Stanford University Student SPIE Chapter Annual Report Feb. 2009- Feb. 2010

President: Thomas D. O’Sullivan, tdo@stanford.edu, SPIE# 873743 Vice President: Rebecca Schaevitz, rschaevitz@stanford.edu, SPIE# 3199886 Secretary: Aaswath Raman, aaswath@stanford.edu, SPIE# 3285839 Treasurer: Charles Rudy, cwrudy@stanford.edu, SPIE# 03199936

52 Current members as of 2/1/2010: Name Expires Sarkis Agaian 19 December 2010Mukul Agrawal 2 August 2010 Johan Andreasson 9 March 2010 Ross Audet 3 June 2010 Shai Barak 6 January 2011 Edward Barnard 1 November 2010 Shruthi Baskaran 9 January 2011 Ana Brown 26 July 2010 Susan Clark 8 January 2011 Stephanie Claussen 6 July 2010 Kristiaan De Greve 6 January 2011 I-Kang Ding 15 July 2010 Kirsten Frieda 11 March 2010 Ellis Garai 7 January 2011 Viviana Gradinaru 14 March 2010 Scott Hsieh 14 January 2011 Margaret Hsu 13 September 2010Kevin Huang 15 July 2010 Yijie Huo 7 January 2011 Nathan Jones 7 February 2011 Young Chul Jun 6 July 2010 Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli 30 November 2010Meredith Lee 11 February 2011

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Matthew Lew 1 January 2011 Paul Lim 26 May 2010 Jingjing Liu 3 November 2010 Samuel Lord 31 October 2010 Rajib Mondal 10 July 2010 Waqas Mustafeez 3 January 2011 Rodrigo Noriega-Manez 19 July 2010 Joon Hak Oh 12 July 2010 Thomas O'Sullivan 31 January 2011 Mario Parente 28 February 2010 Christian Perez 9 March 2010 Wibool Piyawattanametha 19 March 2010 Juan Plata-Camargo 19 January 2011 Aaswath Raman 27 May 2010 Shen Ren 6 January 2011 Rebecca Schaevitz 31 May 2010 David Schoen 1 August 2010 Nicholas Sergeant 12 July 2010 Wonseok Shin 27 October 2010 Lance Simms 30 April 2010 Bryan Smith 7 January 2011 Christopher Sramek 5 January 2011 Matthew Terrel 5 April 2010 Alok Vasudev 17 March 2010 Lieven Verslegers 5 January 2011 Ajay Virkar 17 May 2010 Adam Wang 31 January 2011 Cristina Zavaleta 5 January 2011 Jia Zhu 15 July 2010

Past events, February 2009 – February 2010

1. Specialized Technical Seminars Feb 12, 2009; April 3-5, 2009; Oct 22, 2009; Nov 13, 2009; Jan 26, 2010 Summary: Stanford OSA/SPIE (aka the Stanford Optical Society) organizes technical seminars in a variety of optics-related fields for the general public. This year’s seminars included topics such as nanophotonics and telecommunications from high-impact speakers from academia and industry.

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Time/Place Speaker (Company) Title

January 26, 2010, 5:15pm, AP200

Federica Capasso, Harvard University

The Bright Future of Sub-Wavelength Photonics

November 13, 2009, 3:15pm, AP200

Mario Paniccia, Intel Bridging Photonics and Computing

October 22, 2009, 4:15pm

Tim Day, Daylight Solutions

Results and applications of commercialized external cavity quantum cascade lasers (ECqcL™)

April 3 - 5, 2009, Monterey, CA

15 invited speakers as part of SUPR 2009!

See Stanford University Photonics Retreat (SUPR) below

February 12, 4:15pm, AP200

Ashok Krishnamoorthy, Sun Microsystems

The Integration of Silicon Photonics & VLSI Electronics for Computing Systems Intra-connect

SPIE Student Chapter Members with Dr. Mario Paniccia, Director of the Photonics Technology

Lab at Intel Corp.

