Student Chapter Report 2017 October 2016 - September 2017 September 2017
Past Officers President - Pablo Brubeck Vicepresident - Arturo Canales Treasurer - Robin Orejel Secretary - Benjamin Perez-Garcia Officers Student Chapter Report 2017 2/27
Elected officers President - Manuel Ferrer-Garcia Vicepresident - Adad Yepiz Escalante Treasurer - Israel Melendez Montoya Secretary - Benjamin Perez-Garcia Officers Student Chapter Report 2017 3/27
Current members Name Expires 1. Erika Alonso 4 April 2018 2. Victor Manuel Zamora Garcia 8 May 2018 3. Santiago Caballero 5 October 2017 4. Arturo Canales-Benavides 14 September 2017 5. Bran Cande 12 December 2017 6. Ricardo Castro Yarza 6 October 2017 7. Ana Sofia De Alva Lozano 9 February 2018 8. Guillermo Duran 14 September 2017 9. Adrian Fernandez 24 November 2017 10. Juan Fernndez 14 September 2017 11. Manuel Ferrer-Garcia 3 February 2018 12. Piero Jesus Flores Lopez 22 November 2017 13. Ricardo Javier Garza Gamez 13 September 2017 14. Ana Karen Gonzalez Aleman 5 October 2017 15. Diana Laura Gonzalez Hernandez 19 September 2017 Current members Student Chapter Report 2017 4/27
Current members Name Expires 16. Fernando Isunza 14 September 2017 17. Egren Maravillo 13 September 2017 18. Fernando Martnez Ortiz 13 September 2017 19. Israel Melendez Montoya 16 August 2018 20. Javier Montemayor 22 January 2018 21. Valeria Morales 14 September 2017 22. Cesar Morales 9 March 2018 23. Javier Naya 14 September 2017 24. Carlos Ortiz 14 September 2017 25. Fernando Perez 5 October 2017 26. Benjamin Perez-Garcia 9 September 2018 27. Rohan Ramesh 23 June 2018 28. Luis Ramirez 14 September 2017 29. Iván Ramrez 13 September 2017 30. Carlos Fernando Ramos Mena 13 September 2017 Current members Student Chapter Report 2017 5/27
Current members Name Expires 31. Jose Rebolledo 14 September 2017 32. Andres Reynoard 22 November 2017 33. Ruben Sidon 5 October 2017 34. Patricio Singlaterry 19 January 2018 35. Jesús Soto 14 September 2017 36. Luis David Tamez 4 April 2018 37. Emilio Valerio 22 May 2018 38. Adad Yepiz Escalante 11 September 2018 Current members Student Chapter Report 2017 6/27
Activities Recruitment events Short workshops Colloquia International Conferences Outreach Khet Tournament Future activities Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 7/27
Recruitment event We organized the SPIE welcome event and closure of semester. We had the opportunity to hear ideas about the planned activities while sharing (many) slices of pizza. Impact: 30 attendees. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 8/27
Figure: New members enjoying pizza! Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 9/27
Short courses We organized short workshops on the following topics: Latex Linux CUDA Matlab Impact: 10 attendees. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 10/27
Figure: Pablo Brubeck explaining the details of high performance computing. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 11/27
Figure: Benjamin Perez giving a short course on Latex. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 12/27
Colloquia Dr Greg Gbur participated (through the visiting lecturer program) in our workshop on Communications, signals and information processing. This event was organized together with the IEEE student chapter from Tec de Monterrey. He gave a great talk about invisibility and open up the discussion for possible applications. Impact: 100 attendees. MSc Perla Viera (from UANL) presented her latest research on non imaging optics. Impact: 15 attendees SPIE/OSA webinars with food and fun. Impact: 10 attendees Arturo Canales presented his Masters dissertation on synthetic holography. Impact: 7 attendees Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 13/27
Figure: Dr Greg Gbur speaking about invisbility. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 14/27
Figure: MSc Perla Viera from UANL giving a workshop on non imaging optics. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 15/27
Figure: Members of our chapter attending one of the webinars. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 16/27
Figure: Arturo Canales in his Masters dissertation. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 17/27
International conferences Arturo Canales, Rohan Ramesh and Pablo Brubeck attended the O+P conference 2017 and the leadership workshop. Arturo Canales, Raul Hernandez (alumni) and Dorilian Lopez-Mago (alumni) presented their latest research in the field through oral and poster presentations. Benjamin Perez attended the Siegman winter school (Leon, Mexico). Pablo Brubeck was awarded with the SPIE Student Scholarship for his potential contributions to the field. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 18/27
Figure: Rohan, Raul, Pablo and Arturo hanging out in San Diego. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 19/27
Figure: Arturo discussing ideas in the Leadership workshop. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 20/27
Outreach We realized outreach activities with the science club from Tecnologico de Monterrey High school. We used the outreach kits and had a fun time playing Khet. Impact: 15 attendees. Benjamin Perez presented his research on structured light and quantum information in the Physics Week, organized by our friends from UANL. Impact: 20 attendees. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 21/27
Figure: Playing Khet with the High school Science Club. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 22/27
Figure: Benjamin Perez presenting his research at the Physics Week hosted by UANL. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 23/27
Khet club and tournament We continue working with the Khet club from Tecnologico de Monterrey Highschool. We organized outreach activities for them and two Khet tournaments with highschoolers, undergrad and graduate students. The first three places won a prize. Impact: 20 attendees. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 24/27
Figure: Khet tournament! Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 25/27
Future activities Recruitment event. Weekly coffee discussions. Collaboration with the Engineering Physics Symposium 2018. Participation in the Outreach National Meeting (October 2017). Science Marathon 2017. Collaboration with the High school science club. Short courses on Laser beam propagation, Latex, Linux and Matlab. Khet club and Tournament. Activities Student Chapter Report 2017 26/27
Financial report MXN Expenses 1,500.00 End of semester event (Dec 2016). 1,500.00 Welcome/recruitment event (Jan 2017). 1,500.00 End of semester event (May 2017). 1,500.00 Welcome/recruitment event (Sept 2017). 1,500.00 Khet tournament food. 550.00 Coffee and snacks. 300.00 Transportation for Khet tournament. 250.00 Transportation for Science Club activity. 3,500.00 Khet prizes. 4,100.00 Carlos López flight ticket for colloquia (October 2017). 16,250.00 TOTAL MXN Incomes 26,235.17 Activity grant 2016. 26,235.17 TOTAL BALANCE = 9985.17 MXN Financial report Student Chapter Report 2017 27/27