Annual Report
SPIE CIO student Chapter
November 2017
Centro de Investigaciones en ptica, A.C.
Loma del Bosque #115, Lomas del Campestre. 37150
Len, Guanajuato, Mxico.
Phone: (+52) 477 441 4200
Content 1. Introduction ............................................................................ 2
2. Student chapter officers 2017 .............................................. 3
3. Elected officers 2018 ............................................................. 3
4. Chapter members 2017 ......................................................... 4
5. Activities 2017 ........................................................................ 2
I. Conference with SPIE president, Robert Lieberman. December 15, 2016 ........................................................................ 2
II. Photography contest 2017 (February 16, 2017) .............. 3
III. Khet tournament for CIOs 37th
anniversary, March to April, 2017 .................................................................................. 5
IV. Table Tennis tournament 2017, March to April, 2017. . 6
V. CIO-SPIE-OSA Cinema club 2017 .................................. 7
VI. Recruitment activities, pizza parties ............................. 8
VII. Outreach activities, June- July, 2017. ......................... 10
VIII. Khet tournament for Bachelor students .................. 13
IX. Participation in SPIE Optics and Photonics 2017 ...... 15
X. Eclipse observation, August 21th 2017 ......................... 20
XI. Visiting lecturer, Prof. Mario Fernando Ferreira (Portugal). ..................................................................................... 22
6. Future activities (2018) ........................................................ 26
I. Recruitment acticvities .................................................... 26
II. Coffee science ................................................................... 26
III. Photography contest 2018 ............................................ 26
IV. Home-made Outreach kit contest 2018 ....................... 26
V. Summer activities ............... Error! Marcador no definido.
VI. Visiting lecturer .............................................................. 27
7. Financial balance 2017 ........................................................ 27
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1. Introduction
The SPIE Student Chapter from the Centro de Investigaciones en ptica, A.C. (CIO), is located in the city of Len, Guanajuato, Mexico. This Chapter has the purpose of create outreach activities for students for encourage them to pursue a carrier in optics and photonics. Also the chapter does several outreach activities for the local community directed to students of different school levels (primary, junior high school, high school and university).
The Student chapter also promotes the interaction between
bachelor, high school students and postgraduate students from our institution and other institutions and universities.
In this annual report we present the activities carried out
during the period of December 2016 to November 2017. Some of the most representative activities were: Photography contest 2017, Homemade outreach kit contest 2017, among several other activities involving bachelor and high school students.
We acknowledge our academic director Dr. Luis Armando
Daz Torres, our Chapter advisor Dr. Oracio Barbosa and the CIO general Director, Dr. Elder de la Rosa, for the support provided to carry out all the activities promoted by the SPIE CIO student chapter.
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2. Student chapter officers 2017
President Vice-President
MARIBEL JUAREZ HERNANDEZ
SPIE ID: #3611500 [email protected]
FRANCISCO JAVIER GANTES NUEZ
SPIE ID: #3611493 [email protected]
Treasurer Secretary
OSCAR ANDRES NARANJO MONTOYA
SPIE ID: #3643775 [email protected]
JORGE EDUARDO AGUIRRE ROCHA
SPIE ID: #3643775 [email protected]
3. Elected officers 2018
President Vice-President
IOSVANI MOR QUINTERO SPIE ID: #4081261
[email protected]
ERICK IPUS BADOS SPIE ID: #3520792
[email protected]
Treasurer Secretary
TAKAWIRA JOSEPH MUMANGA
SPIE ID: #3643775 [email protected]
CLARA VALENTINA RUIZ MOLINA
SPIE ID: #4082850 [email protected]
Second- Secretary
JOSE LUIS SILVA ACOSTA SPIE ID: # 4062062
[email protected]
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4. Chapter members 2017
During this year the chapter recruited the quantity of 24 new members. Most of our new members are students of our Institution, but several other members are from other institutions. Many students will receive their grade as Master in Science or PhD Degree. This is the current list of members:
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5. Activities 2017
I. Conference with SPIE president, Robert Lieberman. December 15, 2016
Prof. Robert A. Lieberman (2017 elected president of SPIE) visited our institution, Centro de Investigaciones en ptica, A.C., (CIO) and gave a conference about his work in optical sensing and monitoring.
He also had a nice time with the SPIE members, where he talked to them and encouraged them to pursue a carrier in optics and photonics. He also talked about the benefits of being part of SPIE chapter and to create links between researchers around the globe. We offered him a tour to show him the CIO facilities and laboratories.
Photograph 1. Jorge Sanchez, Maribel Jurez, Robert Lieberman, Jonathan valos and Javier Gantes
(left to right).
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II. Photography contest 2017 (February 16, 2017)
We organized the 2017 photography contest where about 30 participants competed in the scientific category and artistic category with 50 photographs (25 in the scientific category and 25 in the artistic category).
The winners were elected by a group of judges composed by
two researchers of CIO and two professional photographers. They evaluated the technical work of the participants in both categories. They received awards (pen drives, books and notebooks).
In order to host the event we offered soft drinks and snacks to
people who came to see the pictures (around 60 people assisted to the event).
The winners were: Scientific category: Paula Cutiva Inti (first place) Jos Hernndez Delgado (second place) Sergio Calixto (third place) Artistic category: Guadalupe Lpez Morales (first place) Belem Mancilla scobar (second place) Maria Fernanda Gonzlez (third place).
Photograph 2. Photography contest I.
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Photograph 3. Photography contest II
Photograph 4 Photography contest III.
Photograph 5. Artistic photograph contestant.
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III. Khet tournament for CIOs 37th
anniversary, March to April, 2017
The CIO-SPIE student chapter organized the khet: laser game tournament for the 37
th anniversary of CIO. Were six
participants faced each other to win the first and second place in the tournament.
The tournament last one month and a half. (Awards were given to the contestants, such t-shirts, pen drives, notebooks and laser pointers).
Photograph 6 Khet tournament II.
Photograph 7. Khet tournament awards.
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IV. Table Tennis tournament 2017, March to April, 2017. An institutional table tennis tournament (Ping-Pong) was
organized in which 20 participants faced each other (all of them members of the CIO community). The first 2 places were rewarded the day of the 37th Anniversary of the CIO, (Awards were given to the winners of first and second place, such t-shirts, pen drives, notebooks and laser pointers).
Photograph 8. Table tennis finalists.
Photograph 9. Table tennis tournament II.
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V. CIO-SPIE-OSA Cinema club 2017 A CIO-SPIE-OSA cinema club was organized, in conjunction
with the CIO's communication department. This cinema club exhibits films related to science and technology, monthly.
Popcorn and soft drinks are offered to the assistants. At the end of each projection there is a debate about the film in
order to involve the viewers to bring the subject to real life. The cinema club has attracted more than 200 people of all
ages, during the year.
Photograph 10. Cinema club I.
Photograph 11. Cinema club II.
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VI. Recruitment activities, pizza parties
In order to celebrate the student's day and welcoming new students, the SPIE-OSA chapters organized pizza parties (twice a year). We offered pizza and soda, to all attendees.
In this kind of activities, new students hang out with senior students, to meet and share academic experiences.
In addition the attendees meet the chapters (SPIE-OSA), and
the activities that we organize during the year, and they have the chance to know about the benefits they could get from international societies such SPIE and OSA. People, who a
