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…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – March 2018
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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…
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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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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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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):
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