OSA - New Focus/Bookham announce Student Award finalists

May 7, 2007, Washington, DC--The Optical Society of America (OSA) - New Focus/Bookham Student Award was established in 1997 to encourage research excellence, presentation prowess, and leadership in the optics community among OSA Student Members. The seven 2007 New Focus/Bookham Student Award Finalists were just announced.

The seven finalists will present their talks on Tuesday, May 8, at CLEO/QELS 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland (from 4:00 - 6:30 pm in room 328 of the Baltimore Convention). All are welcome to attend the oral competition session of the award. The final results will be announced during the plenary session on Wednesday morning, May 9. Six of the seven finalists will receive a $1,500 cash prize each and the top finalist will receive $5,000.

(Finalists listed in order of presentation)
Michael Chung-Yi Huang, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Hong Chuyen Nguyen, University of Sydney, Australia
Yoshi Okawachi, Cornell University, USA
Keisuke Lucas Goda, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ying Zhou, CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Kenneth Chau, University of Alberta, Canada
Giovanni Volpe, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain

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