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May 15 | The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
Announcements
Engineering Design Day Winners
The 2017 University of Arizona Engineering Design Day took place on May 1, comprised of more than 500 seniors in over 150 teams. Numerous OSE students were among the inventive winners.
2017 Tokyo Short Course
The College of Optical Sciences and Utsonomiya University are pleased to present the fifth in a series of optical sciences and engineering short courses, taking place August 1-3 in Tokyo, Japan.
CIAN Call for Summer Volunteers
The Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) will be hosting two EASIS (Expect Academic Success in STEM) optical science summer camps here at OSC, and they're in need of student and faculty volunteers.
Applied Optics Lab Wins Optimax Grant
The Applied Optics Laboratory (AOL), led by Professor Rongguang Liang, was recently awarded the Optimax Research Grant.
Pre-Commencement Photos Online
All of us at the College of Optical Sciences wish to congratulate our Spring 2017 graduates. Good luck in all your future endeavors! Photos from the May 11 Pre-Commencement Celebration are now online.
Grads, Keep In Touch
To all graduating students: Be aware that as your OSC and UA email addresses expire, so does your subscription to Watts Up!
Upcoming Events
Memorial Day Holiday - no classes
May 29
Media Mentions
Contracts & Grants
Nonequilibrium Semiconductor Disk Laser Theory and Simulation: Robust, Novel Multi-Functional Source for Femtosecond Pulsed and Multi-Wavelength CW Generation
Principal Investigator: Jerome V. Moloney
Design of Volumetric and Large Volume-Spatio-And-Angular-Bandwidth Product Display
Principal Investigator: Yuzuru Takashima
SWIRP: Compact Submm-Wave and LWIR Polarimeters for Cirrus Ice Properties
Principal Investigator: Russell A. Chipman
A High Efficiency Flat Plate PV with Integrated Micro-CPV Atop a 1-Sun Panel (MOSAIC)
Principal Investigator: Robert A. Norwood
Ultrafast Deep UV Laser Source by all Intracavity Fourth Harmonic Generation
Principal Investigator: Chris Hessenius
Students in the Spotlight
Another Wavelength: Dawson Baker
This month in Another Wavelength, we chat with fourth-year Ph.D. candidate, Dawson Baker.
Student Optics Chapter Announces New Officers
Benjamin Cromey, outgoing President of the Student Optics Chapter (SOCk) has announced the academic year 2017-2018 officers.
The Spotlight Report Podcast
Optical Sciences students Xiangyu Guo and Logan Graves created a bi-weekly podcast that covers the latest in optical sciences and its applications to various sectors. Be sure to "like" their facebook page, and find more information on how to follow their podcast on the LOFT website.
Launching Your Career Wrap-Up
The 2017 Launching Your Career Symposium took place on April 8, and was considered an enormous success.
2017 OPTI 424/524 Final
Students from Professor Matthew Dubin's OPTI 424/524 Optical Systems Engineering course gathered on an overcast day to take the practical final.
Watts Happening
OSC Family Grows
The College of Optical Sciences' extended family grew by two in April, with the births of Aria Singh and Finnian Hunt.
New Staff & Roles
There have been a few staff changes within the Academic Programs office lately, and all of us at OSC wish to welcome our new team members, congratulate a promotion and wish a happy retirement to a long-time staff member.
Employment Opportunities
- Optical Engineer | BAE Systems
- Optical Engineer II | BAE Systems
- Optical Engineering Assistant | BAE Systems
- Principal Optical Engineer | BAE Systems
- Engineer - Systems Developer for Vision Testing and Retinal Imaging | UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco
- Head of R&D | Intel
- Lecturer of Physics | Rochester Institute of Technology College of Science
- NPI Engineer | Coherent
- Optical System Engineer | Applied Materials
- Optoelectronic Engineer | Applied Materials
- Opto-mechanical Design Engineer | Applied Materials
- OSIRIS-REx Senior Data Analyst (Image Processing) | UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- Summer Intern | Bio-Rad Laboratories
- Summer Internship for Software Engineering | Photometrics