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Watt's Up
College of Optical Sciences News for
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Next Week's Colloquium -- March 30, 2006 -- 3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 408/410
Demitri Psaltis, California Institute of Technology, will present
Optofluidics. More information
CANCELLED: OSC Community Speakers on Friday, March 24, 2006 --
Noon -- Meinel 408/410
Edmund Optics Donates Optics
Discovery Kits to OSC
 Thank
you, Edmund Optics, for the gift of 100 Optics Discovery Kits.
The kits, created by the Optical Society of America, are designed
for students from age 10 to adult and will be used to enhance our
pre-college outreach programs.
Each kit contains material for 11 experiments and includes optical
fiber, plastic lenses, a Fresnel lens, a flexible mirror, an optical
illusion slide, an hologram, a diffraction grating, polarizers, and
color filters. Material is printed in both English and Spanish
and each kit contains enough activities to allow it to be shared by
two students. The kits are earmarked for use by entire classes as
part of an optics lesson plan. Longtime OSC Industrial
Affiliate Edmund Optics and its parent company Edmund Optics Inc. (EO)
have been leading suppliers of optics and optical components to
industry since 1942, designing and manufacturing a wide array of
multi-element lenses, lens coatings, imaging systems, and opto-mechanical
equipment. The company is very well known as a catalog based
distributor of industrial optics and related products, and they also
offer a number of engineering and manufacturing services. The
company's presence is international, with offices in the
United States, Japan, China, Germany, the United Kingdom and
Singapore, as well as sales representation in Israel and
Switzerland. For more information about Edmund Optics, please
visit their Web site at
http://www.edmundoptics.com/us/
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The Friends of Tucson Optics Launches Graduate Scholarships
in Optical Sciences
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On Tuesday evening, nearly
100 prospective donors and scholarship sponsors gathered in
the South Ballroom of UA's Student Union to launch of OSC's
newest scholarship iniative: The Friends of Tucson
Optics Graduate Scholarships in Optical Sciences.
The evening's events
included an opportunity to mingle with friends, Optical
Sciences faculty members, and UA administrators over food and drink, and
featured brief presentations by Professor James C. Wyant, Dean of the
College of Optical Sciences, Dr. Richard Shoemaker, Associate Dean for
Academic Programs at the College of Optical Sciences, Dr. Masud Mansuripur, Chair of Optical Data
Storage at the College of Optical Sciences, Dr. Leslie Tolbert, University of Arizona
Vice President for Research, Graduate Studies and Economic Development,
and Dr. George Davis, University of Arizona Executive Vice
President and Provost.
The highlight of the evening
was a presentation by Optical Sciences Professor Charles M.
Falco, the UA physicist who teamed up with artist David Hockney and sparked an international art-world debate with
their controversial claims that some 15th century
artists used optical aids, such as mirrors and lenses, to
create realistic drawings and paintings. Dr. Falco’s
presentation, The Science of Optics; The History of Art,
is based on his collaboration with David Hockney and has
received widespread coverage in the popular media, including
an hour-long BBC special and a segment on CBS’ 60 Minutes.
Dr. Falco has given more than 50 invited talks and public
lectures in nine countries, been the subject of a European
Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop, and an
international conference on art.
The Friends of Tucson Optics is
establishing the Scholarships for two reasons:
first, to help young people of exceptional promise reach
their full potential through education, and second, to help
ensure the future of Arizona's Optics Valley by enrolling
some of the world's most promising scholars in UA's MS
degree program in Optical Sciences.
Applications will be sought
from talented students worldwide and selection will be based
on academic excellence. The scholars will be required
to complete the MS in Optical Sciences and, after
graduation, it is the Friends' hope and belief that most of
the scholars will remain in the area and contribute to the
economic growth and well-being of the State of Arizona.
The Friends' goal is to
support as many as 30 talented students through separate
scholarship funds.
