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Aug. 29 | The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
Announcements
Welcome back!
Welcome back, everyone! Here at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, we're all looking forward to the new school year and all the adventures and educational gains it will bring.
Call for Student Presenters: Fall Industrial Affiliates
Love to share your research with others? Dying for some practice before the big thesis defense? Or looking to impress potential future employers!? Look no further! The Fall Industrial Affiliates Workshop is looking to fill the agenda with student presenters like you!
Photonics Group Inventory Site
Nasser Peyghambarian's Photonics Group is now offering access to the new Photonics Inventory Site to all Wyant College of Optical Sciences students, staff, professors and faculty.
Battery Recycling
Battery Recyclying is now available for faculty, staff, and students in OSC. The Photonics group will make available marked boxes on the OSC dock in the room behind the freight elevator for battery disposal. These boxes will be collected and disposed of on the first Monday of every month. Having large quantities of old batteries lying around is a safety hazard. Please dispose of them properly.
Upcoming Events
WiO Meeting
Aug. 29, 2 - 3 p.m., Meinel 654
OSC Colloquium: Canceled
Aug. 29
Aloha Friday
Aug. 30, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Meinel 3rd Floor Lobby
SOCk Community Speakers
Aug. 30, 12 p.m., Meinel 410
No Classes / Labor Day
Sept. 2
Timothy Johnson Dissertation Defense
Sept. 4, 2 p.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821)
OSC Colloquium: Professor Cun-Zheng Ning
Sept. 5, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Meinel 307
OSC Colloquium: Professor John Schaibley
Sept. 12, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Meinel 307
OSC Colloquium: Canceled - OSA
Sept. 19
Media Mentions
- Optics.org: SPIE O+P 2019: optics meets geology with multiphoton gemstone probe
- LaserFocusWorld.com: With $500,000 grant to University of Arizona, SPIE launches $2.5 million endowment matching program
- Wildcat.Arizona.edu: UA campus activities for every student to explore
- AZBigMedia.com: Tucson ranked as the top city for emerging tech companies
- Optics.org: Revolutionary optics take shape in Tucson
- Optics.org: Vanderbilt’s Mahadevan-Jansen elected to SPIE presidential chain
- InsideTucsonBusiness.com: Tech Talk: Dark matter, license scanners and more
Faculty Distinctions
Ashok Elected as 2019 SPIE Senior Member
Congratulations to Professor Amit Ashok, who was elected as a 2019 SPIE Senior Member.
Mansuripur Publishes Book
Congratulations to Professor Masud Mansuripur who recently published "Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering: Applications in Optics and Photonics" under Cognella Academic Publishing. The book is being used in Mansuripur's OPTI 503A course, available in the Spring Semester.
Su added to Board of National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Judy Su for her recent appointment to serve on the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Contracts & Grants
Low-Cost and Compact Multimodal Intraoral Confocal Probe for Oral Cancer Detection and Diagnostics
Principal Investigator: Rongguang Liang and Steve Wang
Students in the Spotlight
Find a Mentor, Be a Mentor
This fall, female STEM students will have the opportunity to participate in a new mentorship program that links them with industry professionals.
Student Recieves DoD Scholarship
Congratulations, Reagan Weeks! Weeks was recently awarded the SMART Scholarship through the Department of Defense.
Find SOCk on Instagram
The Student Optics Chapter is now on Instagram! So head on over to follow them and contribute!
Industrial Affiliates Updates
Welcome to NP Photonics, new Industrial Affiliates Member
OSC is happy to welcome NP Photonics as the newest Associate Partner member to the Wyant College of Optical Sciences Industrial Affiliates. Find a full list of IA Members.
ASML Technical Talk
ASML, an Industrial Affiliate Principal Partner at Wyant College, is a leading global technology company that invents, designs, manufactures and services the lithography machines that makes microchips. Please join Jim Chester, with ASML, for a Tech Talk to learn about all of the available career and internship opportunities on Sept. 17, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union, room 411. More details.
Collins Aerospace Hiring Event
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ISR & Space Solutions, a division of Collins Aerospace, supports some of the nation's most critical missions aiding national defense and space discoveries. Come learn more about ISR & Space Solutions, what they do and the exciting opportunitites they are currently recruiting for.
Watts Happening
Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson Collection
Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson is currently accepting donations of clean, safe, and interesting items that will support our local teachers and students while at the same time preserve our environment. If you would like to help and donate, please contact Trin Riojas. Donations are being accepted until Sept. 20, 2019. Find a list of recommended/accepted items here.
Welcome Back Reception Photos
OSC welcomed OSC students, staff, and faculty to the start of a new school year on a warm and sunny Aug. 26th day. Everyone gathered around to enjoy a Tucson staple, Eegees! Welcome back, students! We are glad you're here! Find photos of the event here.
