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SPIE Professional Magazine

SPIE Professional celebrates the golden anniversary of the laser with an open-access article about the CO2 laser and the laser materials processing industry. Other articles in this issue of the magazine will point you to laser anniversary events and help you succeed in your optics and photonics career.

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---Optics and Photonics in Industry---

Member-only content IconWizard of Oz
Determination to prove the naysayers wrong and the courage to take risks have paid off for Ömür Sezerman of OZ Optics.

SPIE provided daily updates from San Francisco during SPIE Photonics West 2010.

Find out who was named a winner of the 2009 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. (Link to prismawards.org)
Member-only content Icon29 Prism Awards Finalists
The 2009 competition recognized 29 new photonics technologies and products as award finalists. 
Member-only content IconAdaptable Optics
Sharing scientific knowledge from military research labs brings huge advancements in ophthalmic medicine.
Member-only content IconGive Your Business Value
What is your optics business worth? What factors drive the valuation of a technology company?
Member-only content IconOLEDs in Lighting Markets

The first OLED lighting products are giving designers an opportunity to think about what OLED lighting might look like.

Member-only content IconGloom Lifting?
No one is calling the global recession over, but more than a few in the photonics industry have seen hopeful signs for economic recovery. (Bonus, Web-only content, including information about the U.S. ARPA-E program. Please sign in to access member-only content. )
Surveillance equipment maker Clear Align gets a "small business makeover" from Newsweek magazine. (Link to Newsweek)

------------SPIE Member News------------

Member-only content IconMore Connections for SPIE Corporate Members
SPIE increases the number of individual memberships that come with an SPIE corporate membership from one to three.
Member-only content IconSPIE Thanks Journal Editors

SPIE thanks Donald O'Shea and Bruce Tromberg for a combined two decades of service as editors of Optical Engineering and the Journal of Biomedical Optics.

SPIE promotes 24 as Senior Members for 2010.
Member-only content IconSPIE Members Making News

News items about SPIE member honors and awards. (Bonus, Web-only content)

----Optics Is a Rewarding Career----

Member-only content IconMasters of Light
SPIE congratulates Nobel Prize winners. (Link to press release)
Member-only content IconPhotonics for a Better World
When innovating with light to improve the world, sometimes it's what you don't see that matters most. 
Member-only content IconSPIE Is Career Focused
Job seekers and employers with optics and photonics jobs to fill now have an easier time finding each other on the SPIE Career Center. 
And the SPIE Women in Optics desk calendar is designed to inspire and promote your career growth.
Member-only content IconThe Good Word(s)
Optics companies with good internal communications can build confidence during tough times and keep employees focused on moving forward.

Extend your professional network through the SPIE group on LinkedIn.

SPIE Professional: ISSN 1994-4403

----------Laser Anniversary----------

Member-only content IconPresident's Letter
SPIE President Ralph James invites you to celebrate the golden anniversary of the laser with SPIE.
The carbon dioxide laser has become the workhorse for the materials processing industry. SPIE Professional open access article.

Read more open-access articles from SPIE Professional about the latest laser developments and applications.

Member-only content IconRemote Laser Welding
Manufacturing and design engineers can help remote laser welding technology catch on in North America.

------SPIE Events, Winter 2010------

Member-only content IconPhotonics West
SPIE's biggest event gets even BIGGER in San Francisco 23-28 January 2010.

Follow events at SPIE Photonics West 2010 in San Francisco on Twitter with #PW10 

Member-only content IconSmart Structures /NDE
Smart thinking at annual SPIE symposium 7-11 March 2010 in San Diego, CA.
Member-only content IconAdvanced Lithography
SPIE lithography meeting, 21-25 February 2010, looks to the future after a rough year.

---Optics, Photonics, and Education---

Member-only content IconSPIE eBooks Arrive

A wide range of SPIE Press field guides, handbooks, monographs, and tutorial texts are now available on the SPIE Digital Library as eBooks.

Member-only content IconOptics Outreach Is Non-Stop 'Cool'
Recipients of SPIE education and outreach efforts in 2009 find that optics and photonics are 'cool.' 
Member-only content IconPlaces in the Sun
The Solar Decathlon gave students and the public a personal look at the possibilities of energy-efficient living.
Member-only content IconExtracurricular Optics

Student and education news about the SPIE Visiting Lecturer Program, SPIE scholarships, the Winter College on Optics and Energy, and more.

SPIE is a founding partner and sponsor of LaserFest. Find out about educational activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the laser.

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