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Standing room only at Stanford Optical Society seminars (11/13/2009)

2. Stanford University Photonics Retreat (SUPR) April 3-5, 2009 Monterey, CA Check out the pictures and videos from SUPR 2009! The Stanford Optical Society and Stanford Photonics Research Center (SPRC) organized the first annual Stanford University Photonics Retreat (SUPR). As the largest and most complex event we have planned, it brought together approximately 65 graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty who are involved in photonics research at Stanford. The purpose of SUPR is to promote greater cross-disciplinary interaction within the Stanford photonics community. Now more than ever, research in photonics draws upon a variety of disciplines and results in a broad spectrum of applications. At Stanford, the students and faculty involved in optics and photonics research are spread across a variety of departments, including electrical engineering, applied physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, environmental science, biology, chemistry, and medicine. The retreat provided an opportunity to stimulate interactions among this dispersed group of researchers and to serve as a catalyst for fruitful collaborations. The retreat consisted of three days and two nights of programming that combined technical sessions, professional development, and social activities (see program below). The retreat helps create and strengthen relationships between attendees, making the Stanford photonics community more cohesive and productive.

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Stanford University Photonics Retreat (SUPR 2009) Schedule of Events

Location: Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey, CA Friday April 3, 2009 2:30-3:00pm Leave Stanford Campus 5:00-6:00pm Arrive at Hotel & Check-In 6:00-7:30pm Dinner 7:00pm Welcoming Remarks, Dr. Tom Baer

7:15pm Keynote Address, Prof. Joseph W. Goodman: "The Role of Luck in a Professional Career - a Personal Example"

8:00-9:00pm Mixer Featuring Poster Session I 9:00-10:00pm "Evening with the Sky" hosted by Prof. Bob Byer Saturday April 4, 2009 8:00-9:00am Breakfast 9:00-10:00am Invited Lectures: Prof. David Miller and Prof. Hideo Mabuchi 10:00-10:30am Coffee Break

10:30-11:30am Invited Lectures: Prof. Renee Reijo Pera and Prof. Alberto Salleo

11:30-12:30pm Poster Session II 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30-5:30pm Social Activities and Break 6:00-7:30pm Dinner

7:45-9:00pm

Alumni Panel, Moderated by SPRC Consulting Director (and alumnus) Dr. Gary Bjorklund Panelists include Dr. Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort (Corning, Inc.), Dr. Bianca Keeler (Sandia), Dr. Gordon Keeler (Sandia), Prof. Rashid Zia (Brown University), Prof. Jim Harris (Stanford University)

Sunday April 5, 2009 9:00-10:00am Breakfast

10:00-12:00pm Career Development Workshops: "Intellectual Property" (Goodwin-Procter LLP) and "Effective Interdisciplinary Communication" (Stanford's Technical Oral Communications Program)

12:00-1:30pm Lunch and Adjourn

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Participants of SUPR 2009

Student attendees take a break between invited lectures at SUPR 2009

Student poster session at SUPR 2009

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Invited lecturer Prof. Albert Salleo at SUPR 2009

3. Expanding Your Horizons March 21, 2009 San Bruno, CA Outreach event: Estimated ~65 attendees

Summary: Expanding Your Horizons is a math-science conference for girls, which seeks to encourage the success of women in science- and math-related fields and to promote education as a means for young women to achieve a desirable lifestyle. Expanding Your Horizons at Skyline College has received National and State recognition. The Stanford Optical Society was there to hold hands-on workshops about Jello Lenses and Waveguides!

Participants in the Stanford Optical Society demonstration at Expanding Your Horizons 2009!

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4. Officer and Committee Chair Elections May 27, 2009 Stanford, CA

Summary: This event was our year-end celebration and elections meeting. We spent time reflecting on the past academic year's events, and focusing on improvements and ideas for the following year. At the meeting we elected the following officers:

2009-2010 Executive Planning Team President: Tom O'Sullivan Vice President: Rebecca Schaevitz Secretary: Aaswath Raman Treasurer: Charlie Rudy Outreach Chairs: Stephanie Claussen, Bryan Ellis, and Ye He Speaker Chairs: Ross Audet and Jason Pelc Membership Chair: Lana Lau

Outgoing 2008-2009 and Incoming 2009-2010 Officers; From left to right, top: Aaswath Raman, Tom O'Sullivan, Bryan Ellis, Charlie Rudy, Ross Audet; bottom: Dany Ly-Gagnon,

Meredith Lee, Jason Pelc, Rebecca Schaevitz, and Ye He.

