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Archives
Q1 2010
OISC to participated again at: Astounding Inventions - Irvine Valley College - Sat. Jan.30, 2010 See IVC's 2009 Highlights and here for 2009 OISC photos
Lens Design Part II to begin in Jan. 12, 2010 through UC Irvine Extension.
Call For Papers - New Conference at SPIE's Annual Optics + Photonics Meeting Aug. 1-5, 2010 Optics Education and Outreach Abstracts Due Jan. 18, 2010
OSSC Jan. 13th Meeting at UC Irvine - Invited Guest Speaker, Dr. David Stork "Did the great masters "cheat" using optics?"
UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology - Opening Reception Emergence––Art and Artificial Life - Thurs. Jan. 7th 6:30 - 9:00 pm
OISC Director Donn Silberman will give a short Optricks & Astronomy Educational Outreach presentation to: Orange County Astronomers - Friday Jan. 8th at their Monthly Meeting
Fall 2009 UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology events: Family Day Event Sat. Nov.14, 11 am - 3 pm click here for flyer
Spring 2009 Events UC Irvine Beall Center Family Day - Sat. April 18 11 am to 3 pm Click here to download Optricks Presentation Click here to see photos of the event
Lambert Elementary School - Mr. Kerr's 5th Graders - Wed. March 4 - 1 to 2 pm
UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology - Family Day - Sat. Feb 21st - 11 am - 3pm
Astounding Inventions - Irvine Valley College - Sat. Jan.31, 2009 - 10 am -2pm
Photos from Recent Optical Society of Southern California Meetings
OSSC April 2009 Meeting Photos OSSC March 2009 Meeting Photos OSSC-Mtg_Feb-11-2009 OSSC-Mtg_Jan-14-2009
2008 Events Family Day @ the UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology Sat. Oct. 18th 11:30 am - 3 pm see some nice photos online at:
Summer Presentations UC Irvine Gifted Student Academy - July Fridays 2:30 pm - Astronomy Class - Optricks for a Greener World with Donn Silberman
UCLA Wed. July 16th 4-5 pm Sci | Art 2008 Nano Lab Summer Institute Optricks for a Greener World with Mark Helminger & Donn Silberman
LIVE at the UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology - another Family Day Event (schedule here) - was held Sat. May 3rd
Optical Society of Southern California's June 2008 Newsletter Optical Society of Southern California's June 2008 Meeting Announcement with Special OSSC Elections Results too.
Optical Society of Southern California's June 2008 Meeting Announcement with links to presentations, slides, papers
Hamid Hemmati, Ph.D. - OPN Article
OSA Foundation Collaborates with Girl Scouts on Optics Resource "Lighten Up!!"
Free SPIE & OSA Optics Outreach Posters
Getting It Done with CACT Read about our new Optical Instrument Design Course and our designation as one of 12 nationwide National Centers for Photonics and Optics Education, A National Science Foundation Center of Excellence. Details of the new design course were presented at the Annual SPIE Conference in Aug. 2007 and the paper can be downloaded here: Teaching lens, optical systems and optomechanical systems design at the Irvine Center for Applied Competitive Technologies
The Economic and Workforce Development Program Annual Conference is about "Next Generation Tools for Success!" will be held April 23-25, 2008 Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa, California. CACT EWD Presentation
The OISC participated in the Family Day Event with
our friends at the UC
Irvine Beall Center for Art +
Technology
The OSSC & OISC helped out with the GirlFest in Riverside on Nov. 3
GirlFest with the
Girl Scouts of
San Gorgonio Council in Riverside
http://www.gssgc.org/girlfest/index.php was from 10 am to 3 pm. Charles Gaugh
from Davidson Optronics was our Optricks Wizard at this event.
You can read about the OSA and
Girl Scouts at
http://oisc.net/OSAandGSAatLFW.pdf
Read about our proposed "Speed of Light Exhibit" (2009); download our Speed of Light Brochure
We had a Dedication Event on Fri. Oct. 19 at 1 pm at the new ATEP facility. Photos will be available soon.
