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Dec. 17 | The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HERE COMES 2021!
All of us at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences wish you the best as 2020 closes out, and we wish you a happy and successful 2021. Watts Up! will be taking a winter hiatus and will return on January 28, 2021. Please feel free to reach out to Amee Hennig with any questions or news.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: OSC'S INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES MEETING
OSC's Spring Industrial Affiliates program will be here before we know it and we are seeking students and faculty who are interested in sharing their exciting discoveries and research with our IA partners.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Johnson & Johnson Innovation Labs is hosting "Quickfire Challenges" for undergraduate and graduate students from UArizona to compete for prizes of up to $100,000 in grant funding.
BE A PRACTICAL OPTICS WORKSHOP DESIGN TEAM TUTOR
The Practical Optics Workshop Optical Design Team is looking for new tutors to start in the spring! If you are interested in joining a team of motivated, dedicated, and hard-working individuals who help teach the college how to use optical design software, please submit your application HERE.
OPPORTUNITIES WITH INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS
International Friends, associated with the University of Arizona through the International Student Services office, is seeking hosts from OSC staff and faculty as well as new graduate student participants. They match Tucson area hosts with international students to do activities together and to promote international understanding. In fact, some of our very own OSC students have participated in the program and loved what the group added to their college-experience.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FINAL EXAMS
Dec. 11 - 17
TECH LAUNCH ARIZONA PRESENTATION: "LEARN ABOUT SBIR/STTR GRANTS WITH TECH LAUNCH ARIZONA"
Dec. 15, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Zoom
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WINTER CLASSES BEGIN
Dec. 21
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS - NO CLASSES
Dec. 24 - 25
NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES
Jan. 1
CLAIM YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE PRESENTATION: CHOOSING YOUR FAVORITE HATS
Jan. 8, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Zoom
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MEDIA MENTIONS
- fcc.gov: Quantum Internet Forum
- news.arizona.edu: UArizona Professors Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
FACULTY DISTINCTIONS
ROBERT NORWOOD ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS
Congratulations are in order for Professor Bob Norwood for his recent election as a Fellow to the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction solely for academic inventors. Read the official press release.
OSC ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR INVITED TO FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S QUANTUM INTERNET FORUM
On December 15th, Saikat Guha joined leaders from academia, industry, and government to discuss state-of-the-art quantum networking research and development that will create greater understanding about the quantum Internet at the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Quantum Internet Forum. This forum is anticipated to bring to light ways that the public and private sectors can help lead the USA to success in the new Internet of the future.
CONTRACTS & GRANTS
[QUANTUM ACCELERATOR] RB 2-PHOTON OPTICAL ATOMIC CLOCK
Principal Investigator: R. Jason Jones
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STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ANOTHER WAVELENGTH: RANTAJ SINGH
This month in Another Wavelength, we chat with B.S. student Rantaj Singh. Rantaj is currently enrolled in the Accelerated Master's Program and mentored by Nik Anderson.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Image Sensor Digital Engineer | QPLOX Engineering
- Metrology Applications and Service Engineer | Onto Innovation
- Optical Engineer | Brimrose Corp. of America
- Opto-Electronic Packaging Engineer | Thorlabs
Find these and more employment opportunities on our website!