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Uniting the Southern California Optics Community

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The Optical Society of Southern California was founded in 1951 to increase and disseminate the knowledge of optics and closely allied sciences and to promote the mutual interests of investigators, organizations, teachers and students in these fields.

 

The Society is a local section of the Optical Society of America and meets on the second Wednesday of each month from October through June.  Most of our meetings are open to the public.  Those interested in promoting our goals are urged to apply for either Individual or Corporate Membership.

 

OSSC Fellow Nominations

 

The OSSC Fellows Committee is soliciting input from our members for individuals to consider for nomination as OSSC FellowsFellows are individuals of distinction who have performed outstanding service for the Optical Society of Southern CaliforniaThe period for accepting candidates will be closing shortly so get your candidates' names and qualifications in to the Committee as soon as you can.

 

Submit a Candidate

 

Images Newsletter

 

The OSSC newsletter, Images, is published monthly from October through June.  You can read about our next meeting and other events; discover more about our individual and corporate members; and even learn a few Optricks!

 

Download the March Newsletter!

 

OSSC Member News

 

We have activated a Member News section of the OSSC website to communicate the activities of our individual and corporate members.  The link is in the menu to the left.  The first item is about two books on lens design written by OSSC Member Greg Smith.  Contact the OSSC Webmaster if you have news to share.

 

Camera Lenses from Box Camera to Digital

 

Welcome New OSSC Members

 

New Individual Members

 

Katherine St. John
Araz Yacoubian
Stephen George
Karl Reithmaier

 

New Corporate Members

 

Steve Hines, HinesLab, Inc.

 

OSSC Members can learn more about these folks by visiting the on-line OSSC Membership Directory

 

We value your membership and
appreciate your support!

 

Calling Old Friends of the OSSC

 

Have you changed your email address, moved, or taken a new job?  The OSSC may not be able to contact you.  You may even have an account on this website with incomplete or out-of-date information.  All you need to do is send the OSSC Membership Chair, Owen Cupp, an e-mail with your name and e-mail address and he can help you activate your account.

 

Once your account is active, you can login, reset your password and update your address and other contact information.

 

Contact the OSSC Membership Chair!

 

Optical Engineering & Instrument Design Pro-grams

 

A free Webinar is available to review these new programs.   It was recorded on Wednesday February. 24.

 

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Register for Courses here

 

Optical Systems Design 

Begins Tues-day. April 6th - 6:30 - 9:30 pm - 10 weeks

Precision Positioning and Motion Control for Optical Systems

Begins Saturday April  24th - 8:30 am - 5 pm - 3 weeks

 


The Optics Institute of Southern California is coordinating these new pro-grams through UC Irvine Extension.  The Lead Instructor is OSSC Vice President Valentina Doushkina.  The Optical Engineering and Instrument Design Certification programs are being developed by OSSC Outreach Chair  Donn Silberman.  Donn is also the Director of the Optics Institute of Southern California.

 

Optics in Nature

 

The Mantis Shrimp employs its own natural scanning optical system (Photo courtesy of Roy Caldwell, UC Berkley)

 

OSSC Past President and Fellow HD (Don) Wolpert  has prepared two interesting articles related to optics in nature.  The first was published in the February issue of Optics and Photonics News and the second is a draft Don is working on.

 

Optical Filters in Nature, OPN Feb, 2009

 

Drawing Inspiration from Biological Optical Systems

 


 

Next OSSC Meeting

 

Confidence in Optical Metrology

 

 

Steve Chakmakjian

Director of Engineering

Zygo Corporation

 

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Cerritos, CA

 

6:00 PM Social Hour

7:00 PM Dinner Meeting

7:45 PM Presentation

 

Meeting Details

 

Register Now!

 

Printable Meeting Announcement

 

Please post the announcement and
encourage your colleagues to attend!

 

February Speaker

 

3-D Video
Without Glasses!

 

3-D Video Apparatus

 

Steve Hines

HinesLab, Inc.

 

February 10, 2010

 

Click to View Presentation

 

January Speaker

 

Did the great masters
"cheat" using optics?

 

Masters Liars Image

 

David G. Stork

 

Our January meeting featured David G. Stork, Chief Scientist at Ricoh Innovations, presenting on the subject of art and optics including work disputing the Hockney-Falco thesis.  Additional information is available in our February Images Newsletter and on David's website devoted to computer image analysis in the study of art

 

Outreach News

 

Seeking LaserFest Volunteers

 

OISC & OSSC will join forces again to upgrade Optricks Days at the Discovery Science Center with the LaserFest Extravaganza Saturday June 12.

 

 

The OISC & OSSC Partner to bring Galileoscopes to Southern California

 

New Outreach Photo Albums

 

Visit the OSSC Outreach Page to learn about and volunteer for OSSC Outreach pro-jects.

 

Light and Lasers Course

 

Advanced Technology & Education Park

Center for Applied Competitive Technologies

 

 

Fiber Optics Communications - CACT FO102
Tuesdays, March 2 to April 6, 2010 6 to 10 pm

 

Students will establish a solid base of knowledge that is critical to advance in Optics and Photonics careers.  This educational experience includes allied lecture and hands-on lab experiments.

 

Visit the CACT website for additional information.


 

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