Holly Heinrichs, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, attended and presented her graduate thesis work at the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in California mid-August. The title of her presentation is Parameter optimization of laser-doped selective emitters.

Xiaoyun Ding, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been selected to receive a Baxter Young Investigator Award. This award program was developed to stimulate and reward research that can be directly used for critical care therapies and the development of medical products that save and sustain patients’ lives. Xiaoyung is advised by Professor Tony Huang.

Sema Erten, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics under the advising of Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, will travel to California in August to attend and present a paper at the Nanostructured Thin Films Conference. The presentation is entitled “Excitation of multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves at metal/chiral-sculptured thin-film interfaces.” To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.

Holly Heinrichs, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics under the advising of Professor S. Ashok, will present her graduate thesis work at the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference August 15 in San Diego, California. The title of her presentation is “Parameter Optimization of Laser-doped Selective Emitters.” To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.

Stephen Swiontek, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics under the advising of Professor Akhlesh Lakhtakia, will travel to San Diego, California in August to attend the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) conference. While attending the conference, Stephen will deliver a poster presentation which is based on his research. To learn more about this conference, please visit their website.

Sz-Chin Lin, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, was notified that his paper on Acoustic Beam Aperture Modifier was reported on Newswise. To learn more about this publication, please visit their website.