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SPIE Annual ReportUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Medellín Chapter
July, 2018
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA - SEDE MEDELLÍN
CAPÍTULO ESTUDIANTIL DE ÓPTICA - CEOSPIE URL: spie.org/membership/student-members/student-chapters/student-chapter?chapter_id=1028825
This report summarizes the work of the chapter during the period from June 2017 to June2018.The present is the work of the current board established by vote in December, 2017. Itaims to follow the guidelines in the Chapter Management section of the SPIE website.Herein is information about the current roster of members. Details about the Officer Board.Accounts about activities carried out during the last year. Finally, future plans and FinancialInformation.
Contents
1 CHAPTER MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 OFFICER BOARD 5
1.2 CURRENT MEMBERS 6
2 DETAILS OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST REPORT . . . . . 7
2.1 Overview 7
2.2 Activities 72.2.1 Optics + Photonics 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.2.2 Women in Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2.3 Public experiments display (Maloka) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2.4 Engineering physics day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.2.5 Institutional Presence: Guatapé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.2.6 "Non-linearities for integrated telecommunications" - Samuel Serna . . . . 212.2.7 "Optic’s Research and Study Opportunities in Mexico" - Karina Garay . . 222.2.8 Member’s Social Meeting: 10 years celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.2.9 OSA visiting lecturer - Alex Vitkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2.10 Biophysics Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.2.11 II International Seminar on Innovation on Teaching Didactics . . . . . . . . . . 262.2.12 Award to Institutional Presence Compromise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.2.13 International day of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.2.14 Weekly meetings and Applied Optics Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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3 DETAILS OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR THE FUTURE . . . . . . . . 35
3.1 SPIE visiting lecturer: Glenn Boreman 35
3.2 Discovering the World of Light with Teenagers 35
3.3 Engineering physics day 35
3.4 Scientific Children Program - Saturday Model 36
4 FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.1 Bank Account 37
4.2 Financial 374.2.1 Aclaratory Notes on Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.2.2 Description of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5 CONTACT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
1. CHAPTER MEMBERS
This year our chapter continues growing. We are currently at an historical maximum ofmembers. All this information is detailed below:
1.1 OFFICER BOARDAs of June, 2018; the Officer Board elected in December, 2017 is:
• Advisor: Prof. Román Castañeda Sepúlveda - [email protected]• President: Carlos Andrés Buitrago Duque - [email protected]• Vice President: Sebastian Vergara Palacio - [email protected]• Secretary: Samuel Ignacio Zapata Valencia - [email protected]• Secretary: Heberley Tobón Maya - [email protected]• Treasurer: Maria Julia Nieto Callejas - [email protected]
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1.2 CURRENT MEMBERSWe currently have 32 members registered to SPIE. Note that this is not a comprehensive list,some other members are starting to incorporate to the chapter activities. We foresee moregrowth soon.
The current roster is:
NAME EMAILCarlos A. Buitrago Duque (President) [email protected] Andrés Cabrera Anaya [email protected] Jairo Castaneda Pineda [email protected] Fernanda Cely Ruiz [email protected] Alexander Enriquez Espinoza [email protected] Jose Esquivia Espitia [email protected] Alexander Fandiño Toro [email protected] Gonzalez Valencia [email protected] Felipe Gonzalez Pachon [email protected] Jaramillo Gaviria [email protected] Andres Lopez Doria [email protected] Isabel López Chacón [email protected] Luis Marrugo Madrid [email protected]és Felipe Mejía Roldán [email protected] Camila Melo Reina [email protected] Cristina Muñoz Hernandez [email protected] Julia Nieto Callejas (Treasurer) [email protected]án Ocampo Gutiérrez [email protected]ía Orrego Restrepo [email protected] Elias Puello Valentino [email protected]án Quiceno Zuleta [email protected] Gimena Quintana Jaramillo [email protected] Alberto Rodriguez Ortiz [email protected] Alejandra Ruiz Soto [email protected] David Salazar Santa [email protected] Tíjaro Rojas [email protected] Tobón Maya (Secretary) [email protected] Daniel Torres Bahamón [email protected] Esteban Úsuga Restrepo [email protected] Valderrama Arboleda [email protected] Vergara Palacio (Vice President) [email protected] Ignacio Zapata Valencia (Secretary) [email protected]
2. DETAILS OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST REPORT
2.1 OverviewOur chapter works on a committee-based structure to ensure the participation of all membersaccording to their interests. The committees are created as needed, generally depending onthe activities in development. As a rule of thumb at least one member of the board shouldbe in each committee. This mechanism allow us to reach traced objectives and ensure thereare not isolated parts. Communication flows to the entire chapter through the officer board,digital media and the meetings.Plenary meetings take place every week. The primary goal of these meetings is to planand propose activities, learn about the interests of members and share their research witheveryone. This activity is referred as Weekly Meetings and Applied Optics Seminar, reportedin Section 2.2.14.During this time, striking activities have taken place, we list them below.
