LighTimes: The DOE Office of Science Announces SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity

November 26, 2013...The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced a funding opportunity for its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs that may be of interest to the solid-state lighting (SSL) community. The DOE is requesting that the SSL community submit grant applications for fiscal year 2014 SBIR/STTR Phase I, Release 2 funding opportunities with the release of the announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001046. Specifically, the DOE SBIR/STTR funding opportunity announcement, (FOA) DE-FOA-0001046 seeks applicants for research and development of the subtopic: “integrating energy-efficient solid-state lighting with advanced sensors, controls, and connectivity.”

According to the DOE, other possible areas of interest related to SSL in the funding opportunity include: the use of advanced manufacturing processes such as 3-D printing and digital metal forming to create SSL lamps and luminaires in ways that were previously not possible; the use of fully automated assembly, advanced printing, and integrated electronics designs that may provide substantial opportunity to inexpensively and quickly manufacture high-quality SSL products; inexpensive and easily integrated components, sensors, control hardware, or control software.

The DOE is offering a free webinar to review the SBIR/STTR programs and the award process as it relates to this announcement on Tuesday, December 3, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Those interested in listening to and participating in the webinar must register. Letters of intent to submit proposals are due with the DOE's Office of Science December 16, 2013. Full proposals are due February 4, 2014, with award notifications anticipated in April. For more information, visit http://science.energy.gov/sbir/funding-opportunities/.

CFL Professional, Networking & Volunteer Calendar – Haiyan Edition

Dear Florida Professional Engineer,

Will you please join the Fund raising campaign for the typhoon Haiyan victims in the Phillipines on

Saturday, November 30, 2013 from 1:30 to 7:30 PM  at  the Marks Street Senior Center.  Filipino American Ass. Of Central Florida (CFAO) requests your help… Please donate!  If you are able, kindly write a check to CFAO, who is working with Philippine Red Cross, UNICEF and Doctors without Borders.  Donation will be greatly appreciated.  CFAO is also Collecting relief goods to be shipped to the Philippines such as canned foods clothing toothpaste ,toothbrush, towels, toiletries, shoes, medicines, etc. etc.  Please donate!  Any help you can give will be much appreciated. 

These CFL Calendars are attached:

Professional Development and Networking Calendar – Teach-In Edition

Science Technology Engineer & Math (STEM) Volunteer Outreach Calendar.

Upcoming Special Events Include:

CFAEP ThanksGiving Party, November 21, 2013

Upcoming Opportunities for Florida Professionals in the classroom & community: 

Science Fair Rock Lake Middle School, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, Time 9-2 PM

STEM in the Classroom, Orlo Vista Elem. School, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, 2013 Time 9-11 AM

A Day in the Life of Real Engineers Thursday, December 5, 2013 Time 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Science Fair Rock Lake Middle School, Thursday, December 5, 2013 Time 6-8 PM

STEM in the Classroom, Tildenville Elem. School, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, 2013 Time 9-11 AM

STEM in the Classroom, Timber Lakes Elem. School, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, 2013 Time 9-11 AM

Haiyan Blessings,

Mark

Mark D. Van Hala, P.E., F.NSPE, FES, M.ASCE

407-836-7934

407-836-9622 (One Stop Shop)

EVanHala @ yahoo . com

Put Down Your Weapons of Mass Distraction!! 

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day® October 10, 2013

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LightPath Technologies to Present at the LD Micro Fifth Annual Conference

LightPath Technologies, Inc. to Present at the 6th Annual LD MICRO Investment Conference

ORLANDO, FL -- November 21, 2013 -- LightPath Technologies, Inc. (“LightPath”, the “Company” or “we”) (NASDAQ: LPTH), a global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of patented optical components and high-level assemblies, today announced that James Gaynor, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Sixth Annual LD MICRO Investment Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, in Los Angeles, California.
The presentation for LightPath is scheduled for 10:30 am pacific time (1:30 pm eastern time).  At that time, the slideshow will be posted on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.lightpath.com.  Investors interested in conducting a one-on-one meeting with LightPath should contact its investor relations representative Jordan Darrow of Darrow Associates at 631-367-1866 or via email at jdarrow@darrowir.com.
About LD MICRO
LD MICRO is a by-invitation-only newsletter firm that focuses on finding undervalued companies in the micro-cap space. Since 2002, the firm has published an annual list of recommended stocks, as well as comprehensive reports on select companies throughout the year. The firm also hosts the LD MICRO Micro-Cap Growth Conference for investors in December of each year. LD MICRO concentrates on finding, researching and investing in companies that are overlooked by most institutional investors. It is a non-registered investment advisor. For more information, please visit www.ldmicro.com.

About LightPath Technologies
LightPath (NASDAQ: LPTH) manufactures optical products including precision molded aspheric optics, GRADIUM® glass products, proprietary collimator assemblies, laser components utilizing proprietary automation technology, higher-level assemblies and packing solutions. The Company's products are used in various markets, including industrial, medical, defense, test & measurement and telecommunications. LightPath has a strong patent portfolio that has been granted or licensed to us in these fields.  For more information, visit www.lightpath.com.GRADIUM® is a registered trademark of LightPath Technologies.
This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our ability to expand our presence in certain markets, future sales growth, continuing reductions in cash usage and implementation of new distribution channels. This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed by LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not have any intention or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Physics Colloquium - Fri., Nov. 22, 2013, 4:30, PSB 161

