Watt's Up
Optical
Sciences Center News for Thursday, April 7, 2005
Next Week's Colloquium
On April 14,
Dr. Shahab Etemad, Chief Scientist and Director at Telcordia
Technologies, will present Recent Developments in Optical-CDMA.
Abstract
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Announcing Our New Dual-Degree
Program
The MS + MBA
The MS in Optical Sciences PLUS the MBA from UA's Eller College of
Management With
the goal of accelerating the rate of innovation in commercial industry,
the University of Arizona now offers students the opportunity to
concurrently earn two graduate degrees: an MBA from the Eller
College of Management plus a Master's degree from Optical Sciences.By
uniting the Optical Sciences Center's world-renowned excellence in science
and technology with the strength of the Eller MBA, the dual-degree program
fills a critical niche in technology transfer and commercialization of
intellectual property, and also offers students an opportunity to
leverage science and technology for long-term competitive advantage.
Graduates of the program will be uniquely prepared for leadership and/or
entrepreneurial ventures in optical design and engineering, hardware
design, medical technology, lasers and electro-optics, fiber optics,
communications, electronics and a number of other optical specialties.
The MBA portion of the program emphasizes business foundation, advanced
business, and specialized entrepreneurship courses, while the Optical
Sciences portion of the program affords students great flexibility in
planning their study programs to meet their goals.
The program is primarily intended to serve professionals
actively working in optics. Limiting classes to working
professionals ensures that students benefit from the real-world working
experience of their classmates. Professionals with at least three
years of work experience are encouraged to apply for the program and
enrollment is limited.
For the 2005 flagship class only, the requirement for three
years of work experience is waived and students already pursuing a graduate
degree in Optical Sciences need only apply to and be accepted by the Eller
College. Students not already accepted by Optical Sciences must apply to and be
accepted by both Optical Sciences and the Eller College.
For more information
about the MS + MBA Dual-Degree, including program requirements and
application and admission, please visit
http://www.optics.arizona.edu/Academics/Degrees/MSplusMBA.htm |
Masud Mansuripur and Mike Nofziger are
Selected to Receive OSC's First Awards of Distinction
Each Spring, the University of Arizona recognizes its faculty members for
their excellence in teaching. This year, a committee of faculty
members and students has selected two Optical Sciences Center faculty
members to receive the coveted Awards of Distinction: Masud
Mansuripur for outstanding graduate teaching and Mike Nofziger for
outstanding undergraduate teaching. This is the first time that OSC
faculty members have been selected to receive this award.
Congratulations, Mike and Masud.
Thank You OSC and BAE for the Great Spring
Picnic
Will Rivera did the photography honors -- here are a few. Click on
the thumbnails for a 7 x 5 view.
 OSC
Faculty and Alumni Review the JWST Project
A project review of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's
next-generation successor to Hubble, is currently being conducted this
week in Rochester. A number of Optical Sciences faculty and alumni
participating. Jim Wyant e-mailed this great photo that was taken a
couple of days ago -- click on the thumbnail for a 7 x 5 view.
Front row, left to right: Phil Stahl, Conrad Wells, and Joe Geary
Back row, left to right: Jim Burge, Koby Smith, Roy Frieden, Jim
Wyant, and John Hayes
 Optical
Illusion?
OSC alumnus Roland Sarlot, MS 1997, has launched his Theater of Illusion
-- to check it out, just click on the thumbnail.
SPIE Student Chapter Meeting, Friday April
8, at Noon, in Meinel 408/410 -- Pizza Will Be Served
Agenda
items include a survey of student opinions on the Chapter's proposed
activities, such as field trips, and projects for k-12 students. In
particular, they are seeking volunteers to help out with the UA's annual
Daughters on Campus Day -- always a great event for us. The meeting
isn't expected to be very long, but of course, pizza will be served.
Also, they have a limited number of very nice 2005 SPIE "Women in Optics"
calendars, which will be available for students attending this meeting on
a first-come first-serve basis. All OSC students are encouraged to
attend, and if you're not already an SPIE member, this might be a good
time to give it some thought.
A Very Special Benefit Concert for Tsunami
Aid
From
Jim Palmer, OSC Professor Emeritus. The Sound of Hope, a Tucson
benefit concert for tsunami aid, will be performed on Sunday, April 17 at
3:00 p.m. at St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Avenue. The
concert will feature members of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,
the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus, and the University of Arizona Symphonic
Choir, with Nathan Krueger, Baritone, Susan Lane Stokes, Soprano, and Dr.
