Rolyn Optics Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Awards

 

In 1997, John J. Ross, president of the Rolyn Optics Co. in Covina, Calif., created the Rolyn Optics Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Awards for OSC students.
 

Rolyn Optics Co., a supplier of precision optics since 1925, is a pioneer in the distribution of quality off-the-shelf industrial and precision optics. Their in-house fabrication and metrology capabilities enable them to modify many of their stock items to fit customer needs, and they also supply large production runs of completely custom parts.

The highly prized Rolyn Optics Awards recognize three graduate students each semester for their outstanding work in the classroom. Winners are chosen by student evaluations and faculty recommendations; selections are based on dedication to student assistance, design of innovative teaching labs, maintenance of course websites and excellence in substitute lecturing.

The award consists of a letter of commendation, an award certificate and a cash prize. Students are able to use their prizes in any manner they choose. To date, Rolyn Optics Co. has rewarded 81 OSC graduate students.

 

Recipients

 

Fall 2011: Adoum Mahamat, Sawyer Campbell and Oscar Martinez
Spring 2011: Abhinav Jha, Nicolas Vandamme and Samantha White
Fall 2010: Matthew Jungwirth, Sheng-Huei Lu and Marvin Walthall

Spring 2010: Stanley Johnson, Manal Khreishi and Yuhao Wang
Fall 2009: James Johnson, Matthew Jungwirth and Jason Kuhn

Spring 2009: Jennifer Harwell, Flor del Carmen Paleta and Edward Carlo Samson
Fall 2008: Joshua Kim, Katie Schwertz and Corrie Vandervlugt
Spring 2009: Riley Aumiller, Anoop George and Tyler Neely

Fall 2007: Justin Bergfield, Goldie Gibbons and Ryeojin Park
Spring 2007: Justin Paul, Sheng Yuan and Rene Zehnder
Fall 2006: Khanh Kieu, Mir Farrokh Shayegan Salek and Qing Wang
Spring 2006: Taeyoung Choi, Shigeru Suzuki and Chad Weiler
Fall 2005: Joseph Dagher, Glen Jannuzzi and Jane Lee

Spring 2005: Junoh Choi, Craig Pansing and Xiaolan Sun
Fall 2004: Justin Bergfield, Souma Chaudhury and John Goulding
Spring 2004: Jeremy Dobler, Canek Fuentes Hernandez and Meredith Whitaker
Fall 2003: Karlton Crabtree, Chao-Wen Liang and Elaine Ulrich
Spring 2003: Marguerite Green, Bradley Kimbrough and Michael Lauters

Fall 2002: Jesse Frantz, Chad Hicks and Dave Salyer
Spring 2002: Neil Beaudry, Glen Jannuzzi and Evan Williams
Fall 2001: Jason Auxier, Sergio Barraza-Felix and Greg Williby
Spring 2001: Neil Beaudry, Anurag Gupta and Gregory Smith
Fall 2000: Jake Beverage, Erin Sabatke and Dave Salyer
Spring 2000: Heidi Hall, Chris Tebow and Chunyu Zhao
Fall 1999: Feenix Pan, Robert Upton and Angus Wu 
Spring 1999: Francisco Guzman, Candido Pinto and Gregory Smith
Fall 1998: Heidi Hall, Irene Pang and Derek Sabatke
Spring 1998: Eric Rogala, Jay Van Delden and Edwin Walker

Fall 1997: Gerd Klose, Sierk Poetting and Jennifer Turner-Valle