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…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – February 2018
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
UCF Today: UCF-led Consortium to Manage Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico t.co/dN9v9vh6fl
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
Retweeted Laser Institute (@LaserInstitute):
LIA turns 50 on March 20! To commemorate this milestone, we will be sharing 2 fun facts every weekday leading up to our birthday for a total of 50 facts for 50 years!
#50Factsfor50Years
Retweeted The Optical Society (@OpticalSociety):
OSA launches redesigned Optics4Kids website which provides comprehensive #optics & #photonics resources for kids, parents & teachers. Learn more at t.co/ch3M1VR3FJ t.co/WxIpQaA5wR
5 More Amazing STEM Organizations for Teens t.co/X4pe57IKvE
5 More Amazing STEM Organizations for Teens
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Having trouble finding an extracurricular activity that fits your interests? Maybe it's time to start or join one of these STEM organizations for teens. Things like sports, band, and chorus might alre...
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Colorado Photonics Industry Association
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Boulder, Colorado 80301
Phone: 303-834-1022
E-mail: exec@coloradophotonics.org
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