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Watt's Up
College of Optical Sciences News for September 10, 2009
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Today's Colloquium September 10. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 307
Harrison Barrett, Regents Professor, University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, will present DR with a DSLR or Over the Himalaya with a Suitcase. Mahmoud Fallahi is the host.
Abstract: Part travelogue and part scientific presentation, this talk will introduce the topic of digital radiography (DR), tell you some remarkable things about the latest prosumer digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, and explain why the two topics fit together – in a suitcase. It will also let you in on what it is like to walk across the Himalaya, and why a suitcase is a useful thing to take along.
Today's Women in Optics (WIO) Career Panel 10:30 Panel Discussion. Noon Lunch. Arizona Inn.
From Meredith Kupinski. WIO is hosting a panel discussion and luncheon at the Arizona Inn for current OSC female students to gain insight, advice, and mentorship from successful female scientists both in industry and academia. The goal of this event is for you to feel more confident and informed concerning your career choices after graduation. Also, role modeling from successful women willing to share their education and career pathways will give us the opportunity to envision our own careers. A student question period will allow each of you to ask any questions you may have of the panelists, including topics such as negotiating your salary, balancing your family and career, or tackling the minority experience of being a female scientist. To RSVP for lunch (or submit your questions for the panelist) please contact Sara Landau (slandau@optics.arizona.edu) by Monday September 7. Full event details
Next Week's Colloquium September 17. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 307
Bahram Jalali, University of California Los Angeles, will present Real-Time Measurements, Rogue Events and Photon Economics. Nasser Peyghambarian is the host.
Abstract: Rogue events otherwise known as Outliers or Black Swans are singular and rare events that have dramatic impact. They appear in seemingly unconnected systems in the form of oceanic rogue waves, stock market crashes, gene mutations, and as spontaneous errors in communication systems. Attempts to understand the underlying dynamics of complex systems that lead to such spectacular and often cataclysmic outcome have been frustrated by insufficient statistical data due to scarcity of such events, and also by our inability to perform experiments under controlled conditions. In this talk we show that nonlinear optical systems also harbor extreme events and provide a test bench for unveiling their mystery and for developing models that can help us characterize risk and volatility associated with rogue events. The key to realizing this vision is real-time ultrafast measurements that can capture singular and randomly occurring events. Fortuitously, the Photonic Time Stretch technology is providing a powerful and nearly-ideal tool box for reaching this difficult yet high payoff goal. We show two examples in nonlinear optics where the ability to capture extreme events has led to understanding their underlying dynamics which in turn has made it possible to control them and to harness their potential.
Bio: Bahram Jalali joined the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA in 1993 after 4 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He a Fellow of IEEE and of the Optical Society of America and recipient of the R.W. Wood Prize from Optical Society of America for the invention and demonstration of the Silicon Raman Laser. In 2005 he was elected into the Scientific American Top 50, and received the BrideGate 20 Award in 2001 for his entrepreneurial accomplishments. He served as a consultant to Intel Corporation from 2001-2003. Dr. Jalali serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center. He has published over 350 journal and conference papers and 7 patents. He lives in Brentwood with his wife and 3 children and is an avid sailor.
Ice Cream Social September 11. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 3rd Floor Lobby.
I scream ... you scream ... we all scream for ice cream!
Our Academic Programs office staff cordially invites everyone at OSC to an Ice Cream Social. Come make your own sundaes and root beer floats.
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Year
September 14Hacene Chaouch (hchaouch@optics.arizona.edu)
September 15Ghassan Jabbour (gej@optics.arizona.edu)
September 16Brian Anderson (bpa@optics.arizona.edu)
September 17Ricky Blakley (uranoport@msn.com)
September 18Daniel Blanco (dblanco@dakotacom.net)
September 19Cory Christenson
September 20Yi Fang
OSC Calendar
September 10 WIO Panel Discussion and Lunch. 10:30 a.m. and noon. Arizona Inn.
September 10 OSC Colloquium. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 307. Harry Barrett is the speaker.
September 11 Ice Cream Social. 3:30 p.m. Meinel Third Floor Lobby.
September 11 OSC Sports Friday. Watch your e-mail for details.
On Campus
September 10 AME Seminar. 4:00 p.m. AME Lecture Hall, Room S212. Dr. Robert Fuentes, Raytheon Missile Systems Flight Controls Department, will present Topology, Geometry, and Intrinsic Control of Mechanical Systems.
September 11 Physics Colloquium. PAS 224. 2:15 p.m. Graduate student presentation. 3:00 p.m. Professor Julia Meyer will present Quasi-One-Dimensional Electron Systems.
September 14 BME Seminar. 2:00 p.m. Keating 103. Michael Caplan, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, will present Multivalent Binding to Improve Molecular Imaging and DNA Diagnostics.
September 15 LPL Evening Lecture Series. 7:00 p.m. Kuiper Space Sciences Building room 308. Professor Renu Malhotra, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences, will present Migrating Planets. Free and open to the public.
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