OSC Highlights

Quantinuum Joins as Newest Leadership Partner

The Wyant College is pleased to welcome Quantinuum as the newest Industrial Affiliates Leadership Partner.

Welcome CVI Laser Optics

CVI Laser Optics has joined the College’s Industrial Affiliates as a Leadership Partner. Welcome, CVI Laser Optics!

Google Joins OSC Industrial Affiliates

Google is a new Leadership Partner in the Wyant College’s Industrial Affiliates. Welcome, Google!

Welcome Back Optical Support, Inc.

Optical Support, Inc. has returned to the College’s Industrial Affiliates as an Associate Partner with headquarters in Tucson, AZ.

Welcome, Arizona Optical Metrology

The Wyant College is pleased to welcome new Associate Partner in the Industrial Affiliates Program, Arizona Optical Metrology.

Welcome, Laser Components Detector Group

The Wyant College welcomes Laser Components Detector Group as the newest Associate Partner of the Wyant College Industrial Affiliates.

Welcome to Tokyo Electron

The Wyant College of Optical Sciences welcomes Tokyo Electron as a new Leadership Partner at OSC.

Welcome to Snap, Inc.

The Wyant College of Optical Sciences welcomes Snap, Inc. as a new Leadership Partner at OSC.

Welcome to Belden, Inc.

The Wyant College of Optical Sciences welcomes Belden, Inc. as a new Leadership Partner at OSC.

Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB - Air Force Civilian, Joins Industrial Affiliates

Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB - Air Force Civilian, a development and test organization of the United States Air Force, joins our Industrial Affiliates as a Leadership Partner.

April 18 | The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter

Announcements

Ready for the Runway?

OSC cordially invites all faculty, staff and students to put on their Monday best (or at least a clean T-shirt!) for the official 2014 group portrait next week.

A detail of the 2013 OSC group portrait

Make Those Pennies Count!

You have less than a week to decide the fates of SOCk vice president Dawson Baker, Dean Thomas L. Koch and Associate Dean for Academic Programs R. John Koshel, as the First Semi-Official College of Optical Sciences Penny and Pie War draws to a close on Wednesday. Who will succumb to a face full of meringue?

Closeup of a gold-toned U.S. penny next to a photograph of a meringue pie

SOCk's Looking Up (the Mountain)

Beat the heat next weekend (and get rid of some of that pre-finals stress) by heading up Mount Lemmon with the UA Student Optics Chapter.

Marshmallow roasting over a campfire

Check Out Nanotech on the STEM Journal

Cox7's STEM Journals series is presenting a neat nanotech episode at 9 p.m. on Sunday evening that may be of interest to OSC folks — check it out on TV, online or on your smartphone.

Upcoming Events

Special Presentation: Saima Husaini

April 22, 2:30 p.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821)

Ph.D. Defense: Blake Coughenour

April 23, 2 p.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821)

Colloquium: Hong Hua

April 24, 3:30 p.m., Meinel 307

Family Picnic

April 26; 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; La Madera Park, 2700 E. La Madera Dr., Tucson, Ariz. RSVP required.

Scholarships and Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony

April 28, 3 p.m., Meinel 307. RSVP to rowan@optics.arizona.edu required.

Tech Launch Arizona 'Ideas to Assets' Seminar

April 29, noon-2 p.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821). Registration required.

Pre-Commencement Celebration

May 16, 4:30-7 p.m., SUMC South Ballroom. RSVP requested.

The Conversation Turns to Laser-Guided Lightning

Faculty Distinctions and Students in the Spotlight

GPSC Honors Outstanding Teachers

The UA Graduate and Professional Student Council recognizes remarkable pedagogy at the University with its annual Achievement Awards, celebrated each spring during GPSC Week.

Creation of the Naval Engineering Education Center

Principal investigators: Nasser Peyghambarian and Khanh Kieu

Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans

Principal investigators: Allison Huff and Robert A. Norwood

Prism Magnifier

Principal investigator: Hong Hua

Zygo Corp. Joins Affiliates Program

Please welcome Zygo Corp. as the newest Principal Partner member of the College of Optical Sciences Industrial Affiliates Program.