The Ohio State University Optica Student Chapter

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The Ohio State University Optica Student Chapter

The OPTICA student chapter provides its members with professional networking, career development and technical programming.

11/05/2025

📣 📣 📣 Join us next week for the continuation of our OPTICA Seminar Series!

OPTICA Seminar: Nathaniel Tamminga
"How to Train Your Laser: Intelligent Control of High Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions"

📅 November 13th | 5-6 pm
🏢 Physics Research Building 4138

This event has been supported by Institute for Optical Science at The Ohio State University- pizza and soft drinks will be provided for all attendees!

10/30/2025

Mark your calendars! The 2nd Annual OPTICA Student Symposium will be held on November 21st, 2025, in PRB 1080 from 8:50 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Enjoy pizza and refreshments while exploring exciting research.
We are currently inviting abstract submissions for research presentations.

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09/19/2025

Welcome back to campus OPTICA members! We have two exciting events on the horizon:
• The first is an "Applying to Graduate School Workshop" where we will be walking students through the graduate/professional school application process, and offering resources to perfect your application. Snacks will be provided!
• Our second event is a NeXUS Pre-Meeting Workshop where students student and post-doctoral speakers will provide introductory tutorials covering the techniques, and theory behind NSF NeXUS experimental capabilities. In addition guided tours of NeXUS, and pizza will be provided.
Register at the link bellow: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=NlYJ61IQlUiVKx_53x0RIXJ-HJT1uEtGpX6-Op28_5tUQzcyRjc2OTFBNVBKSUI1OFBBMUhSUkNTRi4u&route=shorturl

05/19/2025

We are very excited to announce that we will be hosting Dr. Philip Bucksbaum for a Optica traveling lecturer seminar on May 28th. We will be having a meet and greet with pizza at 12:30 and the seminar immediately following. All are invited to both lunch and the seminar. Lunch has been generously provided by the Institute for Optical Science at The Ohio State University!

There will be more opportunities for individuals and research groups to meet with Dr. Bucksbaum, these sign ups will be sent via email only.

05/07/2025

Three weeks ago our student chapter had the opportunity to host some local middle school students for a Physics of Light workshop. We had a fun filled morning with games, demonstrations and interactive presentations. We want to thank all of our student chapter officers and members for volunteering at the event and Dina S. Eissa for coordinating with the school.

Thank you to Pushkar Shirahatti, Katherine Indyk, Shramana Bera, Ted Busch for preparing presentations, Michael Hill for preparing the experiments and Reagan Massey for preparing the games.

04/08/2025

Last week our president Dina defended her dissertation titled "From Design to Insight: Strong Field Rescattering Using NeXUS's Photoelectron Spectrometer End Station". We are incredibly proud of all her accomplishments and grateful for her leadership of our student organization over the past year. Under her watchful eye we have hosted 7 seminars, 1 student symposium, 5 facilities tours and a student workshop to teach the next generation about the physics of light.

Congratulations Dina!

04/03/2025

This evening at 5pm in Physics Research Building 1136, we will be hosting officer elections! Everyone is welcome to come and vote in our election, and all registered students are eligible to run for office! Running for office is an excellent opportunity to get involved with the optics community at The Ohio State University, meet potential mentors, and have the opportunity to attend the Frontiers in Optics conference with full financial support from OPTICA. Pizza and refreshments will be provided at the elections!

If anyone is interested in running please fill out the form attached below-https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAN__hXmWLJUNTJXMTFHVVQyUFJYMDlJT05BR0xaRDZaVC4u&route=shorturl

04/02/2025

Tuesday, April 29th, the X-lites Network will be hosting their first seminar in an online series showcasing the X-lites Network of extreme light facilities.
Please share this information with your networks. We look forward to a great seminar!

Featured Presentations include:
Robert Kaindl will introduce NSF CXFEL
Robert Baker will introduce NSF NeXUS
Karl Krushelnick will introduce NSF ZEUS

This event is hosted by the Facilities & Users working group, which is dedicated to addressing challenges and sharing best practices to enhance facility operations and researcher experiences. The working group's initiatives and opportunities for involvement will also be discussed.

03/31/2025

Two weeks ago our student chapter had the opportunity to host Dr. William Carpenter for a seminar title "Anti-Brownian electrokinetic trapping go single molecules and nanoparticles in solution". We are incredibly thankful for Dr. Carpenter for sharing his expertise and time with us.

We have several events over the next couple of weeks- This Thursday (April 3rd) at 5 pm we will be hosting officer elections. Anyone interested in running for office can fill out the form bellow to indicate their entry. All students are welcome to run for office and vote in this election. If you have enjoyed any of our events or have suggestions for future events please participate in this election as a voter or run for office!

Additionally, our student chapter will be hosting students from a local middle school for an "Physics of Light Workshop". This will be a two day event on April 14-15 from 9:30 am to 12 pm and will feature demonstrations on the physics of light, games and short presentations volunteers are needed for day of support in all roles. Please reach out to sign up!

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03/28/2025

2025 OPTICA Student Chapter Elections are just around the corner, on Thursday April 3rd at 5 pm (PRB 1136). Anyone interested in running for an officer position can indicate their interest in the form bellow. Elected positions include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Event Coordinator, and Social Media Chair.

There are several benefits to joining the executive board including: OPTICA membership which provides access to scholarships, travel grants and an international network of OPTICA members, additionally you will gain leadership experience, meet potential mentors within Physics, Chemistry and Engineering at OSU, and to share your love for optics and optical science with others.

All interested in running should prepare a 3 minute introduction of themselves and why they should be elected to the position.
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03/25/2025

This week we are hosting another seminar! March 27th at 5 pm in Physics Research Building 4138 Dr. Louis DiMauro will be giving a seminar titled "Is there a Strong Field Limit in the X-Ray Regime". Refreshments and pizza will be provided! Additionally, we will be hosting our officer elections on April 3rd, anyone interested in running for a position can reach out via email to get their name on the ballot.

03/11/2025

Join us next week as we host Dr. Carpenter to give a seminar on "Anti-Brownian electrokinetic trapping of single molecules and nanoparticles in solution". Dr. Carpenter is a new faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and recently joined the Institute of Optical Science! The talk will be Thursday March 20th at 5 pm in Physics Research Building 4138. Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

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