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Workshop Information:
This two-day workshop will provide an opportunity to get in
on the ground floor in educating technicians for one of the most exciting
and fastest growing technologies - PHOTONICS!
Optics and photonics applications are rapidly transforming
the way we work and live. Photonics, and its applications, involve the
cutting-edge use of lasers, optics, fiber-optics, sensors, cameras, and
electro-optical devices. Photonics has many applications in
manufacturing, medicine, aerospace, communications, security, solid-state
lighting, and other high-tech fields. Thus it represents a broad,
commercially viable area in which American employers require a steady
supply of well-qualified technicians.
The workshop is targeted to community and technical
college faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as
industry/workforce trainers. Participants will be provided
information on the growing need for photonics technicians and
postsecondary programs to educate them. OP-TEC staff will
explain the opportunities for attendees to create new AAS programs in
photonics and/or to infuse optics and photonics instruction into existing
technical programs in technologies that are enabled by photonics.
Attendees will also learn about OP-TEC materials and services available
for planning and implementing photonics education at their
institutions. Please visit our website for more details and to register
today!
Date:
Thursday, November 14 (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM)
and Friday, November 15 (8:30 AM - 1:00 PM), 2013.
Location: OP-TEC National
Center for Optics and Photonics Education, Waco, Texas
Intended
Audience: Community
and Technical College Faculty, Staff, & Administration (and
representives from their feeder high schools); and Industry/Workforce
Trainers to learn about courses, materials, and educational/training
opportunities sponsored by OP-TEC.
Cost: No registration fees! Space is limited and
registration is required. Lunch will be provided
both days of the workshop. Participants are responsible for
lodging, meals, and all travel expenses.
Registrants will receive an information packet via email
containing hotel and travel information.
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Excellence
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