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…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – April 2018
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
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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...
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5 More Amazing STEM Organizations for Teens
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Phone: 303-834-1022
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