Promoting the field of optics and photonics

October 24, 2016

Pippard Lecture Theatre

OUTLINE

Examples of light technology

SPIE Student Chapter and its scholarships

Cambridge Student Chapter

Snapshots of future activities

LIGHT TECHNOLOGY SHAPED THE WORLD,

ESPECIALLY AFTER LASER WAS DEMONSTRATED.

Nobel Prize in Physics 1964

DISPLAYING THE WORLD

DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Light Emitting Diode

Nobel Prize in Physics 2014

CONNECT THE WORLD

COMMUNICATION
Optical Fiber

Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

DEFINE THE WORLD

TIME STANDARD(SI)
Optical atomic clock

Bloom, B. J., et al. "An optical lattice clock with accuracy and
stability at the 10-18 level." Nature 506.7486 (2014): 71-75.
Optical frequency comb
Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

Abbott, B. P., et al. "Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole
merger." Physical review letters 116.6 (2016): 061102.

WATCH THE UNIVERSE

OBSERVATION
LIGO and Nanoscopy

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014

Hell SW and Wichman J (1994) Breaking the diffraction resolution limit by stimulated emission:
stimulated-emission-depletion-microscopy. Opt. Lett. 19:780-782

SOLAR CELLS

POWER THE WORLD

ENERGY

Nobel Prize in Physics 1921

Defense

Metrology

Energy

Sensing

Physics

Engineering

Chemistry

Material

Health
Biology

Display

Communi
cation

DEFINE the world

WATCH the universe
CONNECT the world
DISPLAY the world
POWER the world

WHAT IS SPIE?
Founded in July 1st, 1955
18,000+ members
Society of Photo-Optical
Instrumentation Engineers

140 meetings and events per year

BIG Conferences.(over 20,000 attendees)

Optics+Photonics
Nanoscience + Engineering
Optics + Photonics for Sustainable
Energy
Organic Photonics + Electronics
Optical Engineering + Applications

Photonics West

BiOS
LASE
OPTO

1. STUDENT AUTHOR TRAVEL GRANTS

Who?
Undergraduate/graduate program who will give an
oral presentation + conference paper in SPIE
conferences
Submit your complete application form and a letter of
recommendation

Cover?

$250-$500 USD per domestic traveler OR

$300-$750 USD per international traveler

Newport Research Excellence Travel Awards:

Only in Photonics West and Optics + Photonics

STUDENT MEMBER BENEFITS

STANDARD STUDENT MEMBERSHIP: $20/YEAR

Eligibility for SPIE Scholarships and Grants:

Over $300,000 in scholarships and grants
awarded annually
Eligible for travel assistance to attend SPIE events
Networking events at SPIE conferences designed for
students
Reduced registration fees at SPIE conferences
Receive 60% off all conference educational courses
10 SPIE Digital Library Proceedings or Journal
article downloads per year
Subscription to one of 10 SPIE online journals
Subscription to SPIE Professional, the quarterly
Membership magazine

2016 CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE

$500 from Student Author Travel Grants
Attend one-day Leadership Workshop
Lunch with experts
Original and tasty Mexican food

2. SPIE TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

Who?

Criteria: prospect for long-term contribution that the

granting of an award will make to the field of optics,
photonics or related field
What?

Two recommendations are required.

Annual Scholarship Report

Restriction?

Studying or planning to study optics, photonics or related

field.

At most one at the same academic level

SPIE Conferences

Deadline?

Cycle 2, deadline September 21, 2016; results in

November/December

3. OPTICS AND PHOTONICS EDUCATION

SCHOLARSHIPS

Who?

How much?

Probably next February

What?

$2,500 to $11,000

Deadline?

high school, pre-university, secondary school,

undergraduate and graduate students

tuition, books, research activities, and other

education-related expenses

Criteria: prospect for long-term contribution that

the granting of an award will make to the field of
optics, photonics or related field

4. OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS(HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE)
D.J. Lovell Scholarship ($11,000 annually)
John Kiel Scholarship ($10,000 annually)
Laser Technology, Engineering, and Applications
Scholarship ($5,000 annually)
Optical Design and Engineering Scholarship
BACUS Scholarship ($5,000 annually)
Teddi Laurin Scholarship ($5,000 annually)

SPIE STUDENT CHAPTERS

307 Student Chapters comprised of more than
6,600 members in 54 countries around the world
In UK, 10 active student chapter now, including
Cambridge, Southampton, ICL, St. Andrews and
so on.
>10 Student members to maintain active

Benefits

2016

Chapter Grant

$700

Guest Speaker

Around Nov. 21

Officer Grant

In application

Outreach Kits

Diffraction glass and

tunable LED

STUDENT CHAPTER COMMITTEE

Jiangbin Zhang
President
Cavendish Laboratory

Arfa Karani
Vice President
Cavendish Laboratory

Arya Thampi
Secretary
Cavendish Laboratory

Shahab Akhavan
Treasurer
Dept. of Engineering

Qifei Gu
Webmaster
Cavendish Laboratory

Dale Waterhouse
Outreach Coordinator
Cavendish Laboratory

Han Qin
Social Coordinator
Dept. of Engineering

Undergraduate
Representative

STUDENT CHAPTER OFFICER GRANT

One officer from each chapter every year

2017 Conference Choice

Conference

Time

Place

Photonics West

January

San Francisco, USA

Optical Metrology

April

Munich, Germany

Optics+Photonics

August

San Diego, USA

Dale Waterhouse is applying for this grant.

Another $350 for Photonics West $1800+$350=$2150

VICE PRESIDENT ARFA KARANI

Host celebrated Professors in the field

to give guest talks
In-house speaker series
Journal club with specific themes to develop
collaborations
We want to promote inter-disciplinary research!

SOCIAL COORDINATOR HAN QIN

KEEP EVERYONE BE IN TOUCH
Organize social events (Welcome
Party, BBQ, Happy Hour, Formal
dinner etc.

Freshers Fair

Update Society Membership and SPIE

Membership

Outreach Activities