CREOL e-Highlights Vol 2 Iss 5

Vol. 2, Issue #5

May 2006

Greetings Friends of CREOL:

Welcome to e/Highlights, published monthly by The College of Optics and Photonics: CREOL & FPCE. In this issue we feature a an overview of Affiliates' Day, the Annual Spring Thing, and Faculty and Student News.

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Best Regards,

Jim Pearson

Director, Research & Administration

CREOL & FPCE, The College of Optics & Photonics

Thank You Affiliates and Guests!

CREOL & FPCE, The College of Optics and Photonics thanks all participants for their attendance at the 2006 Industrial Affiliates Meeting. This year's meeting was a huge success, simply because of your support.

For a recap of the event please visit: http://www.creol.ucf.edu/people/affiliates/AffiliatesDay2006/

The Annual Spring Thing

To conclude a week of SPIE meetings and Affiliates' Day preparations, it was a pleasure to see our friends and colleagues relax and unwind on the shores of Lake Jessup at the home of VP for Research, MJ Soileau. Those attending this year's Spring Thing received a well prepared feast of favorites. The highlight of the menu was the roasted pork, "PIGasus". More Photos!

Captain MJ tours Lake Jessup

Faculty News

SCHOENFELD TO SERVE AS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR FLORIDA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY

Congratulations to Dr. Winston Schoenfeld, Asst Professor of Optics and leader of the CREOL Nanophotonics Device Group, who has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society (AVS). AVS is a not-for-profit professional society (see http://www.avs.org/default.aspx) that promotes communication between academia, government laboratories, and industry for the purpose of sharing research and development findings over a broad range of technologically relevant topics, including Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology and Surface Science.

DELFYETT HONORED AS A TRAILBLAZER BY SCIENCE SPECTRUM MAGAZINE

Congratulations to Dr. Peter J. Delfyett, who has been selected by the editorial staff of Science Spectrum magazine to be honored as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer during the 2006 Minorities in Research Science Conference. Members of this year's class of the Science Spectrum Trailblazers, Top Minorities in Science will be recognized on Friday afternoon, September 15, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Trailblazers recognition luncheon.

Science Spectrum Trailblazers are minority men and women actively creating new paths for others in science, research, technology, and development. Some are experienced executives who continuously seek innovative products or lines of thought, some are breaking new ground at the midpoint of their careers, and others are recent grads that show pioneering promise. But regardless of their career point, they distinguish themselves by constantly setting their sights higher, striving to innovate, and opening doors for others.

Please join me in congratulating Peter on this fine recognition.

Student News

COSTIN E. CURATU AWARDED THE 2006 WILLIAM H. PRICE SCHOLARSHIP IN OPTICAL ENGINEERING

Congratulations to Costin E. Curatu who has been Awarded the 2006 William H. Price Scholarship in Optical Engineering by SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Costin is a graduate student working with Professor Jannick Rolland. His research interests include optical design for head-mounted displays, eye tracking and vision optics. His main research project focuses on the integration of eye-tracking capabilities within Head Mounted Displays (HMD). Costin plans to use his scholarship to purchase optical design books, to attend SPIE's Optics & Photonics symposium, a Summer School on Adaptive Optics, and take an introductory course in LightTools.

YI-HSIN LIN IS A FINALIST FOR NEW FOCUS/BOOKHAM AWARD

Yi-Hsin Lin, graduate student being advised by Prof. S.T. Wu, was selected as one of seven finalists for the New Focus/Bookham award. The finalists will present their research at the upcoming CLEO/QELS conference in Long Beach, CA. This distinction has been given to at least 5 former CREOL students, so Ms. Lin is keeping the tradition alive and we wish her the best!

Welcome New Affiliate Members:

Goodrich Optical and Space Systems (Senior Member)

Danbury, CT

http://www.oss.goodrich.com/

Alpine Research Optics (Affiliate Member)

Boulder, CO

http://www.arocorp.com/

Optical Society of America (Affiliate Member)

Washington, DC

http://www.osa.org/

Save the Date:

May 21, 2006

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Meeting. The College of Optics and Photonics is a cooperating organization and will provide tours for attendees. Click here to visit SPIE.

May 22 - 26, 2006