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Month: September 2022

Published on Leave a comment on University of Kent Welcome Fair – The Optica Student Chapter becomes a Student Society!

Friday 23rd September, the Optica Student Chapter at Kent held a stall at Kent Union’s Welcome Fair for the first time, after it officially became part of the University’s student societies at the end of this Summer. The idea behind this new status is to improve the connection with the student community on campus and simplify the treasury. 

Sacha and Julien on the Welcome Fair

Throughout the day, many students visited our stall and competed in the complex “Upside Down Maze” game, in which they had to complete a maze on a whiteboard with special prism goggles that flip the vision around. The fastest time of the day was an impressive 10 seconds, and the winner won a £20 voucher.

Full Stall

The results will be soon communicated to students and they will be invited to a first social event on campus, where will we be playing board games and sharing drinks! 

Next event!

Published on Leave a comment on COMPANY VISIT: NKT Photonics UK

On Friday 16th September, a delegation of 7 AOG researchers made their way to Hampshire for a visit of the UK branch of NKT Photonics, one of the world's leading companies in ultrafast, high power and supercontinuum lasers. 

From Left to Right: Manuel Marques, Julien Camard, Lucy Abot, Rene Riha, Adrian Fernandez, and right Sacha Grelet
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Published on Leave a comment on Optica’s Director for Europe visits the AOG!

On Thursday 8th September 2022, the Applied Optics Group was honoured by the visit of Yann Amouroux, Optica’s Director for Europe. Although many AOG members were away at the 25th Congress of the International Commission for Optics ICO-25 Conference in Dresden, Germany (5-9 Sept 2022),  fruitful discussions took place in the University’s Photonics Centre and over a nice lunch, for Yann’s first visit since 2019’s pre-covid times. This visit was a great occasion to raise questions about our Student Chapter (new Kent Union society status, recruitment of new members etc.) and to hear the latest news coming from Optica and other student groups. We were especially pleased to hear that a new Chapter had just been started in Southampton and we aim to visit them very soon! 

From left to right, Yann Amouroux (Dir. Optica Europe), Julien Camard (AOG PhD), Manuel J. Marques (AOG Lecturer) and Lucy Abbott (AOG PhD)

For more information about starting or developing a Student Chapter, you can contact Yann Amouroux. For more information about the Chapter at Kent, please contact its President, Alejandro Martinez Jimenez, or visit the Chapter’s website! 

Post Written by: Julien Camard