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Dr. Fiddy gives seminar at the State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics in Changchun
(the birthplace of optical science and engineering in China) ...more



Workshop - Speaker Presentations

As they become available, speaker presentation files from the May '09 workshop can be viewed via secure web site access. Please note that the decision to share the presentation is up to the individual author(s). For more information please click on the link below.

Speaker Presentation Files

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6th Annual CRI
Summer Conference
May 27 - 30, 2009



A video featuring OIDA president Michael Lebby
and Laser Focus World chief editor Steve Anderson contains an overview of OPTOmism conference
(May 18-20) content:

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/359893


Please join us in congratulating Optics Graduate Student Yi-Chen Chuang for winning a Newport award at Photonics West in January 2009. For more information and a link to the SPIE article detailing this and other student awards presented at Photonics West
Click Here.
Yichen

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Friday Optics Seminar presenters from Cree Inc.,
UNC alum Casey Burkhart, Process Engineer; and
Ron Hall, Value-Add and Solutions Provider Manager
...more information


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2009 Global Venture Challenge UNC Charlotte team pictured left to right, students Terence Goveas, David Schroder, and Tanya Dias, Associate Professor Dr. Mohamed-Ali Hasan, and Ken Paulus, Assistant Director for Business and Entrepreneurial Development for the Charlotte Research Institute. Not pictured, Dr. Michael Fiddy.
Click Here for Charlotte Observer Article..
"UNCC team vies for world title."


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Joint ECE-Optics
Seminar

Tuesday
March 31, 2009

Larry Rowland
Owner,
Aymont Technology

Seminar Topic:
"Novel Silicon Carbide for Avalanche Photodiodes"



Grigg Room 132
2.00 - 3.30

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Olympus Show and
Equipment Demo

April 9th & 10th

Bring your samples, ask questions, capture images, measure, analyze and investigate.

For more info, Contact: Chris Dunkley

Tel: 919-601-1340

Email:

chris.dunkley@olympus.com

...Equipment List





"SOLVE THIS" VIDEO

A great research institution is always in search of solutions.  Its challenge – “Solve This!”  The Charlotte Research Institute at UNC Charlotte tackles problems everyday in fields such as precision measurement, biosciences, optoelectronics, E-business and energy.  “Solve This!” poses the kinds of problems that the Charlotte Research Institute answers.  Hear from the researchers themselves as they describe a problem and how they intend to solve it.

…A look into the research that Dr. Ed Stokes does at the Charlotte Research Institute




Jobs: Optics Grads Wanted!
BS / MS / PhD

CLICK HERE






(from L to R - Aaron Cannistra, Mike Fiddy, Scott Williams)


(Booths 6170 - 6177)


Menelaos Poutous (left) and Scott Williams (right)






The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) and Laser Focus World are presenting "OPTOmism" Conference and Exhibition, "Photonics for the Green Revolution," May 18 - 20, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE is OCT. 31, 08. For more information and/or to regsiter, click on the link below:
http://opt09.events.pennnet.com/fl//index.cfm



5th Annual CRI Summer Workshop

Computational Imaging and Superresolution

June 10 - 12, 2008






Visit SPIE's new Cluster Directory

spie.org/clusters

"Optics and photonics clusters provide you the opportunity to network with industry and academic leaders in your region."







NCSLI Awards



Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Distinguished Professor Dr. Robert Hocken presented Optics Graduate Student Amit Suratkar the NCSLI Award. The National Conference of Standards Laboratories International Award was also presented to Mechanical Engineering Student Charlie Stroup...




Optics Grad Student Mingzhen Tang wins award at Photonics West 2008!



OSA Student Chapter,
Creation and Officer Election


Pictured left to right, Choon How Gan, Daryl Purcell,
Kristin Walker, Mingzhen Tang and Javaid Ikram


The OSA Charlotte Student Chapter held its first meeting and elected officers on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 in the Optics Library. The elected President is Choon How Gan, Vice President is Mingzhen Tang, Secretary is Daryl Purcell, Treasurer is Kristin Walker and the Outreach Coordinator is Javaid Ikram.

Link to Student Chapter Website




OSA and SPIE on Campus

"Thank You" Lunch - Speaker "Meet & Greet"


OSA Charlotte Local Chapter President, Choon How Gan, and SPIE UNC Charlotte Student Chapter President, Amit Suratkar, held a “Thank You” lunch on November 9th in appreciation of the time and support given by those involved with the open-house and outreach events during the Optics Center’s Symposium Week on campus. The lunch was held at noon in the Optics Library and participants were many and included Friday's Seminar speaker, Dr. Shrenik Deliwala and his associate from Analog Devices, Inc.


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Congratulations to Mingzhen Tang,
Haitao Zhang and Tsing-Hua Her!


Please join us in congratulating Mingzhen Tang, Haitao Zhang and Tsing-Hua Her for the recognition they are receiving at Optics.org for their paper, "Self-assembly of tunable and highly uniform tungsten nanogratings induced by a femtosecond laser with nanojoule energy," being highlighted this week in the Journal of Nanotechnology!



Pictured left to Right Haitao Zhang,
Mingzhen Tang and Tsing-Hua Her




...upcoming events

6th Annual CRI Summer Workshop
May 27 - 30, 2009
MetaMaterials

Hosted by: Dr. Michael Fiddy
The Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
235 Grigg Hall, Applied Optics and Physics Building


Friday Optics Seminars
Spring 2009 Seminar Series
Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
at UNC Charlotte



...Symposia Info


7th Annual Symposium

November 6, 2008
7th Annual Symposium on Solar Power

Hosted by: Dr. Michael Fiddy
The Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
235 Grigg Hall, Applied Optics and Physics Building




Highlights of the 6th Annual Symposium

November 1, 2007

Keynote Speaker: Nobel Laureate William D. Phillips
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Fiddy
Photonics.com Article
The Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
235 Grigg Hall, Applied Optics and Physics Building



...Workshop Info

 

Highlights of the 5th CRI Workshop
Computational Imaging and Superresolution
June 10 - 12, 2008

 
 
 
Highlights of the 4th CRI Workshop
The Physics of Microresonators
June 6 - 9, 2007

The 4th CRI Workshop held at UNC Charlotte’s Optoelectronics Center and hosted by the Charlotte Research Institute and Drs. Robert Wilhelm, Michael Fiddy and Vasily Astratov rang with resounding success, bringing together the brightest stars in the field of microresonator exploration for two and a half presentation-packed days and a spirited discourse that had attendees anticipating a topic for next year’s yet-to-be-titled 5th CRI Workshop. A good time was shared by all.

 



 


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Friday Optics Seminars
Communications and networks related seminars are co-sponsored by the IEEE Charlotte Communication Society



Optoelectronics Center
Calendar of Events




SPIE Student Chapter
Web Site



OSA Student Chapter
Web Site

Jobs: Optics Grads Wanted!
BS / MS / PhD

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Charlotte
Research Institute




Carolinas Photonics Consortium



Optics Center PowerPoint
Presentation

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