UNM OSE Program helped create optics ‘terrarium’ in NM
March 18, 2024 - Carly Bowling
The University of New Mexico’s Optical Science and Engineering program recently celebrated 40 years of graduate education in optics with two days of lectures, lab tours, student poster presentations and more.
The OSE Program is jointly administered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Physics and Astronomy and offers master’s degrees and Ph.D.s in optical science, with concentrations offered in optical science, photonics, quantum optics, and imaging. Since its inception, the program has graduated more than 270 Ph.D. and M.S. students and developed close working relationships with Sandia National Labs, Los Alamos National Labs and the Air Force Research Lab. The program is comprised of leaders Daniel Feezell, OSE general chair and Jean-Claude Diels, OSE Program co-chair, Doris Williams, senior academic advisor, and more than fifty Ph.D. and M.S. students.
“The OSE Program is unique because it is a cross-college interdisciplinary program, administered by departments in the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences. That brings a real interdisciplinary flavor to our program,” Daniel Feezell, professor and general chair of the OSE Program, said. “Many of our alumni are working currently in the optics industry in New Mexico and the national labs. We have other alumni who have gone on to obtain academic jobs either post-doctoral researcher positions or a faculty position.”
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