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Past Meetings & Events

August 2023 Planning Meeting
August 2023 Summer Planning Meeting at Buca di Beppo

December 2018 OSSC Meeting at Angelo's & Vinci's in Fullerton

January 2024 Meeting at the Sierra Madre United Methodist Church

October 2009 Meeting held at DRS

Presenter Walter Clark with his microwave demos (October 2009)

Laser Fest Cake
Cake from the May 2010 OSSC LaserFest Meeting held at Raytheon

More Meeting Photos

The Optical Society of Southern California holds egular meetings, monthly from September through June (Except December), as well as a few special events. Most of our meetings and events are open to the public. This page includes a record of our past meetings dating back to 2009-2010. Events for the current active period are found on our events page and our events calendar.

We encourage you to share ideas for future meetings with our Programs Chair.

OSSC Program Year 2023 - 2024

(Click on the Date for Event Registration and on the Topic for Presentation information.)

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
13 Sept 2023	Holiday Inn LA Gateway Torrance	Dr. Bradley Bobbs, Senior Scientist, Laser Ultrasonic Products Group at Intelligent Optical Systems	Laser ultrasonics for aerospace and nuclear applications
4 Oct 2023	Pasadena City College	Prof Changheui Yang Caltech	Computation in microscopy: How computers are changing the way we build microscopes
8 Nov 2023	UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute	Dr Elliot Botvinick	Bio-Engineering Advanced Medical Solutions (BEAMS) Laboratory at UCI – An Overview & Update
17 Jan 2023	Sierra Madre United Methodist Church	Dr Mehdi Asghari CEO SILC, Monrovia, CA	Seeing the world in four dimensions
14 Feb 2024	Holiday Inn LA Gateway Torrance	Dr. Jeff Puschell, Chief Engineer, EO/IR Payloads Northrop Grumman Space Park	Hyperspectral coastal water imaging from space
13 March 2024	Urban Workshop	Dr. Elaine Jin, Principal Hardware Engineer - Camera Systems Rivian	Overview of Automotive Cameras
10 April 2024	Holiday Inn LA Gateway Torrance	Eric Fest, Ph.D.	Optical Design of Waveguides for Augmented Reality Headsets
15 May 2024	UCI Division of Continuing Education	Howard Lee, Ph.D.	“Meta”-Optical Fibers: Integration of Metaphotonics with Fiber Optics
05 June 2024	Raffi's Catering & Banquet	Daewook Kim, Ph.D.	Scalable Extreme Optics Fabrication and Testing

OSSC Program Year 2022 - 2023

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Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
12 Oct 2022	Webinar & In-Person MKS / Newport Corp	Jason Mudge PhD, CEO Golden Gate Light Optimization, and Adam Phenis, MS, CEO Amp Optics	Range-compensating lens: Applications to LiDAR
16 Nov 2022	Webinar & In-Person Fairfield Inn Tustin, Orange County	Doug Finke, Quantum Computing Report.com Donn Silberman, Optics Institute of Southern California	The Quantum Industry - Education Overview & Outreach
14 Dec 2022	Webinar & In-Person UCIrvine, Div. of Continuing Education	Prof. Franklin Dollar, UC Irvine, Physics & Astronomy Dept.	Frontiers of Laser Driven Advanced Accelerators
11 Jan 2023	Webinar & In-Person Pasadena City College	Kent Wallace JPL & Sensitec Technologies	Digital Holographic Microscopy
8 Feb 2023	Webinar & In-Person Pasadena City College	Dr. Breanne Sitarski GMTO	Overview and Status of The Giant Magellan Telescop
15 March 2023	Webinar & In-Person Holiday Inn LA Gateway Torrance	Jason Kriesel, OKSI(Opto-KnowledgeSystems, Inc.)	Laser Absorption Spectroscopy andHollow Core Fibers
12 April 2023	Webinar	Prof. Galan Moody ECE, UCSB	Compound Semiconductor-on-Insulator: Integrated Photonics Beyond Silicon
17 May 2023	Webinar & In-Person UC Irvine,Div. of Continuing Education	James Bullock, P.D. UC Irvine, Physics & Astronomy Dept. JWST, Scientific User's Group Committee Chair	Exploring the Cosmos with JWST
14 June 2023	Holiday Inn LA Gateway Torrance	James Kafka, Ph.D. MKS Fellow / Spectra-Physics CTO Optica Vice Pres.	Ultrafast Laser and Innovation

