May 31, 2024
Hundreds of optics and photonics industry experts, vendors, and manufacturing professionals gathered at the 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Photonics Summit in Westminster, CO, last month to share insights on emerging technologies. AmeriCOM’s Senior Program Manager for...
May 31, 2024
AmeriCOM is proud to announce the addition of two industry experts to its team, Dave Shelton, the new President and CEO, and Bill Strong, the new Director of Engineering. In addition, AmeriCOM has moved to a facility in Fairport, NY, which will include a...
May 31, 2024
The history of precision optics manufacturing could not be properly written without a chapter on Keene, New Hampshire. It is widely considered the birthplace of diamond turning, and is now home to several optics manufacturing companies that use the lens-shaping...
Mar 28, 2024
William (Bill) Dykstra, a high school teacher of physics and astronomy, and his daughter Esther have some interesting dinner table conversations. “Usually about some scientific procedure,” Bill explained. “Anything that we happen to have worked on that day.” Esther...
Mar 28, 2024
It would be difficult to fully detail and quantify Donn Silberman’s professional contributions to the optics industry. His impressive four-decade career includes multiple patents, publications, countless awards, management positions, boards seats, industry volunteer...
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...
