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May 5 | The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences Newsletter
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WYANT COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT | MAY 12
The Wyant College cordially invites students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of the college to join us in the Student Union Memorial, South Ballroom, for the 2022 Spring Commencement Ceremony.
NEW COURSE: AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY WAVEGUIDE DESIGN
A new course is being offered at the Wyant College on Augmented Reality Display Waveguide Design. OPTI 574: Physical Optics Modeling will be taught by Eric Fest (ecfest@arizona.edu) from Meta Platforms Reality Labs and Wyant College Professor Jim Schwiegerling (jschwieg@u.arizona.edu). The course will be offered live online on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. in the Fall 2022 semester. Course Flyer.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF LIGHT CELEBRATION | MAY 15
Optics Valley invites families, K-12 students, and STEM teachers to two free science programs celebrating International Day of Light on May 15, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Flandrau Planetarium. Both programs are free for general audiences and first come, first seated. Official Flyer.
WATTS UP SUMMER SCHEDULE
Over the summer Watts Up will transition to a monthly schedule until the fall semester. Reach out to Amee Hennig with any questions or requests.
May 19 | June 16 | July 14 | August 11 | August 25
UPCOMING EVENTS
READING DAY
May 5, 2022
JOURNAL CLUB MEETING
May 6, 2022, 4:00 p.m., Meinel 307
WYANT COLLEGE SPRING COMMENCEMENT
May 12, 2:00 p.m., SUMC South Ballroom
MEDIA MENTIONS
- globenewswire.com: Marisa A. Edmund Establishes the Advancing Women in Optics Scholarship for University of Arizona Wyant College
- laserfocusworld.com: A new way to 3D-print precision glass optics?
- news.arizona.edu: Back with a (flash)bang: Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Day 2022
- finance.yahoo.com: Robert M. Edmund Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences Has Been Established for the University of Arizona Wyant College
- youtube.com: University of Arizona engineering students develop solutions for community
- montana.edu: Montana State University alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- wildcat.arizona.edu: New gas giant in the making?
- optics.org: MIT develops novel fabrication method for mirrors and wafers
FACULTY DISTINCTIONS
JUDY SU AND EUAN MCLEOD WELCOME SECOND CHILD
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Judy Su and Associate Professor Euan McLeod as they welcome their second child to the world! A healthy baby boy was born May 3rd, 2022 at 7 lbs, 5 oz, and 19 in long. The Wyant College is thrilled to hear about Lloyd Su McLeod and congratulates the happy parents and his big sister Avaryn.
STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
2022 OUTSTANDING STUDENTS
Each spring, the Wyant College of Optical Sciences recognizes incredible students, as nominated by professors and peers and selected by a faculty and staff committee. We would like to congratulate Sebastian Valencia (Outstanding Senior), Laura Sawyer (Outstanding Graduate TA), Khalid Omer (Outstanding Graduate Student) and Gregory Taylor (Wildcat Award) as the 2021-2022 Outstanding Students of the Year. Photos from the End of Year Student Celebration.
ENGINEERING DESIGN DAY 2022 - OPTICS FEATURE
The biggest event of an undergraduate engineering student's life was back in-person this week! Engineering Design Day took place at the University of Arizona Student Union Ballroom on May 3rd. Fifteen teams included one or more Wyant College of Optical Sciences B.S. students and five of those teams took home one or more prizes! Congratulations to all our senior design students on a job well-done and the exciting futures that lay ahead of you. Read the official press release. Find a photo album from the day here.
'22 - '23 SCHOOL YEAR SOCK AND WIO LEADERS
Congratulations to all the elected SOCk and WiO leaders for the 2022 - 2023 school year!
WiO Election Results | SOCk Election Results |
President: Clarissa DeLeon Vice President: Jaclyn John Treasurer: Madeline Bergay Outreach Chairs: Alex Carter and Justina Bonaventura Graphic Designer: Nikki Galvez Webmaster: Natzem Lima | President: Sebastian Magri Vice-President: Logan Pawlowski Treasurer: Madeline Bergay |
SUPERLATIVE STAFF
WELCOME TO OSC, CHANNEL
The Wyant College is happy to welcome Channel Lemon, OSC's Senior Events Coordinator. With over 15 years of event experience, the Wyant College is excited to learn from her and enjoy the many events she oversees. Channel looks forward to supporting and getting to know the students, faculty, and staff in the college. Find her in Meinel 406A or email her a welcome.
SUPERLATIVE STAFF: FEBRUARY SPOT AWARD & 1ST QUARTER PEER TO PEER AWARD
Congratulations to OSC's latest Staff Recognition Award winners! Linda Schadler was nominated by Val Temyanko for the 1st Quarter Peer-to-Peer award and Hillary Mathis was selected for the February 2022 SPOT award after being nominated by John Koshel.
WATTS HAPPENING
LASER FUN DAY 2022
Laser Fun Day 2022 returned in full force to the University of Arizona campus, in-person, and thriving! Many children, parents, friends, and family came out to see the exciting optical sciences demonstrations prepared and presented by Wyant College students from SOCk (the Student Optics Chapter). Photos provided by Wyant College student Trenton Brendel and College of Engineering student, Hasina Shir.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Industrial Affiliates Opportunities
- 2022 OPIR Modeling & Simulation Specialist/Engineer | The Aerospace Corp.
- Development Scientist | Corning, Inc
- OPIR Modeling and Simulation Specialist | The Aerospace Corp.
- Optical Engineer | Qinetiq
- Remote Sensing System Modeling & Simulation Specialist | The Aerospace Corp.
Non-Industrial Affiliates Opportunities
- Display Optical Engineer Role
- Display Optical Metrology Engineer
- Optical Design Engineer | Manpower Engineering
- Optical Engineer | HGH USA
- Optical Engineer | MetroLaser, Inc
- Optical Systems Engineer | Quadratic 3D
- Opto-Mechanical Engineer | Quadratic 3D
- Postdoctoral Fellow | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division
Find these and more employment opportunities on our website!