Bruce Chamberlain, Dr. Julian Ackerly, Dr. Elizabeth Schauer, conducting.
Works to be performed include the majestic Faure Requiem and
Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. Tickets are available at
the Prime School of Music, 3434 E. Broadway Blvd., 327-4166 and at Hear's
Music, 2508 N. Campbell Ave., 795-4494. The suggested donation is
$25.00. Please make all checks and money orders out to Habitat for
Humanity International. All proceeds will benefit Habitat for
Humanity International and additional donations are very welcome.
Please make checks out to HFHI, and mail c/o Vineyard City Church, P.O.
Box 12368, Tucson, AZ 85732. Background information: Desiring to
participate in the relief of those left homeless in the wake of the Asian
Tsunami Disaster, a group of Tucson's classical musicians have organized
a benefit concert. Partnering with Habitat for Humanity International,
these nearly 200 musicians are donating their time and talent to bring
Tucson an afternoon of beautiful and meaningful music, so that Tucson can
continue it's generosity in this second, longer, far harder stage of
recovery; rebuilding the countries. If 1500 Tucsonans attend, we can
raise $37,500, enough for HFHI to build approximately 37 of the over
150,000 homes still needed for displaced families in Sri Lanka.
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Abstracts Are Due On April 20 for OSA's Frontiers in Optics
From Russell Chipman, OSC Professor. Optical Sciences is again
lucky to have OSA’s Annual Meeting in Tucson. More than one
hundred papers are expected from our department this year. Plenary
Speakers will discuss the Titan Imager, nanophotonics, and
measuring the electric field of ultrashort pulses. A special
session will celebrate Nico Bloembergen and his students
contributions to ultrashort pulses. Directors from ARO, AFOSR, ONR,
and DARPA will be providing overviews of their optical research
priorities. So make sure you join your friends for this special
occasion and get your abstracts in. Abstracts are due before
Thursday April 21 at 9:00 a.m., so get them in at least the day
before. Abstracts can be uploaded at:
http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/submissions/ The
following is a list of conference themes:
Division 1: Optical Design and Instrumentation
- Polarization Optics and Systems: Specification, Manufacturing
and Characterization
- Aspheric Optics: Manufacturing and Testing
- Methodologies for Optical Design
- Laser and Optical Systems for Astronomy and Space-Based
Instrumentation
- Multimedia and Immersive Display Systems
Division 2: Optical Sciences
- Time Resolved X-Ray Diffraction
- Metamaterials and Negative Refraction
- Periodic Structures: Photonic Band Engineering, Nonlinearity
and QED Effects
- Disordered Structures: Coherence, Localization, Lasing and
Optical Chaos
- Waves in Complex Natural Environment
- Optical Vortices
- High Harmonics and Ultrafast XUV
Division 3: Optics in Biology and Medicine
- Optical Methods for Diagnosis, Monitoring and Guided
Intervention
- Nanophotonics and Novel Optical Reporters
- Optical Methods in Small Animal Research
- Current Trends in Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy
- Nonlinear Optical Microscopy of Biological Systems
Division 4: Optics in Information Science
- Application-Specific Imaging
- Passive Photonic Devices
- Optical Metamaterials for Information Processing
- Multimedia and Immersive Display Systems
- Optically Interconnected High-Performance Computing:
Architectures and Technologies
Division 5: Photonics
- Silicon-Based Photonics and Heterogeneous Photonics
- Nano-Optoelectronics
- Organic Optoelectronics
- Advanced Optical Interconnects
- Next-Generation Optical Networks
- Optically Interconnected High-Performance Computing:
Architectures and Technologies
Division 6: Quantum Electronics
- Novel Ultrafast Laser Systems
- Single Photon and Sub-Shot Noise Detection and Applications
- Femtosecond Laser–Matter Interactions
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Structures
- Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Novel Materials
- Nonlinear Optical Microscopy of Biological Systems
- Laser and Optical Systems for Astronomy and Space-Based
Instrumentation
- Organic Optoelectronics
Division 7: Vision and Color
- Optimizing Vision with Wavefront-Guided Laser Refractive
Surgery
- Developments in Ocular Imaging
- Applications of Eye-Tracking Technology
Forum on Education: Laser Science Topics:
- Quantum Information
- Slow Light
- Ultrafast Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- Quantum Control
- Cold Collisions
- High Harmonics and Ultrafast XUV
- Nano-Optics
- High Field Science
- Nonlinear Optical Microscopy of Biological Systems
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AAAS, the American Association for
the Advancement of Science: Free Public Workshop
From Alaina G. Levine, Director of Special Projects, College of
Science. This is a special seminar for students of any level
(high school through graduate school), as well community college
students, teachers, and professionals. American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division
(AAAS-SWARM), presents a free, public workshop on Scientific
Professionalism in the New Millennium: The Skills You Need to Succeed in
Science-Based Careers. It's on Thursday, April 14, 2005, from 9:00
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the UA Student Copper Room on the 4th floor.
