Congratulations to all EO graduates from 2011

May

Robert L. Brown Master
Charles D. Phelps Master

Aug.

Joshua Duran Master
Zhi Wu PhD

Dec.

Dallis Conrad, III Master
Ryan Feaver Master
Jeffrey Kraczek Master
Han Li Master
Joseph Reierson Master
Dayen Voratovic Master
Long Wang Master
Chen Ye Master
Nkorni Katte PhD

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Dr. Partha Banerjee has recently been elected to Fellowship of the Institute of Physics

Dr. Partha Banerjee, Professor of Electro-Optics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, has recently been elected to Fellowship of the Institute of Physics “in recognition of (his) personal contribution to the advancement of physics as a discipline and a profession”.

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2011-2012 SPIE/OSA Officers

Jeffrey Kraczek
Jeffrey Kraczek
President


Maureen.Crotty
Maureen Crotty
V.P. for OSA


Guimin.Wu
Guimin Wu
V.P. for SPIE


Ryan-Feaver
Ryan Feaver
Treasurer


Yu.Wang
Yu Wang
Secretary

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3 firms to move work to UD campus

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3 firms to move work to UD campus
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/3-firms-moving-workers-to-ud-1270587.html
Three companies are planning to move operations to the University of Dayton campus, creating up to 13 jobs in the process, the university said.

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Prof. Qiwen Zhan's paper is among the monthly Top Downloaded papers published in Advances in Optics and Photonics.

According to the Optical Society of America (OSA), Prof. Qiwen Zhan's paper "Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications" (Adv. Opt. Photon. 1, 1-57 (2009)) is among the monthly Top Downloaded papers published in Advances in Optics and Photonics

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High school students from DECA visit Nano-Fab & NEST lab

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Ben Dapore and Chris Bushmeyer presented a poster at the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Symposium

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On February 15, 2011  Ben Dapore and Chris Bushmeyer presented a poster on their research in Columbus at the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Symposium. They worked the past year in the LADAR and Optical Communications Institute on imaging techniques using digital holography.

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Dr. Edward Watson is Fellow of the Optical Society of America

Dr Edward Watson is elevated to the rank of fellow in the Optical Society of America (OSA). Dr. Watson is a principal scientist at AFRL and serves on the board of Directors of OSA and he already recognized by SPIE and AFRL as fellow.

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Dr. Weibin Chen presented his work at the SPIE Photonics West Conference

Dr. Weibin Chen presented his work in Prof. Zhan’s Electro-Optics group as an invited speaker at the SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Francisco, CA. The title of the talk is “Design and construction of an electro-optics rf metamaterial array.”

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Dr. Qiwen Zhan, Associate Professor in the Electro-Optics Program University of Dayton  group was featured in an Editorial Article "Optic Trends: More Than Meets the Eye for Optics" in the January Issue of Photonics Spectra.

Dr. Qiwen Zhan, Associate Professor in the Electro-Optics Program University of Dayton  group was featured in an Editorial Article "Optic Trends: More Than Meets the Eye for Optics" in the January Issue of Photonics Spectra. The link to the online version can be found at 

http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=45546

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Dr. McManamon selected as vice chair of important Air Force Studies board study

Dr. Paul McManamon has been selected to be vice chair of an important study that will be conducted by the Air Force Studies board, a part of the national academy of Sciences.  The initial title of the study will be “Examination of Key Enablers of the Air Force ISR Flight Plan”.  Major General Perryman, retired, will be the chair, and Dr. Paul McManamon will be the vice chair.  The Statement of Task is:

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Congratulations to Dr. Peter Powers as Mann Chair in the Sciences and his promotion to Fellow of the SPIE.

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Powers as the Mann Chair in the Sciences in the Department of Physics; on his promotion to Fellow of the SPIE. Recognition of his many years of outstanding research accomplishments and service to the optics community.

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Work from Prof. Qiwen Zhan's group highlighted in the "Optics in 2010" special issue of the Optics & Photonics News (OPN).

The latest work from Prof. Qiwen Zhan's group on Spiral Plasmonic Lens has been selected to appear in the "Optics in 2010" December Special Issue of the Optics & Photonics News (OPN).

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Dr. Bradley D. Duncan has been recognized by OSA as a senior member

Dr. Bradley D. Duncan has been recognized by the Optical Society of America Board of Director as an OSA Senior Member.

