On 16 May 2018 the first International Day of Light (IDL) celebrated the vital role of light and related technologies in science, culture and art, education and sustainable development. More than 600 events were held in 87 countries reaching hundreds…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – June 2018
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OP-TEC Newsletter – April 2018
The briefings in this newsletter on Optical Tweezers and Data Center Photonics are examples of the broad impact of rapidly emerging optics and photonics applications. The articles from MPEC and LASER-TEC exemplify some of the remarkable events that are occurring…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: BAE Systems, careers, Central Carolina Community College, Data Center Photonics, employer interviews, employer presentation, employers, equipment kit, Hands-on Capstone, HI-TEC, high school, IAM AgTech, IDL 2018, Indian Hills Community College, International Day of Light, Jeremy Knoll, job offers, Kenan Fellows, L-3 Communications, Laser & Photonics Technology, LASER-TEC, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LSP Technologies, Lumenis, Mazak, MC Machinery, Medtronic, MegaWatt Lasers, Mentor-Connect, Midwest, MPEC, NSF, Nuburu, online faculty development course, Optical Switching, Optical Tweezers, Photonics, Photonics Systems Technician Curriculum Guide, photonics workshop, Rudolph Technologies, Sightpath Medical, STEM, STEM teachers, student recruiting, students, technician, Zygo
OP-TEC Newsletter – March 2018
The lead pictures in this issue remind us of the rapidly emerging market of wearable fibers, and the essential applications of optics and photonics to this field. Downloading and reading the referenced article is worthwhile. Another interesting scientific breakthrough is…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: American Association of University Women, careers, College Immersion Experience, Columbia Area Career Center, employers, Fiber Optics, Figures and Images for Instructors, girls, Hands-on Capstone, HI-TEC, high school, Indian Hills Community College, Laser & Photonics Technology, LASER-TEC, LIDAR, Lightcone Transformation Reconstruction, Metrology of Optical Systems, middle school, Midwest, monograph, MPEC, NSF, online faculty development course, Photonics, Puerto Rico, Quality Assurance of Precision Optics, STEM, student recruiting, students, Tech Like A Girl, technician, Tyler Dumbacher, Using Lasers to See Around Corners, Wearable Optical Fibers and Sensors, Wearable Technologies
OP-TEC Newsletter – February 2018
This newsletter emphasizes the rapidly emerging innovations and applications of optics and photonics. The first graphic illustrates how an optogenetic device can control the actions of small insect, to be operated as a drone. The following article summarizes how advancements…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: best practices, careers, Chrys Panayiotou, Community College Innovation Challenge, employers, Fiber Optics, hurricane, IEEE, Indian Hills Community College, industry partners, Introduction to Lasers and Optics, Jillian's, jobs, Laser & Photonics Technology, LASER-TEC, Lighting the Path to a Brighter Future, Meet and Greet, monograph, Moscone Center, MPEC, NSF, online faculty development course, OSA, Photonics, Photonics West, Puerto Rico, robotics, San Francisco, SPIE, SPIE Photonics West, STEM, Student Job Placement, student recruiting, students, Success Stoires in Photonics Careers, technician, technician job titles, technician jobs, technician salaries, The Optical Society, ultrafast lasers, webinar, Where Do Robotics and Photonics Technicians Work, workforce
OP-TEC Newsletter – January 2018
This issue marks the first anniversary of the monthly electronic newsletter from the Optics and Photonics College Network. Through the OPEN newsletter, faculty and administrators in colleges teaching photonics, as well as other technologies, have received briefings from colleges and centers of…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: alumni, ATE, best practices, Camden County College, careers, Chrys Panayiotou, Community College Innovation Challenge, employers, first anniversary, first birthday, Free Space Optical Communications, FSO, Google, hurricane, IEEE, Indian Hills Community College, industry partners, Jillian's, jobs, Laser & Photonics Technology, LASER-TEC, Leonard Khazan, Meet and Greet, monograph, Moscone Center, MPEC, NSF, online faculty development course, persimmon, Photonics, Photonics West, Puerto Rico, robotics, San Francisco, SPIE, SPIE Photonics West, STEM, Stephen DiStefano, Student Job Placement, student recruiting, students, Success Stoires in Photonics Careers, technician, technician job titles, technician jobs, technician salaries, webinar, Where Do Robotics and Photonics Technicians Work, workforce
OP-TEC Newsletter – December 2017
This issue of OPEN contains several excellent opportunities for professional development: MPEC summer workshops on “Laser Materials Processing” and “Fundamentals of Photonics” NSF Funded Mentoring Opportunities Community College Innovation Challenge CCIC OP-TEC Winter and Spring Webinars on Available Faculty Resources…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: Aaron Schweihofer, ATE, best practices, Central Carolina Community College, Chrys Panayiotou, Community College Innovation Challenge, Cool Lens, faculty position opening, Fundamentals of Photonics, Gary Beasley, Ice Lens, Indian Hills Community College, L-3 Insight Technology, Laser & Photonics Technology, Laser Cannons for Fighter Jets, Laser Materials Processing, LASER-TEC, Mentor-Connect, MentorLinks, monograph, Monroe Community College, MPEC, Northrop Grumman, NSF, Optics Research Center at UNC Charlotte, SPIE Photonics West, STEM, Student Job Placement, students, Success Stoires in Photonics Careers, SYNOPTICS, technician, webinar, workshop
2018 Community College Innovation Challenge
The Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) is a prestigious, two-stage competition where community college teams use science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to innovate solutions to real-world problems, compete for cash awards, and earn full travel support (students and faculty)…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – November 2017
The first item in this newsletter describes another national study that validates the benefits of associate degrees for technicians, as compared to many bachelor degrees. Several other briefings in this issue highlight interesting, useful events and internship opportunities for students,…
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OP-TEC Sponsors Events at the 2016 HI-TEC Conference
OP-TEC hosted the 8th annual Optics and Photonics College Network (OPCN) meeting and industry site visits during the 2016 HI‐TEC conference in Pittsburgh, July 25-28. The NSF ATE national and regional photonics centers and partner colleges joined colleagues from other high technology fields to offer several…
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Rochester Physicist Sets Her Sights on Training the Next Generation of Optics Technicians | Empire State Development t.co/TsYgQNLNLr
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Rochester Physicist Sets Her Sights on Training the Next Generation of Optics Technicians Among the many established and emerging companies in the Finger Lakes’ Optics, Photonics and Imaging (OPI) c...Retweeted Monroe Comm College (@MonroeCC):
Through a partnership with Monroe Community College, Corning Incorporated Foundation has awarded a $760,000 grant to further expand the college’s optics systems technology associate degree and certificate programs to serve more students.
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UCF-led Consortium to Manage Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
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The largest fully operational radio telescope on the planet – the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico – will soon be under new management. A consortium led by the University of Central Florida will...Retweeted SPIE (@SPIEtweets):
"Talking about light is an immediately visual and accessible way to get people of all backgrounds interested in science," --@johnmdudley, in new #IDL2018 blog series "Why Light?" t.co/d9QPAZwmba @IDL2018 t.co/i8jJGDENOi
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