The workshop is free and no RSVP is needed. Pay Parking is
available in the 2nd Street Garage on the corner of Mountain and 2nd
Street. For more information on the conference, please visit
http://www.aaas-swarm.org
For more information, contact David
Nash at
dtnash@aaas-swarm.org, or Alaina G. Levine at
Alaina@u.arizona.edu
Abstract: This interactive and humor-filled workshop will address
key professional skills which will help science students and scientists
succeed in whatever career they choose. Too often, science students enter
the job market with little knowledge of the skills needed to advance and
succeed in any professional arena. Participants in this unique and
innovative workshop, designed specifically for both the scientist and the
science student, will learn and practice strategic skills such as
communication, networking, contact management, and partnering with a
mentor, which are crucial to advancing in the job market and beyond, and
you will realize how to master and employ them to lead to professional
triumph. You will discover how to empower yourself, and the strategy and
importance of getting noticed for your scientific talents by not only
your boss and colleagues, but others as well, especially your boss's boss
and other VIPs. We will also discuss the concept of a brand (which is
simply a promise), and how to build and promote the brand that is YOU by
establishing yourself as a leader and an expert in your area of knowledge
and ability. Participants will also learn the vast array of resources
available to assist you with your career exploration and will learn how
to apply the skills developed in the workshop to take the fullest
advantage of these opportunities, resources, and contacts.
UA Hosts a Financial and Retirement Planning Fair
To assist you in preparing for your financial and retirement future,
Human Resources invites you to attend the Focus on Your Future
resource fair on Monday, April 11 in the Student Union Memorial Center
Grand Ballroom and Rincon Room from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The fair
includes information tables, vendor Q&A presentations, a financial
education workshop, and a retirement transitions seminar. Come learn
about the tax deferred advantages of the University's voluntary
retirement plans and what you need to do to prepare for retirement from
the University. For more information, visit
www.hr.arizona.edu/04_cb/finEd/fairSchedule.php
Happy Birthday
Watt's
Happening
April 10, 2005 -- 3:00 p.m. -- Deadline to be Listed as
a May Graduate in the UA Commencement Program
Master's students must
have submitted a Master’s Plan of Study by the deadline in order to be
listed in the program. Doctoral candidates must have submitted their
Advancement to Candidacy by the deadline in order to be listed in the
program. If you anticipate graduating in May, 2005 and have not yet
submitted these required documents, see Gail Varin in the academics
office, room 403.
April 14, 2005 -- Optical Sciences Center Colloquium --
3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 410
April 21, 2005 -- Optical Sciences Center Colloquium --
3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 410
April 25 - 29, 2005 -- Introduction to ASAP -- Breault
Research Organization
BRO has offered any unsold seats to OSC
graduate students and staff at no cost. To reserve a spot, please
contact Laurel Reeve, Sales Assistant, at Breault Research Organization,
by email at
lreeve@breault.com
For more information, please visit www.breault.com
Please note: There is considerable demand from OSC students for the extra
seats in BRO's Optical Software Tutorials. BRO's tutorial room
accommodates 12 students, including the company's newest software
clients. Open seats will be awarded to OSC students free of charge on a
first-come-first-served basis, with an ongoing wait list. As a courtesy to
your fellow students, BRO requests that you carefully consider your
schedule and any deadlines that you may have before registering. Once
registered, please notify Laurel Reeve at
lreeve@breault.com as as soon as possible if your plans change, so
that BRO may accommodate other OSC students. BRO's software tutorials
range from 3 to 5 full days (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) of classroom-style
instruction and problem-solving sessions.
