CREOL e-Highlights Vol 1 Iss 2

Hello, and welcome to e-Highlights, published monthly by the University of Central Florida 's College of Optics and Photonics. In this edition we feature a recap of Industrial Affiliates Day; send a welcome to our new affiliates; provide updates on FPCE Partnership projects; announce the winner of the university's student research honor; and we say our farewells to Kurt Busch.

Additionally, I would like to further extend an invitation to all of you. If you have ideas for a topic you would like to see covered or an issue you think we should address, if you would like to submit an article to be considered for publication in CREOL e-Highlights, or if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please click here to e-mail us.

We look forward to hearing from you, and we hope you find e-Highlights to be a valuable source of news and information.

A very big thank you to all of our industry partners and colleagues who attended Industrial Affiliates Day. Also, a great thank you for the hard work of the College staff, which labored long hours to make this year's event a success.

(Photo caption, from left: Trustee Professor Dr. Peter Delfyett, Guest Speaker Dr. Martin Stickley (DARPA), and Life Member Affiliate Dr. Art Guenther.)

You can view highlights of the event and see the presentations by clicking here.

We would like to encourage all corporations and businesses involved in the development or use of optics and lasers to become involved in our Affiliates program. Your involvement aids our progress in education and research, and it helps to formulate partnerships and crystallize our vision for developments and applications in optics and lasers in the future. For more information please click here.

The FPCE Partnership projects completed its second round of proposals and funding awards. In the first round of funding -- 22 projects at five universities, involving 19 companies that promised to provide $2.69 million of matching funds, equipment, and/or in-kind support --provided $1.82 million in FPCE funds in March 2004.

For the second year of funding, we received 24 proposals – 17 continuing from the first year and seven new projects. A total of 17 projects at four universities – 15 continuing and two new – overall received a total of $1.3 million, with the 13 companies involved bringing $2.55 million of additional matching funds to the projects.

Congratulations to Anand Santhanam, winner of the Best Oral Presentation at the UCF Graduate Research Forum for the Engineering, Computer Science, Optics, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Simulation and Modeling categories. Santhanam's presentation was entitled, “Visualization of Real-time 3D Lung Dynamics.” Mentors: Jannick Rolland, Sumanta Pattanaik.

Additionally, Santhanam received a prestigious Link Fellowship for 2005. The LINK Foundation Fellowships are for students pursuing research in modeling and simulation across the U.S. The competition is fierce with only three or four given in any one year. Santhanam will be receiving $25,000 from the LINK Foundation to provide a stipend, travel funds, and supplies. His fellowship begins in the fall.

Faculty member Kurt Busch has accepted a full professorship with the University of Karlsruhe in Germany beginning May 9 of this year. We are definitely sorry to see him leave; however, we hope to continue to building collaborative relations with him, as well as with the University of Karlsruhe.

We celebrated the arrival of spring, once again, with our annual picnic at “Soggy Acres,” otherwise known as the home of our Vice President for Research, M.J. Soileau.

(Photo caption: Drs. Soileau and Van Stryland enjoying the festivities of the day.)

Thanks for the hospitality M.J. You can see photos from the event by clicking here.

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		Vol. 1, Issue #2 April 2005 CREOL Web site