The University of Arizona
Foundation will open individual accounts for anyone who
may like to start a Scholarship fund. Each fund will remain
open but inactive until it reaches the $500,000 level, at
which point the associated Scholarship will officially
commence.
A Scholarship fund may be named
after the donor, in memory of a friend or family member, in
honor of an individual or an organization, or in any other
way the donor may wish to name the Scholarship. Plans also
include the establishment of special Scholarship funds
honoring individuals who have made significant contributions
to the discipline of Optics. Once a special fund is
established, colleagues, former students, and other
interested individuals may contribute to the fund until it
reaches maturity.
The Scholarships, initially
envisioned by Professor Masud Mansuripur, are supported by
the highest level of University of Arizona administrators.
The University is voicing its support for the Scholarship
initiative by waiving many of the costs associated with
attending graduate school: tuition, fees, and health
insurance costs for the two-year period of the Master's
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 "Establishing
an endowed Scholarship is one of the most enduring and
meaningful ways an individual or an organization can make a
difference, both in the lives of students and to the
worldwide scientific community."
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Jim Wyant, Dean,
-- College of Optical Sciences
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Charles Falco
and Emmanuelle Meuillet |
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Rick Shoemaker, Leslie Tolbert,
and Masud Mansuripur |
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Jim Wyant, Eustace Dereniak,
and Phil Slater |
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Pam and Roland Shack |
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George Davis and Dick Powell |
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For more
information about the Scholarships or to help spread the
message by recruiting sponsors, please contact:
Mr.
Will Rivera
OSC Director of Development
Telephone: 520-626-8754
E-mail:
wrivera@optics.arizona.edu
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We Have a Winner in the T-Shirt Design Contest
Design number 5, College of Optical Sciences Advanced Laser
Technology, by Kelleher Guerin and Kellen Chase, received the most
votes by a wide margin.
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Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week: March 27
through March 31
From Elaine Ulrich, OSC PhD candidate and GPSC
president. March 27th-31st is Graduate and Professional
Student Appreciation Week. The GPSC is hosting FREE activities all week
long. We will also be conducting elections at
www.gpsc.arizona.edu,
Please vote and enjoy the following events.
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Monday - we kick things off with a FREE BBQ, 11:30 am –
1pm UA Mall Stage area (Vegetarian Friendly) Later we will
also have a FREE talk by Marshall Ulrich about his
adventures climbing Mt. Everest and the Seven Summits, 5:30
pm in Optical Sciences Building, room 408
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Tuesday - Family Fun Day, 4-7 pm Rogers Stage, in front
of 2nd St. Garage. For ALL types of parents and their
children. Storytelling troupe, Free Eegee’s, Cookie
decorating, and other fun activities
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Wednesday - Speed-dating 6:30 pm Park Student Union
Meeting Rooms. For grad & professional students only.
Contact gpsc@u.arizona.edu to reserve your spot!
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Thursday - Movie Night FREE showing of 2005’s
blockbuster " KING KONG" 6:30 pm Chavez room 111
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Friday - Come socialize at Bumsted’s, 500 North 4th
Avenue 6:00 pm FREE appetizers
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2006 Summer Compensation
From Stella Hostetler, OSC Payroll. It is time to plan your summer
activity, especially the funding for summer pay. The maximum Faculty
hours are 497 over the period, May 8, 2006-August 13, 2006. Graduate
hours are 400 over the period May 22. -Aug. 13, 2006. Please
complete your Summer Compensation paperwork as soon as possible so
accounts & funds can be verified. Memorial Day and the 4th of July are
not authorized Holidays for Summer Compensation. Funding must be
available at the time wages are charged. Advancement of summer
wages is not authorized. Remember that summer wages for students
and faculty will substantially increase grant and contract
expenditures. Forms are available on-line at
http://www.optics.arizona.edu/payroll/
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Around Campus
 If
Life is Good, Here's an Opportunity to Give a Little Bit Back
The University Activities Board is
currently looking for a Project Volunteer Chair. Project
Volunteer is all about bringing the campus and community
together. The multiple committees address all aspects of service
to the Tucson Community. Their most recognized events include
the All-Campus Philanthropy, Hunger Banquet, and Fall/Spring
Service Weeks. The application and more information can be found
on
www.union.arizona.edu/uaboard For more information
please contact Florence Whitley, University Activities Board VP,
by e-mail at
Whitley@email.arizona.edu
March
23, 2006 -- AME Seminar -- 4:00 p.m. -- AME Lecture Hall, S212
Dr. Joe Shepherd, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California
Institute of Technology, will present High Speed Combustion
Waves in Gases. Abstract: The highest speed mode
of combustion is detonation. Although discovered over 100
years ago, new aspects are just coming to light through the
application of modern diagnostics and computing capability.