April 26, 2005 -- OSC 2005 Group Photo -- 1:00 p.m. --
Location is TBD
April 28, 2005 -- Optical Sciences Center Colloquium --
3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 410
April 29, 2005 -- Deadline to Turn In OSC Summer Comp
Paperwork
Faculty members and graduate students on academic
appointments, if you plan to work at Optical Sciences -- and get paid for it --
during the summer months, please visit
http://www.optics.arizona.edu/payroll/summer2005.htm for requirements
and processing steps. Please complete the necessary forms as soon
as possible and drop them off in Stella Hostetler's office in the trailer.
May 2, 2005 -- PhD Final Oral -- 1:00 p.m. --
Chemistry, Room 328
SeungHyup Yoo will present Organic Solar Cells Based on Liquid
Crystalline and Polycrystalline Thin Films.
May 4, 2005 -- Last Day of Classes and Laboratory
Sessions
May 6, 2005 -- Final Examinations Begin
May 13, 2005 -- Final Examinations End
May 14, 2005 -- University of Arizona Spring Commencement
Employment
Director of Sales & Marketing. The position of
Director of Sales & Marketing for our client is a high-visibility
leadership position with local and global responsibilities. The
person in this position is expected to display technical knowledge,
organizational capabilities, inter-personal skills and high ethical
standards that command respect throughout the division, the company
worldwide, and the professional community. This position takes local
and global ownership for our client’s success in the marketing and
selling of optical system products capabilities. Essential
duties and responsibilities: 1) Take local and global ownership
for our client’s success in the marketing and selling of optical
system products capabilities. 2) Devise, track and measure the
progress of product line strategies. 3) Direct the activities
of the Sales Manager, Product Managers, Applications Engineers,
Marketing Specialist, Account Managers and Customer Service
Representatives. 4) Identify and target new, global customers
for our client’s products and capabilities. 5) Provide industry
and competitive analyses. 6) Build and maintain relationships
with industry insiders. This will include being an active member of
an optics-related organization such as OSA, MVA or SPIE. 7)
Research markets for, and define viable new standard products.
8) Direct all promotional activities including advertising, trade
shows, bulk mailings, web site listings, and production of
promotional materials. 9) Direct proposal preparation for major
sales initiatives. 10) Actively participate in the research and
selection of potential acquisitions beneficial to our client’s
long-term success. 11) Devise and maintain 3-5 year marketing
strategy and contribute significantly to the development of the
business unit strategic plan. Qualifications: Master’s
degree (M.B.A.) preferred. Undergraduate degree in optics, physics,
mathematics or engineering science. Understanding of the principles
of optics, optical instruments and a general functional understanding
of the following markets: semiconductor, graphic arts,
clinical/scientific instrument, telecommunications and machine
vision. Minimum 15 years optics systems product sales and
marketing experience required. High visibility leadership position
with local and global responsibilities. Our client offers a
competitive salary and complete benefits package.
If you are qualified for this position, please attach your resume and
reply to Jim Grant at
jim@wwrec.com.
Optical Engineer. Location: San Jose, Ca.
Start: ASAP. Division: Corp/Ripad. Req.#: 7522.
Send resume to:
NIKI.BACCAM@KLA-TENCOR.COM Responsibilities: Be a key
optical systems engineer for the current and future reticle
inspection machines. This engineer will determine the design and
manufacturing specifications for optical assemblies and then write
the sub-system specifications, test documents and alignment
procedures. This person will then also design and tolerance specific
sections of the optical system while being sensitive to the overall
system error budget. Provide leadership in the area of optical
metrology and fixture design. Job Specification: This
position resides in the optical design group of the Rapid division.
We provide all optical design support to the system group. We also
support the manufacturing group through written procedures and direct
support. Quailification: Minimum of a Masters in optical
engineering. Seven years experience of demonstrated design and
system engineering abilities in high precision, complex
optomechanical systems. Working knowledge of common lens design
software is a plus. Needs to have a firm grasp of geometrical optics
and imaging theory. Excellent written and verbal communications
skills also highly desired.
WWW.KLA-TENCOR.COM
Optical and Opto-Mechanical Engineering Positions.
