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Fraunhofer organizes upcoming course on laser technology developments, trends 05/02/2013 Dresden, Germany--The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) and the Technical University of Dresden will organize an international summer school, "Trends and New Developments in Laser Technology,"...
Fraunhofer laser research center officially opens at Strathclyde 04/22/2013 Strathclyde, Scotland--The Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) has now opened its doors for laser research and development in a variety of sectors, such as security, healthcare, energy, and transport.
	NTU Singapore opens $30M Centre for Optical and Laser Engineering 04/17/2013 Singapore--The Centre for Optical and Laser Engineering (COLE) has been launched by NTU Singapore to help local companies sharpen their edge in optical and laser engineering.
Ocean Optics names Phase I Blue Ocean Grant winners 04/15/2013 Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics has announced the winners of this year’s Phase I Blue Ocean Grants, which honor novel ideas and technologies with the potential to change the world for the better and lead to eventual market commercial...
UConn opens Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center 04/10/2013 The U. of Connecticut has opened the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center, a collaboration between UConn and Pratt & Whitney and the first such facility in the Northeast to work with metals rather th...
	EPIC, Laser Classroom partner on lasers and optics research kit for students 03/05/2013 Brussels, Belgium--The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) is partnering with Laser Classroom (Minneapolis, MN) to spread the word about an educational “Light, Lasers and Optics” outreach kit to students across Europe.
	UCF celebrates 50th Anniversary with Pangolin laser light show and education 02/28/2013 Orlando, FL--Pangolin Laser Systems was proud to take part in the 50th Year Anniversary Celebration of the University of Central Florida with a laser light show and education presentation.
In advance of sequester, OSA organizes science "week of action" 02/25/2013 Washington, DC--OSA is organizing a "week of action" for the scientific community to prepare for across-the-board U.S. federal spending reductions known as the sequester.
Magnify your intellectual property IQ at SPIE Photonics West 2013 01/29/2013 San Francisco, CA--Attorneys from Knobbe Martens will be presenting "Magnifying Your IP IQ: Topics for the Savvy Intellectual Property Manager" at SPIE Photonics West 2013.

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Filling Your Workforce Pipeline - Part 2 - Actions You Can Take

07/27/2012

One of the commenters on part 1 of this post, The Optics Workforce Pipeline, suggests that the shortage isn't in technicians, it's in higher-level engineers. He points out that engineering is competing (and losing out) against ... Read More

Optics workforce pipeline

05/15/2012

The changing face of the American economy and education present US optics companies with a major barrier to growth: Lack of trained workforce. Here in Rochester, a university town for sure and the only city in the world that of... Read More

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