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Vol. 2, Issue #2
February
2006
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Greetings Friends of CREOL:
Welcome
to e/Highlights,
published monthly by the
The
College of Optics and Photonics:
CREOL & FPCE. In
this issue we feature Eric Van Stryland's
duties as OSA's President, a recap
of Photonics West 2006, and faculty
and student news.
If you have any suggestions,
comments, or other feedback
on information and news from
COP that would be most valuable
to you, please
click here to e-mail us. And
please forward this newsletter
to others in your company or
other colleagues who would like
to be kept up to date on the
exciting things happening at
The College of Optics and Photonics. Best Regards,
Jim Pearson
Director, Research & Administration
The College of Optics & Photonics:
CREOL & FPCE
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OSA
PRESIDENT RECOGNIZES LEGISLATORS
AS
CHAMPIONS
OF OPTICS
 The
Optical Society of America
(OSA) recognized Senator
Christopher Bond of Missouri
and Congressman Bill Shuster
of Pennsylvania as Champions
of Optics for their efforts
to highlight the role of
optics and photonics technology
in modern highway transportation
systems. OSA President Eric Van Stryland
formally recognized the
public policy contributions
of Senator Bond and Congressman
Shuster during the organization's
annual Leadership Conference.
FLORIDA PHOTONICS CLUSTER
HAS FORMIDABLE PRESENCE
AT PHOTONICS WEST 2006
The Florida Photonics Cluster
and its partners, University
of Central Florida College
of Optics and Photonics,
Florida High-Tech Corridor,
Metro Orlando EDC, Enterprise
Florida, Progress Energy,
and the Pinellas County
EDC had a strong presence
at Photonics West in San
Jose, CA at the San Jose
Convention Center for the
2006 show. Eleven companies
exhibited with the Cluster
on the "Florida Isle."
There were a total of 19
Florida companies that exhibited
at Photonics West.
If you have any expectation
that your company will exhibit
at PW07, please send in
an Early Bird contract if
you haven't done it already.
When you send in the contract,
please indicate somewhere
on the form "Please assign
us as part of the Florida
Photonics Cluster".
If you've already sent in
your contract, and didn't
indicate the FPC, please
send SPIE an email with
your request to be part
of the cluster grouping.
STRONG
TURN-OUT FOR ALUMNI, AFFILIATES,
AND ASSOCIATES REUNION
Photonics West Alumni and
Affiliates Reunion was a
huge success the Gordon
Biersch Brewery, San Jose,
CA. Nearly 40 alumni,
affiliates and friends attended
to show their support for
the College of Optics and
Photonics. You can
look for future events at
our web page
www.creol.ucf.edu.
Faculty
News
COP FACULTY RECEIVE
PRESIDENTIAL MAJOR
EQUIPMENT AWARDS
Congratulations
to four COP faculty
members who have
recently received
a combined total
of $238,449 from
the UCF Presidential
Initiative to Fund
Major Equipment:
- Dr. Winston Schoenfeld:
"Dual Chamber MBE
System for Advanced
Growth of Wide Band
Gap Oxide/Nitride
Compounds
- Dr. Dennis Deppe:
"Electrochemical
Profiling Systems
of Precise Analysis
of Charge Carrier
Densities in Semiconductor
Optoelectronic Devices"
- Dr. Pieter Kik:
"High Speed Variable
Temperature Photoluminescence
Setup"
- Dr. Guifang Li:
"High-speed Signal
Acquisition Systems"
The UCF Presidential
Major Equipment
Awards are an initiative
of UCF President
John Hitt with an
annual budget of
$1,000,000 in matching
funds for the purchase
or upgrade of major
equipment to enhance
UCF's research capacity.
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Save the Date
March 10, 2006
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Optics Day.
The CREOL Association of Optics
Students (CAOS) will host it
annual open house. In
previous years CAOS has organized
dynamic presentation by COP
faculty as well as tour and
demonstration of optical phenomena.
http://caos.creol.ucf.edu/
April 18-20, 2006
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Defense and Security Symposium.
For the
first time, the Florida Photonics
Cluster has organized a Florida
Isle at the 2006 SPIE Defense
and Security Symposium (DSS).
DSS is the largest non-classified
conference for defense contractors.
April 21, 2006
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Spring Thing Annual Picnic
@ MJ Soileau's (April 22nd).
Look for Details in future issues
of e/Highlights.
May 21, 2006
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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.
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Published by The College
of Optics and Photonics: CREOL
& FPCE
University of Central Florida
Eric W. Van Stryland, Dean
Courtney R. Lewis, Editor
4000 Central Florida BLVD
P.O. Box 162700
Orlando, FL 32816-2700
(407) 823-6800
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IN THIS ISSUE:
OSA President Honors
Legislators
Florida Cluster at Photonics
West
Alumni and Affiliates
Reunion
Faculty
News
Affiliates'
Day 2006
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