Annual Report (February, 2012 February, 2013) Yunshan Wang President of SPIE student chapter of university of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN (March 1 st, 2013)
Personnel Chapter Advisor Dr. Debdeep Jena djena@nd.edu Department of Electrical Engineering Current Officers (Appointed December 2012) President Yunshan Wang Yunshan.Wang.177@nd.edu Vice President William O Brien wobrien1@nd.edu Treasurer Victor Patel vpatel2@nd.edu Secretary Tahsin Ahmed tahmed@nd.edu Previous Officers (February 2011 - December 2012) President Peng Li pli6@nd.edu Vice President Jinyang Li jli5@nd.edu Vice President Yunshan Wang Yunshan.Wang.177@nd.edu Secretary William O Brien wobrien1@nd.edu Treasurer Wenjie Chen wchen1@nd.edu
Members Name Expires Shaddy Abado 31 October 2013 Tahsin Ahmed 26 June 2013 Zhenguo Jiang 10 August 2013 Aamir Khan 5 February 2014 Peng Li 18 August 2013 Zhongming Li 31 December 2013 Collin Lines 21 February 2014 William O'Brien 6 January 2014 Victor Patel 12 January 2014 Sneha Polisetti 31 January 2014 Jubaid Qayyum 25 September 2013 Meng Qi 1 April 2013 Chad Stephenson 15 April 2013 Genevieve Vigil 26 September 2013 Xiaofeng Wang 25 September 2013 Yunshan Wang 1 May 2013 Chunhua Yao 11 July 2013
Activity 1: SPIE Student Leadership Workshop San Diego, CA, Week of August 20, 2012 Yunshan Wang and William O brien attended the SPIE Student Leadership Workshop as preventatives from our chapter. The leadership workshop was very informative and benefited both officers in their personal career goals, but more importantly has inspired more outreach and event ideas for our chapter. Yunshan Wang also presented her research poster at SPIE optics & photonics conference where she exchanged ideas with interested researchers from all over the world. Attachments: Photos Officers showing chapter poster
Poster session at SPIE optics & photonics conference with Yunshan s poster as background Activity 2: SPIE Workshop Finding and Funding Interns Date: Feb. 25th, 2013 Ann Moran, the program director of graduate career services in graduate school, gave a talk on internship search for PhD and Master level students. Information including where to look for internships, application materials and interviewing tips were discussed. Around 50 students attended this event. Ann presenting
Activity 3: Officer election BBQ party Date: Dec. 8th, 2012 Members of the chapter were invited to an informal BBQ at the Secretary's home, in which steak, lamb, marinated chicken and vegetarian alternatives were grilled and served. The agenda was to decide new officers for the next year, and also to hear from members what kind of activities they would like to see happen in the next year (such as invited speakers, etc.). In total, we spent about $150 and had a turnout of about a dozen people joining the activity. Attachments: Photo Photo taken at SPIE BBQ Activity 4: Photography workshop Date: Jan.24th, 2013 Muhammad Atyab Imtaar, gave a workshop titled Into Photography to students at Notre Dame, mainly SPIE members on Jan. 24th, 2013. Atyab is a visiting researcher from Technical University of Munich, Germany, and also an amateur photographer and a member of a Photography Club in Munich. In the workshop, he talked about what you should consider when purchasing a camera and taking a photo, from basic photography knowledge like mirror box, focal length, etc. to advanced techniques. The workshop attracted 15 students from department of Electrical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Physics. The audiences were very interested in the presentation and asked many questions during the workshop. We provided pizza, which cost about 200 dollars and the event, was co- sponsored by Graduate Student Union (covered 125 dollars). Attachment: Flyer
Connec'ng!minds,!Advancing!light.!SPIE!is!the!! interna'onal!society!for!op'cs!and!photonics.! SPIE Workshop- Into Which camera should I buy? What is a DSLR? What does aperture do? The following topics will be covered: Speaker: Muhammad Atyab Imtaar! - Mirror Box - Focal Length - Aperture - Shutter Speed - ISO - Lighting Attachment: Photos Yunshan introducing speaker
Speaker presenting Activity 5: Welcome back meeting Date: Feb.6 th, 2013 We held Welcome back meeting on Feb. 6 th, 2013, which is open to current members and any students who are interested in joining SPIE student chapter. In the meeting, our advisor Prof. Jena shared his passion in optics research and his prediction in future directions of optoelectronic devices. His short talk left a great impact on us students. The president, Yunshan, then introduced the function of SPIE, opportunities as a member including scholarship, travel grant, etc. Formal president, Peng Li talked about how he improved his communication skills, management skills through operating the chapter for last year. Vice president, Bill shared his experience as an officer, mostly on the trip to SPIE leadership workshop. Sectary, Tahsin talked about why he decided to join SPIE and optics research in his group. Treasure, Victor described our future outreach event and got some feedback from the audiences. We spent 150 dollars on pizza. Attachment: Flyer
