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Feb. 7 | The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
Announcements
Better, Stronger, Faster, Smarter!
The College of Optical Sciences has seen a flurry of thoroughly exciting activity over the last several weeks, and we're due for much more.
A few days ago, we were extraordinarily pleased to announce a historic and record-breaking scholarship donation from educator, innovator and entrepreneur James C. Wyant, who has already done so much to strengthen OSC's globally respected research and academic programs. In conjunction with his generous commitment, a number of other individual and institutional donors stepped up to form the Principals of Opticks philanthropic society and fund more than a dozen FoTO (Friends of Tucson Optics) graduate student awards. Not a bad beginning to our 50th year!
In the weeks to come, we will welcome essential members to the administrative staff, have a fantastic (and informative) time at Laser Fun Day, look toward another successful Industrial Affiliates Workshop and, of course, continue celebrating our milestone anniversary, this time with a series of lectures by the eminent Professor Sir Michael V. Berry.
TLA Launches Lunchtime Workshops
Tech Launch Arizona begins its semester-long series of workshop lunches with "Protecting Your Invention," which will be offered in two sessions: Feb. 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Feb. 27 from noon to 2 p.m. Both meetings take place in the Rincon Room at the Student Union Memorial Center.
Kidger Scholarship Calls for Applicants
The Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship is accepting applications through Feb. 28. The award, established in honor of educator and software developer Michael John Kidger, has been given each year since 1998 to a promising student of optical design.
Public Lecture to Commemorate 50th Anniversary
On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Michael V. Berry will offer the public lecture "How Quantum Physics Democratized Music," which will explore the "unexpected and unexpectedly common" connections between physics, technology and allegedly unscientific human behaviors.
The presentation will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Auditorium 308 in the Kuiper Building, directly across the Mall from the Meinel Building.
Berry will also deliver OSC's Feb. 13 Colloquium, "The Singularities of Light: Intensity, Phase, Polarization,"and a Feb. 14 lecture at the department of physics.
New Administrators to Help Build College's Reach and Reputation
OSC will welcome two key additions to its administrative endeavors on Feb. 10: Justin Walker as associate dean of business development and administration, and Graeme Hunt as media content manager.
Vatican Observatory Seminar at Steward
The Vatican Observatory is holding a seminar on Feb. 20 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room N210 at the Steward Observatory. Among the topics to be discussed are a new collaboration between Steward and the observatory, the Arizona Robotic Telescope Initiative; astrobiology; and observing near-Earth objects. RSVPs are required to 520-621-2289 or michele@email.arizona.edu.
Events
Women in Optics Semester Kick-Off
Feb. 7, 5 p.m., Wilko (943 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Ariz.)
Ph.D. Written Exams
Feb. 11-12, Eighth-Floor Breakout Area
Community Speakers
Feb. 14, noon-1 p.m., Meinel 408/410
Media Mentions
SPIE Establishes FoTO Scholarship
Contracts & Grants
(BRI) Ultrafast Light Coupling to Nonequilibrium Carriers in Extended Semiconductor Media
Principal investigators: Jerome V. Moloney and R. Jason Jones
Grayscale Feature Fabrication
Principal investigator: Tom D. Milster
I-Corps: Holographic NsN Optical Switch for Data Communication
Principal investigator: Pierre-Alexandre Blanche
Laser-Guided Microwave Beams for Remote Detection of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Principal investigator: Pavel Polynkin
Spectrometer for Microscope and Array Microscope
Principal investigator: Eustace L. Dereniak
Students in the Spotlight
Graduate Student Wins Marshall Foundation Fellowship
Blake Coughenour, a Ph.D. student under Regents' Professor J. Roger P. Angel, was awarded a 2014 Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship by the UA Graduate College. He has earned tuition for two semesters in support of the completion of his dissertation "Phovoltaic Concentrator Optical System Design: Solar Energy Engineering from Physics to Field."
Watts Happening
Say Hello to Our Newest Kupinski!
Miss Carly Adelaide Kupinski came into the world on Dec. 13 with both eyes open ...
