurship
Instructor: Patrick Jones, Director, UA Office of Technology
Transfer. Knowledge-based businesses are driven by
intellectual capital creation, capture and use and Intellectual
Property (IP) represents a key intellectual capital asset base.
To be successful in the information economy, business managers
must understand how to create IP strategies, manage IP creation
and use IP in business settings from venture financing to
outsourcing. This course provides an introduction to IP from
the business perspective including basic IP concepts,
strategies for IP capture and asset creation, and basic
elements in using IP to structure businesses and business
relations. One Credit. Open to any UA discipline.
For more information on these exciting opportunities, please
contact the Karl Eller Center at 520-621-4823 or
shoskinson@eller.arizona.edu
MKTG/ENTR 579: Marketing
of Innovation
Instructor: Steven Permut, Department of Marketing, Eller
College of Management. This course focuses on how to
bring cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace. It is
designed to facilitate the hands-on application of marketing
concepts and practices to the very difficult world of
commercializing new discoveries in science and engineering. The
goal is to provide an opportunity for a select group of
students interested in technology commercialization to apply
their skills in formulating an early stage market assessment
and preliminary launch strategy for the “newest of the new” in
the laboratory sciences. You do not need a technical
background, although this can be an advantage; however, you do
need to have a strong interest in applying your knowledge to
help scientists move their discoveries into commercial
application. Three Credits. Open to any UA discipline.
For more information on these exciting opportunities, please
contact the Karl Eller Center at 520-621-4823 or
shoskinson@eller.arizona.edu
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Happy Birthday
Watt's Happening
December 10, 2004 -- Final Examinations Begin
December 17, 2004 -- Final Examinations End
December 18, 2004 -- Winter Commencement
December 24, 2004 through
January 2, 2005 -- University Closure and Holidays
January 3, 2005 -- University
Reopens
Employment
Postdoctoral Fellow in Optical Sensor Development.
We are
looking for someone who could join our team fairly soon. Our
requirements for this position include a PH.D. in Electrical
Engineering or Physics with a concentration in Optics.
Instrumentation background is also needed. Experience is required.
If you have any recommendations for this position, please don't
hesitate to forward a resume with salary requirements to Old Dominion
University Research Foundation, P.O. Box 6369, Norfolk, VA 23504 or
email to
odurfjobs@odu.edu.
The position is open until filled, and the job number is 04009. AA/EOE.
Multiple Openings. Our
neighbor across the street, Steward Observatory, has a number of
openings including:
Assistant/Associate Professor for LAPLACE Astrobiology(Job#31575)
Program Manager (Job#31955)
Principal Electrical Engineer (Job#30059)
Scientific Programmer/Software Engineer (Job#31703)
Manufacturing Engineer in Optics (Job#31565)
Electronic Technican Sr. (Job#30360)
Electrical Staff Engineer Sr. (Job#30363)
Mechanical Sr. Staff Engineer (Job#31910)
Mechanical Engineer (Job#31972)
Mechanical Staff Technician/Staff Technician Sr. (Job#30540)
Optical Engineer (Job#30076)
Sr. Optical Engineer (Job#30079)
Optical Technical Services Specialist (Job#30867)
Staff Tech/Staff Tech Sr. (Large Optics Fabrication (Job#31627)
Research Technician for ITL (Job#30209)
Instrument Maker/Designer for ITL (Job#31882)
Electronic Staff Technician/Elec. Staff Tech Sr. (Job#30664)
ystems Engineer (Job#31858)
Science Data Software Specialist (Job#31859)
Director, MMT Observatory/Astronomer Steward Observatory (Job
#31952)-Reopened
LBT Department #0463
Director, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (Job#30071)
Optical Engineer/Optical Scientist for LBT (Job#30268)
Instrument Support Scientist/Astronomer for LBT (Job#30096)
Telescope Engineering Coordinator for LBT (Job#30587)
Telescope Operations Specialist Sr. for LBT (Job#31108)
Large Telescope Operations Scientist for LBT (Job#31872)
Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Breault
Research Organization, Inc., an internationally acclaimed optical
engineering firm is looking for a V.P. of Worldwide Sales, due to
significant growth. This position requires an individual with at least
10-15 years of international sales management experience. An executive
who possesses the ability to lead strategically while operating
tactically. This person must be a strategic visionary who can create
the vision for the sales team to align around a growth plan. He/she
must be able to generate the confidence to accomplish the vision. In
addition, he/she must be able and willing to personally sell as well as
guide subordinates through the sales cycle to close deals. He/she must
be able to build a direct and indirect worldwide sales organization,
train and assimilate staff members, benchmark the competition,
implement industry best practices, and develop and manage budgets. This
leader must create the strategy and vision for the sales plan,
including setting individual and organizational goals and quotas,
execute the plan, monitor and report the results and hold the team
accountable for success. He/she must possess excellent interpersonal
and team skills and must work effectively with the leadership team and
contribute to the organization’s strategic plan and technical roadmap.
