SPIE Student Chapter Annual Report (Dec. 2013 to Sept. 2014)

2014.9

The Ohio State Univ. Student Chapter

HISTORY OF OSU STUDENT CHAPTER

Founded in August 2009

Based at the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Active status

2009 to 2010 (Leilei Zhang as the president)

2010 to 2011 (Jiwei Huang as the president)

Reinstated since December, 2013

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PURPOSE STATEMENT

The purpose of the Chapter shall be to promote the discipline of Optical Science and Engineering through the organized effort of this group in study, research, and discussion; to disseminate knowledge of the field of Optical Engineering; and to further the professional development of the students.

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MEMBER ROSTER

Officers

President: Kang Wei

Vice president: Vince Ferlita

Secretary: Xiaoli Liu

Treasurer: Qian Wang

Members Pranay Agarwal

Lingqian Chang

Hong Chen

Benjamin Cruz Perez

Nicholas Domicone

Matthew Rudy

Juefei Wang

Heng Yu

Mingrui Sun

Abdulaziz Fakhouri

Vincent Ferlita

Peng He

Jung-feng Hu

Jing Li

Peng Liu

Xu Zhang

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MEMBER RECRUITMENT

Register our chapter at the Ohio Union

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MEMBER RECRUITMENT

Advertise our chapter in Welcome week 2014

Our chapter attracts a diversity of students from Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Optometry, Department of Radiology, etc.

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CHAPTER KICK-OFF MEETING

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

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Introduction to resume and cover

letter writing

Interview tips and guidelines

LECTURE SERIES-1

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Attendance: 15+

Professor Gill delivered a talk

on Product design and

development: from design

thinking to patentable solutions

CHAPTER MEMBERS AT PHOTONICS WEST 14

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Peng Liu presented his work

titled “3D topography of biologic

tissue by multiview imaging and

structured light illumination”

mentored by Prof. Ronald Xu

Kang Wei attended the Photonics

West 2014 supported by SPIE

Officer Travel grant.

POSTER FORUM-ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

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Two members presented at the OSU Biomedical Conferences 2013

Three members presented at the Denman undergraduate research forum

LECTURE SERIES-2

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Professor Shin-Tson Wu from University of Central Florida will deliver a talk on “Adaptive liquid and liquid crystal lenses” on Oct. 9, 2014.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Beginning balance: 900 USD

OSU student chapter advertising: 110 USD

Student chapter kick-off meeting: 140 USD

Career workshop: 125 USD

Lecture series: 250 USD

Other gatherings (e.g. BBQ event): 240 USD

Ending balance: 35 USD

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