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SPIE Professional October 2008 Archives

The October 2008 issue of SPIE Professional includes articles about optics entrepreneurs, the future of lithography, SPIE Award recipients and more. Our photonics industry experts and authors include:

Jose Salcedo of Multiwave Photonics
Bill Arnold of ASML
Wen-yi Lin and colleagues at AU Optronics
Chris Mack, the Litho Guru
Clarence Mayott of NIST
Kristen Carlson Maitland of Texas A&M University

Inside October 2008 Issue

FAB Expectations

ASML's chief scientist Bill Arnold is optimistic that future semiconductor manufacturing will be "litho friendly." (Open access article)

Optics and Photonics News

Photonics Wave

Multiwave Photonics overcame challenges in a region where the vocabulary has not typically included entrepreneurship.

Fab Future

The "Litho Guru" takes a dim view of lithography's future.

Sensitive Photoresists

Photoresist sensitivity studies for EUV lithography have implications for semi manufacturing.

Postmortem Innovation

Performing 3-D reconstruction techniques on cadavers is an innovative approach to autopsy.

Industry Pipeline

The Photonics Academy in Wales plants seeds for the next crop of optics and photonics professionals.

Attracting New Talent

Finding good job candidates a prime concern.

Finding an Adviser

Applying to grad school means finding a compatible adviser.

Kidger Scholarship Awarded

CREOL student wins annual award.

Filling the Gap

Academia and industry work together to train future engineers.

More SPIE Awards Announced

SPIE Annual General Meeting

Report from the 2008 meeting.

The 2009 SPIE Officers and Board of Directors

The 2009 Officers and Board of Directors

Fragments to Ideas

The interdisciplinary approach in optics creates fruitful ground for innovation.

SPIE Events

Industry and Innovation

Preview of SPIE Photonics West, 24-29 January.

New Lithography Meeting

SPIE Lithography Asia-Taiwan is 4-6 November.

Summit Translates IP Into Profit

Preview of SPIE Photonics Innovation Summit.

Telecom Rebirth?

APOC symposium considers an industry renaissance.

View upcoming events

View other upcoming events.

Web Only Bonus Content, Links

Munitions Research Funding Available

The Department of Defense wants to fund environmental research and development in the munitions management focus area.

Prism Awards Web Site

More than 130 entries have been received for the first annual Prism Awards for Photonics Innovations.

Outreach Success in Thailand

A photonics tech lab in Thailand reaches out with SPIE grant.

Entrepreneurs and the Economy

A new survey finds that Americans see entrepreneurship as the answer to the country's financial crisis.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write to the editor about photoresist research and grad school.

LCD and Litho Challenge

Manufacture of LCD displays has challenges to overcome to increase production and reduce price.

Remotely Sensing Disasters

Remote sensing is used to study forest fires, pest damage, and other natural events.

Webcast on Project Management

Listen to the Free Member Webcast on Project Management.

New Photonics Societies

SPIE members create new optical societies in Hong Kong and Poland.

Lithography News Briefs

SPIE Looks Green

SPIE forums advance the "greening" of the planet.

Photonics Cluster News

SPIE supports clusters.

Member News

SPIE members making news, with updated content not included in the October 2008 print publication.

Optics in Their Future

SPIE hosted many events for optics students and early career professionals at SPIE Optics+Photonics.

SPIE Optics Outreach

Nine more get SPIE Education and Outreach Grants.

Career Stepping Stones Series

Read about the the successful career steps taken by SPIE members in expanded online profiles.

Bill Goodman Profile

Bill Goodman took up the challenge when a manager told him he would never be able to complete a Ph.D. program.

In Memoriam

SPIE mourns the passing of friends of the Society

SPIE Professional: ISSN 1994-4403

October 2008

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