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SPIE Traveling Lecturer: The Science of Invisibility
On Friday, January 27th, we were pleased to host Professor Greg Gbur from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC) Department of Physics and Optics for our yearly SPIE Traveling lecturer series.
This year’s talk had everyone intrigued from the beginning. With the clever title “How not to be seen: the science of invisibility,” Professor Gbur talked us through the crazy science fiction and the even crazier science of cloaking technology, invisibility, and metamaterials. We laughed, we cried, we asked “WTF.” Slide after slide, we were emerged in the science and fun speculation with what one can do with the increasingly plausible notion of invisibility. Protect from earthquakes? Make a hole in a wall? Turn a spoon into a coffee cup???
Also, Greg is a fantastic, interesting speaker, and we were so glad to host him. Professor Gbur also writes two web blogs on creepy stuff in science called the Science Chamber of Horrors, and a fun exploration of physics, optics, and pulp fuction: Skulls in the Stars.
Thanks for joining us on this blustery day, Greg! We hope you come visit us soon!
Art in Science 2016: Reception and Winners
On November 17th, we held the reception for our annual Art in Science competition.
We were pleased to have received 40 submissions from departments across UCI’s campus. The stellar quality was impressive! Our guest judge, Professor Stephen Barker and Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, eloquently told us his vision for the winners: how one may make emotions and perceptions come alive in art.
Professor Barker and our very own and much beloved adviser, Professor Eric O. Potma from the Department of Chemistry, came to unanimous decision on the top two winners and one honorable mention.
Honorable Mention: Neha Garg, “LCAT Particles”
2nd Place: Haoxin Zhange, “Fear of the Brain”
1st Place: Yasemin Sarigul-Klijn, “Musicglove”
With a good dose of art and snacks, we bid 2016, adieu. To view this year’s, and past year’s winners, drop by the lobby in Natural Sciences 2 when you need a study/lab break!
Photonics@UCI Welcome Party!
Come join us this Friday Oct 2nd at 6pm at the PV Club House for our Welcome Party! There will be FREE BEER, FREE FOOD, and LASERS! How often do you hear that? Also, we are raffling off a beautiful poster in celebration of the International Year of Light. Come learn about what we do. We like optics, we like science, we like art.
“Light Beyond the Bulb” exhibition
May 4th, 1 p.m.
Student Center Lobby
“Light Beyond the Bulb” exhibit reception
Beautiful prints from the international “Light: Beyond the Bulb” exhibit will be shown as the inaugural event for the campus-wide Illuminations initiative, which seeks to create links between the sciences and arts. For more information on Illuminations, follow the link.
Light snacks and drinks will be provided.
Student Center Lobby
IONS-NA 8 Montreal
The 8th North America International OSA Network of Students (IONS)® conference will take place at Polytechnique Montréal in Montréal, Canada on 25-27 May 2014. On behalf of the sponsors of this event, we extend the invitation to you all.
IONS conferences bring students together from all over the world to discuss the latest results in their research and to share their experiences with OSA Student Chapter activities.
DEADLINE:
| The submission and registration deadline is 1 April 2014. Submit your abstract and register today!  Note: Conference registration is FREE and most meals are included! Travel grants are also available! |
Conference highlights include:
- Plenary talks
- Student quick talk
- Student paper presentation and poster session
- Best student talk /poster awards
- Conference dinner
- Social day
Visit the IONS-NA 8 website for more information on speakers, events, programs and travel grants.
Contact us if you have any questions.
2014 Biophotonics Summer School
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosts the 5th Biophotonics Summer School.
WHEN:
May 19-30, 2014
FORMAT:
10 days: 4 hours of lectures and 4 hours of labs per day
TOPICS:
Principles of Biophotonics
Technology and methods of investigation
Current research (e.g., biomolecular sensing, nanoprobes, nonlinear microscopy, nanoscopy, nanoplasmonics, quantitative phase imaging)
Leading speakers from Illinois and U.S.
Check the schedule and additional information here.
Saint Petersburg OPEN 2014
On behalf of the St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of Science OSA Student Chapter:
“The St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of Science OSA Student Chapter invites all undergraduate, graduate and PhD students to attend 1st International School and Conference “Saint-Petersburg OPEN 2014” which is chaired by Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (2000), academician Zhores I. Alferov. The conference will be hosted by the St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences and covers modern aspects of Optoelectronics, Photonics, Engineering and Nanostructures. All accepted proceedings will be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series.
Abstract submission due date is February 28, 2014. The series of travel grants is also available. Please, find attached the official poster of the conference. The detailed information can be also found on the official page of the conference: http://spbopen2014.spbau.com/“
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IONS-NA 6
We will be going to IONS-NA 6 next September.
The IONS project is an International OSA Network of Students that aims to connect you to people in the world of optics and photonics all around the planet. Learn more about it here.
Next September will take place the 6th North America IONS meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. This is a good opportunity for our chapter to get initiated into these OSA events, which happen several times around the year in all the continents. We are looking forward to participating in this conference offers, as well as to taking part in the great networking and social events that are scheduled.