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Annual report 2016-2017
1. Elected officers
Function Last name First name SPIE Member No.
President Callens Michiel 3508081 [email protected]
Vice-President Feutmba Gilles Freddy 3713112 [email protected]
Treasurer Oorlynck Lucas 3727108 [email protected]
Secretary Desmet Andres 3611904 [email protected]
2. Members
Currently the Ghent University Student Chapter has 21 active members.
Members:
Íngrid Amer Cid
Brecht Berteloot
Manuel Calderón Delgado
Michiel Callens
Frédérique Chesterman
Andres Desmet
Jannik Ehlert
Michael Evans
Firda Fairuz Zakiah
Gilles Feutmba
Emmanuel Gooskens
Artem Kryvobok
Renbo Luo
Inge Nys
Lujiang Qian
Stijn Sackesyn
Kumar Saurav
Frederik Van Acker
Florian Vandecasteele
Ashutosh Vyas
Tsieu Yip
3. Activities 2016-2017
Frequent informal meetings between chapter officers took place to discuss progress, arrange,
and plan for future activities, or to analyse previous ones, and to welcome new members.
While these were not listed to avoid administrative overhead, they took place on average on
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a bi-weekly basis. This year, we also merged together with the SID student chapter, forming
the Ghent Optical Society.
Annual Election of New Chapter Officers – 16/06/2016
President: Michiel Callens
Vice-President: Gilles Freddy Feutmba
Secretary: Andres Desmet
Treasurer: Lucas Oorlynck
Educational outreach for kids: 24/06/2016
During the annual IMEC/CMST staff party, SPIE UGENT student chapter organised a small
‘show’ to spark the interest in photonics for the children and of course, interested adults
were also welcome!
We did experiments with dry ice, the Nemo educational Kit on Micro-Optics, a vortex cannon
and water paint. The kids were especially fond of the water paint!
Light nights: Invited speaker - 24/10/2016
On October 24th we kicked off the first Light-Night of 2016-2017 with invited speaker David
Giltner. David is a laser scientist turned photonics engineer, as well as a speaker, musician,
outdoor enthusiast and father. He has a Ph.D. in physics and develops laser-based products
for a variety of applications. Late in his graduate school career he decided not to follow the
‘traditional’ path into academia and instead found a rewarding career. By compiling wisdom
from other successful scientists who have made the transition to entrepreneur or industry,
David offers assistance to those who are considering following a similar career path. David
entertained us through the night with a talk entitled "How is working in industry different
than working in academia?" followed by an interactive workshop on "Telling Better Stories
with the Same Facts" where he taught us how to nail an interview in the private sector by
telling great stories about yourself with an interactive session! David’s talk were very well
received.
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After David’s talk we had a few snacks and drinks. Even after his talks David’s stories caught
the attention of many students, so needless to say that this light nights was a huge success!
Company visit: Umicore - 02/12/2016
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Just like last year’s SPIE Student Chapter company visit, we were guest at Umicore Electro-Optic Materials in Olen. Umicore is a large multinational headquartered in Brussels which specialises in the refinement and recycling of precious metals and high-technology materials. It is one of Belgium’s largest employers in the technology market and has been recognized as Belgium’s top employer for the 11th time this year.
Umicore Electro-Optic Materials Olen specialises in the processing of Germanium, a metallic
element which has a wide range of applications in both optics and electronics. It forms the
basis for high quality infrared optics, high refractive-index optical fibres, solar panels, and high-
speed electronics. At its Olen plant Umicore recycles and refines Germanium, and turns them
it into wafers, optics, coatings, and pre-cursors for industrial processes.
About 40 people attended.
Laser shooting 12/12/2016
On the 12th of December we went Laser shooting in The Zone in Ghent! We were with
around 20 people, and it was a real blast! People were split into 2 teams and had to battle
each other. There were also small little events in the area, like ‘bombs’ that went off etc.
Afterwards we went for some drinks and French Fries nearby!
Photonics Event – 15/03/2017
On the 15th of March we organised a networking event in collaboration with the photonics
master board that was aimed specifically for the students of the photonic engineering
master, but we also welcomed a lot of PhD students.
