Student Chapter Annual Report 2018

Officers

Position Name Member # Email President Joshua Burrow 4017277 burrowj2@udayton.edu

Vice President John Hennen 3724014 hennenj1@udayton.edu Treasurer Yining Lui liuy39@udayton.edu Secretary Ankita Khanolkar 4060107 khanolkara1@udayton.edu Advisor Imad Agha 1012684170 iagha1@udayton.edu

Member List: 28

Name Expires 1 Md Shah Alam 28 August 2018 2 Michael Amonson 6 April 2018 3 Abtin Ataei 28 August 2018 4 Diane Beamer 13 July 2018 5 Behzad Bordbar 22 February 2018 6 Joshua Burrow 4 October 2018 7 Hongwei Chen 16 November 2018 8 Alexander Downham 29 December 2017 9 Emily Erdman 29 December 2017 10 Ryan Feaver 26 April 2018 11 Kyle French 10 March 2018 12 Elaheh Ghanati 28 December 2018 13 Rudra Gnawali 24 July 2018 14 Pengfei Guo 12 June 2018 15 John Hennen 29 December 2017 16 Mallik Mohd Raihan Hussain 11 February 2019 17 Elforjani Jera 19 January 2018 18 Farzia Karim 28 August 2018 19 Ankita Khanolkar 11 May 2018 20 Kevin Klawon 5 May 2018 21 Jeffrey Kraczek 7 July 2018 22 Sarah Krug 5 October 2018 23 Zairui Li 29 December 2017 24 Yining Liu 11 June 2018 25 Ali Mohamed 9 March 2018 26 Andrew Reinhardt 3 February 2019 27 Eddie Ruff 5 September 2018 28 Eric Turner 29 December 2018

Alumni Roster: 13

Name Company Graduation Date Ujitha Abeywickrema Univ. of Dayton May 2015 Eric Bailey Leidos, Inc. May 2010 Partha Banerjee Univ. of Dayton July 1983 Amit Ben Harush Negari (not available) December 2014 Joseph Binford (not available) December 2006 Vincent Cowan Air Force Research Lab. December 2014 James Grote Air Force Research Lab. (not available) Erica Hoeffner Leidos, Inc. December 2012 George Nehmetallah The Catholic Univ. of America December 2006 Joseph Reierson (not available) December 2011 Andrew Sarangan Univ. of Dayton (not available) Jason Schmidt MZA Associates Corp. December 2006 Renjie Zhou The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong December 2014

2017 Activities Club Meeting and Game Night January 20, 2017 (11 attendees) A meeting was held at the beginning of the spring semester to discuss major upcoming outreach, professional development, and social events (TechFest, Students Presenting Optics Research Training Symposium (SPORTS)) to be held during the semester. Afterwards, members stayed for the beginning of semester game social where pizza, cookies and punch were provided.

Student Presenting Optics Research Training Symposium (SPORTS) Overview: It is without a doubt that presentation and debate skills for scientists are just as important as the fascinating science. Recently, our members requested an opportunity to prepare for conference oral presentations and the MS and PhD defenses, so we created SPORTS! SPORTS is a student run symposium held bi-weekly for members to practice and master oral presentation skills with a chance to win up to $100. This year we had 12 students present on various optics and photonics research areas. Each member received peer feedback and a score based on organization, content, and presentation to determine 1st ($100) and 2nd ($50) place prize winners. Pizza and wings were served for lunch at each event to increase student participation. Each session served as both a recruiting professional development event. (Average attendees = ~25) January 26, 2017 First of six student run symposia in optics research. An overview of SPORTS and its motivation was given to the student members. Two students presented in this session on ultrafast optics industry research methods and digital sparse aperture synthesis.

February 10, 2017 Talk Titles: (1) Introduction to Cavity Modeling Framework (CAMFR), (2) SwissLitho NanoFrazor – The Machine of the Future!, and (3) Room temperature optical gain observation and analysis of GeSn alloys waveguide on Si.

February 24, 2017 Talk Titles: (1) The Berreman Approach to Electromagnetic Wave and Beam Propagation in Anisotropic Metamaterials and (2) Bio-Sensing with Terahertz Metamaterials.

March 10, 2017 Talk Titles: (1) Fiber Laser Non-Invasive Depth Microscopy and (2) HMD Distortion Characterization and Alignment Toolset for Precision-Critical Applications (1st place) March 24, 2017 Talk Titles: (1) Effective Beam Parameters and the Turbulent Beam Waist Convergent Gaussian Beams and (2) Speckle and Beam-Axial Velocimetry via Image Registration through Cross-Correlation.

April 07, 2017 Talk Title: (1) High resolution complex field sensing in strong scintillation condition for atmospheric and adaptive optics applications. Outreach: TechFest 2017 February 18-19, 2017 Each year, Sinclair Community College sponsors a weekend outreach event that allows schools and businesses in the Dayton area to demonstrate the use of science and technology within their fields of expertise. The event is geared mostly towards elementary and middle school students and their families. The University of Dayton’s Electro-Optics Department and SPIE/OSA Joint Student Chapter annually hosts an exhibit table at this event. We demonstrated some uses of light in technology, including examples of polarizers and diffraction gratings as well as a display related to fiber optics. The laser game, Khet 2.0, as well as some lens and laser toolboxes were also used to provide hands-on opportunities for children to discover how to direct light with mirrors and lenses. There were approximately 75 exhibits, 36 speakers, and 2,400 registered students (NOT including their parents) at the 2017 TechFest.