Special Optical Society of Southern California Meeting Announcement Prof. Emil Wolf gave a lunch & lecture on Sept. 14
Read our papers presented at the New Education Optics Focus Area at SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization X (OP104) Tuesday August 28th from 1:30-2:20 & 4:00-5:40 pm Art + technology in optics educational outreach programs
SPIE Awards $5000 Grant to the OISC’s Optricks Suitcase Program Presented at the SPIE Annual Meeting on Tuesday August 28th ~3:00 pm
Irvine CACT Awards $4000 Grant to the OISC, $2000 goes towards new "Speed of Light Exhibit" with Art Competition Speed of Light Exhibit at Irvine Civic Center - October 2004 Reception NASA Looks at Warp Drive - Faster than the Speed of Light
OSA Foundation Collaborates with Girl Scouts on Optics Resource "Lighten Up!!" See new photos of our participation in the Orange County Girl Scouts Harry Potter Carnival Optical Society teams up with Girls Scouts in Laser Focus World
OISC Founding Director is interviewed by Pepperdine University
Thanks to all the Volunteers that help make this year's Optricks Days events the best yet!! Photos from Optricks Days and Hands-On Optics are here now!! Click on the Photo Galleries tab above.
Read about a "Suitcase Full of Optricks Help's Math, Science go Down" published on www.Photonics.com click here for a printer friendly version
Read about Some Optricks in Southern California in OSA's Optics & Photonics News
OSSC Secretary's Report June 2008
Irvine Valley College Laser Electro-Optics is now ATEP CACT Photonics
The OISC has co-located with the former Irvine Valley College Laser Electro-Optics Technology Program at the Irvine Center for Applied Competitive Technology (CACT). They are now at a new facility for the South Orange County Community College District's (SOCCCD) Advanced Technology & Education Park (ATEP). Click on new facility to see more.
(Click on the Optricks Days logo above for more details about this event.) The OISC in partnership with the Optical Society of Southern California (OSSC) sponsored our 3rd Annual Optricks Days at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. This year's event was organized to focus on the educational aspects of optics and lasers as we had numerous optics educational outreach stations throughout the center and special presentations in the 3D Laser Theater.
This year, in addition to the Optricks Suitcase presentation we have had in the past, a NEW presentation was given by the "Optricks Apprentice". The "Optricks Apprentice" is a protégé of Dr. Murty, The Wizard of Light, and provided illuminating fun times for all.
This is Dr. Murty, The Wizard of Light. The Optricks Apprentice made his first appearances at the 3rd Annual Optricks Days.
From Spring 2005:
The 5th Annual Congressional Conference on Science & Technology Education OISC Director Donn Silberman presented: The Optricks Suitcase Comes to Southern California and also, check out (all downloadable as pdf files) to learn more about this Sat. March 19, 2005 event in Norco, CA, visit: In Other News:
Click on the above logo and visit our Optricks Day web page. You can find all the information about our Optricks Day event and some photos from our very successful 2004 Optricks Day event. Photos from this year's event will be coming soon! New Periodic Table of Elements used in the Optricks Suitcase is now downloadable. Click here!! (downloadable as pdf file) Hands-On Optics:
The OISC & OSSC have
been participating in the OSA, SPIE, NSF sponsored
Hands-On Optics programs through
the UC Irvine MESA team. OISC Director Donn
Silberman has been working with
schools in the Compton Unified School District.
OSSC Education Chair, Mary Brown and OSSC Historian Tom Godfrey have also
volunteered in this program. You too can get involved by visiting the HOO
website at:
http://www.hands-on-optics.org
Astounding Inventions: OISC Director Donn Silberman also participated as a judge in the Irvine Unified School District's 18th Annual "Astounding Inventions". Click here to read about this event. More information, links and photos of these events will be posted on this web site soon.
Two Meetings in 2004: The Optical Society of Southern California will have a meeting this Wed. Feb. 9th with a special guest speaker presenting, "Cassini Saturn Orbiter & Huygens Moon Lander Probe Optics & Images". Find out more on-line at www.ossc.org. The IEEE Laser Electro-Optics Society Los Angeles Chapter will have a meeting this Thur. Feb 10th at UCLA. You can find the details on-line by clicking here. The Speed of Light Exhibit A new exhibit based on Michelson's Speed of Light experiments at the Irvine Ranch in the 1930's was open from Tuesday Oct. 5 until Friday Oct. 29 at the Irvine City Hall. The OISC wishes to thank Newport Corp. and Advanced Laser Technologies for donating equipment for a modern version of the experiment. The experiment was assembled and tested at Irvine Valley College's Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (IVC CACT). The exhibit also included explanatory posters with text and graphics about the history and science of measuring the speed of light. Additional panels featured information and photographs from the OISC's educational outreach programs and SPIE's Optics and Photonics Theme posters. To view some information about the exhibit, click here. The OISC goes to the OSA Annual Meeting OISC Director Donn Silberman presented two papers during the Forum on Education on Wed. Oct 12 "The Optical Society of Southern California sponsors OPTRICKS Day at the Discovery Science Center" "The Optics Institute of Southern California (OISC) - a year later" These presentations will be available on the OISC website after the conference.