OSSC Program Year 2021 - 2022

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Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
13 October 2021	Webinar	Mr Tony Hull U New Mexico	Mirror Material Parameters for Optimal Cost and Stability
10 November 2021	Combined In-Person & Webinar	Dr. Joseph Green JPL	Rotating Synthetic Aperture Imaging
8 December 2021	Combined In-Person & Webinar	Mr Mike Scobey CEO Alluxa	Versatile, Best in Class PVD Optical Coatings
12 January 2022	Combined In-Person & Webinar	Dr. Andrew Marcus U Oregon, Eugene OR	Fluorescence-Detected Spectroscopy of Exciton-Coupled Cyanine Dimers
9 February 2022	Webinar	Prof Tenio Popmintchev UCSD	High Harmonic Generation
9 March 2022	Webinar	Prof James Hamilton U. Wisconsin Platteville, WI	Cleaner than a Cleanroom: Filling Technology Gaps for Space Telescopes and LIGO
13 April 2022	Webinar	Dr. Bill Goodman CEO Goodman Technologies	Ultra-Lightweight, Ultra-Stable RoboSiC Additively
27 April 2022	Webinar Special Event	Dr. Gabriele Vajente Sr Research	The Optical Technologies that Allowed Gravitational Wave Detection
11 May 2022	Webinar	Dr. Andrew Jordan Chapman Univ.	Precison Measurement with Integrated Optics
9 June 2022	Webinar	Mr. Erik Fleming CEO Diverse Optics	Polymer Optics Manufacturing & Applications

OSSC Program Year 2020 - 2021

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Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
14 October 2020	Webinar	Dr. Nemanja Jovanovic	Astrophotonics and Search for Extraterrestrial Life
18 November 2020	Webinar	Prof. Robert L. Byer	Table Top Xray Laser
9 December 2020	Webinar	Dr. Stephen Fantone	Molecular Vibrations Imaged for the First Time
13 January 2021	Webinar	Dr. Aaron Freeman	Microsat laser Communication Terminals and IR Imaging Space-Based Payloads
10 February 2021	Webinar	Prof. Nader Engheta	Extreme Optical Metamaterials and Applications
17 March 2021	Webinar	Profs. Tom Suleski and Matt Davies	Recent Advances in Freeform Optics
7 April 2021	Webinar	Prof. Sasan Fathpour	Recent Advances in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Integrated Optics
20 May 2021	Webinar	Dr. Garrett Cole	Redefining Precision Laser Optics With Substrate-Transferred Optical Coatings
9 June 2021	Webinar	Prof. Rajesh Menon	Versatile Flat Diffractive Optics

OSSC Program Year 2019-2020

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Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
9 October 2019	Ayres Hotel	Dr. Jon Arenberg	James Webb Space Telescope & Tours at NGST
13 November 2019	Cal Poly Pomona	Kevin Romero	Optical Payloads for Telescopes; Instruments: Innovation & Creativity
11 December 2019	Fullerton	Prof V. Ara Apkarian	Molecular Vibrations Imaged for the First Time
8 January 2020	St Gregory Church, Pasadena	Kurt Ponsor	A complete review of past/ present telescopes & the exotic materials used in them
12 February 2020	Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos	Dr. Mike Sholl	The Supernova Acceleration Probe Studying Dark Energy in the Universe
11 March 2020	JPL (cancelled)	Dr. Garreth Ruane	The Search for Exoplanets
8 April 2020	On-Line Webinar	Scott Jordan	Intelligent Positioning in High Throughput Photonics Manufacturing Automation
13 May 2020	On-Line Webinar	Dr. Alex Fast	Multiphoton Imaging of Human Skin
17 June 2020	TBD	TBD	TBD

OSSC Program Year 2018-2019

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
12 June 2019	Brea Civic & Cultural Center, Brea	Sandy Irani & Jonathan Habif	Annual OSSC Business Meeting -- Quantum Computing & The National Quantum Initiative
8 May 2019	Proud Bird, El Segundo	Wayne Rodgers	Evolution of Optical Monitoring for Thin Film Coating
10 April 2019	Facebook, Northridge	Hamid Hemmati	Connecting the Unconnected
13 March 2019	Cal Poly Pomona, Kellogg West Conference Center	Mark Harfouche	The Micro Camera Array Microscope—Enabling gigapixel imaging for behavioral biology
13 February 2019	St. Gregory Church Pasadena	Andrey Matsko	Advancing Microresonator-Based Photonics Technology at OEWaves
9 January 2019	Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base	Timothy Day	Tunable Laser Based Spectroscopic Imaging and Sensing
12 December 2018	Angelo’s and Vinci’s, Fullerton	Simon Prince	Optics for DNA Sequencing
6 - 8 November 2018	Ayres Hotel, El Segundo	Three days of speakers and exhibitors	Mirror Tech Days Reception
14 November 2018	Eden Garden, Pasadena	James Beletic, Teledyne Imaging Sensors	Detection of Visible and Infrared Light for Scientific Research
10 October 2018	UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education	Chris Barty, UC Irvine	CI’s Convergence Optical Sciences Initiative and the Development and Applications of Compact Laser-Compton X-ray Sources