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The first part of the networking consisted of 5 hands-on skill sessions where invited speakers
talked about their companies:
Commscope: Hands-on with ferrule-less connectors, hosted by Jan Watté In the workshop hosted by Commscope students will have the possibility to familiarize with the latest fiber optic splicing equipment and with a recently developed ferrule less connector solution that will be commercialized for FTTx installations. In addition, Commscope will show a methodology to platform the integration of waveguide devices into their product portfolio. Huawei: Photonics product development in a Global context, hosted by Peru Dharani A brief overview of Huawei R&D will be shown. An insight into how a commercial research laboratory operates and brings advanced technologies to market, especially across geographical and cultural boundaries. IMEC: Neural probe for optogenetics, hosted by Tom Claes A thorough understanding of the functioning of the brain could help cure diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. In recent years, researchers are using the interaction of light with genetically modified neurons (optogenetics) to measure a brain’s activity. Therefore, imec has developed tiny probes that allow to optogenetically study the brain with state-of-the-art resolution and scale. This workshop will give an overview of imec’s research in this field, and will also show some hardware developed at imec. Trinean: Competence management, hosted by Kris Naessens In this workshop we touch on a practical implementation of active competence management. A competence matrix proves to be a simple yet powerful tool in a high-tech environment. It supports Trinean’s manufacturing department in planning, high quality manufacturing, but also in employees’ personal growth. Luceda: The impact of good storywriting, hosted by Martin Fiers In this workshop you are a 'product owner' (literally, responsible for a certain product). Your task is to translate your customer's requirements to a team of developers. The result are work packages, so-called stories that will be developed for the customer. Based on our own experience at Luceda, we explain how things can go wrong (or even, terribly wrong), but also how things can go well and how you can write high-quality stories that will lead to happy customers AND happy developers.
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After the workshop there was the possibility for a few snacks and drinks and to talk further
about the sessions (or other topics...).
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ASML VISIT + barbecue - 30/03/2016
On the 30th of March we visited the company ASML in Veldhoven, where their corporate headquarter
is located. It is also the location for research, development, manufacturing and assembly. The
company employs over 15.000 people and is currently the largest supplier of photolithography systems
for the semiconductor industry in the world.
The visit started with a talk introducing the company. Since the company only specializes in one tool
(EUV-DUV lithography), and their audience consisted of engineering physics students, they were able
to delve really deep into how the tool functions. After the introduction to the company we had a talk
from a master student about his experiences during his graduation project at ASML, he emphasized
the importance of having a good network and the willingness of people around to help. After the talks
we had a visit of their experience centre, which consisted of some videos explaining most of the
advanced things they are using in their tool, e.g. how they produced their EUV. A small tour around
the campus followed. Only the nearby Cleanroom and some stockrooms were visited, since their
campus is really big! After running around we were really hungry and we went for lunch. After lunch
we had a case study where we were all employed by ASML to solve a problem that really happened.
We concluded with some small presentations about how everyone solved it and went for some drinks.
Since the visit lasted the entire day, it wasn’t easy for people to attend. But together with some
professors, we cleared the schedule for most of the photonic engineering master students and 19
people attended!
When we arrived back in Ghent, it wasn’t over yet tough! We still had a barbecue with most of the
people and some extra who couldn’t join the trip to ASML but were more than happy to join the
barbecue.
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Planned: Barbecue + elections: Date TBD
The elections for the SPIE officers for next year will be determined on this barbecue. Some
photonic related activities are planned: laser khet, preparation for the experiments on
CMST/IMEC bbq..
4. Financial Status 2016-2017
Description Cost / Income (USD) Cost / Income (EUR) Balance (EUR)
SPIE funds from previous years 676.31 676.31
Light night with David Giltner -289.89 386.42
Company visit: Umicore -357.00 29.42
Social event: Laser shooting -160.00 -130.58
SPIE student chapter funding 900 842.93 712.35
Photonics event reception -114.14 598.21
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Posters photonics event -16.00 582.21
Company visit: ASML -0.00 582.21
BBQ after ASML trip -155.41 426.80
Contribution from students
attending BBQ 60.00 486.80
Bank cost -30.80 456.00
Informal lunch meetings -28.00 428.00
