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2012

Hiking with Dr. Haus

June 19, 2012

Local jobs Could Come From University of Dayton Research Contract

June 14, 2012
The University of Dayton School of Engineering has secured federal Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) funds, funding that may lead to new area jobs, the university said Wednesday.  The University will work on the project with six Ivy League schools as well as MIT and New York University in the latest round of awards.

Dr. Partha Banerjee — 2012 Alumni Award — Scholarship

May 31, 2012

Congratulations to Wei Han for winning the award of dissertation year fellowship

May 31, 2012
Congratulations to: Wei Han Electro-Optics PhD student has been awarded the GPCE Dissertation Year Fellowship for 2012-13 academic year.

Congratulations to all EO graduates from 2011

January 1, 2012

Dr. Partha Banerjee elected to Fellowship of the Institute of Physics

January 20, 2012
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."

2011

2011-2012 SPIE/OSA Officers

October 23, 2011

Jeffrey Kraczek President

Maureen Crotty V.P. for OSA

Guimin Wu V.P. for SPIE

Ryan Feaver Treasurer

Yu Wang Secretary

3 firms to move work to UD campus

October 17, 2011
Three companies are planning to move operations to the University of Dayton campus, creating up to 13 jobs in the process.  UD's Ladar and Optical Communications Institute (LOCI) announced agreements with Optonicus and Defense Engineering Corp. (DEC), both based in Dayton, and UtopiaCompression Corp. of Los Angeles. The firms will move operations into the College Park Center.  Go to Dayton Daily News Article >>

Dr. Qiwen Zhan's paper among Top Downloaded in Advances in Optics and Photonics

July 1, 2011
According to the Optical Society of America (OSA), Professor 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.

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

June 27, 2011

Ben Dapore and Chris Bushmeyer Poster Presentation at Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Symposium

February 20, 2011

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

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

February 17, 2011
Dr. Edward Watson is elevated to the rank of fellow in the Optical Society of America (OSA).  Dr. Watson, principal scientist at the Air Force Research Lab, serves on the board of Directors of OSA and has also been recognized by SPIE and AFRL as fellow.

Dr. Weibin Chen Presents at SPIE Photonics West Conference

January 31, 2011
Dr. Weibin Chen presented his work in Professor Zhan’s Electro-Optics group as an invited speaker at the SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Francisco, California. The title of his work is “Design and construction of an electro-optics rf metamaterial array.”

Dr. Qiwen Zhan Featured in an Editorial Article in Photonics Spectra

January 21, 2011
Dr. Qiwen Zhan, Associate Professor, University of Dayton's Electro-Optics Program, was featured in an editorial article, "Optic Trends: More Than Meets the Eye for Optics" in the January Issue of Photonics Spectra.  Go to the Online Version at http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=45546.

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

January 19, 2011
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. 

2010

Congratulations, Dr. Peter Powers, Named Mann Chair in Sciences and Fellow of the SPIE

December 9, 2010
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Powers for being named Mann Chair in the Sciences in the Department of Physics, and his promotion to Fellow of the SPIE.   He was recognized for his many years of outstanding research accomplishments and his service to the optics community.

Optics and Photonics News (OPN) Highlights Professor Qiwen Zhan in "Optics in 2010"

December 2, 2010
The latest work from Professor 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).

Dr. Bradley D. Duncan Named OSA Senior Member

November 20, 2010
Dr. Bradley D. Duncan has been recognized by the Optical Society of America Board of Directors as an OSA Senior Member.

2010 University of Dayton SPIE and OSA Student Chapter Officers

October 21, 2010

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

Dr. Paul McManamon spoke in September at Active EO Military Sensing Symposium

October 17, 2010
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser Dr. Paul McManamon gave the first talk at the Active EO Military Sensing Symposium meeting in Orlando on September 28, 2010.

Professor Qiwen Zhan Named Topical Editor for Applied Optics, a peer-reviewed OSA Journal

October 17, 2010
Professor 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.

Ross Robb Awarded SMART Scholarship

September 27, 2010

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

Undergraduate students at EOP

September 24, 2010
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 involved speckle size and speckle averaging.

