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Watt's Up College of Optical Sciences News for July 31, 2008
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Watt's Up Summer Schedule
The next issue is scheduled for August 14. After that, Watt's Up will go back to a weekly publication schedule.
Special Presentation Tuesday, August 12 at 3:30 p.m. 8th Floor Conference Room
Phillip Reu, Sandia National Laboratories, will present Doppler Electron Velocimeter—A New Tool for Nano-dynamics? Theory and Practical Considerations.
Abstract: As engineering challenges grow in the ever shrinking world of nano-design, methods of making dynamic measurements of these materials and systems will become ever-more important. Electron microscopes have imaged these extremely small samples for years, but are incapable of measuring dynamic events. A means of measuring these nano-scale dynamic events is envisioned by converting an electron microscope into a Doppler velocimeter. This idea proceeds from the analogous concept of laser Doppler velocimetry. However, the obvious solution of using a laser to probe at the nano-scale is not feasible because the diffraction limit of light is orders of magnitude larger than the samples of interest. This talk will investigate the theoretical underpinnings of using electron beams for Doppler measurements. Additionally, solutions to a number of practical issues, such as beam current, detector bandwidth and coherence will be discussed. If answers to these problems can be found, the invention of the Doppler electron velocimeter could yield a completely new measurement concept at atomistic scales.
Biography: Phillip Reu is currently a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been exploring the applications of full-field measurements since 2003, focusing on both coherent measurement systems and image correlation. He has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Masters degrees from Madison and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
New Course for Fall 2008: Opti 539, Early Stage Technology Start-Up
Michael Descour (he's back by popular demand) is the instructor. The 3-credit course will be taught on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from noon to 12:50 in Meinel 305. Here's what Mike has to say about it:
"A new course with a focus on the early stage of launching a commercial enterprise during which engineering and fundraising remain closely connected, i.e., when the merits of a technical concept are primarily responsible for obtaining funds. The technical emphasis of the course will be placed on optical devices and instrumentation for biomedical applications. Students will receive introductory training in business organization, market research, project management, and budget development for a start-up. At the end of the class, students will have completed a full SBIR Phase I grant application and received authentic review comments. The intent of the SBIR project is to place interested students in a position to officially submit their grant application to a federal funding agency, e.g., NIH."
The course syllabus is available on-line at www.optics.arizona.edu/classes/Opti_539.htm Mike's office is in Meinel 723 and he can be reached by telephone at 626-5086 or by e-mail at michael.descour@optics.arizona.edu
UA Open Enrollment for All UA Benefits-Eligible Employees August 11 Through September 5
Benefits-eligible employees, please check Employee Link to see that UA has your correct home address. Beginning next week, UA will send benefits Open Enrollment information to benefits-eligible employees at their home addresses. Benefits enrollment begins on August 11 and ends on September 5. Changes take effect on October 1.
This year, all benefits-eligible employees who wish to continue benefits on October 1 are required to enroll during this year's benefits open enrollment period. Employees who fail to enroll or choose not to make benefit elections will not continue their current benefits on October 1. Action is required before 5:00 p.m. on September 5, 2008.
During benefits election enrollment, employees may enroll, cancel, or change elections for medical, dental, vision, supplemental life, and short-term disability coverages. This year there are a number of significant changes and premium information will be included in the materials sent to employees' home addresses.
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Year
August 4 Christopher McPherson (cmcpherson@optics.arizona.edu)
August 5
Pirmin Sommerfield (pirmin@email.arizona.edu)
August 6
Hyatt Gibbs (gibbs@optics.Arizona.edu)
August 7
June Keun Ji (jjk@optics.arizona.edu)
August 8 Helen Fan (hfan@optics.arizona.edu)
August 9
John Hartke (john.hartke@usma.edu)
August 10
Jorg Hader (jhader@acms.arizona.edu)
August 12
Kina Adams (kradams@optics.arizona.edu)
August 13
Matthew Kupinski (mkupinski@optics.arizona.edu)
August 15 Michihisa Onishi (monishi@optics.arizona.edu)
August 16 Julian Sweet (jsweet@optics.arizona.edu)
August 17 Charles Falco (falco@u.arizona.edu)
August 18
Jim Burge (jburge@optics.arizona.edu)
August 19
L. Bell
August 20
Susan Houde-Walter (shw@lasermax.com)
August 21
Adam Jones (ajones@optics.arizona.edu)
August 22 Sandalphon (sandalphon@comcast.net)
August 23 Brian Miller (molinero@email.arizona.edu)
August 24
William Bronson (williamb@email.arizona.edu)
OSC Calendar August 4
PhD
Final Oral Defense.