OSSC Program Year 2017-2018

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
13 June 2018	Precision Optical, Costa Mesa	James Millerd, 4D Technologies	Annual OSSC Business Meeting -- Advances in Large Mirror Interferometry for Commercial Applications
9 May 2018	Mahr Metrology Cypress	Brent Bergner	Advances in Metrology Tools for Asphere Characterization
11 April 2018	St. Gregory Church Pasadena	Robert Thompson	Laser Trapping on ISS
14 March 2018	Sodexo at Pickwick Gardens Burbank	Donald (Don) A. Pearson II	An Introduction to Spectrally Controlled Interferometry for the Measurement of Flat and Spherical Optics
7 February 2018	The Reef Restaurant Long Beach	Angus Macleod	History of the Fundamentals of Optical Coatings
10 January 2018	Cal Poly Pomona, Kellogg West Conference Center	Nolan Johnson, Chris Mendoza, and Jacob Taube (Cal Poly Physics & Astronomy), Sevan Menachekanian (Cal Poly Chemistry & Biochemistry, and JPL)	Survey of Student Projects in Optics at Cal Poly Pomona: "Broadband Multilayer Plasmonic Structures", "Image Analysis in IR Astronomy", "Galileo's Telescope", and "Spatial Heterodyne Raman Spectrometers in Deep UV Region"
13 December 2017	UCI Applied Innovation, "The Cove"	Kenneth August & Michael Silivio	R&D Tax Credits & International Technology Transactions Legal Considerations
14-16 November 2017	Aryes Hotel, El Segundo	Three days of speakers and exhibitors	Mirror Tech Days Reception
8 November 2017	Proud Bird, El Segundo	Yang Chen, nanoPrecision Products	Next Generation Fiber Optic Connectors
11 October 2017	JPL Von Karman Auditorium	Mars2020 SHERLOC Instrument Team	“Imaging” the Invisible World: Mars, Meteorites and Terrestrial Environments

OSSC Program Year 2016-2017

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
14 June 2017	Luminarias Restaurant	Prof. Alex Small,Cal Poly Pomona	Superresolution Microscopy: What is it, how far can it go, and why did your professor mislead you?
10 May 2017	The Cove, Irvine	Panelists: Alan Willner, Bruce Tromberg, James Fisher, Nicolaus Lambert Moderator: Donn Silberman	Nexus between government, academia, industry and our professional societies in optics and photonics: A Panel Discussion
12 April, 2017	Anaheim Business Expo, 2 miles from SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing meeting	Pete Vallianos,N2 Imaging Systems	Challenges in Optical Design in Soldier Systems
22 March 2017	Los Angeles Convention Center, co-located with OSA's OFC Conference	Scott Jordan, Head of Photonics, Physik Instrumente	”Nano-alignment as challenge and enabler for "Silicon Photonics"
8 February 2017	Alcon Laboratories, Lake Forest	Zsolt Bor, Director of Engineering, Alcon Laboratories	Eye Surgery With Femtosecond Lasers
11 January 2017	Monterey Clubhouse at Encino, Encino	Roger Smith, Caltech	Surveying the Sky 1500 Times Faster: The engineering of a large astronomical Camera
14 December 2016	Kellogg West Hotel and Conference Center, at Cal Poly Pomona	Richard C. Juergens, Cimarron Optical Consulting, Inc.	IODC Lens Design Competitions from the last 25 years and Corporate Member Appreciation Event
9 November 2016	II-VI Optical Systems	Kent Weed, Director of Engineering, II-VI Optical Systems	Winning, building and testing the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Lens Assemblies
5 October 2016	St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church	Mark Helminger, JPL	A Terrestrial Tour of Airborne Mapping Spectroscopy at JPL

