The IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter at the University of Virginia

In conjunction with the OSA and SPIE student chapters at UVA, the Photonics Society participated in the University's STEM outreach day. Optics demonstrations were given to local elementary school children on 26 October 2016.

The IEEE Photonics Society volunteered at a local elementary school, teaching 2nd and 3rd graders about optics, through hands-on demonstrations.

Dr. Hutchinson was the perfect candidate for the Chapter's first invited lecturer! She presented on her work at NRL, and her involvement with IPS and Women in Photonics. The lecture was engaging and informational and a gem for the 6 female UVA students in attendance (of over 26 total attendees)! In to a great talk, Dr. Hutchinson talked with us about further growing the relationship between UVA and NRL, and perhaps facilitating a student poster session where NRL engineers and recruiters can meet with graduate students here at UVA.

Dr. Paul Morton, the founder, C.E.O. and C.T.O. of Morton Photonics Inc., presented a seminar entitled "Photonic Integration for RF Photonics Systems."

The IEEE Photonics Society volunteered at a local elementary school, teaching 2nd and 3rd graders about optics, through hands-on demonstrations.

Dr. Shamsul Arafin, an Assistant Project Scientist at UC Santa Barbara, presented a seminar entitled "Chip-scale optical frequency synthesis based on optical phase-locked loop." The talk was held on 01 December 2017 and was co-hosted by the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UVA.

Professor Daniel Wasserman, an Associate Professor at UT Austin, presented a seminar entitled "The Mid-Infrared as an Optical Playground." The talk was held on 07 December 2017.

Dr. Masahiro Nada, a researcher at NTT Laboratories, Japan, presented a seminar on the expectations and requirements for photodiodes, APDs, and optical receivers. 

Professor Lorenzo Faraone, a professor at the University of Western Australia, presented a seminar entitled, “Recent Advances in Infrared Optoelectronic Materials, Detectors, and 2-D Imaging Focal Plane Arrays.” The talk was held on 27 August 2018.

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Amy C. Foster from Johns Hopkins University, presented a seminar entitled, “Parametric Nonlinear Interactions in Silicon Photonics.” The talk was held on 05 October 2018 and was co-hosted by the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UVA.

Dr. Di Liang a senior research scientist/principal engineer at Hewlett Packard Labs in Hewlett Packard Enterprise, presented a seminar entitled, "Heterogeneously Integrated Photonics on Silicon." The talk was held on 28 November 2018.

Dr. Stephanie Tomasulo, a Research Electrical Engineer from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), presented a seminar entitled, "Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Mixed Arsenide-Antimonide Alloys for Optoelectronic Applications." The talk was held on 30 November 2018, and was co-hosted by the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UVA.

Dr. Peter J. Winzer, head for Bell Labs' Optical Transmission Research efforts,  presented a seminar entitled, "Scaling fiber-optic communications: From chip-to-chip interconnects to submarine cables." The talk was held on 30 April 2019 and brought an audience of 24. It was followed by a Lunch-and-Learn session where a catered lunch was provided for students as they had the opportunity to interact with Peter.