Following an introduction that covers the basic theory and
phenomenology, I will describe some recent results obtained in
our laboratory including visualizing intermediate species and
shock waves using high-speed photography and
wavelength-selective diagnostics. These results will be
interpreted using considerations of detailed chemical reaction
kinetics and coupling of chemistry with gas dynamics. We use
numerical simulations of steady and unsteady flows to both
interpret the experiment results and seek answers that we are
unable to obtain from our measurements. An issue for future
progress in simulation is determining the role of turbulence and
diffusive processes in the combustion process with the reaction
zone. I will discuss my current understanding of this situation
and recent progress we have made in characterizing the geometric
complexity of reaction fronts--a key part of determining the
relative roles of diffusion and convection.
March 24, 2006 -- Physics Colloquium -- 2:45 p.m. -- PAS
220
Dr. Arthur L. Smirl
of the University of Iowa will present
Spin Hall goes
Ballistic!
Abstract:
The
Hall effect has been one of the cornerstones of condensed matter
physics since it was first discovered over 120 years ago. While
it has been used extensively for material characterization,
within the last twenty-five years, it has also provided new
insight into fundamental electronic properties with the
discovery of the integer and fractional quantum Hall effects and
into ferromagnetic semiconductors via the anomalous Hall effect.
Recently, following extensive theoretical work, a spin Hall
effect has been reported, whereby an electrical current produces
a transverse spin current in a semiconductor with a spin-orbit
interaction.
In this talk, I describe how ballistic source
currents that are produced by optical beams are used to generate
and coherently manipulate quasi-ballistic transverse charge and
spin Hall currents in undoped semiconductors in the absence of
DC electric or magnetic fields. The source currents are
generated by quantum interference and control (QUIC) of optical
absorption processes for harmonically related beams. The
electrons comprising these currents are “instantly” injected
into the conduction band with ballistic velocities of
~1000 Km/s; however, the currents are destroyed by momentum
relaxation in <100 fs. Consequently, measurement of these
currents requires that we follow the charge and spin transport
with nm spatial resolution—I will describe the techniques
necessary to do so. Using these techniques, I show that a
ballistic pure spin current produces a quasi-ballistic
transverse Hall charge current, and conversely, a ballistic
charge current produces a quasi-ballistic pure spin current.
The contributions of previously unobserved transverse charge and
spin currents produced by quantum interference also are
identified and isolated.
March
27, 2006 -- Biomedical Engineering Seminar -- 2:00 p.m. -- AHSC
5403
Elizabeth Krupinski, phD, Research Professor of Psychology and
Radiology at the University of Arizona, will present Image
Perception and the Assessment of Medical Image Quality.
Abstract:
Abstract: The imaging chain begins with the interaction of the
patient and the imaging device used to acquire data. It ends
with the clinician viewing the image data and rendering a
diagnostic interpretation. Although one can characterize image
quality in a number of ways, from the clinical standpoint the
important point is how it affects the final diagnostic
interpretation. This talk will examine some of the ways that we
have used understand the image interpretation process of the
human observer and what we have learned about the importance of
optimizing the image display interface.