OSSC Program Year 2015-2016

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
8 June 2016	Luminarias Restaurant (Monterey Park)	Eric Potma, UC Irvine, Dept. of Chemistry	Annual Business Meeting, Fellows Induction, and Presentation on "Nonlinear Optics to the Rescue"
11 May 2016	JPL Von Karman Auditorium	Virginia Ford, Senior Optomechanical Engineer,Thirty Meter Telescope	A Technical Overview of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)
13 April 2016	Spring Field Banquet Center	Dr. Joshua Smith, LIGO & CSU Fullerton and Dr. Alan Willner, USC and OSA	Using optics and precision metrology in LIGO to measure black hole mergers from across the universe and update on the National Photonics Initiative
9 March 2016	Holiday Inn LAX	Dr. Stephanie Sandor-Leahy, Northrop-Grumman Aerospace Systems	Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
10 February 2016	Courtyard Marriott, Monrovia	John Rogers, Synopsys	Freeform and related optical systems
13 January 2016	Kellogg West Hotel and Conference Center (on the campus of Cal Poly Pomona)	Dr. Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman	Advances in quantitative super-resolution microscopy
9 December 2015	UC Irvine Institute for Innovation	Milton Chang	Starting a Business in the Current Environment
11 November 2015	St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church	Andrew Rakich, Senior Optinical Engineer,Giant Magellan Telescope	A Technical Overview of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)
14 October 2015	Los Angeles Southwest College	Hildreth (Hal) Walker Jr.	Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment and STEM Education

OSSC Program Year 2014-2015

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
8 October 2014	Precision Optical, Costa Mesa	Panel Discussion: NPI Four Member Panel	National Photonics Initiative*
12 November 2014	The Proud Bird, Los Angeles	Harvey Spencer	Optical Materials
10 December 2014	IVC ATEP, Tustin	Panel Discussion: IVC ATEP Five Member Panel	Corporate Member Appreciation Event and Growing Optics in Southern California*
14 January 2015	Kellogg West Conference Center, onCal Poly Pomona Campus	Dr. David Stork	Lensless Imaging
14 February 2015	Hilton Garden Inn, Redondo Beach	Dr. Daniel Winters, Trioptics USA	State-of-the-Art Active Camera Alignment
11 March 2015	Panavision, Woodland Hills	Dan Sasaki, VP Optical Engineering	Lens Design for Cinematography
8 April 2015	Newport Corporation, Irvine	Dr. Jim Wyant	College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona: 50 Years of Excellence*
20 May 2015	Hilton Garden Inn, Redondo Beach	Antonio Mendez	Photonic Signal Processing for Optical Communications Receivers
17 June 2015	Luminarias, Monterey Park	Dr. Ron Polidan, Northrop Grumman	Annual Meeting &An Evolvable Space Telescope For Future Astronomical Missions

OSSC Program Year 2013-2014

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
12 June 2014	Luminarias, Monterey Park	Donn Silberman (Physik Instrumente and Optics Institute of Southern California), Nicolaus Lambert (Precision Optical), Julia Majors (UC Irvine), and Bo Wang (Precision Optical)	Annual Business Meeting, Induction of Scott Rowe and Valentina Doushkina as OSSC Fellows, Presentation: Optics Education and Outreach Programs in Southern California
30 May 2014	Mount Wilson Observatory		Viewing Night
14 May 2014	Monterey Clubhouse, Encino	Steve Fantone, Optikos	CVOSA & OSSC Joint Meeting & Adventures in Optics
9 April 2014	Kellogg West Conference Center, on Cal Poly Pomona Campus	Career panel: Valentina Doushkina (N2 Imaging), Donald Pearson (Davidson Optronics), Paige Lawson (Lightworks Optical Systems) Keynote: Eric Becklin, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astrophysics	Panel Discussion: "How can students prepare for careers in the optics industry?" Keynote:Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA): Overview and First Science Results
12 March 2014	CalTech Cahill Center Hameetman Auditorium	Reed Riddle, CalTech	Robo-AO
12 February 2014	Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo	James Millerd, 4D Technology	Dynamic Interferometry
8 January 2014	Courtyard by Marriott, Monrovia	Jordan Neysmith,Second Sight	Innovation in Vision Restoration: Second Sight
11 December 2013	Calit2 Auditorium/ UC Irvine	OSSC Corporate Members Exhibits & Ron Sherwood, Novus Light	Corporate Member Appreciation Event and Photonics: An Industry Moving at the Speed of Light
13 November 2013	USC - Aerospace Presentation Center	Greg Downing and Eric Hanson, X-Rez Studio	Innovation and Disruption in Digital Imaging
9 October 2013	The Chart Room, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach	Dr.Yoseph Bar-Cohen, JPL	Humanlike Robots as the Ultimate Challenge to Mimicking Biology
1-4 October 2013	Northrop Grumman Aerospace Presentation Center	Various	Conference & Mirror Technology Days