EOP Fall Picnic Pictures

September 21, 2010

Nkorni Katte awarded "Dissertation Year Fellowship" from the Graduate School

June 16, 2010
We are proud to announce that Nkorni Katte, Ph.D. student in Electro-Optics Program, has been awarded the “Dissertation Year Fellowship” from the Graduate School for the 2010-11 academic year.

Dr. Paul McManamon to Serve on External Review Panel in Washington D.C.

June 15, 2010
Dr. Paul McManamon, part-time director, Electro-Optics' Ladar and Optical Communications Institute (LOCI), will serve on an external review panel at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington to review the EO program.

Weibin Chen Named Graduate Student Researcher of the Year

April 22, 2010
Sigma Xi Research Society (University of Dayton) names Weibin Chen Graduate Student Researcher of the year. Congratulations on his great achievements.

Hans Banerjee, son of Partha Banerjee, presents a research paper at Spring APS meeting

April 14, 2010
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, Oregon.  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.  Go to Dayton Daily News Story @ http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/community/centerville/summer-job-leads-to-important-scientific-research-for-student-642618.html.

Mann Chair Appointment — Dr. Peter Powers

January 22, 2010
Dr. Peter Powers' four-year appointment begins August 16, 2010, following Dr. Bob Brecha's term completion this spring.  Dr. Powers' formal installation as Mann Chair will be at a ceremony held during the 2010-11 academic year.

2009

The Harmony of Art and Science:  Droplet Holography

September 23, 2009
Little drops of water Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean And the beauteous land. . . ., wrote Mrs. J.A. Carney in 1845.  Artists like Martin Waugh have wonderful pictures of water drops (and ice crystals) exhibited as liquid sculptures (go to, 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.

Lockheed Martin Sponsors Oakwood High School Science Olympiad Team

June 12, 2009
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.

The Third International Conference of Nanophotonics in Harbin, China

May 30, 2009
The EO program successfully organized the third International Conference of Nanophotonics in Harbin, China.  This is one of the topical conferences sponsored by the Optical Society of America.  Professor Qiwen Zhan served as the conference co-chair along with Professor Qihuang Gong from Peking University and Professor Xiudong Sun from Harbin Institute of Technology.  Professor Joseph Haus served as the technical committee co-chair.  Professor Haus and Professor 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.

Electro-Optics Program Moves to New Home

May 24, 2009
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.

2009 EOP Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Awardees

April 9, 2009

• Chen, Weibin — Electro Optics, Qiwen Zhan, Adviser
• Cheng, Wen — Electro Optics, Qiwen Zhan, Adviser
• Gao, Jian — Electro Optics, Qiwen Zhan, Adviser
• Tschimwang, Alain Ngoy — Electro Optics, Qiwen Zhan, Adviser
• Wu, Zhi — Electro Optics, Qiwen Zhan, Adviser
• Han, Weibin — Electro Optics, Joseph Haus, Adviser
• Katte, Nkorni — Electro Optics, Joseph Haus, Adviser
• Serushema, Jean Bosco — Electro Optics, Joseph Haus, Adviser
• Zhou, Renjie — Electro Optics, Joseph Haus, Adviser

Dr. Joseph W. Haus Awarded John Carroll University's Distinguished Alumnus Award

February 25, 2009
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 this award.

Dr. Partha Banerjee Named Topical Editor in Applied Optics

January 23, 2009
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.

Graduate Research in Optics and Photonics

January 16, 2009
The Electro-Optics Program at the University of Dayton has research opportunities for prospective graduate students for Fall 2009.

2008

Dr. Paul Mc Manamon Named IEEE Fellow

November 12, 2008
EEE 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."  Read More...

Dr. Joseph Haus Receives American Physical Society Fellow Award

December 17, 2008
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.  Read More...

DAGSI Student Awards: Wen Cheng and Alain Tschwimwang

December 17, 2008
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.  Read More...

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

December 17, 2008
The past year the following students were awarded EO M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.  Read More...

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

December 12, 2008
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.  Read More...

SPIE Travel Award: Weibin Chen