Society of Optics Students

Please join us tonight at 6:30 for movie night to watch Interstellar and wind down for spring break!

Thank you to everyone who attended the mini golf social on Friday! We’re excited to do be able to do more fun stuff both inside and outside of CREOL!

Be there tomorrow to learn about undergraduate research!

Say hello to the (mostly) new SOS officers for this year!

"Optical materials is a ‘chemistry thing’ blended with a ‘people thing.’ What makes this science so exciting is that the needs of any new optical system rely on the materials that make up its core."

Kathleen Richardson, Pegasus Professor at the University of Central Florida, discusses her career developing next-gen materials and her mentorship roles: https://bit.ly/3cVinkL

It's finally here! First virtual GBM of the semester next Wednesday, October 7! Also more light study this Saturday, so come by and say hello 🌞

We're back!
This Saturday, the CREOL discord server (see QR code) will be hosting light study in specific "Light Study" voice channels.
Three gracious volunteers, Nick (zipnut5 #4656 on discord), Yajaira (asukasan #4788), and CJ (CJ_Volz #5107) will be there to help you! In addition, geometric optics and foundations of photonics tutors John (KevinTwenty7 #0582) and Ilina (Ilina #3915) are going to be on standby for any specific questions.
See you there!

Dr. David Hagan Named Interim Dean as Dean Saleh Shifts Roles – CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics From the Provost News Room:I am pleased to share that Dr. David Hagan, Pegasus Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs, will serve as interim dean of the College of Optics and Photonics starting Monday, December 23, as Dean Bahaa E. A. Saleh moves to the faculty.In May, Dr. Saleh announce...

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Richardson on receiving the SPIE Maria Yzuel Educator Award! It is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to optics education by an SPIE instructor or educator in the field.
https://spie.org/about-spie/awards-programs/awards-listing/spie-maria-j-yzuel-educator-award

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2019 IEEE Orlando Section Outstanding Graduate Student Award – CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics Fangwang “Grace” Gou received the Outstanding graduate student award and scholarship, and Yuge “Esther” Huang received the Outstanding graduate student scholarship. Both these students are members of Dr. Shin-Tson Wu‘s LCD group.The Outstanding Graduate Student Award is to recognize a Grad...