DURHAM, N.C., April 9, 2024 — Joseph Izatt, the Michael J. Fitzpatrick Professor of Engineering and chair of Duke’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, passed away April 7. Joseph Izatt. Courtesy of Duke University. Izatt played a foundational role in the development of optical coherence tomography (OCT). His collaboration with Duke ophthalmology professor Cynthia Toth to improve the accuracy of examination and surgery of the eye led to the development of handheld OCT systems for infants and the first

LIVERMORE, Calif., March 12, 2024 — Longview Fusion Energy Systems said last week that it has enlisted engineering and construction firm Fluor to design a laser fusion power plant — a step toward the company's stated goal of delivering power to the grid via its fusion pilot plant by...

MARTINSRIED, Germany, Jan. 11, 2024 — AMS Technologies, a provider of lasers, optical components, lighting, power technologies, and thermal management systems, has enhanced its high-power laser engineering capabilities with the acquisition of neoLASE, a developer of high brilliance,...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2023 — NASA named Jane Rigby as the new senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope mission. Rigby is an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Rigby was one of the three commissioning scientists for Webb. She also led...

LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 15, 2023 — Artec 3D, a developer and manufacturer of 3D hardware and software technology including 3D scanning solutions, opened an optoelectronics production facility in Luxembourg. The facility includes a 300-sq-m clean zone with ISO 7 cleanliness...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2021 — The Optical Society (OSA) appointed P. Scott Carney as chief scientific and technology officer. Carney will coordinate technical activity across the organization, including shaping the scientific strategy for meetings, leading advocacy efforts, and...

GEORGETOWN, Ontario, Feb. 3, 2021 — Intlvac Thin Film Corp. has named Peter Van Nooten as a member of its engineering team. He will lead the Fiber Metalization and Coating Department. Intlvac specializes in high-vacuum systems, processes, and thin-film coatings through continuous...

Jul 2, 2018 — Community colleges worldwide are educating and training the workforce of tomorrow in fields such as photonics, optics, lasers, and more. Below is a partial listing of schools.

Jun 28, 2018 — The photonics and optics industries are growing exponentially with continually advancing research and technologies. Such development further motivates advancement, but one glaring challenge remains: The photonics and optics workforces are struggling...

GETXO, Spain, March 15, 2018 — Sener, a private engineering and technology group, has appointed Mercedes Sierra as its CEO in the U.S. Sierra takes the place of Angel Ares as he leaves to the lead the development of the company’s infrastructure design and build business for...

Jul 24, 2017 — SPIE Optics + Photonics, scheduled for Aug. 6-10 at the San Diego Convention Center in California, is an international, multidisciplinary optical sciences and technology meeting that annually presents the latest research in optical engineering and...

Feb 27, 2017 — Changes in the nature of warfare in today’s high-tech world demand the most advanced tools for soldiers and others in the defense and security sectors. Environmental and health care segments are evolving, too, as an onset of innovative...

PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 7, 2016 — Construction has begun on a 52,500-ft2 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education Center at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott, Ariz., campus, set for completion in fall of 2017. The building will contain...

BERKELEY, Calif., July 21, 2014 — A new sensor could potentially detect explosives that traditional recognition devices cannot. The new light-based plasmon laser sensor, developed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, can identify extremely minute concentrations of...

Apr 7, 2014 — Image-based bar-code reader helps NASCAR race teams feel more secure on their wheels. NASCAR teams go through a lot of wheels. A single team typically owns about 260 wheels, consisting of both single- and double-stem versions of the 15-in. steel...

BARRINGTON, N.J., Feb. 28, 2014 — Edmund Optics (EO) is now accepting applications for its 2014 Educational Award, formerly the Higher Education Grant program. The award combines EO’s regional grant programs, including the annual Higher Education Grant, into one global...

SPARTANBURG, S.C., Feb. 11, 2014 — Fiber optics provider AFL has named industry veteran Bill Dungan chief strategy officer. Dungan will focus on creating strategic direction for the company’s long-term growth, including organic initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and...

OLCHING, Germany, Jan. 16, 2014 — Laser Components GmbH has appointed Uwe Schallenberg as its new head of production for the optical technologies department. Schallenberg will lead feasibility studies for new designs and evaluations of optical and technical requirements, as well as...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 19, 2012 — Manuel Martinez, former engineering manager at Mobius Photonics Inc., has been promoted to vice president of engineering.

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 25, 2012 — Quantum photonics research assistant Dr. Isobel Houghton of the University of Bristol has won the British Science Association’s Strictly Engineering challenge.

BARRINGTON, N.J., Sept. 20, 2012 — Biomedical researchers at universities in Texas, Switzerland and Singapore won first place in Edmund Optics’ 2012 Higher Education Global Grant program and will each receive approximately $10,000 in products, the company announced recently.

BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 25, 2012 — Photonics technologies are already key enablers of advanced manufacturing, and new initiatives to boost the US’s capabilities in that area will be a good use of the country’s photonics R&D, leaders of SPIE, the international society...

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 22, 2011 — Optics and engineering pioneer Eustace L. Dereniak will become president of SPIE in January. An optical sciences and engineering professor at the University of Arizona, Dereniak has explored the frontiers of optics and engineering for nearly...

EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 20, 2011 — Here’s something to chew on: An imaging technique sensitive enough to be used at the atomic scale has been used for the first time to create 3-D maps of the teeth of chitons – a class of marine mollusks that can literally chew rock...

NEWARK, Del., Jan. 12, 2011 — B&W Tek Inc. announced the opening of its fourth office in the world, B&W Tek Europe, based in Lübeck, Germany. The new location will help the company to capitalize on its expanding European market, it said. Fully staffed, the new...