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…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – August 2019
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: AACC, Advisory Committee, Andres Diaz, Art Guenther, CCCC, Chrys Panayiotou, Cymer, Emerging Applications of Photonics, employers, Epilog laser, farewell, Frank Reed, Fred Seeber, Fundamentals of Fiber Optics, Geometrical and Physical Optics, Greg Kepner, HI-TEC 2019, HI-TEC Conference, high school, IHCC, Indian Hills Community College, Indian River State College, Introduction to Photonics, Introduction to Spectroscopy, Iowa, IRSC, James S. McDonnell Planetarium, Jason Troyano, laboratories, Laser and Fiber Optics Technology Series, Laser and Optics Technology, Laser and Photonics Technology, Laser Institute of America, Laser Material Processing, Laser Systems and Applications, Laser-Photonics Technologies, LASER-TEC, Leno Pedrotti, LIA, LightBlox, M.J. Soileau, Maurice Roney, Mentor-Connect, Midwest Photonics Education Center, Missouri, MO, MPEC, Natalia Chekhovskaya, National Science Foundation, NSF, OPCN, OPCN Network, Optics and Photonics College Network, OSA Optics Suitcase, Photonics, professional development, retire, Ryan Renfrew, Skill Standards, St. Louis, St. Louis Science Center, students, technician, Technology, work
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.…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: AACC, CCCC, Central Carolina Community College, Chris Baggett, Chrys Panayiotou, Emerging Applications of Photonics, employers, Frank Reed, Fundamentals of Photonics Workshop, Gary Beasley, HI-TEC 2019, HI-TEC Conference, high school, hiring, IHCC, Indian Hills Community College, Indian River State College, Iowa, IRSC, Irvine Valley College, Kentek, laboratories, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Laser and Optics Technology, Laser and Photonics Technology, Laser Material Processing Workshop, laser pointer, LASER-TEC, LWTech, medical lasers, Mentor-Connect, Midwest Photonics Education Center, Missouri, MO, mobile spectroscopy, MPEC, National Science Foundation, Northrop Grumman, NSF, OPCN, OPCN Network, Optics and Photonics College Network, PHOTON1, Photonics, Prismatic Magic, professional development, Raman spectroscopy, SPIE, St. Louis, students, Summer Learning Programs, technician, Technology, Wasatch Photonics, work
OP-TEC Newsletter – September 2018
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…
Posted in News, Newsletters Tagged with: Alex Dawson, ATE funding, ATE Grant, Central Carolina Community College, Chrys Panayiotou, Co-Line Manufacturing, employers, IHCC, Inc, Indian Hills Community College, Indian River State College, IRSC, John Deere, Krisinda Plenkovich, laboratories, LADAR, Laser & Photonics Technology, Laser and Optics Technology, Laser and Photonics Technology, laser cutting, Laser Institute of America, Laser Material Processing, Laser Safety, LASER-TEC, Lensless camera, LIA, Manufacturing Day, Mentor-Connect, MFG Day, Midwest, Midwest Photonics Education Center, MPEC, NSF, online faculty development course, OPCN Network, Optics and Photonics College Network, Photonics, Preco, QAM Signal Modulation, SPIE, STEM, STEM teachers, student recruiting, Student Recruitment, students, technician, Technology, webinar
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 – 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…
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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