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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to photonics education programs with the goal of increasing the number of qualified technicians available in the workforce. $3.5 million in grant funding has gone to the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) in Waco, Texas, to increase the supply of well-educated photonics technicians by building and strengthening photonics education in US two-year colleges. Provided through NSF’s Advanced Technological Education program, the grant will allow for the continued operation of the OP-TEC National Center of...Read full article

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    Published: October 2013
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