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OP-TEC Newsletter – June 2019

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

Articles in this month’s issue feature laser applications emerging in medicine, summer recruitment events, and photonics technician program development. Faculty professional development opportunities include summer workshops at MPEC and the OPCN meetings at the July HI-TEC conference in St Louis.…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – March 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

The lead graphic in this issue of the Optics and Photonics Education Newsletter displays a new, very rapid optical technique for 3D printing. The system works by spraying patterned light from a projector onto a rotating drum, which is filled…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – February 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

New breakthroughs and innovations in lasers and optics continue to stimulate the rapid expansion of photonics applications. The first graphic in this issue represents the advantages of welding metals with blue lasers. The first article explains how optical sensors are…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – January 2019

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

The lead article in this issue describes the enormous growth in the use of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers and VCSEL diode arrays. A brief introduction to VCSELs is included in module 6 of OP-TEC’s Course 2, Laser Systems and Applications. More…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – December 2018

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

The lead picture in this month’s issue displays the winner of the OPN 2018 After Image photo contest. I encourage you to click the link to the website and view all ten of the finalist images. Copies of the new…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – November 2018

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

As OP-TEC completes its 13th year, a major effort of the center staff is to assure that the resources, best practices and networks OP-TEC has developed are well-established and sustained to continue producing the photonics technician workforce that supports our…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – October 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

By mid-October, most new photonics students have experienced their first six weeks of college, and many of them are struggling to keep up. Photonics faculty are also “struggling” to prevent these new students from dropping out or changing majors. Student…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – September 2018

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

The first two articles in this month’s newsletter (Using LADAR to See Through Fire and Lensless See-Through Cameras) are examples of the rapidly emerging applications of photonics. As this technology continues to expand, the demand for competent photonics technicians is…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – August 2018

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

One of the highlights of the OPCN meetings at the recent HI-TEC Conference in Miami, was the tour of Tower Optical Corporation’s precision optics manufacturing facility in Boynton Beach. Thanks to Tower Optical’s CEO, Mel Kantor, for this interesting experience,…

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OP-TEC Newsletter – July 2018

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Christine Dossey — No Comments ↓

July 2018 Optics and Photonics Education News: Optics & Photonics Enable “Rise of the Robots”A New Cloak of InvisibilityConverging Networks in Enterprise BuildingsMPEC Hosts Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Summer Manufacturing CampIntegrated Photonics Figures and Images for InstructorsNew WomenTech Educators Video BlogHI-TEC Conference…

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-1303732. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Colorado Photonics Industry Association

Garry Gorsuch, Director
5733 Central Ave.
Boulder, Colorado 80301
Phone: 303-834-1022
E-mail: exec@coloradophotonics.org
Website: www.coloradophotonics.org

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