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Aug. 15 | The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
Announcements
SPIE Endowed Chair Established at Wyant College
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has added its name to an endowed faculty chair position with The University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences. Read the full press release.
Upcoming Events
New Grad Student Orientation
Aug. 22-23, Meinel 307
Welcome Back Eegees Reception
Aug. 26, Meinel 3rd Floor Patio
OSC Colloquium: Canceled
Aug. 29
Aloha Friday
Media Mentions
- DesertLeaf.com: Consider the Optics
- TechLaunch.Arizona.edu: Startup Licenses Fluidic Lens Design to Automate Eyesight Testing
- UANews.Arizona.edu: Automated Eyesight Testing May Make 'Better One or Better Two?' Obsolete
- LaserFocusWorld.com: Multi-order diffractive optical elements could lead to extremely light space telescopes
- UANews.Arizona.edu: UA Sets Record With 284 Inventions Disclosed in FY 2019
- AZBigMedia.com: UA sets record with 284 inventions in 2019
- Invisionmag.com: Innovega Gains Key IRB Approval for On-Eye Testing of iOptik Contact Lens for Augmented and Virtual Reality
- ScienceDaily.com: A new lens for life-searching space telescopes
- KOLD.com: University of Arizona researchers aid in development of glasses to help blind see
- Optics.org: SPIE O+P 2019: giant optics to expand search for life
- GlobeNewswire.com: Applied Energetics and the University of Arizona to Collaborate on Research Agreement
- KVOA.com: UA invents eyewear to help legally blind see
- Finance.Yahoo.com: With $500,000 Grant to University of Arizona, SPIE Launches $2.5 Million Endowment Matching Program
- Stockhouse.com: With $500,000 Grant to University of Arizona, SPIE Launches $2.5 Million Program
- UANews.Arizona.edu: A New Lens for Life-Searching Space Telescopes
- Finance.Yahoo.com: Innovega Gains Key Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval for On-Eye Testing of iOptik® Contact Lens for Augmented and Virtual Reality
- TechLaunch.Arizona.edu: UA Inventions Help Legally Blind to See
- Finance.Yahoo.com: Applied Energetics and the University of Arizona to Collaborate on Research Agreement
- OSA-OPN.org: A Different Kind of Eye on the Cosmos
- Invisionmag.com: New Technology Could Help the Legally Blind to See
Faculty Distinctions
Innovative Glasses Featured by News
eSight glasses, created by Wyant College Professor Dr. Hong Hua and her team, has recently been featured by a number of news outlets including KVOA and KOLD.
Contracts & Grants
PFI-RP: Measurement System for High Speed and Precision Manufacturing
Principal Investigators: Rongguang Liang and Stanley Pau
Quantum Feedback, Closed-Loop Magnetometry, and Quantum Nonlinear Dynamics at the Quantum/Classical Boundary
Principal Investigator: Poul Jessen
Ultrafast Long-Wave Infrared Laser for Strong-Field Physics Research
Principal Investigator: Pavel Polynkin
The Many-Particle Physics of Lasing in Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides
Principal Investigator: Rolf Binder
Generations of High-Power Mode-Lock 1550nm Laser in Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (vecsel): Application for the Next Generation of High Date Rate Communication
Principal Investigator: Mahmoud Fallahi
New Surfaces, New Systems in Visible and Infrared Deflectrometry
Principal Investigator: Daewook Kim
Visible and Near Infrared Achromatic Retarder and Polarizer
Principal Investigator: Stanley Pau
Superlative Staff
Welcome, Jennifer
A hearty welcome to Jennifer Laing, joining us as OSC's newest Administrative Associate as of August 12th.
Employment Opportunities
- Integrated Photonic Reseacher/Optical Engineer (Experienced) | Sandia National Laboratories
- Nanophotonic & Microphotonic Research - Postdoctoral Appointee | Sandia National Laboratories
- Postdoctoral Appointee-Integrated Photonics & Semiconductor Optoelectronics | Sandia National Laboratories
- Principal Electro Optics Engineer | Elbit Systems of America
- Silicon Photonics Research - Postdoctoral Appointee | Sandia National Laboratories