2.2 Activities2.2.1 Optics + Photonics 2017
Using the Officer Travel Grant, two of our members, Maritza Londoño (2016 vice president)and Carlos Buitrago (then vice president, actual president), assisted the 2017 SPIE Optics +Photonics at San Diego, California. During the event, they had the opportunity to participatein the Optics Outreach Games with a simple demonstration of Laser CommunicationSystems, and in the chapter’s poster session with a summarized presentation of our chapter’sactivities. At their return, they shared with the chapter a presentation of their learnings fromthe Student Leadership Workshop, the networking events and the most relevant presentationsthey assisted. Furthermore, from this event was born the contact with the professor GlennBoreman, who will be visiting our city in July as part of the Traveling Lecturer program.
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Here are some photographs of their visit:
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2.2.2 Women in ScienceThis is a very important topic for us, because in our country women’s participation in scienceis scarce. Contradictorily, a fourth of the members of our chapter are women, a significantnumber that we want to keep increasing. Therefore, last year the student chapters of thecountry met in Bogotá for an optical workshop, in this event our chapter led the developmentof an academic panel where three women spoke about the challenges of working in optics.The event was developed at Maloka auditorium, 17th August. Our three guests were:
• Professor Ursula Gibson: fellow and current vice-president of the Optical Society ofAmerica and Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. ProfessorGibson received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in New York. Her research areasare nanotechnology and the development of optical materials for optoelectronics and
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mid-infrared lasers.
• Professor Mayerlin Nuñez: Assistant Professor at Universidad de los Andes in Bo-gotá, Colombia. Professor Nuñez received her Ph.D. from University of Groningen,Netherlands. Her research interests are in Experimental Quantum Optics, Experimen-tal Atomic physics and Laser Spectroscopy.
• Researcher Viviana Agudelo: Works in the Technology Development Group of theCombustion Ingenieros Company, in Bogotá. She received her Ph.D. from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. Her field of research includesapplied optics, optical simulations, optical lithography and holography.
The segment began with a video created to give special recognition to several women in thescience history. It is possible to download the video in the following link: Women in thescience history
The invited lecturers, from left to right: Viviana Agudelo, Mayerlin Nuñez and UrsulaGibson:
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To this lecture attended approximately 122 people. Here are some photos of the event andthe giveaways given to our guests:
Our chapter was very enthusiastic with the development of this panel because it incorporatesthe importance of the role of women in science.
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2.2.3 Public experiments display (Maloka)In this ocassion the chapter had the opportunity to share some physics experiments inBogotá with school students where the boys could interact with them and learn the physicsbehind the daily things. It was realized at Maloka, a thematic interactive park about scienceand technology widely known in our country. Besides, we could share the place with otherchapters from Colombia and made new friends. it should be noted that the chapter was theactivity organizer.
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2.2.4 Engineering physics dayDuring the 18th of September we made possible the first Physics Engineer Day at Universi-dad Nacional de Colombia. It was a complete success!
The day started unlike any other day, every single research group associated with theSchool of Physics lectured at an event designed to give an insight about their fields ofstudy and research interests. But then students took the lead, and our next morning eventwas a display of their abilities. We had Engineering Physics students present the projectsthey had developed during their careers. A great activity involving the community wastaking place at the same time, we organized a Photography Contest. Lunch time cameand to make it more enjoyable, physics experiment demonstrations were taking place allover the Square of Light. And finally, at the culmen of the day, our Scientific OutreachTalk took place, at the Gerardo Molina auditorium. Professor Juan Diego Vélez, a math-ematician, took us in a journey exploring ’Paradoxes and Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics’.
