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Stuart Shaklan, PhD. Interferometry Engineering Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph: Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Earth-like Planets |
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Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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Seminar: 3-D simulation of nanoscopic devices (hosted by NSE)
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Friday Oct. 27 Seminar: 2-3pm, 390 HMMB |
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Geoffrey Burr, PhD IBM Almaden Research Lab |
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SPIE/OSA and EECS mixer with Entrepreneur Association |
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Tuesday Nov. 14 6:30pm 521 Cory Hall (Hogan Room)
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This is an opportunity for engineering/science and business students to meet and discuss business ideas in an informal setting, with the hope of forming teams for the business plan competition. |
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In its simplest manifestation, a finite-difference scheme discretizes a system of partial differential equations directly onto a regular, Cartesian mesh. Since such finite-difference schemes can readily scale to simulations with millions of elements, they have become popular for addressing complex physical simulations in 3-D. I will discuss two such applications -- the first is the use of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) algorithm for simulating Maxwell's Equations in photonic devices such as high-index waveguides, photonic crystals, and lithography masks. The second is a customized multi-physics simulator for non-volatile electronic phase-change memory, which uses finite-difference techniques to model the interplay between transient heat diffusion, current flow and/or optical heating, and the phase-change process in chalcogenide materials. I will discuss how we continue to improve the predictions of this latter simulator by comparison to our experimental results, including both optical cycling of thin films as well as working electronic memory devices with cross-sectional areas as small as 60 square nanometers. |
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Student Q&A Session (hosted by SPIE and the Nano Club) |
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Friday Oct. 27 Student Q&A: 3-4pm, 290 HMMB |
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Geoffrey Burr, PhD IBM Almaden Research Lab |
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Tour and Mixer Tour: Advanced Light Source at LBL Mixer: Berkeley/Stanford OSA Wine and Cheese Mixer |
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Hosted by the Berkeley OSA student chapter |
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Roger Falcone
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Meet approximately 30 students, post-docs, and professors from Stanford plus Stanford Photonics Research Center (SPRC) directors while you enjoy wine and cheese provided by the Berkeley chapter of the Optical Society of America. Don’t miss this great networking opportunity and a chance to launch the Berkeley chapter of the OSA!
The Berkeley OSA is a new student group working in cooperation with PhotoBears (the Berkeley chapter of the SPIE) to support optics at Cal. |
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Photonics at Stanford |
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OSA Annual Meeting – Frontiers of Optics (FiO) |
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Sept. 16-20, 2007 San Jose, CA
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES |
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The OSA foundation (OSAF) and Girl Scouts of the USA have recently published Lighten Up! Discovering the Science of Light, an activity booklet that helps introduce girls ages 11-15 to optics.
Our Berkeley Chapter has volunteered to assist local Girl Scout troops to perform the book’s activities and to give them the opportunity to meet real scientists and engineers!
The booklet can be found at http://www.studio2b.org/gossipyouneed/lighten_up.asp
Volunteers needed! Please contact Wendy Zhao: xxzhao at Berkeley.edu if you are interested |
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Lighten up! Discovering the Science of Light |
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Ongoing Project with the Girl Scouts of the USA
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· Attend this FREE event for middle and high school science teachers sponsored by the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Northern California Local Section of OSA, and the OSA Student Chapters at Stanford and Berkeley · Come see hands-on experiments and demonstrations on optical phenomena: o Fluorescence: Viewing Glowing Colors and Invisible Ink o Splitting White Light: Prisms, Soap bubbles, and Rainbows o Creating Colors from Polarization o Waveguides: Water and Jell-O Light Pipes, Fiber Optics And Much More!
· Receive a participant packet of educational resources and lesson plans for replicating demonstrations in the classroom · Meet Stanford and Berkeley graduate students, staff, and local educators interested in science outreach · Enjoy a dinner with other local science educators
Contact: Wendy Zhao (xxzhao at Berkeley.edu) or Forrest Sedgwick (Sedgwick at eecs.berkeley.edu) |
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Science Educator’s Day |
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Sept 20, 2007 5:30-9:00 pm |
