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SPIE Women in Optics promotes personal and professional growth for women through community building, networking opportunities and encouraging young women to choose optics as a career.
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Upcoming SPIE events of interes:
| SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing |
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A Networking Event for ECPs, Students, and Conference Attendees
Tuesday 30 April | 5 - 6:30 pm
Join us for an evening of networking and inspiration while enjoying wine and cheese refreshments.
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Robert Kester
Rebellion Photonics |
Rebellion Photonics is a start-up spun out of Rice University in 2009, commercializing a unique snap-shot hyperspectral video platform that he invented while attending graduate school. Robert currently leads Rebellion's technology team as it develops innovative products utilized in biological research, drone (UAV) markets, and for leak imaging in oil and gas market; his camera has won numerous awards including a 2012 R&D 100 Award. After just two years, the company has $2.4 million in projected revenue from military and industrial contracts.
| SPIE Optics + Photonics |
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SPIE Women in Optics Presentation and Reception
Monday 26 August | 5-6:30 pm | San Diego Marriott Hotel
Finding the Right Fit: From Atmospheric Scientist to Educating the Next Generation of Scientists Worldwide
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Kathy Perkins, Director, PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder |
Dr. Kathy Perkins directs the award-winning PhET Interactive Simulations Project at University of Colorado Boulder, a collection of over 100 interactive simulations for teaching and learning science that are used over 40 million times per year (http://phet.colorado.edu). She began her career path with an undergraduate degree in physics and worked for a stint as an environmental consultant, before pursuing a graduate degree in experimental atmospheric science at Harvard University. Looking for more direct societal impact, she transitioned to physics education research in January 2003 as a post-doctoral researcher with Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman. Since then, her work in science education research has focused on advancing STEM education through several avenues, including work and research on pedagogically-effective design and use of interactive simulations, sustainable course reform, students' beliefs about science, and institutional change.
Join us for an early evening opportunity for networking and inspiration and connect with your colleagues while enjoying light refreshments
