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Hands-On Science in the Classroom Boosts STEM Retention Almost 25 Percent
AUSTIN, Texas, June 7, 2016 — A recent study found that a student’s chances of completing a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) degree significantly increases when he or she participates in course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), which engage students in hands-on research at a large scale. Research educator Tim Riedel works with a student in the University of Texas at Austin's Freshman Research Initiative on developing a diagnostic tool for malaria, Zika virus and more. Courtesy
Original Optical Systems Technology Program Focuses on Growth, Expansion
Jan 16, 2015 — The success of the Monroe Community College optics program is a stellar example of industry support and involvement, including cash and material donations and direct student support. While some companies just wring their hands and complain that...
Hands-on program ‘makes waves’ with kids
Jul 1, 2014 — There’s no need to make science exciting for kids – it’s already exciting. Educators just need to show them. That was the goal of the yearlong Making Waves: Optics and Acoustics program, which brought together students from three...
Light Refreshments Will Be Served
Jul 1, 2014 — In less than six months, people everywhere will anxiously await the ball drop or other symbolic event signaling the start of 2015. It seems fitting that the International Year of Light will be ushered in by fireworks and laser light shows from Paris...
Lasers and Fake Corneas Connect Teens, STEM and Photonics
Mar 7, 2014 — Learning middle school science from a textbook can be boring; at least it was for me! But it would have been less so if I could have constructed solar ovens, performed “simulated laser surgery” or seen photonic technologies at work in...
3 Questions Interview
Nov 1, 2013 — Dr. Jie Qiao is the founder and chairwoman of WiSTEE Connect, an organization that connects women in science, technology, engineering and entrepreneurship (STEE). She’s also a tenure-track associate professor at the Center for Imaging Science...
Edmund Optics awards higher education grants
Nov 1, 2013 — Edmund Optics of Barrington, N.J., has announced the winners of its 2013 Higher Education Global Grant Program. The optical components provider will award more than $85,000 in products to the first-, second- and third-place winners in the Americas,...
Rep. Honda Sees Photonics at Work in Directed Light Visit
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 20, 2013 — California Rep. Mike Honda toured Directed Light Inc. this week, becoming the latest member of Congress to learn how photonics boosts the local and national economy as part of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI). The congressman met with...
Northrop Grumman Teams with UNM on Adaptive Optics
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., June 5, 2013 — Northrop Grumman Corp. and the University of New Mexico (UNM) have partnered to sponsor a senior design project aimed at developing algorithms to correct optical distortions at two large telescopes.
HCC Northeast to Offer Photonics Program
HOUSTON, May 15, 2013 — To help meet workforce demands in the field of photonics, Houston Community College Northeast has partnered with the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to offer a photonics program that will be infused into its Electronics...
An ‘Epic’ Plan: Student Outreach Program Takes the Long View
Apr 1, 2013 — As a student, I learned a lot of science facts that seemed to have no connection to what I might do in the future. The EPIC Adopt a Classroom project is notable for industry support of education, a growing necessity as education budgets shrink. But...
Building a Workforce Excited About Light
Apr 1, 2013 — As business leaders, educators and politicians around the world continue to debate how best to fill jobs with well-trained engineers to stay competitive, one widespread effort – encouraging STEM education – may not be delivering the...
Problem-Based Learning in Photonics Education
Mar 1, 2013 — “Your graduates know plenty of technical facts, but they don’t know how to use them to solve problems they face on the job.” “Can’t you do something to teach these kids to write and speak effectively?” “Why...
ETOP - Meeting the Future of Global Optics Education
Feb 1, 2013 — Every couple of years, scientists, technicians and educators in optics and photonics come together to discuss and demonstrate the latest approaches to teaching in these fields at ETOP, the International Conference on Education and Training in Optics...
SPIE Urges Leaders to Avoid Fiscal Cliff, Support Science
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 12, 2012 — What do we want? A bipartisan plan to avoid the fiscal cliff that also supports science and education. When do we want it? Now.
A View from the Inside
Dec 1, 2012 — In every industry, in good economies and in bad, the need exists for skilled entry-level workers. But how do those workers of the future gain needed skills? Photonics Spectra is pleased to launch a column featuring efforts in the US and around the...
Listen hard, and you’ll hear the NEXT BIG THING coming!
Aug 1, 2010 — It’s still quite young, but the 21st century has yet to produce a truly life-changing technology. Certainly the 20th century did, with the advent of lasers and transistors and all of the tools and toys they have inspired and enabled since...
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