Optics and Photonics Summer Intensive Course

Optics and Photonics Summer Intensive Course

It’s not your typical summer vacation, and these aren’t your typical high schoolers. Fourteen students from Boulder Prep High School in Colorado completed an intensive and immersive summer course learning about optics and photonics. The four-day program included...
Teachers’ Workshop for Optics Careers

Teachers’ Workshop for Optics Careers

High school students may be on summer vacation but many science teachers were back in the classroom this month learning how to teach optics. Sussex County Community College (SCCC) hosted the Careers in Optics Technology Professional Development Workshop in...
Navy Veteran Helps Make Lenses for Equipment Used in Military

Navy Veteran Helps Make Lenses for Equipment Used in Military

Enrique ‘Ricky’ Gomez joined the United States Navy in 2009, which helped him pay for college where he studied engineering. He enjoyed his time in the military, serving active duty for four years before enrolling in an associate degree program in...
Jay Eastman – A Talent for Amplifying Talent in Others

Jay Eastman – A Talent for Amplifying Talent in Others

Look up the many tributes to Jay Morgan Eastman upon his recent passing and you will see the words creative, generous, brilliant, humble, and entrepreneurial. And you will see this passage: “His talents knew no limits; he could build or repair anything.” Jay Eastman...
AmeriCOM Fosters Newest Optics Ecosystem

AmeriCOM Fosters Newest Optics Ecosystem

AmeriCOM’s national strategy of identifying and nurturing optics ecosystems is a multi-faceted process based on a simple premise: Filling the workforce gap where there is a need. By working closely with the team overseeing the Accelerated Skills Training (AST) program...