*Light Lesson Plans

These are the lesson plans that are given out at our workshop in January for elementary teachers.  Lessons included are:

How Fast Do Waves Travel?

Does Light Travel In A Straight Line?

Energy:  What Energy Does A Light Bulb Emit?

How Are Lenses Used to See Big and Small Things?

What Light Is In A Laser?

What’s In A Color?

How Do Colors Reflect?

How Can Light Be a Fingerprint?

How Do You Make Colors?

Internship at Lockheed Martin

We are looking for a couple of students that qualify to the LM-UCF CWEP program to work at our LM MFC facility in our Applied Research group -throughout this year-, on some really interesting and exciting R&D projects. We are looking for self-motivated hard-working students, willing to learn/research new topics.  Some of the technical qualifications we are looking for include:  background in optics, physics, optical materials or related fields, any lab experience (to include a course related lab on laser alignment, material characterization, etc.), experience with Matlab and/or Labview.

If you can think of a couple of good candidates, please send me their resumes. To apply, they will have to qualify for the CWEP program and complete the CWEP application online.

Feel free to call me or e-mail me if you have any questions.​

Apply at:  http://career.ucf.edu/lockheed-martin​ 

Internship at KSC

This from Ron Phillips:  

We are recruiting an undergraduate EE/EO student in their final semester who would like to study for the MS degree in EE/EO.  Have some classes on communications, electronics, 

Requirements:

1 U.S. citizen

2. Be able  to qualify for a Department of Defense Secret Clearance

3. Be able to qualify for a NASA security badge

4. Have transportation to drive to Kennedy Space Center

5. Be able to work 20 hrs/week during the academic year (some at night)

6. Be able to work 30 hrs/week during the summer term (some at night)

7. Be able to deploy for field testing and experimentation at national test ranges

All travel expenses will be covered along with a stipend and University fees and tuition and medical insurance.  The stipend will include an increment for travel to and from the UCF campus to Kennedy Space Center. 

Contact him at Ronald.Phillips@ucf.edu​ 

*Office of Undergraduate Research

Free service for the UCF community provided by the Office of Undergraduate

Research. Students, faculty, and staff with an @knights.ucf.edu or @ucf.edu email

address can register at: http://www.studentopportunitycenter.com/sign-up/ 

Browse opportunities such as:

• Conferences

• Publications

• Scholarships

• Internships​

*Kitt Peak Research Experience

​Check out the attached document for the Kitt Peak REU for Summer 2015.

Summer Courses 2015

Here are the summer courses that CECS are going to be offering, as far as I know at this point.  These could change until I get an official release from their office.  

Offered:

​STA 3032 Prob & Stats for Engrs (*)

EGN 3310 Statics

EGN 3321 Engineering Analysis-Dynamics

Not offered:

EGN 3358 Thermo-Fluids-Heat Transfer​

Unknown at this point:

EGN 3211 Engineering Analysis & Comp.

EEL 3004 Electrical Networks

EEL 3123C Networks and Systems

EEE 3350 Semiconductor Devices I

EEL 3470 Electromagnetic Fields

EEL 3307C Electronics 1

Job Opportunity

Good Afternoon Faculty of UCF’s Center for research and Education in Optics and Laser,

My name is Sariann Ruiz. I’m the Employee Recruiter for Pro Image Solutions. We are a full time employment agency located in Longwood, FL.

The reason I’m reaching out to you is because we have a local client currently staffing and interested in reviewing graduates resumes in your field of expertise. Our client is a leading manufacturer of VBG-based filters and components. Supplying holographic optical elements to more than 400 customers on 6 continents in optoelectronic, analytical, medical, defense, and other industries they are in need of qualifies candidates.

If possible please forward my information to your student, I would like to discuss with them the possibility of employment thru my client.

Thank you in advance,  

Sariann Ruiz

Pro Image Solutions | Recruiter|Sariann@proimagesolutions.com

407 Wekiva Road Suite 245, Longwood, FL 32779

Phone: (407) 774-4884 Fax: (407) 774-4808​