Seminar in Optical Science and Engineering
EECS 800

Cognizant Faculty Member: Professor Stephen C. Rand

Course Outline:  The seminars, industrial tour (fall semester) and corporate snapshot night for career networking night (winter semester) associated with this course are designed to give advanced overviews of research in optical science and engineering and to establish personal connections and perspective on the optics industry for participants.  Industrial and governmental projects not covered by standard optics curricula anywhere are the main focus of the course, and networking with people in the field is facilitated through the informal course format and an "industrial snapshot" evening.  Recent advances on important topics are presented by nationally acclaimed speakers in areas like hyper-spectral imaging, laser cooling, biological manipulation with light, displays, laser metrology, nonlinear optical effects, holographic and astrphysical instrumentation, plus an annual tour of local industrial optics facilities

Seminars: Second or third Tuesday every month in EECS 1200 at 8 p.m. unless otherwise announced.  All participants are welcome to join the officers (of the local chapter of the Optical Society of America which co-sponsors the series with UM) and others who wish to meet with the speaker beforehand.  For up-to-date information on the next meeting, and dinner details, be sure to check the AAOSA website under "Next Monthly Public Meeting" at: http://osa.braveline.com/aaosa/aaosaindex.htm .
The full calendar of seminars for the semester (subject to change) is posted at the AAOSA site under "Calendar of Events".

Pre-requisites: General interest in optics!  Students with graduate standing at the University of Michigan (and other institutions in a few cases) can take the course for credit, but everyone is welcome.  Seminar topics from past years are listed on the AAOSA website, and generally range from astrophysical topics such as gravitational lensing or optical remote sensing from space to ultrafast optics for biomedical or machining applications, integrated MEMS/optics, quantum computation, holography, laser science, industrial/university diagnostic characterization measurements, and so on.

Web Links: Course homepage is http://www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs800/index.html.  Here you will find information about the course and the Gradesheet showing whether you are meeting the requirements of the course.  Information on the next meeting is found only at the separate link:
http://osa.braveline.com/aaosa/aaosaindex.htm . (maintained by the local chapter of the Optical Society of America).

Grading: Registrants for the seminar course must attend all evening sessions (including the industrial tour and Snapshot Night in the semesters when these are offered).  In addition, to receive a satisfactory grade and course credit, students taking EECS 800 must prepare a typed report on one seminar from the semester. See the Q&A section for a discussion of grade requirements.