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RIT to Study Photonics, Optics Workforce Training
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2015 — Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology are using a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study workforce training in the photonics and optics fields. "If we can find common trends, then arguably we could prepare students better for these careers without giving up the core curriculum," said Ben Zwickl, assistant professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy. The three-year Photonics and Optics Workforce Education Research project will use more than
Optical Simulation Software Offered Free to Universities
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 21, 2015 — Optiwave Systems Inc. is offering its optical component and system design software free to universities in the U.S. and Canada. The Free for Academics program includes a free, one-user lease of OptiSuite, which comprises all six of the company's...
University of Arizona to Host Industry Affiliates Workshop
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 18, 2015 — The University of Arizona's College of Optical Sciences next month will host a three-day event designed to keep its teaching aligned with industry needs. The Industrial Affiliates Workshop and Corporate Showcase/Career Fair is planned for Oct. 7...
Photonics Education: Where is Everybody?
Sep 14, 2015 — John-Kevin Frazee put himself through community college while working for minimum wage at a grocery store. After graduating in 2011, he took jobs growing laser crystals and processing LED wafers. By age 23, he'd earned enough to buy a house. "With...
Optics, Photonics Programs Are Lighting the Way
Sep 1, 2015 — While schools nationwide are welcoming students for the start of the new academic year, we profile three of the country’s top university optics and photonics programs — oldest to newest — that are shaping the future of the...
Education Fuels the Future
Sep 1, 2015 — Researchers, scientists and industry experts (no matter their amount of “in-field” experience) must stay current with scientific understanding and technological advances if they expect to succeed in the future. They must continually...
€6.2M Project Aims for 25% Efficiency from Thin-Film Solar Cells
STUTTGART, Germany, June 29, 2015 — A consortium of 11 European universities, research facilities and businesses has set out to create thin-film solar cells to rival the efficiency and cost of multicrystalline technology. The three-and-a-half-year project is supported by €4.6...
European Groups Launch Photonics4All Program
KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 7, 2015 — A two-year program funded by the European Commission aims to raise awareness of the importance of photonics and make it accessible to the general public, business and industry. Photonics4All will involve 10 partner organizations from nine European...
Grants Will Boost Recruitment for Two-Year College Photonics Programs
WACO, Texas, March 6, 2015 — Four colleges in Michigan, New Mexico and Puerto Rico will receive $15,000 grants from the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to help entice high school students into associate’s degree programs in photonics. A recent...
Laser Creates Graphene Electronics from Polymer
HOUSTON, Dec. 10, 2014 — An IR CO2 laser operating at room temperature can turn cheap polymer into multilayer graphene with heightened electrical conductivity and capacitance. Researchers at Rice University say their one-step laser-induced graphene (LIG) process could...
Thales, ICFO Partner on mid-IR Lasers
BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 9, 2014 — The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) will collaborate with the Thales Group of France to develop ultrafast mid-infrared lasers with high energies and repetition rates. The lasers could be used in IR spectroscopy and biomedical imaging, as well...
Biomarker System Offers Advanced Cancer Detection
SINGAPORE, Nov. 21, 2014 — A combined biomarker and drug delivery system could lead to very localized, more effective cancer treatment. Developed by researchers at Nanyang Technological University, the biomarker detects and makes visible tumor cells by lighting up under a...
Young Researchers Honored for Solar, Optics Technologies
BALTIMORE, Nov. 20, 2014 — Solar technologies and cellulose-based optics were among the research efforts honored by the Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) and Outstanding Young Engineer (OYE) awards from the Maryland Academy of Sciences and Maryland Science Center. The annual...
Brain Studies Advance Neural Mapping, Axon Control
ARLINGTON, Texas, Nov. 12, 2014 — Probing the brain with lasers could not only advance understanding of the organ, but also help heal it.
Subwavelength Optical Fiber Sensitive to Sound
PARIS, Nov. 5, 2014 — Subwavelength optical fibers that produce a newly identified type of Brillouin light scattering could guide the development of highly sensitive sensors.
Grant Award Furthers Study of SWIR Light for Detecting Cancer
PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J., Oct. 22, 2014 — Detecting cancer as early as possible can be crucial to providing effective treatment. The continuing development of a new imaging method could do just that. A Rutgers University research team, along with scientists from Singapore University of...
Wang Named 2015 Britton Chance Award Winner
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 17, 2014 — Lihong Wang, an innovator in photoacoustic imaging, has been chosen to receive the 2015 Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award.
Edmund Optics Announces Education Awards
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 15, 2014 — With innovations ranging from fluorescence-guided cancer surgery to water quality assessment, nine graduate and undergraduate optics programs are the recipients of Edmund Optics’ 2014 Education Awards. The company evaluated more than 880...
UC Berkeley Nabs Grant for BRAIN Initiative, Teams with Zeiss
BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 13, 2014 — The University of California was awarded a total of $7.2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct brain-related research as part of the national BRAIN Initiative. The grants will be dispersed over three years. In a...
Oschmann Named UA 2014 Alum of the Year
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 9, 2014 — Jacobus Oschmann has been named the 2014 alumnus of the year by the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences.
Superresolution Microscopy Pioneers Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 8, 2014 — Circumventing the diffraction limit to achieve nanoscale microscope images has earned Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and W.E. Moerner the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Blue LED Inventors Win Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 7, 2014 — Three LED developers have been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Nanocavities Increase LED Display Output, Contrast
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 2, 2014 — Nanocavities can help light escape from LEDs to produce brighter, clearer and more efficient displays. Researchers at Princeton University reported increasing the efficiency of green organic LEDs (OLEDs) to 60 percent — 57 percent higher than...
Synopsys Names Optical Design Contest Winners
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 26, 2014 — Xinda Hu of the University of Arizona, and University of Rochester students Anthony Vella, Aaron Bauer and Nicolas Brown are the winners of Synopsis Inc.’s Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition. Hu designed a multifocal-plane...
Ones To Watch
Aug 4, 2014 — Every August, we bring you some of the best and brightest early-career researchers and engineers (sometimes in middle school or high school) – and this year is no different. Our editors have searched far and wide to find students of various...
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