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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.
SPIE-supported STEM programs reach thousands in 2012 01/28/2013 Bellingham, WA--Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and outreach programs designed, implemented, and supported by members of SPIE reached thousands of students and others worldwide in 2012.
	Open Photonics facilitates R&D-to-commercialization process 01/14/2013 Orlando, FL--Jason Eichenholz has launched a new company called Open Photonics that aims to ease the R&D-to-commercialization process for companies interested in utilizing photonics technologies.
2013 Photonics21 Student Innovation Award accepting applicants through February 20 01/11/2013 Cardiff, Wales--The 2013 Photonics21 Student Innovation Award, to be presented at an awards ceremony during an evening reception on April 29 during the Photonics21 annual meeting (April 29-30), is accepting student applicants u...
Japanese universities gain access to SPIE Digital Library 01/07/2013 Bellingham, WA, and Tokyo, Japan--Japanese researchers in optics and photonics now have a new option for access to a large collection of literature in their field: SPIE and the Japanese Alliance of University Library Consortia ...
Data center workshop to be co-hosted by OIDA at OFC 2013 12/31/2012 Washington, DC--OIDA is co-hosting a workshop during OFC/NFOEC 2013 on the future system and component requirements for "scale out" data centers.
OSA Foundation to award 22 Student Travel Grants in 2013 12/28/2012 Washington, DC--The OSA Foundation (OSAF) has made its Student Travel Grant Program opportunities for 2013 available.
	Research microscope donation helps spur minority students' interest in science 12/26/2012 Recognizing that minority students do not tend to choose science as a career path, Emil Bogenmann, Ph.D., Ed.D., director for Research Education at the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, establi...
RPI Lighting Research Center to host 25th anniversary celebration 12/18/2012 Troy, NY--The Lighting Research Center RPI will celebrate 25 years of lighting research and eduction on March 20, 2013. The event will include a keynote, panel discussion, LRC tours and demonstrations, and a reception and dinne...
	UC Irvine honors Donn Silberman for work in optics education programs 12/05/2012 Irvine, CA--Donn Silberman was honored by the UC Irvine Extension with the Dean's Outstanding Service Award for his work on optics certificate programs.
2013 Photonics21 Student Innovation Award seeks applicants 12/03/2012 Düsseldorf, Germany--The 2013 Photonics21 Student Innovation Award from European technology platform Photonics21 is now seeking applicants.
OSA, Optical Society of Korea establish award in honor of optics trailblazer 11/28/2012 Washington, DC--The Optical Society (OSA) and the Optical Society of Korea (OSK) have established a new award in honor of the late Sang Soo Lee for his pioneering role as the “Father of Optics” in South Korea.

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

Fri Jul 27 14:56:00 CDT 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

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