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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 |
The newly established Solar Energy Research Center, SERC, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is holding a Symposium on Energy Sustainability, titled, "Securing Our Energy Future, Next Generation Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels" January 15 - 17, 2009. For more information and/or to register, click on the link below:
http://www.unc.edu/serc/ |

Visit UNC Charlotte and other Carolinas Photonics Consortium (CPC) members at the
Photonics West Conference in the San Jose, California Convention Center January 24 - 29 2009, at
Booths 6170 - 6177 |
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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." |
Congressional Visits Day (CVD) 2008
Invest in Research Now for a Strong Future
SPIE Members Tell Congress
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...

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Optics Grad Student Mingzhen Tang wins award at Photonics West 2008!
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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
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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
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SPIE Members Emphasize Importance of R & D Funding to Congress
Congress Hears about R&D Funding from Hundreds of Constituents
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On July 11, 2007, four from Northrop Grumman, Baltimore, led by the Chief Scientist Michael Fitelson; and Eric Phillips from DMEA (Defense Microelectronic Activity), program manager, with Ray Tsu, Steve Mosier, Lee Casperson, Berry Burks conducted a strategic meeting at UNCC on Dr. Ray Tsu’s on-going contract: ‘High Power and High Temperature Material-SiC for Military Applications’.
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Eric Johnson Appointed Associate Director of Optoelectronics Center
Professor Eric G. Johnson, former Director of the Micro-Photonics Lab, College of Optics & Photonics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, has moved to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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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
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Highlights of the 5th CRI Workshop
Computational Imaging and Superresolution
June 10 - 12, 2008
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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

Optoelectronics Center
Calendar of Events

SPIE Student Chapter
Web Site

OSA Student Chapter
Web Site


Charlotte
Research Institute

Carolinas Photonics Consortium

Optics Center
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