Summer Educational Summary The OISC completed teaching Physics and Astronomy at the UC Irvine's Gifted Student Academy in July. This was five (5) one week session with ~ 20 middle school students in each class. The Physics classes were in the morning and Astronomy in the afternoons. The Physics classes focused on "Motion" and the Astronomy classes built up to a research project. We also had the opportunity to remotely operate a research grade telescope on the mountains in Chile (that's in South America!!) This came to use through a new partnership with Telescopes in Education. We also had some Star Parties brought to us from our Friends of Griffith Observatory - Traveling Telescope program.
It has links to some of the best programs and lesson plans on the web.
Much Thanks goes out to Susan Raffensperger of Northrop and OSSC Past President for securing Northrop as a corporate member.
Thanks to all who helped make this a BIG Success!! Click on the logo above to see photos of the event!! Also, see our new web pages thanking our Exhibitors, Donors and Volunteers. A very special THANKS to OSA for $1000 grant to the OSSC for the OPTRICKS Suitcase materials for this event.
Our partners in Optics Educational Outreach Programs.
Making small spotting telescopes - A gift from our friend Pete Nance at Precision Applied Products. Click here to see photos of our newest educational tool for students to "Make and Take". These small telescopes will be made by students and they can take them home and share them with family and friends.
THINK Together and the OISC have completed their first joint project to reach over 1000 students, staff and volunteers. Click Here to learn more about our successful programs last December and this Spring! And see Fun Photos!!
See Photos from a recent Star Party at RH Dana Elementary School hosted by Ryck Daniels, Irvine Valley College's Astronomy Dept. with assistance from OISC Director Donn Silberman. Thurs. April 29th. See Photos from Planets on Parade at the Cerritos Library, hosted by Mary Brown & Larry Guerra, associated with The Griffith Park Observatory, The Planetary Society of Pasadena and the L.A. Astronomical Society. OISC Director Donn Silberman presented the OPTRICKS Suitcase to the group before the Star Party. Mon. April 26. Please visit our new corporate members on the web at:
There are many ways of Supporting the OISC. Like our many sponsors & collaborators .
The OISC continues
its Membership and Fundraising Drive.
Together we can achieve our goals and objectives
and fulfill many of our missions and projects.
All OISC Members
will receive an OISC Membership Card. See our
Membership
Benefits page for more information.
Click on the underlined words and images below to go to web pages for more information on these new events .
NEWS You Can Use Recent Happenings in 2004
The Optical Society of San Diego and Optical Society of Southern California hosted a joint meeting at the Beckman Laser Institute on Wed. Mar. 10th. If you would like a copy of BLI Director, Dr. Bruce Tromberg's presentation please contact Donn Silberman; it is a 38 MB pdf file, so it is not downloadable from this website, but it can be put on a CD.
The OISC hosted a table top exhibit with the OSSC, OSSD, IVC LET, & IEEE LEOS at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center Feb. 24 - 26. Click here to see some photos!!
Donn Silberman, OISC Founding Director, hosted and was the guest speaker at the Optical Society of San Diego's meeting Thur. Feb. 19th a the Fleet Science Center. Click here to see some photos of the event!! It was GREAT FUN!!! Click Here for a detailed review of this meeting.
The OISC exhibited at the San Diego County Educational High Tech Fair on Wed. Feb. 18th. The "Tech Fair" was unique in that it's charter is to enlighten 7th-12th grade students to the world of science and the possibilities of a scientific career. Click here to see some photos of the event!! It was GREAT FUN!!!
The OISC hosted a joint
meeting of the Optical Society of Southern California and the IEEE Laser
Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Los Angeles Chapter at USC on Jan. 21st.
Prof. Alan Willner
talked to us about the State of the Optical Fiber Telecommunications Industry.
You can read about it in the
OSSC Jan.
2004 Images Newsletter.
Volunteering is a big part of the OISC's activities; learn how you can help. Membership you can become a member.
