The University of Rochester SPIE student chapter Our chapter currently has more than 60 members.
The University of Rochester SPIE student chapter was founded in May 2009: a much needed student organization that brings together graduate students with common interests in optics and/or imaging across the University. Inspired by the interdisciplinary nature of SPIE we have reached out to students from optics, biomedical engineering, physics, medical center, chemical engineering and computer science.
08/24/2023
The SPIE Summer Speaker Series is an annual event that encourages student members to exercise and improve upon their technical communications skills. Students can choose to present their own work, or elucidate other areas of interest to an audience of their peers.
Thanks to Professor Amy Arbogast for their and to our student speakers for presenting at our Summer Speaker Series!
08/24/2023
UR SPIE recently went on a tour of the C.E.K. Mees Observatory, the University of Rochester’s facility for teaching and astronomy outreach. We had great turnout at this event and are glad to have you join us!
Thanks to the staff at the Mees Observatory for hosting the tour and observations.
07/07/2023
Thanks to MCC for hosting a tour of their facilities!
07/07/2023
We had great turnout at this year's Lilac Festival.
Thanks to the volunteers for making this year's optics outreach at the Lilac Festival a success!
07/07/2023
It was a pleasure to showcase our optics demos, thanks to Quest Elementary for hosting this event!
05/08/2023
The SPIE and Optica Student Chapters at The Institute of Optics are bringing back the Optics Outreach Tent at the 125th Rochester Lilac Festival, May 12 – 21, 2023. Our student teams are hard at work preparing interactive science demonstrations that explore light, color, and optics - fun for all ages! Take a look at the beautiful cell structure of a lilac flower under a microscope, investigate how your eyes perceive color, learn about thermal imaging aboard the James Webb Space Telescope, and more!
Read about our previous outreach event at the 2019 Lilac Festival for a preview of our science demos: https://www.optica.org/en-us/optica_blog/2019/may_2019/international_day_of_light_light_lilacs%E2%80%9D_in_roches/
The Lilac Festival features live music, arts and crafts, food, and family-friendly activities alongside hundreds of varieties of lilacs in full bloom. It attracts over 500,000 people to Rochester’s Highland Park each May and coincides with the UNESCO International Day of Light on May 16.
The Optics Outreach Tent is generously supported by Optimax Systems, Inc., SPIE, and the Optica Foundation.
Institute of Optics
University of Rochester
Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences: University of Rochester
Optimax Systems Inc
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
Optica
International Day of Light 16 May
Rochester Lilac Festival
05/07/2023
Hope those who joined us enjoyed the tour, thanks again to Clerio Vision for hosting!
05/07/2023
Thanks to Professor Buralli for hosting the tour at Apollo Optical Systems Inc.!
12/26/2022
Glad to have you join us at the Festival of Lights this past Dec. 18th.
Hope you've found our demos illuminating!
11/28/2022
Congratulations to our elected URSPIE e-board members for 2023🥳 Also, thanks to the previous members😊
11/03/2022
Thanks to Saleem for giving us a short presentation about URSPIE's activities in 2022-2023. And we hope you enjoyed the happy hour for all women in optics!
10/20/2022
Thanks to Andres Guevara from ASML for giving us a nice little talk about the company!