5. Joint Chapter Trip to Maker Faire May 30, 2009 San Mateo, CA

The Stanford and UC Berkeley Chapters leveraged their joint interest in “how things work” as well as their collective buying power to purchase tickets for ~40 student chapter members and guests for the 2009 Maker Faire. Our chapter subsidized tickets for dues-paying OSA or SPIE members and carpooled to the San Mateo County Event Center for the fantastic event. From the makerfaire.com website, “Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to

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make things.” The event was a phenomenal way to foster our continued intra-chapter relationship with Berkeley while celebrating our love for engineering. 6. Summer Recruitment BBQ / SUPR Reunion June 25, 2009 Stanford, CA This summer barbecue was planned as a way to reunite the attendees of the 2009 Stanford University Photonics Retreat. Over 50+ chapter members and guests enjoyed a beautiful summer afternoon to discuss optics, photonics, and which barbecue item was the most delicious.

7. Fall Recruitment BBQ September 29, 2009 Stanford, CA

We held our annual Welcome BBQ open to anyone interested in the optics/photonics community at Stanford. Students were able to sign up for committees to get involved in our speaker, outreach, and membership events. We were especially successful in recruiting volunteers for the 2009 Educators’ Day event (#8).

2009 Fall Welcome Barbecue Flyer

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8. 2009 Educators’ Day Oct. 15, 2009 Stanford, CA Outreach Event: ~75 teacher participants - possibly impacting hundreds of

students

Science Educators' Day (EDAY) is an annual event held in conjunction with the Frontiers in Optics Conference/ Annual OSA Meeting. This year, the Stanford Optical Society, OSA and the OSA Foundation coordinated the event for local pre-college (middle and high school) teachers. The event was held on the Stanford campus, and focused on effective and innovative approaches to science education, with an emphasis on hands-on, interactive classroom lessons. Exhibitors (including over 15 volunteers from the Stanford Optical Society) brought low-cost experiments and demonstrations on optical phenomena that teachers could replicate in their classrooms. Teachers were able to enjoy a complimentary dinner and walked away with gift bags containing demonstration aids and lesson plans prepared by the Stanford Optical Society. 9. 2009-2010 Galileoscope Grants

November 2009 to February 2010 Outreach Activity: Estimated impact >700 students Thanks to a special donation by Prof. Joseph Goodman, we have begun to distribute Galileoscopes to local-area educators, free-of-charge. We developed an online application, and to date have delivered 90 Galileoscopes to 25 separate locations and plan to award approximately 30 more.

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Planned activities

This upcoming year we hope to maintain high-quality joint events at Stanford and beyond. Below are some events that are already being planned by our Executive Team and volunteer committees.

National Ignition Facility Tour and Poster Session/MixerLawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Feb. 10, 2010 Livermore, CA

Together with the SPIE Chapter at UC Berkeley and OSA Chapter at San Francisco State University, we will be traveling for a backstage tour of the largest laser in the world at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)! There are approximately 90 total participants (for which security clearances were arranged). We have also organized a student poster reception / mixer with LLNL scientists and managers, and will be bringing 50+ student posters.

Stanford University Photonics Retreat (SUPR) 2010 April 9-11, 2010 Napa, CA We have already finished planning the second annual Stanford University Photonics Retreat (SUPR) in Napa, CA. We have confirmed 12 invited speakers including: Dr. David Welch (Infinera), Dr. Milton Chang (Incubic), Dr. Rachel Won (Nature Photonics), and current Stanford faculty and young alumni. Note: the funds for this retreat are being raised in collaboration with the Stanford Photonics Research Center (SPRC). In addition to using our SPIE traveling lecturer grant, we have received a private donation, a grant from the Stanford Vice-Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE), and a grant from OSA.