It was a wonderful day, way above our initial intended impact, yet it was all worth it.The presentations were highly regarded by the whole community and lead to the publi-cation of four news articles in the university’s nationwide press: one regarding the eventitself Engineering physics day and three about the involved projects "Non-polluting wirestripper", "Prototype that transfers sound from cell to microphone" and "Fertilizerspraying machine".
Below, more details about each of the activities mentioned
Research groups presentation:Approximately 60 students and professors from the National University of Colombia,Medellín’s seat, attended the multiple talks organized by our chapter in which researchgroups of the Physic’s Department spoke about their objectives, lines of study and theirresearch impact at national and international level. Attendees were given a notebook of theEngineering Physics Day.
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Prototype display:It was developed thinking about how make a connection between the Engineering studentsprojects and the community on general. All the guests could appreciate the physics enrolledin the solution of several problems. The student chapter provided desks for the exhibitors,the mechanics of the activities were based on listen and interact with different prototypes,placed on the desk and listen to the exhibitors. There was prototypes related with visiblelight communication, mechanics solutions to problems like deep coating, watering systemand many more.
Physics experiments display:An exhibition of basic physics experiments was carried out by chapter members who allowedthe assistants to interact with the experiments. Approximately 200 National Universityof Colombia members (undergraduate, graduate students, professors and visitors) walkedthrough the plazoleta de la luz between 1:00 and 3:00 pm and participated in the activity.
The experiments were divided into three categories:
1. Mechanical physics: simple pendulum, Newton pendulum, linear momentum con-servation, non-Newtonian fluid.
2. Physics of electricity and magnetism: jumping ring, Lenz tube, (Wimshurst) - ionicwind, lightning rod, Franklin bells, magnetic brake, Tesla coils.
3. Physics of waves and optics: Resonance experiments, Waves on a string, Platefigures, Lissajous with speakers, Screen without polarizer, Vessel of purity, Cups,Tuning forks, Tube Kundt.
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Photography contest:22 people participated in the photography contest which was divided into two categories,"Natural phenomena", and "Devices and elements". An exhibition was made with the par-ticipants’ photographs in Plazoleta de la Luz at National University of Colombia, Medellín,where they were exposed from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Approximately 500 people throughoutthe day were able to appreciate and vote for their favorite photo. At 3:00 p.m the awardceremony was held. There were 3 jurors: Adriana Giraldo Zuluaga - Culture Departmentdirector of the University, Juan Fernando Botero Cadavid - Physics School Professor andSamuel Serna - Physical Engineering graduate. They chose the winner for each category towhom a bonus of 30 USD was granted. In addition to this, the most voted photograph by thepublic during the exhibition was also given the same prize. (90 USD was spent on prizes).
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Some participants’ photos:
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Conference: “Paradojas y Misterios de la Mecánica Cuántica”The Lecturer was Juan Diego Vélez. Here we got the promotion.
This lecture was the Engineering physics day closing activity, it was thought to be aspace to show the most relevant paradox aspects of quantum theory; avoiding technical
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explanations, using some optical elements like polarizing filters and lasers the essence ofthe quantum model and some mysteries enrolled on this field. The conferenced was focusedon the didactic explanation of very particular phenomena, a photon polarization and lightunderstood from a quantum point of view. To this lecture attended approximately 300people. The auditorium was full. Here we got some photos of the event:
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2.2.5 Institutional Presence: Guatapé“UN presente en las Subregiones” (UN present in the subregions) is a strategy from theNational University of Colombia that aims to bring to the municipalities the knowledgeand capabilities that are developed in the institution, while strengthening the cooperativebindings between the university and the far-established localities of Antioquia. This pro-gram aims to identify the necessities and problems that arise in each region and assess theinstitution’s pertinence in each of those scenarios. Our chapter had previously participatedin the “4th Meeting of the Urabá Subregion” as representatives of the program “ScientificChildren” from the Extension Office.