First hand knowledge an experience with the Optics industry in general
and Optical analyses tools in particular is a big plus. Named one
of the 50 fastest growing high-tech companies in Arizona in 2002,
Breault's team is expanding to meet industries' increasing demand for
optics products. As the standard-setting leader in the industry,
businesses look to Breault for cutting-edge optical technology. We
offer competitive salary/commissions, 100% employer paid medical
benefits, dental, life, disability and 401(k) plan. Send resumes to
hr@breault.com or mail to 6400 E. Grant Road, Suite 350. Tucson,
AZ 85715. EOE.
Director, Product Development.
Prescient Medical, Inc. Company: Prescient Medical Inc.
was founded to acquire, in-license and develop proprietary technology
for the diagnosis and treatment of patients at increased risk for
coronary heart disease and heart attack. The Company is
developing diagnostic and therapeutic technologies that will
dramatically improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of the
vulnerable plaque and the immune system-driven inflammatory processes
that can cause plaque formation in the coronary arteries. The
Position: Director, Product Development. Reports To: Ilana
Odess, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development.
Location: Primary - Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Secondary - New
York, NY. Primary Function: The Director, Product
Development will be responsible for managing the development of
Prescient’s OptioGraphicTM instrument. This is an optically based
spectrometer catheter system designed to analyze the plaque on artery
walls by measuring its absorption of different wavelengths of light.
The first version of the system is to be completed for June ‘05
animal studies. This will involve: (1) Partnering with internal
and external personnel to develop an overall development roadmap,
with milestones and strict accountability; (2) Identifying and
structuring deals with 3rd party vendors critical to the system’s
development, and managing these vendors throughout the development
process; (3) Managing expectations through frequent and effective
communication; (4) Ensuring that the OptioGraphicTM catheter system
is developed with the requisite regulatory approvals and
documentation; and (5) Ensuring that the OptioGraphicTM catheter
system is developed on time and within budgetary constraints.
The candidate should have: Successful track record of design
engineering and managing the development and delivery of complex
technical solutions (i.e. solutions comprised of multiple components
– software, hardware, systems integration, consulting, etc.)
preferably in the medical analytical instrument or optical
transmission markets. Start-up experience preferred. At least 10
years experience required. Experience in qualifying suppliers
to manufacture product at consistent high quality level (ISO 9000 &
six sigma) Experience in establishing technical support systems
1(including service, customer support telephone lines, etc.) for new
products either through contracted arrangements or internal
departments. A rigorous operational orientation with a proven
track record in establishing a documented engineering and operations
change management process both for internal and external operations.
Knowledge of one or more of the following technologies: spectroscopy,
optics, equipment/systems software and/or medical optics.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Sophisticated and professional presentation skills. Ability to
translate technical attributes into customer benefits. The
candidate should be: An individual known for his/her technical
integrity and the ability to build strong technical relationships and
inspire trust with a diverse set of internal and external customers.
A self-starter, who takes a confident, balanced approach to drive for
success. A team player par excellence, capable of leading a
diverse team in addition to working in a high-pressure collaborative
environment. A confident and strong-willed individual who is
able to work effectively with equally intelligent, confident and
strong willed personalities. An intellectually curious
individual with a passion for self-development. A strong
listener, able to quickly and effectively distill insights and
feedback while at the same time demonstrating the ability to
communicate features and benefits to a diverse range of internal and
external customers. An agile, adaptable and flexible individual
who is able to quickly and effectively change direction in an
environment characterized by continual change. Contact: James
Benedict, Ph..D, Sr.Managing Director&Chief Talent Officer,
SpencerTrask & Co., 535 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10022. (212)
326-9244.
jbenedict@spencertraskco.com |