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2010 SPIE&OSA Student chapter officers at University of Dayton


Jeffrey Kraczek
Maureen.Crotty
Aaron-Seidel
Ryan-Feaver
Jeffrey Kraczek
President
Maureen Crotty
Vice President
Aaron Seidel
Secretary
Ryan Feaver
Treasurer


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Dr. Paul McManamon gave the first talk in the Active EO Military Sensing Symposium meeting in Orlando on Sept 28, 2010.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser Dr. Paul McManamon gave the first talk in the Active EO Military Sensing Symposium meeting in Orlando on Sept 28, 2010.

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Prof. Qiwen Zhan, Ph.D. is invited to serve as a Topical Editor for Applied Optics, the most widely read peer-reviewed journal published by the Optical Society of America (OSA).

Prof. Qiwen Zhan, Ph.D. is invited to serve as a Topical Editor for Applied Optics, the most widely read peer-reviewed journal published by the Optical Society of America (OSA). Published three times each month, Applied Optics reports significant optics applications from optical testing and instrumentation to medical optics...from holography to optical neural networks...from lidar and remote sensing to laser materials processing. His three-year term started on October 1, 2010.

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Ross Robb was awarded the SMART Scholarship

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Ross Robb applied and was awarded the SMART Scholarship and now he is going to the University of Dayton for his Masters in Electro-Optics and have interned at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) where he will be working once he graduate in 2011.

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Undergraduate students at EOP

"Over the past year, Ben Dapore and Chris Bushmeyer have worked closely with Nick Miller at LOCI. They have been working on classifying and characterizing various cameras for image detection in both the pupil and image plane in a digital holography setup.  This imagining invovled speckle size and speckle averaging.

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EOP Fall Picnic Pictures

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Nkorni Katte has been awarded the "Dissertation Year Fellowship" from Graduate School.

We are proud to announce that Nkorni Katte, a Ph.D. student in Electro-Optics Program has been awarded the “Dissertation Year Fellowship” from Graduate School for the 2010-11 academic year.

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Dr. Paul McManamon will attend in Washington to serve on an external review of the EO program at the Naval research laboratory, NRL.

External Review Panel for 2010 – Dr. Paul McManamon, Part-time Director of Electro-Optics Ladar and Optical Communications Institute, School of Engineering Will attend In Washington to serve on an external review of the EO program at the Naval research Laboratory, NRL.   Attached are the review panel members.   It will be a 2 day review, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 and Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

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Weibin Chen is awarded by Sigma Xi Research Society as the Graduate Student Researcher of the year.

Weibin Chen is awarded by Sigma Xi Research Society (University of Dayton) as the Graduate Student Researcher of the year. Congratulations on his great achievements.

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High School student, Hans Banerjee, son of our EO/ECE faculty member, Partha Banerjee, presents a research paper at Spring APS meeting.

CENTERVILLE — A Centerville High School senior made a foray into a summer work program and emerged as the main author of a scientific paper.
Hans Banerjee, 17, presented the research paper, of which he was first author, to the American Physical Society on March 18 in Portland, Ore. The paper focuses on optical properties of photorefractive crystals, which are electro-optic materials that can be used in specialized scientific, industrial and defense applications.

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Mann Chair appointment - Dr. Peter Powers

Dr. Peter Powers' four-year appointment will begin on August 16, 2010, following Dr. Bob Brecha's completion this spring of his term in the position. Dr. Powers will be installed formally in the position at a ceremony to be held in the 2010-11 academic year.

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The harmony of art and science: droplet holography

Little drops of water Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean And the beauteous land….
so wrote Mrs. J.A. Carney in 1845. Artists like Martin Waugh have wonderful pictures of water drops (and ice crystals) exhibited as liquid sculptures (see, for instance,
http://www.liquidsculpture.com/fine_art/). A picture, however, is only two-dimensional. At the University of Dayton (UD), researchers are looking into the detailed nature of these little drops, using holography to recreate their exact three-dimensional shape in order to understand how exactly they deform when they impact fast moving surfaces such as the windshields of aircraft traveling through rain.

