{"id":64832,"date":"2015-03-10T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=64832"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:42:41","slug":"creol-host-symposium-commemorate-international-year-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/creol-host-symposium-commemorate-international-year-light\/","title":{"rendered":"CREOL to Host Symposium to Commemorate International Year of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) will host its annual Industrial Affiliates Symposium of industry leaders and photonics researchers Thursday and Friday, March 12-13, this year celebrating the International Year of Light.<\/p>\n<p>The program theme, \u201cAdvances in Optics &amp; Photonics,\u201d will feature lab tours, exhibits, short courses, technical symposiums, and a lecture by science and technology writer Jeff Hecht.<\/p>\n<p>The short courses range from optical fiber communication to transition-metal solid-state lasers, and the technical symposiums cover topics such as Multimaterial Chalcogenide Fibers for Midinfrared Applications.<\/p>\n<p>Hecht will present\u00a0the lecture <em>Evolving Lasers to Solve Problems<\/em> at 1:50 p.m. Friday at the Student Union\u2019s Pegasus Ballroom. His talk\u00a0will describe how lasers and their applications have evolved in the\u00a0past and will continue to change to benefit technology.<\/p>\n<p>Hecht is a contributing editor for Laser Focus World and has\u00a0written on lasers, photonics and fiber optics for more than 30 years. He received a B.S. in\u00a0electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology, is a senior member of the\u00a0Optical Society of America and a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.<\/p>\n<p>The International Year of Light is a global initiative adopted by the United Nations to raise awareness about optical technologies and how they provide solutions to worldwide challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health.<\/p>\n<p>Activities at the symposium are free, but CREOL asks that participants sign up. Registration and a schedule of events can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/\">http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/Partnerships\/Affiliates\/AffiliatesDay2015\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) will host its annual Industrial Affiliates Symposium of industry leaders and photonics researchers Thursday and Friday, March 12-13, this year celebrating the International Year of Light. 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