Telecoms Pioneer Recognized With Prestigious Schawlow Award Peter Delfyettβs contributions include developing the fiber optic communications that form the basis for programs such as FaceTime and Zoom.
Soileau Named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame MJ Soileau, vice president for ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs Office of Research and Commercialization, has been named to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Soileau, who oversees the…
Toward a More Scientifically Literate Public As a society we do a terrible job of educating our children to become scientifically literate. Sure, we have STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)…
A Toast! To the International Year of Light In December 2013, at the United Nationsβ 68th General Assembly meeting, the assembled countries could not as usual solve the problems of world conflicts, human…
ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Researcher Helps Develop Laser-Assisted Guidance of Electrical Discharges A ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ researcher is part of an international team of scientists that has shown laser beams can be used to control the trail of electrical…
CREOL to Host Symposium to Commemorate International Year of Light ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) will host its annual Industrial Affiliates Symposium of industry leaders and photonics researchers Thursday…
‘Dressed’ Laser Aimed at Clouds May be Key to Inducing Rain, Lightning The adage βEveryone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it,β may one day be obsolete if researchers at the University of Central…
Optical Experiment Mimics Futuristic System for Space Propulsion More than three centuries ago, Isaac Newton in his Principia stated that for any action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The ramifications of…
2 ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Colleges Create State’s Only Undergraduate Photonics Degree A new undergraduate degree program at the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ will begin this fall that will help students get jobs in a burgeoning specialized…
International Optics Center Honors ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Vice President M.J. Soileau, ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½’s vice president for research and commercialization, recently earned the first Distinguished Service Appreciation Medal from the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona,…