OSC Highlights

Welcome, Leonardo DRS

The Wyant College of Optical Sciences welcomes Leonardo DRS as the newest Leadership Partner with the Industrial Affiliates Program.

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.

Airy Optics Joins OSC IA Program

The Wyant College of Optical Sciences is happy to welcome Airy Optics as its newest Associate Partner Industrial Affiliate Member. Welcome!

Spring 2019 OSC Commencement

Please join us to celebrate the 2019 OSC Graduates. Details and RSVP here.

Laser Fun Day, April 20th

Laser Fun Day, a public celebration of cool science and the study of light is April 20 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Everyone is invited! Find out more.

Research Highlight: Probing Wildfire Smoke Plumes Up Close

Joint Professor Armin Sorooshian's student, Ali Hossein Mardi, published an article in AGU's newsletter on biomass burning plumes on the California coast. Read it.

Sunny Optical Technology Joins Industrial Affiliates

Sunny Optical Technology joined OSC's Industrial Affiliates program as a Leadership Partner member. Welcome, Sunny Optical Technology!

Viavi Solutions New Leadership Partner

OSC is happy to welcome Viavi Solutions as the newest Leadership Partner in the OSC Industrial Affiliates Program.

Welcome Back, Sandia National Laboratories

A big welcome back to Sandia National Laboratories! Sandia National Laboratories has reinstated their Industrial Affiliates Membership and rejoins as a leadership partner member.

Neutrik USA, Inc. Joins Industrial Affiliates

OSC would like to give a big welcome to Neutrik USA, Inc. as a new Associate Partner Member of the Industrial Affiliates.

ETC Joins IA Program

We would like to welcome ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls) to our Industrial Affiliates program as an Associate partner.

Welcome, Elbit Systems of America

OSC would like to welcome Elbit Systems of America, which joins our Industrial Affiliates program as an Associate partner.

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.

Wavefront Joins Industrial Affiliates

Wavefront Research Incorporated joined OSC's Industrial Affiliates program as an Associate Partner member. Welcome, Wavefront!

RSVP to 2018 OSC Pre-Commencement

All OSC graduating students, faculty, staff and guests are invited to the 2018 Pre-Commencement ceremony. Please RSVP no later than May 1.

Jan. 17 | The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter

Announcements

Alumni and Industry Partners Reception in San Francisco in February

The College of Optical Sciences will kick off its yearlong 50th anniversary festivities with an alumni and industry partners reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the San Francisco Marquis Marriott, concurrent with the SPIE Photonics West conference.

MacLeod to Offer Optical Coating Design Webcast

At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, Professor Emeritus H. Angus MacLeod will offer an hour-long webcast on the structures, conventions and techniques of optical coating design.

SPIE Scholarship Apps Due Next Month

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, offers generous education and travel scholarships each year to its high school, undergraduate and graduate student members, ranging in amount from $2,000 to $11,000.

Sign Up for Shop Safety Course

Are you planning to work in the first-floor optics machine shop for the first time this semester? If so, you'll need some safety training.

Please email optomechanical engineer Todd Horne at hornet@optics.arizona.edu if interested; after receiving sufficient information, he'll work with students to choose the most convenient time for the mandatory course.

Disclosing Conflicts of Interest

A gentle reminder from the UA Office for the Responsible Conduct of Research for primary investigators: If you have not updated your conflict of interest form for the year, or if you've acquired a new significant financial interest in the last 30 days, please submit a disclosure form at your earliest opportunity.

Outdated forms will affect new awards as well as modifications to ongoing projects. If you have any questions about conflicts of interest at the University of Arizona, please contact Victoria Tugade at gibbinsv@email.arizona.edu or 520-626-8266.

Events

No Classes

Jan. 20

Special Presentation: Malcolm Panthaki and David A. Thomas, Ph.D. 1980

Jan. 22, 3:45-5 p.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821)

Colloquium: Brian W. Miller

Jan. 23, 3:30-5 p.m., Meinel 307

Colloquium: Mark A. Neifeld

Jan. 30, 3:30-5 p.m., Meinel 307

SPIE Photonics West Conference

Feb. 1-Feb. 6, San Francisco

OSC Alumni and Industry Partners Reception in San Francisco

Feb. 4, 6-8 p.m., San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Registration is requested to Lucy Valenzuela at lucy@optics.arizona.edu by Jan. 29.

Big Funding for Company Co-Founded by Kester, M.S. 2006

Rolland, Ph.D. 1990, Among SPIE Startup Challenge Semifinalists

SPIE President Stahl, Ph.D. 1985, Describes Passion for Optics and OSC Education

Liang Awarded Seed Grant

Associate professor Rongguang Liang received a 2013 Faculty Seed Grant from the University of Arizona Foundation and UA's Office of the Senior Vice President for Research for his proposal "3-D Endoscope for Endonasal Surgery."

The highly competitive Faculty Seed Grant program involves project evaluations by both peer groups and laypeople and provides up to $10,000 support.

Meystre Wins Lamb Medal for Work in Quantum Optics

Over 40 years ago, Professor Emeritus Stephen F. Jacobs and adjunct professor Marlan O. Scully helped shape the earliest meetings of the Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics.

A Warm Welcome to Douglas Scientific

The College of Optical Sciences would like to welcome Douglas Scientific to its Industrial Affiliates program as an Associate Partner. Based in Alexandria, Minn., the biotech company designs and manufactures laboratory equipment that enables quicker, less expensive genetic and chemical screening for plant and animal genomics, human diagnostics, and pharmaceutical applications.

We hope our new friends to the north will be able to join us in the warm desert sun for the 2014 Spring Industrial Affiliates Workshop on March 3-5.

Employment Opportunities

Laser Engineer | Opotek Inc.

Carlsbad, Calif.

Optical Engineer | SBG Labs

Sunnyvale, Calif.

Optical Engineer | Utopia Compression

Los Angeles

Optical Systems Engineer | ASML

Wilton, Conn.

Optical Test and Measurement Engineer | SBG Labs