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Happy Birthday
Watt's Happening
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March 25, 2006 -- OSC Spring Picnic
-- Noon to 4:00 p.m. -- Ft. Lowell Park
March 30, 2006 -- Optical Sciences
Colloquium -- 3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 408/410
April 4, 2006 -- PhD Final Oral --
3:00 p.m. -- Remote Sensing Facility
Jeffrey Czapla-Myers will present Automated
Ground-Based Methodology in Support of Vicarious
Calibration.
April 6, 2006 -- Optical Sciences
Colloquium -- 3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 408/410
April 7, 2006 -- PhD Final Oral Exam
-- 10:00 a.m. -- Meinel 701
Li Fan will present Tunable High-Power
High-Brightness Vertical-External-Cavity
Surface-Emitting Lasers and Their Applications.
April 7, 2006 -- OSC Community
Speakers -- Noon -- Meinel 408/410
April 12, 2006 -- UA Annual Service
Awards Luncheon
April 13, 2006 -- Optical Sciences
Colloquium -- 3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 408/410
April 14, 2006 -- Degree
Certification Deadline
PhD graduates must complete their final oral exam.
April 20, 2006 -- Optical Sciences
Colloquium -- 3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 408/410
April 20, 2006 -- AOIA Cross Cluster
Mixer -- Phoenix
April 21, 2006 -- OSC Community
Speakers -- Noon -- Meinel 408/410
April 27, 2006 -- Optical Sciences
Colloquium -- 3:45 p.m. -- Meinel 408/410
May 1, 2006 -- Degree Certification
Deadline
PhD graduates must submit their dissertation and
signed completion documents.
May 3, 2006 -- Last Day of Classes
May 5, 2006 -- Final Examinations
Begin
May 12, 2006 -- Final Examinations
End
May 12, 2006 -- Degree Certification
Deadline
M.S. graduates must complete their final oral exam
and submit signed completion documents.
May 13, 2006 -- Spring Commencement
-- Congratulations Graduates!
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INFORMATION SESSION
Edmund Industrial Optics
Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at 5:30 p.m.
Optical Sciences, Room 410
PIZZA & SODA WILL BE SERVED
About the
Company: Edmund Industrial Optics and its parent
company Edmund Optics Inc. (EO) have been leading suppliers
of optics and optical components to industry since 1942,
designing and manufacturing a wide array of multi-element
lenses, lens coatings, imaging systems, and opto-mechanical
equipment. Although we are well known as a catalog-based
distributor of industrial optics and related products, we
offer much more — including a number of engineering and
manufacturing services — to our customers. A worldwide
presence in industrial optics, we have offices in the United
States, Japan, China, Germany, the United Kingdom and
Singapore, as well as sales representation in Israel and
Switzerland.
Engineering Intern
The
Requirements: Sophomores and Juniors studying for
a Bachelor’s degree in Optics. Knowledge of optical
and mechanical design programs, motion control software, and
circuit theory preferred but not required. Ability to
multi-task and handle a fast-paced work environment.
Strong communication skills. Ability to work as part
of a team dynamic. Must be available to work 10+hrs
during the school year and 30+ hrs during Summer break
The Job: Our
interns help the Tucson Design office with drawings,
engineering calculations, experimentation and office tasks.
The Tucson Design office consists of 7 employees, a mix of
Optical and Opto-Mechanical designers. The office is
located on Grant road just west of Tanque Verde Rd. The
intern will be able to learn from experienced engineers
about Optical Design. Interns get the opportunity to use
Mechanical Desktop, Zemax, Code V, and LabView.
A position for
the summer only is also available at our headquarters in
Barrington NJ, just outside of Philadelphia.
Location:
6464 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ 85715
Contact
Information: Human Resources, 101 East Gloucester
Pike, Barrington, NJ 08007
Email:
humanresources@edmundoptics.com Please mark all
entries “Attn: INUOA”
Edmund Industrial
Optics is committed to workforce diversity. Qualified
applicants will receive consideration without regard to age,
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
or national origin. Applicants encouraged to confidentially
self-identify when applying. Only candidates whose
profiles closely match requirements will be contacted during
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KLA-Tencor
Info Session
Thursday, March
30, 2006
6:00 p.m. to
7:00 p.m.
