The OSA/SPIE Student Chapter at UCLA just held it's first joint event with the UCLA local chapter of the Society for Biomaterials! It was a great success, with a large turn out from both groups. Check it out in our Pictures section.

Hello all,

I just uploaded the photos from the recent Scientist/Engineer Mixer, in which we hosted students and professors to get together and discuss opportunities in optics. It was a great success and we had a large turn-out of students and professors.

Looking forward to seeing you in next quarter's event (we are thinking about a career oriented event this time)!

Peter

Founding VP

Hello Fellow Bruins,

I just returned from the OSA Student Leadership Conference, energized and full of ideas to improve our Optics-centered student chapter. I took what I gained with me to our first officers meeting of the school year and it was a great success. Everyone was very motivated to help out and expand our chapter. We decided to implement regularly held officer meetings once a month (volunteers who help with events are welcome too!) and regular social events once a year.

Our first quarterly social event is scheduled for Nov. 10, 5-7PM in the Engineering IV Tesla Room. We will have Professor Aydogan Ozcan there to chat with students about his experiences, and perhaps other professors as well, in addition to free food.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Peter DeVore

Founding VP

Hello fellow students,

The SoCal Optical Network of Students (SCONeS) organized its very first event: a poster session and tour of Newport Corporation! Students from UCR, UCI, CSU Pomona and even from UCSD (and of course, UCLA) gathered together at Newport to share their research to interested students and Newport staff as well, all the while chowing down free food courtesy of Newport Corp. Come check out the photos from the event.

It was a great success and we look forward to many more events like this to come.

UCLA and UCR are proud to have gathered together several universities across Southern California to create the SoCal Optics Network of Students (SCONeS). Through this, we will be able to network with students from other campuses, and unite to gather companies from the optics industry to come to our universities. This should help students gain the knowledge and contacts they need to start their careers in optics (or many other fields related to optics, such as mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology... the list goes on and on!).

Join the UCLA OSA/SPIE student chapter kick-off on Tuesday, March 1 at 5:00pm.

The chapter also invites all students, researchers, and faculty members to the networking dinner after the event.

Agenda:

- Introduction to the chapter

- Seminar talk by Prof. Michael E. Phelps in Shannon Room (54-134, E4)

- Networking dinner Tesla room (53-134, E4).

Where: Magnolia, 825 W. 9th Street, Los Angeles - just a few blocks from the convention center.

When: Monday, 7 March 2011 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Hosted by: Meredith Smith of the OSA Foundation.

Sponsored by: The Optical Society

RSVP here and we'll send you a confirmation including drink ticket information. Please note that drink tickets will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve by 3 March 2011.

We look forward to seeing you there!