Overview of OISC’s activities: Click on: Supporter & Collaborators to see how the OISC works with others. Click on: Speed of Light Exhibit to see our newest project and here for more detailed information. Click on: OISC @ ETOP for presentation. Click on: Optics Suitcase @ ETOP for presentation. Click on: Projects in Progress for current events. Click on: Brochure to share with friends.
Click
on: Sponsorships are available, contact OISC Director Donn Silberman for more information. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS ![[New!]](images/smallnew.gif){kind=small}
The OISC has
established a collaborative partnership with
THINK Together,
(Teaching,
Helping,
Inspiring,
Nurturing
Kids)
in Central Orange County to provide
science education (using optics
& astronomy )
in after school programs. More
information about this program and volunteer opportunities are available
on-line at OISC
& THINK.
This program will use the "Color
My World" curriculum by Wendy Woolf, Science Education Consultant.
Contact the OISC for more information on this curriculum and in-service
training for your programs.
The OISC has
accepted an invitation to assist the
Discovery Science Center's
Exhibit Committee. As the DSC includes more exhibits that contain
optics, astronomy and related sciences, they saw the need to have a
professional optics engineer / educator join the committee. Check out
the exhibits and programs at the DSC today!! You'll be glad you did!!
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The OISC
has become a Sponsored Project of
Community
Partners.
This allows the OISC to be part of a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization and
qualify for tax exempt grants and donations.
Therefore, the OISC has now begun a Membership and Fundraising Drive. Together we can achieve our goals and objectives and fulfill many of our missions.
In the future, new Supporters and Collaborators will be posted on our Home Page for an e-Newsletter cycle, (~6 weeks) in recognition for their support and collaboration. Then they will be added to our Supporters and Collaborators web page.
RECENT CONFERENCE RESULTS
Tucson, AZ Donn Silberman, OISC Director, presented:
Also, The OISC had table top exhibit Tues & Wed, Oct 7 & 8 from 10 am to 4 pm at:
The results from attending these meetings in Tucson was a greater understanding of the Educational Outreach efforts of the Optics Communities World Wide and how the OISC's efforts play an important role. Being in Southern California, we have an opportunity to make a large impact here that can be used to spread the good words of how optics make positive contributions to our societies world wide.
___________________________________________________________ August 5 -7, 2003, San Diego, CA T he OISC coordinated a Table Top Exhibit with Irvine Valley College’s Laser Electro-optics Program ,Click here to see the Table Top Banner!! The exhibit was a success as many attendees stopped by to pick up literature, sign up for memberships and IVC classes and volunteer for educational outreach programs. The Irvine Valley College’s Laser Electro-Optics Program in co-operation with The Optics Institute of Southern California was awarded an SPIE Educational Grant at the SPIE Student Scholarship and Grant Winners Reception. This award will be used to help fund the recently completed Astronomy & Space Science programs developed for the UCI Gifted Student Academy.
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS
The OISC has
established a collaborative partnership with
THINK Together,
(Teaching,
Helping,
Inspiring,
Nurturing
Kids)
in Central Orange County to provide
science education (using optics
& astronomy )
in after school programs. More
information about this program and volunteer opportunities are available
on-line at OISC
& THINK.
A new relationship is in the making with a group called IC Stars Astronomy, Inc. from Kansas City, MO. Although they are quite away from Southern California, their story is quite interesting and we believe we will do wonderful work together for our friends in Latin America. The key to this relationship is their subsidiary Southern Skies Star Parties (SSSP) and their non-profit group The Star Garden Foundation. The SSSP takes place in the mountains of Bolivia, South America, where the OISC founder's wife, Ana Maria, hails. A sample of the current OISC effort to help the SSSP can be seen at OISC & SSSP where information was taken t the SPIE Conference OISC Table Top Exhibit (see next story!)
OISC Director Donn Silberman has
accepted an invitation to assist the
Discovery Science Center's
Exhibit Committee. As the DSC includes more exhibits that contain
optics, astronomy and related sciences, they saw the need to have a
professional optics engineer / educator join the committee. Check out
the exhibits and programs at the DSC today!! You'll be glad you did!!
OISC
Exhibits Committee is being formed to propose new optics exhibits at
Irvine City Hall and Orange County Airport.
The 49th
Annual
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Here we thank, list and maintain links to letters received from OISC supporters.
These are the press releases we've issued over the last year. You may want to search for topics by keyword.
(We have not issued any press releases yet. Stay tuned in and watch your e-mails for news of this new institute serving the optics community of Southern California.)
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