Officer Meeting February 21, 2017 Officers and advisors from the OSA/SPIE and SPS chapters met to discuss SPORTS, Pi Day social, outreach activities for the year and scheduling talks from members of the physics department. Visiting Lecturer: Roberto Morandotti, Ph.D. April 14, 2017 (~40 Attendees) Dr. Morandotti visited the campus to give a talk entitled, “Multi photon entangled states based on integrated frequency combs”. The visiting lecturer brought out a large crowd of scientists where he detailed his collaboration with University of Dayton researchers and described work at the Institut national de la recherché scientifique (INRS). Student

members then gave tours of their labs and a select number of members went to dinner and a night out on the town with Roberto.

Officer Meeting May 10, 2017 Discussed travel grants for upcoming Optics and Photonics conference and the Frontiers in Optics Conference. Social: New Academic Year Kickoff August 25, 2017 (~65 attendees) Held our annual kickoff event with the Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics. The event consisted of introductions of students, staff and faculty. We gave a short presentation on the UD Optics Association and provided pizza and drinks. Officer Meeting September 6, 2017 Discussed possible community outreach with local high school, logo design and Fall Picnic, and Fall election dates. Developed plan for professional development workshops including courses in public speaking, conference presentation, Blender and Python for Spring 2018. Social: Happy Hour December 1, 2017 (~20 Attendees) We held a beginning of the semester happy hour event at a local Mexican bar as a recruiting event and opportunity to meet new students in the Department.

Officer Meeting October 18, 2017 Discussed upcoming officer elections, the upcoming Fall hike social, amongst other new professional development endeavors. Club Meeting: Elections October 20, 2017 This meeting was scheduled to elect new officers, amend the chapter constitution, and encourage more students to participate in the student chapter and join SPIE and OSA. Cookies and punch were provided to boost attendance. Joshua Burrow retained his position as president. The new officers elected this year included Yining Liu as treasurer, John Hennen as vice-president, and Ankita Khanolkar as secretary. Social: Fall Hike October 21, 2017 (8 Attendees) The seven-mile hike was held in Twin Creek Metropark under the guidance of Prof. Joseph Haus. Chapter members took care of transportation which resulted into a good turnout for a weekend hike. Some chapter members had lunch together followed by this arduous hike.

Officer Meeting November 08, 2017 Worked on IONS 2018 application, discussed results of meeting with other engineering student organizations and upcoming social events. Social: Happy Hour December 1, 2017 (17 Attendees) We held a game night themed happy hour event at a local bar to provide an atmosphere for our members to unwind before the heated stresses of final exams. We provided drinks and appetizers to the attendees. Officers came up with the idea of creating an “Optics Taboo” at this event.

Social: Holiday Potluck December 8, 2017 (32 Attendees) A potluck dinner was held to celebrate Christmas, the New Year, and the end of the semester. Chicken wings and drinks were provided by the student chapter. Attendees provided sides and desserts. The event concluded with an interactive, yet competitive game called, “Optics Taboo” created by the student officers.

Tentative 2018 Activities Annual Events: Social

• Pi Day • Spring Picnic • New School Year Kickoff Meeting • Fall Picnic • Holiday Social • Game nights

Outreach

• TechFest 2018 • Math and physics tutoring with DECA high school

Single-time events: Social: List of Possible outings Spring and Fall 2017 Chapter members have asked for events such as laser tag, rock climbing, or game nights. Some of these activities may be held during 2017. Outreach: Middle School Optics Presentations Spring 2018 One chapter member plans to present some optics demos at a STEM night at Bellbrook Middle School near Dayton, OH in February. She may also present for the 5th grade classes at St. Albert the Great School again. Professional Development: Students Presenting Optics Research Training Symposium (SPORTS) Spring 2018 SPORTS was very successful last year and will continue in 2018. Again, SPORTS will be a one hour bi-weekly event held on Friday’s at 12 noon. It will give students an opportunity to practice presenting their research to a group of peers. In addition, professors will be asked to present on topics such as writing abstracts for conference papers, guidelines for creating a publishable graph or figure, and tips for publishing a paper. The OSA and SPIE student chapter would like to provide lunch and drinks for each event and t-shirts for all presenting participants. IONS Student Conference

Summer 2018 A student run conference that will take place either in Dayton and Indiana in the summer of 2018. If it takes place in Dayton, this will need a significant commitment of effort by the chapter to successfully put on a conference. If in Indiana, a number of chapter members will travel to the conference to present their research to other members of the optics community.

2017 Finances Funding Date Amount Source 3/15/2017 450 OSA Activity Grant 9/08/2017 1300 SPIE Activity Grant

Expenses Date Amount Event 1/20/2017 58.37 Club Meeting and Game Night 1/26/2017 66.47 SPORTS Event 1 2/10/2017 53.36 SPORTS Event 2 2/18/2017 76 Techfest 2/21/2017 90 Officer Meeting 2/24/2017 41.75 SPORTS Event 3 3/10/2017 52.82 SPORTS Event 4 3/24/2017 37.16 SPORTS Event 5 4/7/2017 40 SPORTS Event 6 4/14/2017 630.72 Visiting Lecturer 6/3/2017 213.96 Officer Travel Assistance 8/4/2017 18.22 Elaheh Business Cards 8/16/2017 42.62 Dry Erase Wall Calendar/Planner 8/22/2017 50 Post hike lunch 8/25/2017 75 New Academic Year Kickoff 9/8/2017 105 New Student Outreach Event 9/12/2017 15 Cashed wrong check, bounced check fee 9/19/2017 80 Chapter supplies 9/19/2017 134.41 Officer Business Cards 9/25/2017 110 Travel for student 10/18/2017 35.24 Officer Meeting 10/20/2017 66 Elections 11/8/2017 21.08 Officer Meeting 12/8/2017 138.71 Holiday Potluck Various 0.82 Account Dividends

Beginning Balance: 1944.14 Total Expenses: 2252.71 Total Funds: 1750.00 Ending Balance: 1441.43