Farewell from OP-TEC In less than two weeks, OP-TEC will complete our operations, and I will finally retire. I began my career in lasers 57 years ago, when my engineering manager at Westinghouse Defense Center reassigned me to build new…
OP-TEC Newsletter – August 2019
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OP-TEC Newsletter – July 2019
Are you preparing your students for the knowledge and skills that some employers want, or for what most employers need? How do you discern the difference? Does it really matter? National Skill Standards can help. College faculty that are preparing…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – June 2019
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 – May 2019
OP-TEC is releasing PDF copies of all the materials we have developed, as well as digital/video resources, for downloading by faculty and students in optics and photonics technician education programs. Descriptions of these materials/resources are described in the first three…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – April 2019
In its thirteen years of operation OP-TEC, the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, has developed and updated over 2,500 pages of educational materials: * 16 Student texts and Faculty Teaching Aids for…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – February 2019
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
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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Midwest Photonics Education Center
Indian Hills Community College
626 Indian Hills Drive
Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
Mr. Greg Kepner
Director
Office: 641-683-5284
E-mail: greg.kepner@indianhills.edu
Website: http://www.midwestphotonics.org
Specialization: Photonics in Manufacturing
Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Education Center
Indian River State College
3209 Virginia Avenue
Fort Pierce, FL 34981
Dr. Chrys Panayiotou
Director
Office: 772-462-7621
E-mail: cpanayio@irsc.edu
Website: http://www.laser-tec.org
Specialization: Fiber Optics
Texas State Technical College
3801 Campus Drive
Waco, Texas 76705
Mr. John O. Pedrotti
Department Chair, Lasers & Nanotechnology
Office: 254-867-3173
E-mail: john.pedrotti@tstc.edu
Website:http://www.tstc.edu/programs/LaserElectroOpticsTechnology
Specialization: Photonics in Opto-Electronics / Nano-Technology
Irvine Valley College / Advanced Technology and Education Park (IVC / ATEP)
15445 Lansdowne Road
Tustin, California 92782
Brian Monacelli
Office: 949-282-2706
E-mail: IVCphotonics@IVC.edu
Website: http://academics.ivc.edu/physci/photonics
Specialization: Photonics in Education/Training for Employed Technicians
Camden County College
200 College Drive
Blackwood, New Jersey 08012
Dr. Fred Seeber
Professor Emeritus, Physics and Photonics
Office: 856-227-7200 (ext. 4475)
E-mail: fseeber@camdencc.edu
Website:http://www.camdencc.edu/academics/departments/photonics-laser-electro-optic-tech/
New York Photonics
Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster
Thomas Battley, Executive Director
1565 Jefferson Rd, #420
Rochester, New York 14623
Phone: 585-329-4029
E-mail: tbattley@newyorkphotonics.org
Website – New York Photonics: www.newyorkphotonics.org
New Mexico Optics Industry Association
Jim McNalley, Chairman
851 University Blvd., SE
Suite 203
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
Phone: 505-767-1200
E-mail: info@nmoia.org
Website: www.nmoptics.com
Florida Photonics Cluster
Florida Photonics Cluster
James E. Pearson, Executive Director
12424 Research Parkway, Ste. 100
Orlando, Florida 32826
E-mail: jpearson@creol.ucf.edu
Website: www.floridaphotonicscluster.org
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
Carolinas Photonics Consortium
Jeff Conley, Director
1754 Woodruff Rd., Ste. 101
Greenville, South Carolina 29607
Phone: 864-325-4700
E-mail: jcon@charter.net
Website: www.carolinasphotonics.com
Optics Valley
c/o Arizona Technology Council
John Dennis, Chair
9070 South Rita Road, #1550
Tucson, AZ 85747
E-mail: Chair@OpticsValleyAZ.org
Website: www.OpticsValleyAZ.org
Indian Hills Community College
626 Indian Hills Drive
Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
Mr. Greg Kepner
Department Chair, Industrial Technology
Office: 641-683-5284
E-mail: gkepner@indianhills.edu
Website: http://www.indianhills.edu/courses/tech/laser.html
Specialization: Photonics in Manufacturing