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Bi-Annual IA Meetings
Spring 2017 Agenda, updated March 24th, 2017
SUNDAY, 26th March 2017
→ Events held at the Bloch Alumni & Advancement Ctr., 300 East River Rd, Rochester NY
2:00 – 5:15 PM Director’s Advisory Council Meeting
For Strategic Level Members only and others at personal invitation of Dr. Zhang
5:30 – 7:30 PM Director’s Advisory Council Reception
Invitation only; includes dinner reception
MONDAY, 27th March 2017
→ 8 AM until 5 PM Events are held in the Ballroom in Douglass Commons (on campus)
8:00 – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:05 AM Welcome and The Institute of Optics Update
Dr. Xi-Cheng Zhang, Director and Professor of Optics, The University of Rochester
9:05 – 9:15 AM Sunny Optical Update
Mr. Yang Sun, CEO, Sunny Optical
9:15 – 9:30 AM Integrated Photonics: Chipscale to Nanoscale
Dr. Jaime Cardenas, Assistant Professor of Optics, The University of Rochester
9:30 – 10:00 AM The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics
Edward White, Associate Vice President Test, Assembly and Packaging & Corporate Outreach for AIM Photonics
10:00 – 10:30 AM Networking Break
10:30 – 11:45 AM Graduate Student Research Presentations
PhD Research Presentations
Five Successive talks of fifteen minutes each
11:45 – 12:00 PM Monroe Community College
Dr. Alexis Vogt, Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Optics, MCC
12:00 – 12:30 PM Senior Design Projects Showcase
Dr. Wayne Knox will introduce the optics undergraduate Senior Design Project undergraduates, and the teams will present their projects.
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch & Poster Session - Douglass Commons Ballroom AB & CD
2:00 – 2:30 PM Alumni Highlight: Entrepreneurship
Dr. Xiangdong Cao (PhD ’95) CEO of Wuhan Hongtuo New Tech
2:30 – 3:00 PM Company Connection Self Introductions
→ Following the Intros, participants will move to the Douglass Commons Ballroom, where companies will feature opportunities for students to engage in fast-paced introductions / career explorations in face-to-face meetings.
3:00 – 5:00 PM Company Connection Showcase
→ Douglass Commons Ballroom CD
5:00 – 5:45 PM Break with Lab Tours
→ Students will depart with guests from Douglass Commons to tour labs in Goergen/Wilmot.
→ Optional: Cars can now be moved to the Intercampus Drive Lot for the evening.
5:00 PM Industrial Associates Reception
→ Munnerlyn Atrium of Goergen Hall
6:15 PM Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Xi-Cheng Zhang, Director and Professor of Optics
6:30 PM Student Awards and IA Member Recognition
Dr. James Fienup, Professor of Optics and Chair of the Optics Graduate Committee
Mr. Daniel Smith, Optics Undergraduate Program Manager
6:40 – 8:00 PM Dinner Reception Continues
Quartet performance, featuring Eastman musicians
TUESDAY, 28th March 2017
8:30 – 5:30 PM Company-Student Employment Interviews
→ Various locations in Goergen Hall and Wilmot Building
12:00 PM Interviewing Employer and Faculty Lunch
→ Goergen Hall 5th floor common area
1:00 PM Company-Student Employment Interviews continue
→ Various locations in Goergen Hall and Wilmot Building
WEDNESDAY, 29th March 2017
Events continue for Select & Strategic members:
9:00 – 12:00 PM Company-Student Employment Interviews
for Select & Strategic members
→ Various locations in Goergen Hall and Wilmot Building
1:00 PM Company-Student Employment Interviews continue
→ Various locations in Goergen Hall and Wilmot Building