All Engineering
Majors Are Welcome
Please join
KLA-Tencor for an evening of great information,
learn about KLA-Tencor and network with the director of
engineering.
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Steve
Lange, Director of Engineering |
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College of Optical Sciences, Meinel 410 |
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Food: |
Food
and drinks will be provided |
A Sony PlayStation
Portable will be raffled off. You must be present to
win.
Bring your resume
About
KLA-Tencor: KLA-Tencor is the world leader in
yield management and process control solutions for
semiconductor manufacturing anLA-Tencor's broad spectrum of products and
services are used by every major semiconductor manufacturer
on the face of the planet. These customers turn to
KLA-Tencor for in-line wafer defect monitoring; reticle and
photomask defect inspection; CD SEM metrology; wafer
overlay; film and surface measurement; and overall yield and
fab-wide data analysis.
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Employment Openings
Graduate Students.
College of Optical Sciences. Professor Russell Chipman has
openings for additional Optical Sciences graduate students beginning
immediately or in the summer for research in the following areas:
Biomedica. optics and retinal imaging. Imaging
polarimetry and polarization aberration measurement. Optical
design, fabrication, and testing. Light scattering and
depolarization. Dielectric tensor measurement, generalized
ellipsometry. Please contact Professor Chipman at
Russell.chipman@optics.arizona.edu and 626 9435.
Research Associate -- Interferometric Sensors.
Hewlett-Packard.
Job Description:
The Precision Imaging
group at HP Labs has a summer opening for a creative optical
scientist/engineer to study and develop optical interferometry-based
position-sensors. The target application requires implementing
interferometry in unconventional ways. Therefore, we seek an
independent, motivated researcher/engineer capable of innovating
original solutions, based on a familiarity of current
interferometric techniques and an understanding of the principles of
laser light generation. The position will involve evaluating
currently-available devices, understanding the strengths/weaknesses,
proposing improvements and/or fresh approaches, and performing
proof-of-concept experiments on an optical bench. Results and
recommendations will be shared within the Labs and also with our
Manufacturing Divisions for possible technology transfers.
Qualifications:
Education:
The candidate must have a bachelor's degree in engineering
or physics, and must be enrolled in a graduate program involving the
study of optics and/or photonics, particularly the function and
application of lasers. Preference will be given to PhD candidates.
Skills: 1) Familiar
with the current state-of-the-art relating to position-sensing using
interferometry 2) Innovative, ready to challenge and contribute to
the state-of-the-art 3) Comfortable designing and constructing
experimental apparatus which comprise both optical and
electronic/computer components 4) Strong analytical/statistical
skills for evaluating experimental results 5) Familiarity with
Matlab and Labview a plus 6) Good communicator, skilled writer and
presenter. To apply, please visit the Jobs at HP Web
site at
http://h10055.www1.hp.com/jobsathp/content/home.asp?Lang=ENen
and search for job number 928715.
Senior
Optics Technician. IMRA America, Inc.
IMRA America, Inc., a world leader in the
research and development of ultrafast fiber optic lasers, has the
following job opening at their Ann Arbor Michigan location: Senior
Optics Technician: Job Functions: Assembly of miniature
optical product components and sub assemblies. Termination and
polishing of optical fiber and components. Performs test,
measurement and alignment of optical products and equipment.
All work performed in class 10k clean room. Qualifications:
Minimum of an Associate's degree in engineering or a related
technical field. Three to four years experience in fabrication
of optical/mechanical parts and assemblies, or equivalent
combination of education and experience. Interested candidates
should send their resume to: IMRA America, Inc., attn: Human
Resources. 1044 Woodridge Avenue. Ann Arbor, MI 48105.
Fax: 734-930-9957. Email:
Employment@IMRA.com
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