Given the success of our previously conducted activities, we were called again to take part ofthe 5th version of the event that took place on September 29 in the Guatapé municipality. Inthis meeting, 250 last-school-year-students from the municipalities of Guatapé, San Rafael,Concepción, Marinilla, Granada, San Carlos, El Peñol, San Vicente y Alejandría weredistributed in teams that spent the day learning by playing with experiments of polarization,color theory and diffraction. Additionally, we delivered toy-polarizers, diffraction grids andoptical illusions to the assisting Science Teachers as material for their high-school lectures.An official coverage of the event can be found at the following link: UN Presence in theColombian Subregions
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2.2.6 "Non-linearities for integrated telecommunications" - Samuel SernaSamuel is a physics engineer from our university, a postdoctoral researcher in the nanoscienceand nanotechnology center of Université Paris-Saclay. Samuel’s talk was about the newmaterials and integrated hybrid platform exploration, as well as the nonlinear optics future.He shared with us the advantages and disadvantages of being a foreign student. The roomwhere the meeting had place was full with enthusiastic students. Here you can see thepublicity for this talk:
Once the meeting the members gathered to share time and speak with Samuel in a moreinformal way, while eating pizza.
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2.2.7 "Optic’s Research and Study Opportunities in Mexico" - Karina GarayOn November 23, we were honored by the visit of the professor Karina Garay Palmett, anactive researcher in quantum optics from the Scientific Research and Superior EducationCenter of Ensenada, Mexico (CICESE, by its Spanish initials). As the director of theSummer School on Optics and Optoelectronics from her home institution, she presentedto the chapter members the research areas and main interest topics from her departmentwhile making a strong emphasis in the studying opportunities that are currently available inMexico, both as short-courses and at a graduate level.After her lecture, she went in a small tour around our campus, getting to know our researchareas and having the chance to exchange on a more familiar level with some of the mostinterested students in a mini-networking experience.
2.2.8 Member’s Social Meeting: 10 years celebrationAs a celebration of our ten years of existence, a member’s social meeting was planned toshare a dinner with current and former chapter members. This was the perfect occasion
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to reveal the new chapter officers; and share some old tales from the activities. Around30 people gathered, among old and new members, who enjoyed the night sharing theirexperiences with the chapter, and, to close the celebration, took some photos with the SPIE’sChapter 10-year anniversary plaque.
2.2.9 OSA visiting lecturer - Alex VitkinPrivate conversatoryWe had the visit of the Proffesor Alex Vitkin from the University of Toronto, we held aprivate talk which could only be attended by chapter members in which the professor talkedabout his work in the university and his recent research.
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Photon MayhemDuring the visit of Professor Vitkin, an open talk was given to the public in which theytalked about diagnosis of diseases through optical coherence tomography for microvascularimaging and tissue polarimetry for anisotropy monitoring. This talk was attended byapproximately 30 people including students and professors from the National University ofColombia, Medellin. Here, the advertising posters:
2.2.10 Biophysics WeekThe Biophysics Week is an annual event started in 2016, and promoted by The BiophysicalSociety (BPS), to celebrate and raise awareness of the Biophysics field. By initiative of oneof our chapter members, we supported this celebration on March 16 with a small opticsexhibition at a rural school of Yarumal (E.I. Guillermo Gaviria Correa) by showing how islight used in biological proving and testing. During the activity, multiple biophysics-related
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experiments were conducted, explaining concepts like fluorescence and polarization, andshowing some photonics applications to biological systems.
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2.2.11 II International Seminar on Innovation on Teaching Didactics
On March 23, the Research and Extension Direction from the National University of Colom-bia lead the realization of the Second International Seminar on Innovation in TeachingDidactics in a local institution (E.I. Alfredo Cock Arango), where teachers joined to discussthe constantly evolving techniques, methodologies, programs and evaluation ideas that areever-present in schools, high-schools and universities.
One of the experiences shared with the professors was the “Niños Científicos de la UN”(Scientific Children from the National University) program, with our chapter being calledto be its representative. During a whole day, both children and teachers got to learn aboutour teaching dynamics, how to use eye-catching and impactful activities to capture thechildren’s attention, and how to create new experiences that are both meaningful and fun. Anofficial coverage of the event can be found at the following link: Innovation on TeachingDidactics
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2.2.12 Award to Institutional Presence CompromiseOn the last week of April, the Research and Extension Director from the National Universityof Colombia, Noralba Bustamante, granted to our chapter an Award and Distinction forour work and compromise with the Institutional Presence program (which, among others,includes the “Scientific Children” and “UN Presence in Antioquia Subregions” programs).During the awarding, she exalted the outreach programs and increasing influence of the
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chapter around the state while remarking that our activities have had a specially positivereception in all the communities in which we have participated, and that the Universityconsiders our work to be an outstanding support in the institutional image consolidationamong the state.
