The OP-TEC Workshop on Optics and Photonics Education has the following three goals:
1. To inform participants about career opportunities and the growing need for optics and photonics technicians and the secondary and postsecondary programs options to prepare them.
2. To explain the opportunities for participants to create new secondary-to-postsecondary programs in photonics and/or to infuse optics and photonics instruction into existing technical programs and courses in math, science and technologies enabled by photonics.
3. To inform participants of the OP-TEC curriculum materials and services available for planning and implementing photonics education at their institutions.
Although the workshop is free of charge, space is limited and registration is required. Participants are responsible for lodging, meals, and all travel expenses. Lunch will be provided on Thursday, March 7. Registrants are also invited to attend the “LASERS IN ACTION” Industrial Affiliates Symposium at the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) on Friday, March 8. Optional Friday Symposium events include technical presentations by CREOL faculty, graduate students, and business affiliates, exhibits, and lab tours spanning 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
1. To inform participants about career opportunities and the growing need for optics and photonics technicians and the secondary and postsecondary programs options to prepare them.
2. To explain the opportunities for participants to create new secondary-to-postsecondary programs in photonics and/or to infuse optics and photonics instruction into existing technical programs and courses in math, science and technologies enabled by photonics.
3. To inform participants of the OP-TEC curriculum materials and services available for planning and implementing photonics education at their institutions.
Although the workshop is free of charge, space is limited and registration is required. Participants are responsible for lodging, meals, and all travel expenses. Lunch will be provided on Thursday, March 7. Registrants are also invited to attend the “LASERS IN ACTION” Industrial Affiliates Symposium at the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) on Friday, March 8. Optional Friday Symposium events include technical presentations by CREOL faculty, graduate students, and business affiliates, exhibits, and lab tours spanning 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
- Workshop
- Engineering Technologies
