Lehigh SPIE Student Chapter Annual Report Dec 08, 2009
2009 Overview 1 SPIE Webcast Talk 1 BBQ 1 Field trip 1 Industrial trip 1 IONS Conference 2 Team Lunch and regular officer meetings Member Receive Accolades
Chapter Logistics Guan Sun Qiaoqiang Gan Hongping Zhao Chee-Loon Tan Jeffery Kauffman Vitchanetra Hongpinyo "Dew" Clara Dimas Inthira Saengprachathannarak Yun-Hsiang Ding "Alison" Meng-ling Lee John McElhenny Nattakan Puttarak Qiaoqiang Gan Ronald Arif Yik Khoon Ee Total Members: 15 Advisor Professor Boon Ooi bsooi@lehigh.edu President Yun-Hsiang Ding "Allison" yud205@lehigh.edu Vice President Yik Khoon Ee yke205@lehigh.edu Secretary Hongping Zhao hoz207@lehigh.edu Treasurer Vitchanetra Hongpinyo "Dew" vih205@lehigh.edu Librarian Qiaoqiang Gan qig206@lehigh.edu Senior student advisor Clara Dimas ced204@lehigh.edu Email: inspie@lehigh.edu Website: www.lehigh.edu/~inspie Address : ECE Dept 7 Asa Drive Sinclair Lab, Rm 226 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015
2009 Chapter Activities Date 28-Jan 19-March 18-June Photonics West Description Webcast Talk Lunch : Fundamentals of Photonics: Fiber lasers SPIE/LEOS joint BBQ 8-August Summer field trip (tubing trip) 25-August 24-26-Sep 11-23-Nov. Jobin Yvon industrial strip IONs North-America conference Nature Photonics Subscription
Webcasts : Laser Focus World Fundamentals of Photonics: Fiber Lasers Date : 03/19/2009 Time and place : 1:00 PM, Sinclair Lab Room 124 Length: approximate 1 hour Overview: Fiber lasers have relatively recently burst upon the photonics scene as something manufacturers are eager to offer in their product line-up, and something users are clamoring for. In this webcast, the third of the Fundamentals of Photonics series, Laser Focus World contributing editor and author Jeff Hecht, reviews fiber laser basics, including their design, type of active material in the core, properties, and the advantages of various designs. He also reviews different types of pump sources, oscillators, amplifiers, and fiber laser applications. About the Presenters: Jeff Hecht Author and Contributing Editor Laser Focus World Jeff Hecht has written about laser and optical technology for more than 30 years and is the author of nine books covering the field. His most recent book is the third edition of Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide, just out from IEEE Press. Other books include Understanding Fiber Optics, now in its fifth edition, The Laser Guidebook, Beam - the Race to Make the Laser, City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics, and Laser: Light of a Million Uses. Jeff is a long-time contributing editor to Laser Focus World, and has taught short courses at conferences sponsored by IEEE, SPIE, and the Optical Society of America. He holds a BS in electronic engineering from Caltech.
SPIE/LEOs Joint industrial trip Date: 08/25/2009 Company: HORIBA Jobin Yvon Attendant number: 16 persons Company description: Optical analysis specialist HORIBA Jobin Yvon is one of the world's leading manufacturers of spectroscopic ellipsometers. Fusing proprietary HORIBA technology with spectroscopy that covers the infra-red to visible light ranges has established an analysis technology that covers the entire wavelength range. Trip objective: Research scientists in JY Horiba introduced their advanced optical spectrometer and Raman Scattering spectrometer in details, presented how those devices work as well. Members also had a discussion of the career development with scientists. http://www.horiba.com/us/en/semiconductor/
IONS-North America conference Date: September 24-27th, 2009 Place: Washington DC and College Park, Maryland, USA. The SPIE and OSA Lehigh SPIE Student Chapter is proudly to be one of the sponsors. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: * 1997 Nobel Prize laureate, William D. Phillips, plenary speaker * 2009 OSA president, Thomas Baer, plenary speaker * Congressional Visits - meet US senators and representatives in order to lobby for increased research and development funding! * Laboratory tours of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) - Goddard, Navy Research Lab (NRL), Army Research Lab (ARL), Naval Observatory (USNO), and University of Maryland optics and photonics Labs * student technical talks and poster sessions * professional development program * reception at OSA headquarters in downtown Washington D.C. * two student social gatherings in College Park, MD http://www.ions-project.org/ions_namerica.php?topic=ions_namerica_1
Website News We continue to promote our chapter s activities, our programs excellent milestones and events and highlight news for our members. www.lehigh.edu/~inspie/news.html
Member Receive Accolades Yun-Hsiang Ding, President was awarded a Sherman Fairchild Fellowship 2009 Dr. Yik Khoon Ee, Vice President secured a position at Philips lumiled Corporation Chee-loon Tan received on garnering the awards of SPIE largest and most prestigious D. J. Lovell Scholarship year 2009 and also Student Chapter Travel Grant. ( May 2009) Congratulations to Prof Ooi for becoming a Fellow of SPIE in year 2009. Congratulations to Hongping Zhao on garnering the award of SPIE scholarship for the second year in a row. (May 2009)
2009 Financial Report Date Income / Deposit Expense Description $570.00 Balance from Last Report 01/15/09 ($30.44) Expenses on equipments for High School Outreach Demo in Last November 01/29/09 $700.00 SPIE Chapter Funding 06/18/09 ($134.72) SPIE/LEOS Summer BBQ 08/8/09 $405.53 08/25/09 ($58.19) Lehigh graduate student senate summer activities funding ($405.53) SPIE/LEOS summer field trip (tubing) ($40.00) Summer field trip transportation Industry Field Trip (Horiba Jobin Yvon) gas expenses 11/23/09 ($106.00) Nature Photonics subscription Subtotals $1675.53 ($774.88) Balance $900.65