SOCk and WiO are BACK. Activities are in full swing. Events and activities are being planned. And Fall 2023 Semester success is being celebrated while the student clubs are forward-looking to the excitement planned for this Spring 2024 semester. With WiO's Prism Week (March 11-15), SOCk's Laser Fun Day (Apr 20), and SOCk's Annual Camping Trip on Mt. Graham (April 26-27) on the calendar there's a whole lot to be looking forward to! Make sure that you are part of the excitement! Club officers and contact information is available here. SOCk has also been updating their website with exciting news from student events and initiatives. Check out the most recent post on a recap of SOCk's 2023 accomplishments!

Robert Edmund, CEO (retired) of Edmund Optics, recently established the John P. Schaefer Graduate Student Scholarship in Optical Sciences. This scholarship is to recognize UA President Emeritus John Schaefer’s commitment to support optics education and to empower the next generation of optical scientists. A passion that Robert also adamantly holds.

Prof. Ron Liang's work into printing of 3D Infrared Optics has made innovations in the field recently. The group has achieved multi-material printing, for which they innovated a self-welding process that facilitates the creation of multi-element glass optics. Additionally, they have perfected a printing technique that allows for on-demand control of transparency. Find out more in this five-minute review.

Alumna and one-time assoc. professor for the College, Jennifer Turner-Valle, PhD (OSC 1998), found humor in life and provided warmth and support to friends and professional associates. Sadly, Jennifer passed away unexpectedly in August 2023 in Boulder, CO where she and her husband, Tim, resided. We offer our most sincere condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. 

Jennifer was a valuable contributor to the fields of engineering and optics through her research, business management and teaching. She also often found herself in a mentor role, especially for women seeking a career in these fields. It is therefore only fitting that a scholarship endowment now bears her name as well as her passions.

Contributions to support the Jennifer Turner Advancing Women in Optics Graduate Student Scholarship may be made here. Please add the scholarship’s name in the “gift designation” portion – or contact Kaye Rowan, Executive Director of Development.

Andreas Velten
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Over the past decade NLOS imaging has seen rapid progress and we can now capture and reconstruct hidden scenes in real time and with high image quality. In this presentation I will give an overview over the imaging using single photon avalanche diodes, reconstruction methods, and applications driving NLOS imaging and provide an outlook for future development.

Did you know that the Wyant College of Optical Sciences has over 55 scholarships available to award to undergraduate and graduate students in optical sciences?
Did you also know that some of these scholarships have a research interest preference for their award to a qualifying student? These interests includes: medical imaging, data storage, E-M theory; polarization optics; thin film devices and optical coatings, optical design, optical remote sensing, lithography and more.

The new year began with the 2024 Optical Sciences Winter School running from January 3 - 6 at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences. More than 45 undergraduates from across the country as well as approximately 20 optics professionals and faculty from other universities attended.