February 12, 2018

Dear members of the Hajim School community,

The Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS) works in many ways to encourage economic development through university-industry research collaborations. The center, led by Mark Bocko, our chair of electrical and computer engineering, and Paul Ballentine, played an important role in bringing AIM Photonics to Rochester, and in spearheading the Light and Sound Interactive conference that debuted last fall as a showcase for Rochester’s strengths in light- and sound-based technologies. The annual CEIS Technology Showcase, which will be held April 12, is a great opportunity for faculty and researchers in optics, imaging and photonics, energy and materials, and biomedical technology to share their work with industry professionals

Of particular interest are the opportunities CEIS provides for our faculty and students to engage in company-sponsored research projects involving cutting edge technologies. See page 11 in the latest CEIS annual report  for summaries of projects with Carestream Health Inc. (Zeljko Ignjatovic, Jiebo Luo, Stephen McAleavey, and Mark Buckley); Clerio Vision (Paul Funkenbusch and Wayne Knox); Corning Incorporated (Govind Agrawal); Harris Space and Intelligence Systems (Zeljko Ignjatovic); HYPRES, Inc. (Roman Sobolewski); Imaginant (Diane Dalecki); LighTopTech Corp. (Jannick Rolland), Oculus (Jannick Rolland and Nick Vamivakas), and SiMPore Inc. (James McGrath). I am pleased to be engaged in a project with Harris Corporation.

Our condolences to the family and friends of Kenneth Teegarden, former professor and director of The Institute of Optics, who passed away recently. Professor Teegarden joined the Institute in 1954. He was an expert in solid state physics, particularly the interaction of light with glass, semiconductors, and other materials.  He directed the College’s Materials Science Program from its inception in 1966 until 1977, and served as Institute director from 1981 to 1987.

Congratulations to Roman Sobolewski, professor of electrical and computer engineering, who has been selected as traveling lecturer by the Optical Society (OSA) for 2018. Roman’s first visit will be to Tianjin University in China to give a seminar on “Nanostructured superconducting single-photon detectors as photon energy, number, and polarization resolving devices.”

Have a great week!

Your dean,
Wendi Heinzelman