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Mar. 25 | The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPTIMAX OFFERING $10K RESEARCH GRANT
Optimax, an Industrial Affiliates Leadership Partner, is offering a $10,000 Optimax Grant for Research for our services to manufacture custom optical components. Optimax is requesting proposals by April 16, 2021. The submissions will be considered and the grant winner announced the week of May 3, 2021. Proposals should be submitted to: Kennedy Nyairo, Senior Licensing Manager, Wyant College of Optical Sciences: KennedyN@tla.arizona.edu.
TLA AIMS FOR 300 INVENTIONS FOR FY2021 BY JUNE 30
TLA is working to collect 300 inventions (total for FY2021) by June 30 of this year. Inventors from the Wyant College had 43 successful inventions in 2020. Can OSC inventors surpass that in 2021? A great way to get started is by attending the TLA "Ask me Anything" hour, where you can drop in and ask questions about inventorship and this ambitious goal.
ROBERT S. HILBERT MEMORIAL OPTICAL DESIGN COMPETITION 2021
The Synopsys annual student optical design competition is here! Wyant College students are invited to enter an optical design or research project they worked on during the 2020-2021 school year. This could be a class assignment or thesis work they worked on using CODE V, LightTools, LucidShape, RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools, or the PIC Design Suite. Entries are due June 15, 2021. Awards totaling $10,000 will be granted. Visit the Synopsys website to learn how you can enter your project today.
LOOK INSIDE A GIANT LASER - SPECIAL INVITE FROM LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB
Lawrence Livermore National Lab, OSC Industrial Affiliate Leadership Partner, is inviting you to take a look inside a giant laser. While the pandemic curtailed in-person tours of their “National Ignition Facility,” Wyant College’s students, faculty and interested guests are invited to join LLNL for a special virtual tour on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 5 p.m. (MDT / PDT). Sign-up here for this very special info-session and guided tour. Learn more about the tour here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OSC COLLOQUIUM: ALIREZA MARANDI
March 25, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Zoom
POW PRESENTATION: OPTICSTUDIO ADVANCED TOPICS - CANCELED
March 26
QUANTUM PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS GROUP PRESENTS: MULTIMODE FIBER OPTICS: RECENT PARADIGM SHIFTS DRIVING ITS RESURGENCE
March 26, 8:00 a.m., Zoom
SOCK COMMUNITY SPEAKERS: TED LIANG-TAI LEE, "GIGAPIXEL AND 1440-PERSPECTIVE EXTENDED-ANGLE DISPLAY BY MEGAPIXEL MEMS-SLM"
March 26, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m., Zoom
LOOK INSIDE A GIANT LASER - SPECIAL INVITE FROM LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB
March 30, 5:00 p.m., Virtual Event
TLA PRESENTATION: ASK ME ANYTHING (ABOUT COMMERCIALIZATION)
April 2, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Virtual Event
READING DAY
April 2
OSC COLLOQUIUM: KAUSHIK SENGUPTA
April 8, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Zoom
POW PRESENTATION: CODE V CAFÉ ADVANCED TOPICS - CANCELED
April 9
OSC COLLOQUIUM: REBECCA RICHARDS-KORTUM
April 15, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Zoom
READING DAY
April 21
MEDIA MENTIONS
- cronkitenews.azpbs.org: From food robots to an app for loneliness, COVID drives technological research
- kulr8.com: SPIE Photonics West Digital Forum Showcases Best of Optics, Photonics, Quantum, Biomedical Technologies in Applications and Research
- universetoday.com: The Giant Magellan Telescope’s 6th Mirror has Just Been Cast. One More to Go
FACULTY DISTINCTIONS
MICHAEL HART APPOINTED ASSOCIATE EDITOR AT OPTICS EXPRESS
Congratulations to Associate Professor Michael Hart who was appointed as an Associate Editor at Optics Express of the OSA.
STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ANOTHER WAVELENGTH: JASON MEYER
This month in Another Wavelength, we chat with Ph.D. Student Jason Meyer who is preparing to graduate this semester. Jason is advised by Dr. Mahmoud Fallahi.
TWO WYANT COLLEGE STUDENTS NAMED UA ARCS FOUNDATION SCHOLARS
Congratulations to Wyant College graduate students Sawyer Miller and R. Garrett Richards on their receipt of the UArizona ARCS Foundation Scholarship.
ALUMNI DISPATCHES
OSC ALUMNUS PARTICIPATES IN DOCUMENTARY, "A PERFECT VINTAGE," GET TICKETS NOW
The World Premiere of A Perfect Vintage is now available to stream for $12. Among the talented filmmakers and team is Tom Graves, OSC Alumnus, who graduated from the Wyant College in 2004 with his B.S. Get your ticket today, available through March 28th.
INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES UPDATES
WELCOME, LASER COMPONENTS DETECTOR GROUP
The Wyant College welcomes Laser Components Detector Group as the newest Associate Partner of the Wyant College Industrial Affiliates.
SUPERLATIVE STAFF
END OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020
Each year the college is pleased to celebrate the winners of its highest employee recognition awards, and this year’s Honorable Mention recipient is Ashley Bidegain and the Employee of the Year recipient is Matt Grogan!
1ST QUARTER PEER-TO-PEER AWARD
Congratulations to OSC's latest Staff Recognition Award winner! Dan Caywood has received the 1st Quarter Peer-to-Peer award. Dan, who was nominated by Matt Dubin, will receive $250.
WATTS HAPPENING
WELCOME TO THE WORLD, AVARYN SU MCLEOD
Assistant Professor Judy Su and Assistant Professor Euan McLeod welcomed baby Avaryn Su McLeod to the world this Tuesday, March 23 at 2:41 a.m. Euan shared the exciting news saying, "Both Mom and baby are healthy and doing well." Welcome, Avaryn!
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Internal Opportunities
- Administrative Director, Center for Quantum Networks | Wyant College of Optical Sciences
- Full Prof: John Paul Schaefer Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences | Wyant College of Optical Sciences
- Full Prof: SPIE Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences | Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Non-Industrial Affiliates Opportunities
- Associate Professor or Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Engineering | Nagasaki University
- Engineering Intern - Optics | IDEX
- Hardware Development Engineer Intern, Optical Engineering Specialization | Amazon
- Postdoctoral Research Associate | Nagasaki University
- Sr. Software Development Engineer – Computational Optics | DoubleHelix
Find these and more employment opportunities on our website!