Watt's Up

Coming Up:  June 12 through June 16 -- Optical Sciences Summer Camp 2006

Please join us in welcoming a dozen high school students to one of our most exciting summer events:  Optical Sciences Camp.  The camp is held here at OSC, largely in room 701, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Camp activities are designed to give students a basic knowledge of modern optics and photonics and to allow them to interact  via optics experiments and projects.  This year's camp instructors are Brian Anderson, Charles Falco, Hong Hua, Alan Kost,  Franko Kueppers, Matthew Kupinski, Jim Schwiegerling, Valery Temyanko, and Kurt Thome.

Important Message to Next Year's Graduate Teaching/Research Assistants and Associates

From Stella Hostetler, OSC Payroll Office.  If you plan to be a graduate teaching/research assistant or associate for the upcoming academic year, please download the new and updated Notice of Appointment form from the OSC Payroll Office website at http://www.optics.arizona.edu/payroll/Grad.htm  The Graduate College has changed a few things, so please be sure to read your Notice of Appointment prior to signing it.  You must also submit the Graduate Appointment Authorization Form with your NOA, it is also located at the link above.  Your Employee ID # must be listed on the forms. This number can be found on your paychecks.  The Registration Payroll Deduction Plan (PDP) is now a separate form.  Please visit http://grad.arizona.edu/nidassist/ to view additional information on this benefit and to enroll online.  All forms should be submitted to the Payroll Office (West Wing Room 421) by June 29th, 2006.  BTW:  If you will be leaving OSC in the near future, please be sure to complete a Clearance Form prior to your last day.

Westward Ho!

Now that our beautiful West Wing is finished and we are starting to move in, here's a copy of Laura Thompson's migration report.

Happy Birthday

Watt's Happening

January 1, 2007 -- New Years Day -- University Holiday

Employment Openings

Technical Product Marketing Manager.  KLA-Tencor.  Area:  San Jose, CA.  Start: ASAP.  Send resume to: Niki.Baccam@KLA-Tencor.com  Responsibilities:  The ideal candidate will be responsible for new product and options development to generate growth.  Interface with engineering team and strategic partners in the definition and creation of new capabilities through joint development projects.  Responsibilities will include managing JDPs, report generation to communicate project status (internally and externally), analysis of results against use case requirements.  Direct the activities of various functional groups through senior managers with overall responsibility for the direction of those assigned areas.  Travel to customer sites will be required.  Qualifications:  This position requires an advanced technical degree (Ph.D. / Masters) in physics, optics or similar field.  Proven ability to understand a wide range of advanced technology at a fundamental level, excellent data analysis skills, proven ability to communicate clearly about complicated technical projects in writing and verbally, proven ability to drive a project to closure in an area that has significant technical challenges.  Strategic thinking capability as well as a proven track record of tactical effectiveness is required.  KLA-Tencor Corporation is the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries. The company's comprehensive portfolio of products, software, analysis, services and expertise is designed to help IC manufacturers manage yield throughout the entire wafer fabrication process-from R&D to final yield analysis.  Ranked among the world's top ten semiconductor equipment manufacturers, KLA-Tencor offers a broad spectrum of products and services that are used by every major semiconductor manufacturer in the world. 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. These advanced products, coupled with the company's unique yield management consulting practice, allow KLA-Tencor to deliver the complete yield management solutions customers need to accelerate their yield learning rates, reduce their yield excursion risks and adopt industry-leading yield management practices.  Please visit the KLA-Tencor website at http://www.kla-tencor.com/careers