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Woodhouse Joins Shin-Etsu Silicones
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2018 — Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Inc. has appointed Brian Woodhouse the Southeast regional sales manager for its room-temperature vulcanizing (RTV) group. Woodhouse brings more than 20 years of technical chemical sales experience, most recently as the technical sales and research manager at Southern Ionics. He will leverage his years of chemical sales and market development experience to grow Shin-Etsu's RTV and thermal interface material silicone business in the U.S.'s Southeast. His main
Renner Joins TOPTICA’s Executive Board
GRAEFELFING, Germany, Nov. 20, 2018 — Thomas Renner, vice president of sales and marketing at Toptica Photonics AG, has joined the company’s executive board, expanding it from two to three members. Next to company founders Wilhelm Kaenders and Thomas Weber, Renner will become...
NIH Names Carnegie Mellon’s Zhao Top New Innovator
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20, 2018 — Yongxin (Leon) Zhao, assistant professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. The award is part of the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk,...
FDA Approves Zeiss’ ReLEx SMILE
DUBLIN, Calif., Nov. 19, 2018 — Zeiss’ medical technology segment has announced FDA pre-market approval (PMA) for its ReLEx SMILE system, expanding myopia treatment to patients with astigmatism. ReLEx SMILE utilizes the high-precision femtosecond laser VisuMax to create a...
UMD Team Awarded $1M NSF Grant for Quantum Research
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 19, 2018 — The project, which could result in new interfaces between electronic circuits and photonic devices, is part of a $31 million NSF effort aiming to fund transformational quantum research that will enable the U.S. to lead a new quantum technology...
McIntyre Returns to SemiNex as Biz Development Manager
PEABODY, Mass., Nov. 16, 2018 — Semiconductor laser developer SemiNex Corp. has announced the return of Ed McIntyre as its business development manager. For the past seven years, McIntyre worked at Princeton Optronics to develop business opportunities for that company's vertical...
Solid State Acquires Pacer Technologies
PANGBOURNE, England, Nov. 16, 2018 — Solid State PLC has announced the acquisition of Pacer Technologies Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Pacer Components Ltd. and Pacer USA LLC. Solid State is an AIM-listed manufacturer of computing, power, and communications products, and a value-added...
Timbercon Aims for Zero Defects Program
TULATIN, Ore., Nov. 16, 2018 — Fiber optic solutions provider Timbercon Inc. has begun to implement Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) AS9145 standards throughout all projects and builds as part of its strategy to get to the Zero...
Luminate NY Announces Cohort II Finalists
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 15, 2018 — Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the 10 companies selected to take part in the second cohort of New York state’s Luminate NY accelerator competition. The finalists selected include optics, photonics, and imaging startups that were chosen...
Cosemi Technologies Acquires Optella
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 15, 2018 — Cosemi Technologies Inc., a developer of high-speed connectivity solutions, announced the acquisition of Optella Co., a provider of optical connectivity for long-reach optical interconnect applications. Currently focused on low-cost, plug-and-play,...
ARL Develops New Type of Thermal Imaging Camera
ADELPHI, Md., Nov. 14, 2018 — Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), in collaboration with Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc., have developed a new type of thermal imaging camera that allows soldiers to see hidden objects that were previously undetectable. Kristan...
MSH Systems to Distribute Raptor Cameras in Japan
LARNE, Northern Ireland, Nov. 14, 2018 — Camera manufacturer Raptor Photonics Ltd. has appointed MSH Systems as its camera solutions distributor in Japan. Based in Tokyo, MSH Systems offers a range of services in optical components, lasers, and spectroscopy equipment, as well as fast and...
OSRAM Extends Bank, Kampmann Contracts
MUNICH, Nov. 14, 2018 — The OSRAM Supervisory Board has extended the contracts of Ingo Bank, chief financial officer, and Stefan Kampmann, chief technology officer. The assignments were set to expire in 2019. The five-year renewal will run through the summer of 2024.
Geospace Acquires OptoSeis
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2018 — Geospace Technologies announced that it has acquired from PGS Americas Inc. all intellectual property and related assets of PGS’s OptoSeis fiber optic sensing technology business. Geospace intends to retain PGS’s employees and will continue...
Moffitt’s Gillies Receives World Molecular Imaging Society’s Top Award
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 13, 2018 — Robert Gillies, chair of the cancer physiology department and vice chair of radiology research at Moffitt Cancer Center, was awarded the 2018 Gold Medal Award by the World Molecular Imaging Society. Gillies' career successes have led to new...
EPS’ Quantum Division Announces ‘Science of Light’ Prize
MULHOUSE, France, Nov. 13, 2018 — The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is accepting nominations for its biennial Research into the Science of Light prize until Nov. 22. The prize is awarded every two years in recognition of recent...
Carnegie Mellon Team Enters DARPA Autonomous Robotics Competition
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 12, 2018 — A team from Carnegie Mellon University will compete in the systems track of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Subterranean Challenge, a multiyear robotics competition with a $2 million prize in which robots will...
Argonne Lab Receives $11M DOE Grant
LEMONT, Ill., Nov. 12, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will receive more than $11 million in DOE funding over the course of three years as part of a series of research grants for quantum information science. The award will fund four major...
UCL, Google Begin Quantum Computing Partnership
LONDON, Nov. 9, 2018 — University College London (UCL) is joining forces with Google to launch a £5.5 million ($7.2 million) Prosperity Partnership, which aims to harness the revolutionary power of quantum computers for applications in modeling and simulation. The...
OSA Awards Highest Distinction to UC Santa Barbara’s Rod Alferness
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 9, 2018 — The Optical Society (OSA) has awarded its 2018 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize to Rod Alferness, the Richard A. Auhull professor and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Alferness led the charge...
II-VI to Acquire Finisar
PITTSBURGH and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2018 — II-VI Inc., a developer of engineered materials and optoelectronic components, and Finisar Corp., a global technology leader in optical communications, have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement,...
Stevens Institute of Technology Researchers Awarded NSF Quantum Grant
HOBOKEN, N.J., Nov. 8, 2018 — In a coordinated national strategy to fund quantum-related research and education, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two of its eight nationwide RAISE-EQuIP grants to physicists Yuping Huang and Stefan Strauf at Stevens Institute of...
Kitt Peak Observatory to House Windows on the Universe Center
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 8, 2018 — A $4.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been awarded to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) for the development of a new “Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach”...
Hamamatsu to Distribute Energetiq Laser Light Sources
WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 7, 2018 — Hamamatsu Photonics has been named a global distributor for Energetiq Technology Inc.’s laser-driven light sources. Hamamatsu Photonics acquired Energetiq in October 2017. The company says this increased global presence in each Hamamatsu-supported...
NSF Awards Grant to Gemini Observatory
HILO, Hawaii, Nov. 6, 2018 — The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Gemini Observatory a multi-million-dollar award to enhance its role in the era of multimessenger astronomy and future facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope. The Gemini...

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