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Oct. 25 | The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
Announcements
Scholarships Galore
A number of new scholarships are available and other scholarships have opened up for their application period. The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships is hosting a number of events to discuss upcoming scholarships and how to best apply. To learn more about the scholarships and the events see here. Additionally, other scholarships are now open for application (see below).
Childcare Grants Offered at SPIE Photonics West
The 2019 SPIE Photonics West Child Care Grant is designed to supplement the cost of childcare for SPIE members who are registered to attend our largest annual meeting. Grants of up to $500 will be made in the form of reimbursements for expenses related to childcare of children under the age of 13 during the duration of the meeting.
Upcoming Events
OSC Colloquium: Erik Novak
Oct 25, 3:30-5 p.m., Meinel 307
OSC Alumni of the Year 2018
Oc 26, 2:30-5 p.m., Student Union Grand Ballroom South
Charlie Falco Retirement Celebration
Oct 30, 3-5 p.m., Franken Conference Room (Meinel 821)
OSC Colloquium: Zheshen Zhang
Nov 1, 3-5 p.m., Meinel 307
OSC Colloquium: Thomas Milner
Nov 8, 3:30-5 p.m., Meinel 307
Media Mentions
- photonicsforabetterworld.blogspot.com: #FacesofPhotonics: PhD Student Researcher, Brandon Hellman
- Mining.com: A Big Graphene Industry Breakthrough Out of Arizona
- Tucson.com: UA, Microsoft to Partner on New Cloud-Computing Center
- UAnews.arizona.edu: UA and Microsoft Create Cloud Infrastructure Partnership to Train Tomorrow's Leaders
Faculty Distinctions
Happy Retirement Charlie
OSC would like to wish Charlie Falco all the best as he enters retirement. To help celebrate Charlie's career and successes join us Oct. 30, 3-5 p.m. in the Franken Conference Room 821 for a special celebration in his honor.
OSC Faculty Receive RAISE-EQuIP Award
The College of Optical Sciences is happy to congratulate Saikat Guha, Linran Fan, and Dan Kilper on their recent National Science Foundation RAISE-EQuIP award for the project, "Quantum repeater for long-distance quantum communication enabled by non-Gaussian cluster states on a scalable hybrid aluminum nitride and silicon nanophotonic platform." The team has received $750,000 to pursue the research.
OSC Assistant Professor Receives AFOSR YIP Grant
Dr. Mohammed Hassan has received the AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Grant for his project, "Imaging the Ultrafast Dynamics in 2D Graphene." The grant awards him $450,000 over the course of three years. In total $13.9 million in grants was awarded to 31 scientists and engineers from 24 research institutions and businesses.
Contracts & Grants
Quantum COMMS Capacity and Distributed Sensing Study
Principal Investigator: Saikat Guha
Industrial Affiliates Updates
Thalmic Labs Becomes North, Inc. and Releases Smart Glasses
Thalmic Labs, Inc. has rebranded as North, Inc. The College is thrilled to continue to count North, Inc. as one of OSC's Associate Partners in the Industrial Affiliates. North, Inc. has also launched a new product called Focals. The company describes Focals, "as your smartest pair of eyeglasses." The glasses use holographic film, embedded in the glasses, to create the projections visible while wearing them. To learn more about Focals and North, Inc. rebranding find more in the release.
Watts Happening
Industrial Affiliates Workshop Photos
The OSC community and Industrial Affiliates once again gathered in Tucson for a fantastic Industrial Affiliates Showcase, Career Fair, and Workshop. The event kicked off with a well-attended career fair, followed by a meet-and-greet dinner. The second and third days were filled with student presentations that outlined OSC research, lab tours, and industry presentations. Check out the photos from the event.
Upcoming Outreach Seeking Volunteers
There are lots of fun outreach events coming up in the next few weeks and OSC needs your help to make them successful!
Employment Opportunities
Industrial Affiliates
- Depth Module Hardware Engineer (Optical Characterization) | Apple
- Laser Engineer | BAE Systems
- Optical Technician II | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Optical Technician III | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Optical Technical Specialist I | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Principal Optical Engineer | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
- Senior Technical Specialist - Optical | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Optical Engineer II | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Optical Engineer II | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Sr. Metrology/Optical Engineer | ASML
- Sr. Optical Engineer | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
- Technical Specialist - Optical Test Lab | Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
Non-Industrial Affiliates
- Optical Design Engineer | Melles Griot
- Electrical Engineer | Bridger Photonics
- Electro-Optics Engineer | Boeing
- Embedded Processor Engineer | Bridger Photonics
- Laser Development Scientist/Engineer | Toptica Photonics
- Laser/Optical Scientist | Bridger Photonics
- Mechanical Engineer | Bridger Photonics
- MOCVD Postdoctoral Research Scientist/Engineer | Sandia National Laboratories
- Optical Design Engineer 2018 | Texas Instruments
- Optical Design Engineer | Texas Instruments
- Optical Design Engineer Intern | Texas Instruments
- Optics Engineer for Screen Blocking Glasses | IRL Labs
- Optics Technician | Toptica Photonics
- Postdoctoral Appointee - Active Infrared Photonics and Energy Conversion | Sandia National Laboratories
- Postdoctoral Appointee - Nanophotonic & Microphotonic Technologies | Sandia National Laboratories
- Postdoctoral Appointee w/ emphasis in Silicon Photonics Technologies | Sandia National Laboratories
- Procurement / Operations Generalist | Toptica Photonics
- Sr. Physicist | Honeywell
- Transceiver Application Engineer | Bandwidth 10, Inc.