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2.2.13 International day of LightThe International Day of Light is a global initiative that provides an annual focal point forthe continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education,and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, andenergy.
The UNESCO designated 16th May to celebrate it, this year our chapter in conjunction withParque Explora, Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universi-dad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Eafit and FundaciónEPM, developed a special chronogram of several events to invite Medellin city to celebratethat special occasion. Here, the advertising posters:
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Radio diffusion programTo disseminate the special chronogram designed, our advisor Román Castañeda and our trea-surer Maria Julia Nieto, in a radio program through the university radio channel UNRadio,recorded a special program about the International Day of Light celebration , the impactsinside our university, the different trends in research programs about optics and photonicsand also the work of the CEO Student Chapter. From left to right: Román Castañeda andMaria Julia Nieto:
The promise of light - Jorge Zuluaga, Rafael Betancur, René Restrepo, Román Cas-tañedaThree physicists and one physical engineer spoke about the promise and the role of light inthe future development of science and technology. Two main threads were presented: first,light as an engine for the development of technologies and engineering solutions; differentareas like astronomy, energy, and computer science were discussed in this section, along agreat variety of new procedures, such as the printed solar panels, new holographic systems,and newfangled ways to watch the sky, that had not been implemented and are now possible.And second, there was a discussion about the role of teaching basic science in a world whereknowledge is growing so fast. Finally, our guests debated whether it is important to considerbasic science when the world is constantly struggling to find new engineering solutions.
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The invited lecturers, from left to right: Román Castañeda, Rafael Betancur, René Restrepoand Jorge Zuluaga:
Monologues - 5inco Impro, Homo nologusAfter the discussion there was a closing didactic activity, it was assisted by a theatricalimprovisation group which made a comic performance around different topics related tooptics and general physics, the improvisations were short, five minutes each and at the endof these there was a small theatrical monologue on the history of the earth and humanity.Here there is a short video: Monologue
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Street Lights - Bumayé dance groupThe organizer committee, to gather the passive audience, recognized the importance ofincluding a cultural segment. As a result, the event offered a special dance show, by anincredible dance group called Bumayé. When this segment began, the attendees increasedto 200 people. Here you can see some pictures of the event.
It is possible to see some dances in video using the following link: Street Lights
Narrated LightAfter the dance group intervention, using the planetarium screen, the official videos aboutthe celebration of International Year of Light and International Day of Light were projectedwith a previous motivation to passive audience gave by some organizer members. You cansee some members in this activity.
Links to the official projected videos:• https://youtu.be/fiaozmQ2KIM• https://youtu.be/wQu-db5as-k• https://youtu.be/rcoMeWV0jZc• https://youtu.be/zv31ReGF8S4
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2.2.14 Weekly meetings and Applied Optics SeminarIn the first semester of the year, we weekly developed a serie of talks where members couldspeak about their research works and share their skills in a particular matter with the othermembers. This was with the aim of helping the lecturer with his speaking skills and showtopics that could be interesting or of help to other members. We had 11 meetings whereabout 30 minutes were designated to the lecturer and then treat other chapter topics.
3. DETAILS OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR THE FUTURE
3.1 SPIE visiting lecturer: Glenn BoremanIn this occasion we will count with the visit of the professor Glenn Boreman, he will arriveat Medellin the 21 of July. He will stay 3 days in our city where he will give talks to ourchapter members about his work, spending some time talking with the chapter and knowingour city. We hope this meeting will be of great enrichment for all student community andwe could make a new friend.
3.2 Discovering the World of Light with TeenagersAs part of our outreach activities, which have taken us to different places inside ourcountry, we expect to visit more high-schools in the near future. Currently, we have beenplanning and discussing possible dates with the directors of two local high-schools of ourcity (“Colegio Gimnasio Cantabria” and a small school from the Floresta neighborhood),the charitable foundation “Una Niñez Feliz” (A Happy Childhood) from the Marinillamunicipality (around 45km away from our city), and “Pluralyleo” cultural center from theGuarne municipality (around 30km away from our city).
