The Board of Laser Safety (BLS) launched its new website today at www.lasersafety.org. The new website provides a user-friendly platform that offers many convenient features, including: Easy-to-read news feed that allows timely releases of critical laser safety information. Powerful cloud-based…
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Board of Laser Safety Announces Launch of New Website
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OP-TEC Presents at 2016 NCPN Conference
OP-TEC presented and exhibited at the NCPN conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 7, 2016. Taylor Jeffrey, curriculum development engineer, delivered a session entitled “College Recruitment of Students for Technician Education” and took part in a joint exhibit sponsored by…
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OP-TEC Brings Awareness of Laser Optics and Photonics Technology to Waco’s ScienceFest
OP-TEC, TSTC, and Baylor hosted a laser optics and photonics technology room at Waco’s ScienceFest, October 1-2, 2016. Attendees explored the phenomena of diffraction and polarization with hands-on demonstrations, and had a chance to win prizes by playing the Matching…
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OP-TEC Publishes New Success Stories in Photonics Careers PACT Book
Success Stories in Photonics Careers 2015-2016 Inductees PACT Book The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) has recently published the 2015 – 2016 Success Stories in Photonics Careers PACT book. The new PACT booklet features 24 exemplary photonics…
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OP-TEC Publishes New Integrated Photonics Textbook for Colleges
OP-TEC has published a new college course textbook called Integrated Photonics. This 5-module textbook provides an overview of the technology, device characteristics, fabrication techniques and equipment, and applications for integrated photonics in high-speed computing, telecommunications, biomedicine, and other fields. …
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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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OP-TEC Publishes 2015 Catalog
The 2015 OP-TEC Photonics Curriculum Materials Catalog contains information on photonics program planning, student textbooks, and teaching resources available from The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education. See Inside 2015 Catalog: About OP-TEC & Resources Electronics Program Infusion Precision…
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NEW Course 1: Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Interactive eTextbook for Sale
Course 1: Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Interactive eTextbook A technician-level, standards-based comprehensive study of basic photonics concepts. For students in AAS optics, laser/electro-optics, and photonics enabled technology programs, high school dual-credit courses, or for employed technicians working in photonics…
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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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Boulder, Colorado 80301
Phone: 303-834-1022
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