OSSC Leadership Team Activities

The OSSC Leadership Team held their annual summer meeting on July 9 to plan for the new active period beginning in September.

The Leadership Team would would love your help! Contact OSSC President Nicholas Croglio to discuss how we can best put your talent, interests, and skills to use.

The team will meet again on July 30 to brain storm speakers and events for the 2024-2025 active period. If you have an idea for a speaker, meeting location, or event activity, please contact Programs Chair Kenn Bates.

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Outreach

Outreach Opportunites

The OSSC seeks volunters for upcoming events being organized by our friends at Vital Link and The Girl Scouts of Orange County. Please contact the Outreach Chair if you are interested.

We would love your help!

More OSSC Outreach Information

Society News

Member Portal

OSSC Networking Event

OSSC members may now access member only content on one convenient page - our new Member Portal. Member only content includes: meeting presentations, recordings of our meetings, our on-line Membership Directory, and the Images Newsletter archive.

Members of the Optical Society of Southern California also enjoy dinner discounts at most of our regular meetings!

Member Portal

Please join or renew today!

New OSSC Fellows

OSSC Members Elevated to Fellow

Nicholas Croglio

David Hasenauer

Brian Monacelli

Russell Rauch

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thank you all for your years of service to the OSSC and the greater optics community

Election Results

Elected Officers for the 2024-2025 Term

CONGRATULATIONS!

President: Nicholas Croglio

Vice President: Lisa Belodoff

Secretary: Donn Silberman

Treasurer: Steven Dang

Councilors

Martin Hagenbuechle

Jack Latchinian
Mark Helmlinger

Member News

Recoating the Mount Wilson
Observatory’s 100” optics

by
David Hasenauer

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Professional Education Opportunities

UC Irvine

Part-Time Instructor: Optical Engineering and Optical Instrument Design

Fall 2024 registration now open.
Courses begin in Late June.

Introduction to Lens Design
Optical Systems Engineering
Vibration Control for Optomechanical Systems

The above courses are part of Certificate Programs in:
Optical Engineering & Optical Instrument Design

Additional Information

Pasadena City College

Laser Technology Program

Students completing the program in Laser Technology will learn the scientific principles of optics, fiber-optics, and lasers. Laser and Photonics Technology instructors lead hands-on, laboratory-driven classes, utilizing state-of-the-art industrial equipment, based on the industry-guided photonics curricula written by industry professionals. In addition to laboratory skills, students are offered one-on-one support and career advice, including résumé and LinkedIn profile building.

Registration for Fall 2024 will be open during the summer.

Quality Assurance of Precision Optics

will be taught in Fall 2024

Additional Information Contact:

Prof. Brian Monacelli, Ph. D.

For more Information about local professional education opportunities visit our:

Professional Education Page

In Memoriam

Murty V. Mantravadi
1929 - 2024

Murty V. Mantravadi, Optica & OSSC Fellow and educator, passed away on 24 April 2024 at the age of 94. He was most known for his research in optical testing, interferometry, diffraction, spectrometers, and optical devices. Most notably, he originated the shear plate testing method that would check for light wave distortion and make parallel or align the light rays of a laser beam.