Greetings Friends of CREOL: Hello, and welcome to e-Highlights, published monthly by the University of Central Florida 's College of Optics and Photonics. In this edition we feature a recap of Industrial Affiliates Day; send a welcome to our new affiliates; provide updates on FPCE Partnership projects; announce the winner of the university's student research honor; and we say our farewells to Kurt Busch. Additionally, I would like to further extend an invitation to all of you. If you have ideas for a topic you would like to see covered or an issue you think we should address, if you would like to submit an article to be considered for publication in CREOL e-Highlights, or if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please click here to e-mail us. We look forward to hearing from you, and we hope you find e-Highlights to be a valuable source of news and information. Sincerely, James Pearson, PhD Director of Research and Administration , College of Optics & Photonics INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES DAY, APRIL 1, 2005: RECAP A very big thank you to all of our industry partners and colleagues who attended Industrial Affiliates Day. Also, a great thank you for the hard work of the College staff, which labored long hours to make this year's event a success. (Photo caption, from left: Trustee Professor Dr. Peter Delfyett, Guest Speaker Dr. Martin Stickley (DARPA), and Life Member Affiliate Dr. Art Guenther.) You can view highlights of the event and see the presentations by clicking here. In related news, the College also announced its annual student awards: Student of the Year – Jeremy Ellis, a student of Dr. Aristide Dogariu (Photo caption: Student of the Year Jeremy Ellis.) Outstanding Poster – Kevin Croussore, a student of Dr. Guifang Li Gramm Travel Award – Frank Quinlan, a student of Dr. Peter Delfyett WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES Texas Instruments (http://www.ti.com/dmd) Aerotech (http://www.aerotech.com) SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (http://www.spie.org) Veeco Instruments http://www.veeco.com Hewlett Packard Company (http://www.hp.com) Tower Optical Corporation (http://www.toweroptical.com) We would like to encourage all corporations and businesses involved in the development or use of optics and lasers to become involved in our Affiliates program. Your involvement aids our progress in education and research, and it helps to formulate partnerships and crystallize our vision for developments and applications in optics and lasers in the future. For more information please click here. FPCE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT UPDATES The FPCE Partnership projects completed its second round of proposals and funding awards. In the first round of funding -- 22 projects at five universities, involving 19 companies that promised to provide $2.69 million of matching funds, equipment, and/or in-kind support --provided $1.82 million in FPCE funds in March 2004. For the second year of funding, we received 24 proposals – 17 continuing from the first year and seven new projects. A total of 17 projects at four universities – 15 continuing and two new – overall received a total of $1.3 million, with the 13 companies involved bringing $2.55 million of additional matching funds to the projects. SANTHANAM WINS UNIVERSITY STUDENT RESEARCH HONOR Congratulations to Anand Santhanam, winner of the Best Oral Presentation at the UCF Graduate Research Forum for the Engineering, Computer Science, Optics, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Simulation and Modeling categories. Santhanam's presentation was entitled, “Visualization of Real-time 3D Lung Dynamics.” Mentors: Jannick Rolland, Sumanta Pattanaik. Additionally, Santhanam received a prestigious Link Fellowship for 2005. The LINK Foundation Fellowships are for students pursuing research in modeling and simulation across the U.S. The competition is fierce with only three or four given in any one year. Santhanam will be receiving $25,000 from the LINK Foundation to provide a stipend, travel funds, and supplies. His fellowship begins in the fall. FAREWELL TO KURT BUSCH Faculty member Kurt Busch has accepted a full professorship with the University of Karlsruhe in Germany beginning May 9 of this year. We are definitely sorry to see him leave; however, we hope to continue to building collaborative relations with him, as well as with the University of Karlsruhe. SPRING THING YET AGAIN We celebrated the arrival of spring, once again, with our annual picnic at “Soggy Acres,” otherwise known as the home of our Vice President for Research, M.J. Soileau. (Photo caption: Drs. Soileau and Van Stryland enjoying the festivities of the day.) Thanks for the hospitality M.J. You can see photos from the event by clicking here. Contact Editor - - - - Published by College of Optics and Photonics: CREOL & FPCE University of Central Florida P.O. Box 162700 Orlando, FL 32816-2700 (407) 823-6800 e-Highlights is best viewed in HTML.	In this issue: Industrial Affiliates Day Recap Welcome New Affiliates FPCE Partnership Projects Santhanam Wins University Student Research Honor Farewell to Kurt Busch "Spring Thing" Yet Again Click Here to read the latest news from CREOL. Click here to learn about upcoming events and seminars at the College of Optics and Photonics. Send us E-Mail Click Here to Subscribe or Unsubscribe - - - - Open Positions at the College of Optics & Photonics Greeting from the Dean Graduate Fellowships Research for Undergrads Industrial Affiliates Day Presentations Current Research Activities and PDF of Faculty Research Booklet