1:00 p.m. Meinel 701.
Elaine Ulrich will present
Hydrodynamic Force Microscopy. August 6 PhD Final Oral Defense. 1:00 p.m. Meinel 701. Dathon Golish will present Quasioptical Systems & Components for Terahertz Astronomy.
August 7 PhD Final Oral Defense. 10:00 a.m. Meinel 821. Haiyong Gan will present Electro-Optic Polymer Based Fabry-Perot Interferometer Devices for Optoelectronic Applications.
August 10 - 14 SPIE Annual Meeting. San Diego, California.
August 11 Alumni Reunion. 5:30 p.m. Manchester Grand Hotel, San Diego, California.
August 12 Special Presentation. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 821. Phillip Reu will present Doppler Electron Velocimeter -- A New Tool for Nano-Dynamics? Theory and Practical Considerations.
August 14 PhD Final Oral/ 9:00 a.m. Radiology Room 101. Meredith Whitaker will present Estimating Signal Features From Noisy Images With Stochastic Backgrounds.
August 19 OSC Faculty Retreat
August 25 UA Classes Begin
August 29 Ice Cream Social. 3:30 p.m. Meinel Third Floor Lobby
Associate/Assistant Professor. Shizouka University. Shizuoka University invites applications for the following associate and assistant professor positions under its "Young Researchers Global Research Training Program" scheme with the financial aid for the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The objective of this program is to support provide a chance to promising young researchers to concentrate on research and promote their talents under an independent research environment, and nurture their skills in research, leadership, management, and education. We invite two associate professorships and four assistant professorships in the field: Field: Photonics, Electronics. Keywords: Optoelectronics, Optical Engineering and Photonics, Photonic Materials, Optoelectronics Materials, Optical System, Optomechatronics. If you have any candidates, please forward this information to them. Contact: KAWATA Yoshimasa, Professor, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering , Shizuoka University , Johoku,Naka,Hamamatsu 432-8561 Japan. E-mail: kawata@eng.shizuoka.ac.jp Phone:+81-53-478-1069 Fax: +81-53-471-1128 You can visit our website (http://www.shizuoka.ac.jp/) to get more detailed information. Click on "Tenure Track Position Recruitment" to the left of the screen and download the file as required.
CO-OP Position. NASA. NASA Cooperative Education Program (CO-OP) position open at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The Cooperative Education Program is an important link in the educational process that integrates college level academic study with full-time meaningful work experience. This is achieved through a working agreement between GSFC and a number of educational institutions. This agreement allows the students, through study and work experience, to enhance their academic knowledge, personal development, and professional preparation. Additionally, Co-op employees earn income that is based on the level of education and work experience they have attained. If you'd like to gain experience in optical systems modeling, integration and testing in parallel with your education (as well earning a paycheck as a federal employee), then the CO-OP program is for you. As a point of reference, Erich DeLeon, graduate student in James Burge group, is currently working as a CO-OP at NASA Goddard Optics Branch. General requirements are: Have completed 30 semester hours (undergraduate), or be a graduate student (Masters or Ph.D.) Be a U.S. citizen. Have a good scholastic standing (G.P.A > 2.9 overall). For more information, please visit: http://ohcm.gsfc.nasa.gov/job_student/coop/home.htm To Apply: Please forward your resume, to include your GPA and estimated graduation date, to GFSC’s Co-op coordinator: Janine.Dolinka@nasa.gov
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