The Wonderful World of BSCCO

Richard Klemm, UCF

The high-temperature superconductor with rough stoichiometry Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+d (BSSCO or Bi2212) is one of the most anisotropic materials known. In the normal state above the superconducting transition temperature T_c ~ 90 K, it behaves as a metal parallel to the layers, and an insulator normal to them.  Although nominally orthorhombic in structure, microscopic analyses have confirmed that the insulating Bi₂O₂ double layers have a lateral periodicity that is incommensurate with that of the conducting CuO₂ double layers, so that it is really a ``misfit’’ compound.  The c-axis transport for electrons in the normal state and quasiparticles in the superconducting state is 100% incoherent. The primary interest in BSCCO, is that although its lateral structure is extremely irregular, its intrinsic Josephson junction structure is so perfect, that application of a dc voltage V across a stack of N junctions leads to coherent sub-THz emission due to the ac Josephson effect at the frequency f=f_J=(2eV)/(Nh), where e is the electronic charge and h is Planck’s constant.  Although plagued with heating effects, the design of BSCCO mesas has developed to the point where output powers of 1 mW should be attainable in the near future, allowing continuous wave, coherent, high-power devices to be manufactured that can fill the ``THz gap’’ range of 0.3-1.5 THz with a hand-held device.

Contact:  Pat Korosec     3-2325

Florida Space Institute Seminar Announcement

Florida Space Institute Seminar Announcement

Speaker: Esther Beltran

Affiliation: UCF/FSI

Day and Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Time: 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Research Park

12354 Research Parkway

Partnership 1 Bldg. Suite 209

Orlando, FL 32826

Title      Challenges of Aviation: Safely Working in Extreme Environments

 In this seminar you will learn practical tactical skills operations that can help you save your life and/or help save the life of others sometime in the future. You will gain insight and true knowledge on how to solve real problems in the real world. The world of Aviation and Space Exploration is the one that consistently continues opening doors and paves the road for others to safely explore and also continue advancing life on Earth. Want to join ?

.For further information please click below:

http://fsi.ucf.edu/seminars/ 

                         

Contact:

Ashley Kehoe / Josh Colwell

Department of Physics

Phone: 407-823-6306

Email: Ashley . Kehoe @ ucf. edu / jec @ ucf . edu

Follow us on Twitter at ucfFSI

And check out our website at: http://fsi.ucf.edu/

FSI’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Florida-Space-Institute-FSI/353593684667181?ref=hl

FSI’s Twitter:  ucfFSI

FSI’s Website: http://fsi.ucf.edu/

OSA student chapter seminar: "Infrared transmitting glasses and glass ceramics for infrared transmission and energy applications" by Xianghua Zhang /1.31.14/ 2:00-3:00pm/ CREOL Rm 102

OSA student chapter seminar: "Infrared transmitting glasses and glass ceramics for infrared transmission and energy applications" by Xianghua Zhang

Friday, January 31, 2014 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Room 102

Xianghua Zhang
Laboratory of glasses and ceramics, Institute of chemistry Université de Rennes I-CNRS

Abstract:
There are very few materials which are transparent in the 8-12 µm region and which are environmentally stable enough for practical applications. Chalcogenide glasses are glasses based on sulfur, selenium and tellurium. They have been intensively studied mainly due to its large optical transmission window from visible to infrared. Chalcogenide glass ceramics are composite materials containing glass and crystals with significantly improved mechanic and optical properties.
More recently, chalcogenide glass ceramics with outstanding photoelectric properties have also been discovered. Fist results show already high efficiency for visible light photocatalytic applications.
The preparation, properties and applications of these materials will be presented.

Biography:
Zhang received his BA in materials science and engineering from Zhejiang University (China) in 1983, and his MA and PhD in solid state chemistry from University of Rennes 1 (France) respectively in 1985 and 1988. He joined the CNRS (French National Centre for scientific research) in 1989. In 1996, he founded the company VERTEX S.A. specialized in infrared optics thanks to the technology transfer from the joint CNRS/University of Rennes’s laboratory of glasses and ceramics. In 2001 this company became part of the UMICORE group, world leading supplier of infrared materials. In 2002, He returned to the CNRS as research director. Zhang has been specialized in infrared transmitting glasses and glass ceramics, and he is author or co-author of more than 200 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and 14 patents. He is currently the director of the laboratory of glasses and ceramics in university of Rennes (France) with 25 permanent staffs and 20 PhD students/post-docs.

For additional information:
Guangming Tao
Vice-president of OSA chapter
gtao @ creol . ucf . edu

Tomorrow! Seminar:"High Power Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers; Current Technology and Future Roadmap" by Ross Hodder /11.15.13/ 2:00pm-3:00pm/ Room 102

"High Power Supercontinuum Fiber Lasers; Current Technology and Future Roadmap" by Ross Hodder

Friday, November 15, 2013 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Room 102

Ross Hodder
Product Manager – Scientific Lasers

Abstract:
The first commercial Supercontinuum “White-Light Lasers” came on to the market in 2005 combining the relatively new technologies of Microstructured Optical Fiber and ultrafast fiber lasers.  Since this time there has been an order of magnitude increase in power levels available from supercontinuum lasers as well as other technical advancements. Here we describe how the core technology enables the unique performance of these systems and we present the technology roadmap for these versatile light sources.

The talk will cover the current major applications for Supercontinuum lasers, including the various spectral filtering options, as well as the potential future applications as performance increases and cost reduces.
Biography:
Ross has worked at Fianium for nearly 5 years in product development, sales and marketing roles focusing mainly on Supercontinuum fiber lasers.  He works closely with the R&D and Engineering Teams to ensure technology development in-line with the dynamic and demanding requirements of Fianium’s scientific customers.  An important part of the role is gaining vital application knowledge from existing customers and potential new ones.
Ross has a degree in Physics with Lasers from the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, UK, and continued working at the department after his studies specifically in the field of ultrafast fiber lasers.

For more information:
Dr. Eric W. Van Stryland
Professor of Optics
407-823-6835
ewvs @ creol . ucf . edu