Students Earn Awards in Optics and Photonics Poster Competition

February 1, 2013
Categories: College of Science, Research

In its first poster competition in optics and photonics, the SPIE/OSA Student Chapter at UNC Charlotte showcased students’ research in mid-January. The students prepared and presented posters. SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light. The mission of the Optical Society (OSA) is to promote the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics and to disseminate this knowledge worldwide.

2optics poster 2012In the poster competition, the winners were:

  • First Prize- Mehrdad Abolbashari with “Dual Moiré and Laser Interferometry as a Metrology Tool”
  • Second Prize- Arash Darafsheh with “Optical super-resolution by high-index liquid-immersed microspheres”
  • Third Prize- Mark Green with “Theoretical analysis of optical waveform shaping using phase-controlled harmonic synthesis”; and
  • Third Pirze – Jinghua Ge with “Rapid freeze for pulsed EPR studies of ATP hydrolysis”

Photos courtesy of Raymond Nimox. View more information from the event on the SPIE and OSA Student Chapter Facebook page.