Welcome Back Meeting Wednesday, February 6 th at 6 pm Fitzpatrick Hall Rm. 356 Grad and Undergraduate students interested in photonics and optoelectronics are welcome! Free food for those in attendance! Attachment: Photos Prof. Jena sharing his passion in optics research
Activity 6: Prof. Gangopadhyay s talk Date: Feb.12 th, 2013 Audiences listening to the presentation Prof. Shubhra Gangopadhyay gave a talk Inexpensive Optics for Plasmonic/Photonic Enhancements to SPIE members on Feb 12, 2013. She is a LaPierre Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in University of Missouri. Her areas of expertise include metal nanoparticle based memory devices, nanostructured dielectric films for nanoelectronics, solar cell and sensor applications, chemical and biological sensors using nanotechnology platforms, and nanoenergetics for defense and biological applications. Dr. Gangopadhyay was visiting Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and she generously agreed to speak to SPIE students, as she is always passionate in educating future researchers. Students enjoyed her presentation and asked many interesting questions. Attachment: flyer
SPIE Seminar Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:30 PM 118 DeBartolo Hall! Shubhra Gangopadhyay Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Missouri!!! Inexpensive Optics for Plasmonic/Photonic Enhancements Most!cancer!drug!discovery,!protein!folding,!DNA!sequencing!have!one!common! framework,!a!methodology!to!excite!flourophores!and!measure!the!emission.!however,! such!studies!are!limited!in!resoluaon!of!fluorescence!through!the!diffracaon!limit!(dl),! and!the!holy!grail!of!opacs!is!to!devise!a!sensiave,!cheap,!robust!method!to!beat!the!dl.! In!this!talk!today,!I!will!try!to!take!you!on!a!short!journey!where!I!will!not!only!show!you! a!cost!effecave!soi!lithography!technique!to!make!plasmonic/photonic!structures!that! beat!the!dl,!but!also,!applicaaons!to!biological!systems.!the!structures!are!made!using!a! simple!pdms!stamping!of!graang!structure!from!commercially!produced!hdndvds,!with! a!metallic!cap!to!efficiently!couple!light!on!the!surface!by!surface!plasmon!resonance! (SPR)!or!a!dielectric!cap!for!photonic!crystals.!The!stamping!process!introduces!20N60!nm! wide!nanongaps,!due!to!shear!forces!on!pdms!stamp.!though!graangs!only!show! enhancements!in!~!10!to!100,!the!nanongaps!concentrate!light!with!increased!efficiency! and!show!plasmonic!enhancements!of!118!ames!and!photonic!enhancements!of!1000! Ames!with!respect!to!glass!!!These!nanoNgaps!on!the!silver!graAngs!are!ideally!suited!to! study!a!plethora!of!single!molecule!phenomenon!from!ame!resoluaon!studies,!moleculen metal!interacaons,!förster!resonance!pair!dna s,!due!to!increased!signal!to!noise!raao! and!high!enhancement!factors!using!a!simple!epinflouresence!microscope.!!!! Dr.$Shubhra$Gangopadhyay$joined!the!University!of!MissouriNColumbia!(MU)!in!2003! as!the!lapierre!endowed!chair!professor!of!electrical!and!computer!engineering!to! enhance!interdisciplinary!research!in!the!areas!of!microelectronics/nanoelectronics,! material!science!and!nanotechnology.!dr.!gangopadhyay!is!the!director!of!the! InternaAonal!Center!for!Nano/Micro!Systems!and!Nanotechnology.!Her!areas!of! experase!include!metal!nanoparacle!based!memory!devices,!nanostructured!dielectric! films!for!nanoelectronics,!solar!cell!and!sensor!applicaaons,!chemical!and!biological! sensors!using!nanotechnology!plaborms,!and!nanoenergeacs!for!defense!and!biological! applicaaons.!!
Attachment: photos Prof. Gangopadhyay presenting Audiences present at the lecture
Funding Use Balance from last year: 469.00 Group activity grant from Graduate Student Union (Notre Dame) in 2012: 125.00 Group activity grant from SPIE in 2012: 700.00 Expense of Activity 2 (EE intern workshop): 100.00 (food and soda) Expense of Activity 3 (SPIE BBQ): 200.00 (Food and soda) Expense of Activity 4 (Photography workshop) 200.00 (Food and soda) 50.00 (gift for speaker) Expense of Activity 5 (Welcome back meeting): 200.00 (food and soda) Balance of now: 544.00 Activity Plan for 2012-2013 1. One to two academic talks from professors and professionals of optics and photonics 2. Optics and photonics outreach in the local middle school. 3. Football concession stand. 4. Joint career development event with OSA and other campus clubs. 5. Two SPIE chapter member and recruiting member meetings.