3.3 Engineering physics dayWe are working with Universidad Nacional de Colombia to host the second EngineeringPhysics Day, the idea behind it is sharing what we do as a chapter in optics, as well asdivulgate Engineering Physics. Many of our members are Engineering Physics Students orGraduates, and we can take this opportunity to enlarge the reach of the chapter and createties with the local industry as well. This will be a day-long set of activities divided on twoblocks, morning and afternoon. The morning we will have a poster exposition from the
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University Research Groups to motivate the students to be close with a lot of optics relatedresearch topics, it will also be an space for a panel of different conferences It revolves aroundthe optics, the physics and the industry; the final activity will be a porotype display which isled by the engineering physics students. The second block counts with competitions andphysics related Lectures and who knows what else will come to materialize for this day.
3.4 Scientific Children Program - Saturday ModelWe have had a successful career in the Scientific Children program. Because, the programhad a great participation in the latest version, our university decided to try the program with anew methodology with sessions on Saturday. Each session goes around a particular questionthat contains the topic that children should learn. The Tutor gives a brief explanation on thesubject before beginning an experiment to learn about the phenomenon. During the activity,some breaks are scheduled for exchange questions and opinions to evaluate the knowledgeacquired by the students.
We planned 9 sessions:
1. “¿Como vemos?” This session is focused on learn about light using experimentsrelated with vision persistence and the newton disk
2. “¿Qué son los colores?” The second session is related with colors and how we hadone particular perception of color, we use a main experiment called “RGB box”supported by two little games, one related with gummy bears and the another withphosphorescence
3. “¿Cómo nos engañan nuestros ojos?” The third session goes about how can beprecepted the reality, we count with some optics illusions, but we also want to includesome experiments like “pepper ghost”, “Moiré patterns” and some perspective games.
4. ¿Cómo engañar a nuestros ojos?” After knows how our eyes make their job we go tomore complex topics like the 3D, we plain a lot of experiences with filter, polarizingand 3D glasses.
5. ¿Ondas o Particulas?” The session pretends to show the wave properties of lighttrough some diffraction experiments, and one interference box also
6. “¿Qué es el blanco” We will introduce the concept of the spectrum and we will playwith some homemade spectrometers
7. “¿La luz tiene lados?” With the use of some polarizing the main idea is teach to thekids that we can have one direction on light propagation, the main experiment of thissession is a polarization box, supported by a monitor screen without polarizing, somestress experiments with plastic elements and we are planning a little bit more
8. “¿Por qué el cielo es azul?” This session is used to interact with the dispersionphenomena.
9. “Fluidos no Newtonianos” We are going to talk a lot about mechanics to introduce alot of new concept related with physics.
4. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
4.1 Bank Account
Saving Account Number 319-858573-61Title-holder Maria Julia Nieto CallejasBank Name BancolombiaBranch EXITO COLOMBIACity MedellínState/Province AntioquiaBank Swift Number COLOCOBM
4.2 Financial
4.2.1 Aclaratory Notes on Funding
Because this inform is made in June, the funding received for the SPIE Visiting Lecturer ($250 USD) has not been used as, our chapter going to receive in July the visit of ProfessorGlenn Boreman. Other sources of funds include OSA, but we develop activities exclusivelyfor them that require its own funding, as the OSA Visiting Lecturer. Universidad Nacionalde Colombia also funded various activities, and the chapter members themselves also didbased on their capacity.
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4.2.2 Description of Expenses
ITEM AMMOUNT (USD)Beginning Balance $ 0 USDFunding Received from SPIE $ 1100 USDOther sources of funding $ 665 USDTotal Spent $ 1515 USDWorkshop Bogotá Total $ 200 USD*Women in Science $ 170 USD*Experiment Workshop $ 30 USDEngineering physics day Total $ 250 USD*Research groups presentation $ 20 USD*Prototype display $ 60 USD*Physics Experiments display $ 60 USD*Photography Contest $ 70 USD*Final conference $ 40 USDInstitutional Presence: Guatapé $ 100 USDConference: Samuel Serna $ 30 USDConference: Karina Garay $ 30 USDTen Years Celebration Meeting $ 365 USDFascinating Science Total $ 300 USD*Biophysics Week $ 150 USD*II International Seminar $ 150 USDInternational Day of Light $ 160 USDWeekly Meetings $ 80 USD
5. CONTACT INFORMATION
CAPÍTULO ESTUDIANTIL DE ÓPTICA - CEOUniversidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellin ChapterUniversidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Medellín
Physics SchoolAddress: Calle 59A No 63 - 20Medellín, AntioquiaColombiaAA: 3840Phone: +57 4 430 9327SPIE Website: Click Here1
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