Raytheon Network Centric Systems. Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Interviews for a variety of optical and opto-mechanical engineering
positions with this company will be held Wednesday, April 13th. The
deadline to submit your electronic resume is Tuesday, April 5th. If
you are interested, please submit it to me at
jpulliam@optics.arizona.edu Raytheon will then schedule
interviews with selected applicants here at the Optical Sciences
Center. Below is a description of the position: Raytheon
Network Centric Systems, located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, is
looking to fill a variety of optical and opto-mechanical engineering
positions for individual contributors having a wide range of optical
skills and would enjoy working with a small dedicated team within a
large engineering organization to help build a new business area.
Opportunities span the conception, design, modeling, simulation,
development, integration, and test of novel electro-optical
components and subsystems for laser communications, sensors, and
other DOD systems. A limited number of openings are also available
for electro-optics systems engineers. Assignments available include,
but are not limited to: 1) Design, analysis, and layout of
optical trains for complex systems. 2) Mounting and
packaging of optical components to survive in military environments.
3) Modeling and simulation of novel liquid crystal devices and
subsystems using such components for laser systems. 4)
Assembly of high precision optical components. 5) Development
of novel coherent optical transmitters and coherent imaging
receivers. 6) Development of novel laser scanning and
beam control systems. 7) Development of test procedures
and test stations for novel optical components and subsystems.
8) Integration and test of optical components and subsystems.
Employment requires at a minimum US residency (green card), but most
positions require US citizenship.
Optics Postdoctoral Fellowship. A postdoctoral
fellowship in experimental optical metrology is being offered by the
Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Reconfigurable Manufacturing of
the University of Michigan. Research topics include measurement of
dimensional and surface finish properties of manufactured parts,
precision alignment systems and measurement of errors of inspection
and production machines. Information about the ERC can be found
at
erc.engin.umich.edu Interested persons should send their
resume to Dr. Stephen Segall at
segall@umich.edu.
Senior Optical Test Engineer. The
successful candidate for this position will support optical
metrology, testing, troubleshooting and manufacturing of
high-performance optical components, lens assemblies and optical
sub-systems operating from the UV through near-IR spectrum. The
successful candidate will: Provide the technical leadership for
the design, development and deployment of advanced optical test
platforms and hardware, test methods, optical metrology and automated
data collection systems. Such platforms include computers and data
acquisition systems, interferometers (Twyman-Green, Fizeau),
spectrophotometers, MTF analyzers, integrating spheres, optical
comparators, reflectometers, lasers, beam scan analyzers, and a
variety of other optical, opto-electronic and opto-mechanical
devices. Devise, develop, document and deploy alignment,
calibration and test procedures. Analyze and interpret test
data and prepare clear, concise summary test reports. Devise
and perform studies of procured and internally-developed test
equipment to guarantee its accuracy, repeatability and suitability
of purpose. Confer with suppliers to identify appropriate,
commercially-available test equipment. Support Proposal
preparation efforts by providing cost and schedules estimates for the
test equipment and activities. Support multiple programs in a
very fast paced, matrix environment, interfacing closely with other
Engineers, Production Technicians and Program Managers.
Complete test-related tasks according to predetermined design,
schedule and budget objectives. Train Optics Lab Technicians on
the use of new equipment and methods. Job Requirements:
Extensive knowledge of optics-related test equipment and test
techniques, with particular emphasis on phase measuring
interferometry. Working understanding of technical
specifications for high performance lens systems. Working
knowledge of optical design tools like Code V or Zemax.
Self-starter, ability to work independently or in a team.
Hands-on experience with alignment/ troubleshooting of sophisticated
lens assemblies. Knowledge of clean room protocol, as at least
50% of work time is anticipated to be spent in a class 1000 clean
room. Proven analytical, data interpretation and problem
solving skills. Analytical problem solving capability, (such as
dealing with incomplete or missing test data) and data
interpretation. Working knowledge of statistical methods and LabView
is a plus. A BS degree, (MS preferred) in Physics or Optical
Engineering and 5+ years hands-on relevant experience with testing
high performance optical components and lens assemblies. This
position is located in Rochester, NY. If you are qualified for
this position, please attach your resume and reply to Jim Grant at
jim@wwrec.com.
cathy.alexander@optics.arizona.edu
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