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Continued technical seminar series April 22nd, 2010: Martin Roscheisen, CEO of Nanosolar 2010 International Student Photography Competition (outreach) Competition January 1, 2010 until March 1st, 2010 As part of our 2010 outreach activities, we will be sponsoring a student photography competition targeted at middle and high school students. We are expanding this year's contest to international community and are excited for other student chapters to join us in this outreach effort! This contest is an excellent outreach activity, being an effective way of stimulating interest in optics in pre-university students. We already have 5 other international collaborators for our 2010 photo contest, and expect more (for more information, visit the contest website at http://photocontest.stanford.edu). We are asking for grant support for the awards. California Academy of Sciences Nightlife Trip (collaborative) March 4, 2010 The California Academy of Sciences is a natural history and science museum in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. We visited the facility (also a cross chapter activity) in the Fall of 2008, shortly after it reopened after a major renovation to view its major attractions including: a planetarium, aquarium, natural history museum, and 4-story rainforest. We would like to return to the museum with UC Berkeley and San Francisco State during a special Thursday evening "nightlife" event, specifically for graduate students. A weekly event at the Academy, nightlife is a special time to visit the exhibits with live DJ music while food and cocktails are available for purchase. SPLASH: One-day optics course for local high school students (outreach) April 17, 2010 SPLASH http://stanfordesp.org/learn/index.html is a one-day marathon of classes for Bay Area students in grades 7-12 (ages 11-18 if homeschooled). Stanford OPTICAL SOCIETY will teach hands-on optics courses geared towards this age group and share our experiences studying science through K-12, in undergrad, and in grad school. The students sign up for classes they are interested in, and travel to campus for an interactive day of learning. Our course in 2008, E166: Building an Optical Communication System, taught the basics of optical communication systems- lasers, optical fibers, and photodetectors. Science on a Shoestring Budget & Grant Writing Workshop (outreach) April 27, 2010 – Stanford Campus This year, funding resources are extremely scarce for local K-12 teachers. We see an opportunity to bring science teachers together and show them: 1) Science on a Shoestring Budget: will provide simple, effective optics demonstrations that have minimized “overhead” teacher effort and use objects available at minimal cost 2) Grant Writing Workshop: interactive focused workshop on learning about grant opportunities available to K-12 teachers and how to successfully apply. We envision this as an activity before or after EDAY 2009 to further strengthen local teachers’ connections with each other and build a useful community Chapter T-Shirts We would like to make Chapter T-shirts to distribute to our members. Our chapter has never had any logo items that we could give to our members to identify with our

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organization. These would be especially helpful for our volunteers at external outreach events, or during cross-chapter activities. Lick Observatory Tour Date TBD This activity is a trip with chapter members and Prof. Bob Byer (former OSA President, and current OSA advisor) up to Lick Observatory. Participants will have a chance to tour the facilities and also do some observing with telescopes. We believe this will be a nice social event that will combine a visit to an observatory and telescopes there, with amateur astronomy in the evening over cookies and hot cocoa. Prof. Byer is a serious amateur astronomer and his presentation and amateur astronomy demos at the photonics retreat last year were very well received.

Financial Information

Opening Balance (02/01/2009) $1,218.92Expenditures Activities Technical Seminar:11/13/2009 -$112.31Technical Seminar:10/22/2009 -$107.50Technical Seminar: 6/8/09 (SUPR 2009 Invited Speaker Travel) -$399.20Technical Seminar: 2/12/2009 -$39.92Maker Faire Tickets -$250.00Outreach Supplies -$297.86 Meeting-related expenses SUPR 2010 Planning -$80.44SUPR 2009 Thank-you gifts -$52.81Planning Dinner -$75.20 Promotional Materials / Recruitment New Student Orientation Brochures -$245.8106/09 and 09/09 BBQ Food -$681.3909/2009 BBQ AV Equipment and Nametags -$95.5206/2009 BBQ Misc -$68.15New web and file server -$304.98 Income Manning the SPRC LaserFest Table $375.00SPIE Website Award $200.00OSA Activity and Outreach Grants $2,000.00SPIE Activity Grant $1,750.00Reimbursement - Tickets for the Maker Faire $165.00Academy of Science Ticket Sales $79.80 Ending Balance (02/01/2010) $2,977.63

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