Mar 28, 2024
Jennifer Nicholson is a 24-year-veteran teacher at Sussex County Technical School in New Jersey. She currently teaches chemistry and two classes, Advanced Biology and Fundamentals of Optics, both of which are part of a concurrent enrollment program at Sussex County...
Feb 29, 2024
When Valencia College in Orlando introduced its Precision Optics, Photonics, and Fiber Optics Technician training course last fall, the school aimed to have students job-ready in 15 weeks. The course falls under the college’s Accelerated Skills Training (AST) program...
Feb 29, 2024
Jennifer Owens always believed her degree in Instrumental Music Education from Ithaca College would lead to a fulfilling career doing what she loved. She started on that path, training and working as a band director. But life’s next stanza brought some unexpected...
Feb 29, 2024
Members of the AmeriCOM team were among 24,000 participants in the recent 2024 Photonics West (PW) exhibition in San Francisco. The familiar “PW-buzz” of energy was ever-present, as was the sense of camaraderie characteristic of the optics, photonics, and imaging...
Feb 29, 2024
Nov 2, 2023
Central Florida faces a growing demand for precision optics technicians. Industry giants like Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies rely on technicians to help produce complex lenses for defense and national security systems. Other area optics...
