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Watt's Up The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter for Jan. 5, 2012
Announcements | Calendar | In the News | Awards | Industrial Affiliates Watt's Happening | Employment | Subscribe
Demo Contest Deadlines
CIAN and OSC are sponsoring a competition for new or improved optics demonstrations. Help bring the wide world of optics to schools across Tucson! Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries. Proposals are due to trin@optics.arizona.edu by Jan. 20. Please address any questions to Michael Nofziger (nofziger@optics.arizona.edu), J. Kevin Erwin (kevin@optics.arizona.edu) or Trin Riojas (trin@optics.arizona.edu).
Research Experience for Undergrads Three REU programs are seeking talented students for the summer: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Materials Science and Engineering, together with its Materials Processing Center, is sponsoring a nine-week summer scholars course, with applications due Feb. 10. In the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering's research experience, students can choose from among 20 different projects in nanoscience. Applications must be completed by Feb. 15. Projects at the Summer Undergraduate Fellowship in Sensor Technologies at the University of Pennsylvania may involve nanotechnology and materials for sensors, wireless sensor networks and optical and vision sensors. Applications are due Feb. 27.
Brand-New Postdoc Opportunities The National Science Foundation recently initiated the Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowships, which aim to bring recent doctoral recipients into the small, innovative companies that have historically fueled the nation's economic engine. Love Math? Join a G-TEAM! The University of Arizona Institute for Mathematics and Education's Graduate Students and Teachers Engaging in Mathematical Sciences program pairs grad student fellows with K-12 classrooms. Fellows learn how to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences; students learn where the depths of mathematics can take them. Interested? Applications are due by Jan. 31.
Arizona Center for Innovation Dedication The Office of University Research Parks invites interested members of the University community to gather at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the UA Tech Park for a special dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Arizona Center for Innovation. RSVP required by Jan. 13.
Tucson Best Fest Postponed Tucson's leg of the Arizona Best Fest, originally scheduled for Jan. 20–22, has been postponed until after Valentine's Day. If you would like to volunteer for the Phoenix celebration on Feb. 11–12, please contact Kristin Waller. Meals and travel will be comped by the university.
City Hall Kiosk Rebuilt After a recent spate of vandalism and 17 years of water damage, the kiosk installed by Professor Emeritus Stephen F. Jacobs outside Tucson City Hall has been replaced with a new and improved version. Located in El Presidio Park, the double-sided kiosk explains the 50-foot wavy diffraction grating that rests atop City Hall and throws its shifting colors around the downtown cityscape. Many thanks to the Arizona Optics Industry Association and the City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department for their assistance on the project.
Ph.D. Defense. 10 a.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821). Julia Sakamoto will present "Inverse Optical Design and Its Applications."
Wednesday, Jan. 11
Classes Begin.
Remembering Recent Losses
The
Arizona Daily Star mentioned founding director Aden B. Meinel's
death as one of the most notable passings of the past year.
Bruker Builds in Tucson
The
Arizona Daily Star and
OptoIQ.com report that Bruker Nano Surfaces Division,
which has its roots in James C. Wyant's Wyko Corp., is expanding
its facilities on the south side of the city.
Dereniak Leads SPIE
Both UANews and
OptoIQ.com made note of Eustace Dereniak's move into the
role of SPIE president on Jan. 1, 2012.
Eyes on Laser Fun Day
The UANews
YouTube channel currently promotes the 2011 Laser Fun
Day video as featured content.
Multifaceted Mirror Lab
On page 20 of the Arizona Daily Star's special science report, readers find a brief insight into the work done at the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab by J. Roger P. Angel, James H. Burge and other OSC personnel.