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Lockheed Martin Corp. has become a sponsor of the Oakwood high school Science Olympiad team

Lockheed Martin Corp. has become a sponsor of the Oakwood high school Science Olympiad team. The team will be created and coached by Igor Anisimov, LOCI Sr. Research Engineer. This year Igor has already created a high school Physics team with some students having participated in the 2009 National Physics Bowl.

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The third International Conference of Nanophotonics in Harbin, China

The EO program successfully organized the third International Conference of Nanophotonics in Harbin, China. This is one of the topical conference sponsored by the Optical Society of America. Prof. Qiwen Zhan served as the conference co-chairs, along with Prof. Qihuang Gong from Peking University and Prof. Xiudong Sun from Harbin Institute of Technology. Prof. Joseph Haus served as the technical committee co-chair. Prof. Haus and Prof. Zhan also gave a short course on "Nanophotonics" at the conference. The next conference will be held from May 31-June 3, 2010 in Tsukuba, Japan.

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Electro-Optics Program moves to a new home

Through all our effort together, Electro-Optics finally moves to a new home - the fifth floor of the College Park Center building. This 15,000 square feet space will be used for teaching, studying, seminars and researches. New offices and labs are under construction. Let's take a look at some photos.

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2009 EOP Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Awardees

Chen, Weibin SOE  -- Electro Optics Qiwen Zhan, Advisor

Cheng, Wen         SOE  -- Electro Optics     Qiwen Zhan, Advisor

Gao, Jian             SOE  -- Electro Optics      Qiwen Zhan, Advisor

Tschimwang, Alain Ngoy    SOE  -- Electro Optics  Qiwen Zhan, Advisor

Wu, Zhi              SOE  -- Electro Optics     Qiwen Zhan, Advisor

Han, Weibin           SOE  -- Electro Optics     Joseph Haus, Advisor

Katte, Nkorni         SOE  -- Electro Optics    Joseph Haus, Advisor

Serushema, Jean Bosco       SOE  -- Electro Optics Joseph Haus, Advisor

Zhou, Renjie         SOE  -- Electro Optics    Joseph Haus, Advisor

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Dr. Joseph W. Haus has been awarded the John Carroll University 2009 Physics Department's Distinguished Alumnus Award

Dr. Joseph W. Haus has been awarded the John Carroll University 2009 Physics Department's Distinguished Alumnus Award.  The Award Banquet will be April 3, 2009 at John Carroll University.

Dr. Haus'professional success and continued contacts with the department exemplify what this award is all about.

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Dr. Partha Banerjee has been approved by OSA's Board of Editors to serve as a Topical Editor in Applied Optics

Dr. Partha Banerjee - Electro-Optics Program Professor has been unanimously approved by OSA's Board of Editors to serve as a Topical Editor in Applied Optics.

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Graduate Research in Optics & Photonics

The Electro-Optics Program at the University of Dayton has research opportunities for prospective graduate students for Fall 2009.

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Dr. Paul Mc Manamon named IEEE Fellow

On Nov 12, 2008 the IEEE board of directors voted to elevate Dr. Paul McManamon to the rank of Fellow of IEEE. The citation reads:  “for contributions in optical phased array and laser radar”.

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Dr. Joseph Haus receives American Physical Society Fellow Award

Dr Joseph Haus was bestowed the APS Fellow award at the joint OSA/APS October meeting in Rochester, NY. His work in heterogeneous nonlinear materials, especially nonlinear optics of photonic crystals was mentioned in the citation.

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DAGSI student awards: Wen Cheng and Alain Tschwimwang

The Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute (DAGSI) has been funded by the State of Ohio to support economic growth by strengthening the intellectual infrastructure in technology and developing engineering workforce talent...

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Ph.D. and M.S. awards for 2008

The past year the following students were awarded EO M.S. and Ph.D. degrees

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Dr. Edward Watson is Fellow of the Optical Society of America

Dr Edward Watson is elevated to the rank of fellow in the Optical Society of America (OSA). Dr. Watson is a principal scientist at AFRL and serves on the board of Directors of OSA and he already recognized by SPIE and AFRL as fellow.

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SPIE Travel Award: Weibin Chen

Weibin Chen received a SPIE Student Travel Grant to attend the SPIE Photonics West meeting in San Jose in 2009, where he will report recent results on “Direct imaging of surface plasmon excitation with radially polarized beam.”

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