Alumna Talks Telescopes
An interview with OSC alumna Rachel Haynes, M.S. 2009, recently
went live on the
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network website. Grants and Contracts AirMSPI/GroundMSPI Instrument Upgrade and Calibration Support. Sponsor: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Primary investigator: Russell Chipman. Start date: Nov. 10, 2011. End date: March 31, 2012. $60,000. Compact, Efficient, Electrically Small Broadband Antennas, Phase 2. Sponsor: Aerospace Structural Research Corp. Primary investigator: J. Scott Tyo. Start date: Nov. 16, 2011. End date: Nov. 15, 2013. $242,164. Compact, Efficient, Electrically Small Broadband Antennas, STTR Phase 2. Sponsor: Aerospace Structural Research Corp. (Sub-Army). Primary investigator: J. Scott Tyo. Start date: Sept. 30, 2011. End date: Sept. 29, 2013. $255,542. Custom Grating Fabrication. Sponsor: National Security Technologies. Primary investigator: Tom Milster. Start date: Nov. 14, 2011. End date: Jan. 14, 2012. $5,000. High Efficiency, High Energy and High Average
Power 1.55 um Eye-Safer Simulation of Polarization Scatter of Particulates. Sponsor: Yamatake Corp. Primary investigator: Russell Chipman. Start date: Oct. 1, 2011. End date: Jan. 31, 2012. $52,000. Sol-Gel Cladding Layers Optimized for EO Polymer Clad Modulators. Sponsor: SRC. Primary investigator: Robert A. Norwood. Start date: Oct. 1, 2011. End date: Sept. 30, 2014. $400,000. Visible/NIR/SWIR Imaging Mueller Matrix Polarimeter. Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research Defense University Research Instrumentation Program. Primary investigator: J. Scott Tyo. Start date: Nov. 1, 2011. End date: Oct. 31, 2012. $250,623.
See OSC at Photonics West
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, new dean Thomas L. Koch will be introducced at a special Alumni and Industrial Affiliates Reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Imperial Ballroom A at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel. For the latter event, please RSVP to Kaye Rowan at rowan@optics.arizona.edu or 520-626-8754. Mark Your Calendars! The Spring 2012 Industrial Affiliates Workshop has been scheduled for Feb. 28–29. On Monday, Feb. 27, the college will hold its corporate showcase, in which companies provide table-top information booths for faculty and students. Then Tuesday and Wednesday will offer the high-quality networking sessions and student presentations that our affiliates have come to expect.
To register, contact Allison Huff at 520-626-6737 or
allison@optics.arizona.edu. To become an Industrial
Affiliates member, contact Kaye Rowan at (520) 626-8754 or
rowan@optics.arizona.edu.
Neither Partridge Nor Pear Tree
If you missed the performance of "The Twelve Years of Grad School" at last month's holiday luncheon, don't worry! Ph.D. student Blake Coughenour has posted the video to YouTube.
Mortarboards and Tassels
Current Ph.D. student Chris Summitt served as the evening's photographer. Print-resolution copies of his images are now available in the OSC photo gallery.
Photo by Chris Summitt
Alumni Updates
Natasa Vretenar, B.S. OPE 1997, is the proud recipient of a 2011 Ph.D. in optical science and engineering from the University of New Mexico.
As part of their roles as optical engineer and optomechanical engineer, respectivelyl, alumnae Monica Rainey, B.S. in OSE 2011, and Katie Schwertz, M.S. 2010, now lead training videos for Edmund Optics.
This Week's Birthdays Riley
Aumiller (raumiller@optics.arizona.edu) Timothy Grabowski (tgrabowski@optics.arizona.edu) Michael
Jacobson (optical@opdata.com) Frank
Ravizza (fravizza@gmail.com) Phillip Sutter (psutter@email.arizona.edu)
Konstantin Yamnitskiy (kmy@email.arizona.edu)
Job postings in the OSC newsletter are published as provided. Please use the contact information provided in each position description to apply.
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The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Kristin Waller | kwaller@optics.arizona.edu | Information Specialist Coordinator
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OSC
representatives will be present at SPIE's Photonics West
conference this month in San Francisco. Drop by Booth 926 for
the latest news from the Meinel Building.