OSSC Program Year 2012-2013

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
12 June 2013	Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo	Lacy Cook, Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems	Annual Business Meeting & Presentation: Where DO Inventive Ideas Come From?
8 May 2013	Embassy Suites, Irvine	Dr. Hu Cang, Salk Institute	Cloud Computing and Light-sheet Illumination for Single-molecule Super-resolution Imaging
10 April 2013	Empress Paviliion, Los Angeles	Dr. Michelle Povinelli, University of Southern California	Light Interaction with Nanostructured Materials: Photovoltaics and Self-Assembly
20 March 2013	Holiday Inn Anaheim in conjunction with OFC	Dr. Jules Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	From Titanic to the Tiny: Three Decades of Underwater Optical Imaging in my Lab
13 February 2013	Kellogg West Conference Center, on Cal Poly Pomona Campus	Dr. Timothy Corcoran, Cal Poly Pomona	A Sideways Look at Broadband Fluorescence Spectroscopy
9 January 2013	The Chart Room, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach	Dr. Steve Howell, NASA	The NASA Kepler Mission: Recent Exoplanet and Astrophysical Discoveries
21 December 2012	Mt. Wilson Observatory	NA	Stargazing
12 December 2012	Embassy Suites, Anaheim-North	Arnie Bazensky, Schott North America	Corporate Member Appreciation Event and presentation on Schott History
14 November 2012	Monterey Clubhouse, Encino	Dr. Muthu Jeganathan, JPL	Instruments on Curiosity
10 October 2012	Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo	Lenny Lipton	An Overview of Electro-stereoscopic Displays

OSSC Program Year 2011-2012

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
13 June 2012	Luminarias, Monterey Park	Naty Hoffman, Activision	Uses of Physically-Based Light-Material Interaction Models in Videogame and Feature Film Graphics
9 May 2012	N2 Imaging, Irvine (tour), then Citrus Cafe, Tustin (dinner and presentation)	Peter Vallianos, N2 Imaging Systems	Challenges in Optical Design in Soldier Systems
21 April 2012	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Family Day Event
14 April 2012	Mile Square Golf Course, Fountain Valley	OSSC Golf Chair: Hal Johnson	OSSC Annual Fred Hansen Memorial Golf Tournament
11 April 2012	Kellogg West Conference Center, on Cal Poly Pomona Campus	Dan Harris, Naval Air Systems Command, China Lake	History of Magneto-rheological Finishing
10-11 March 2012	Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Optricks & Lasers Extravaganza
7 March 2012	JW Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles	Dr. Madeleine Glick, APIC Corporation	at OFC/NFOEC Conference LA Convention Center Optics in Next Generation Data Centers
8 February 2012	UC Riverside, Department of Electrical Engineering, Riverside	Prof Alexander Balandin	Unique Thermal Properties Of Graphene: Applications In Thermal Management Of Optoelectronics And Electronics
11 January 2012	USC Keck School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology Los Angeles	Dr. Carmen Puliafito and Shuliang Jiao	New developments in ophthalmic optical coherence tomography and Photoacoustic ophthalmoscopy for in vivo retinal imaging: current status and prospects
14 December 2011	UC Irvine, hosted by the UC Irvine OSA Student Chapter	Karen Newman and Laura Marshall and Exhibits by OSSC Corporate Members	Corporate Member Appreciation Event and Scale to thrive? Consolidation in the Photonics Industry
9 November 2011	Synopsys, Pasadena	Bruce Moision, JPL	Signaling on the Deep-Space Optical Channel
5 November 2011	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Family Day Event
12 October 2011	Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo	Jeff Puschell, Raytheon	History and future of space-based images and other optoelectronic systems

OSSC Program Year 2010-2011

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
10 July 2011 6 Aug 2011	Mount Wilson Observatory	Mount Wilson Observatory	OSSC Family Tour & Astronomical Viewing Events
18 & 19 June 2011	Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Optricks & Laser Extravaganza
8 June 2011	Luminarias, Monterey Park	OSSC Annual Meeting	60th Anniversary of OSSC Honoring of Past OSSC Presidents
21 May 2011	Whispering Lakes Golf Course, Ontario	OSSC Golf Chair: Hal Johnson	OSSC Annual Fred Hansen Golf Tournament
11 May 2011	Kellogg West Conference Center, on Cal Poly Pomona Campus	Alex Small & Ertan Salik, Cal Poly Pomona	Tapered Optical Fibers & Theoretical Limits to Microscopy Beyond the Diffraction Limit
27 April 2011	UC San Diego	Yeshaiahu "Shaya" Fainman, UC San Diego	Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics
16 April 2011	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Family Day Event
13 April 2011	Osaka Seafood Buffet, Brea	Pete Fuqua, Aerospace Corporation	Angle Resolved Scattering from Optical Filters for Space Applications
9 March 2011	JW Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles	Milton Chang	at OFC/NFOEC Conference LA Convention Center Starting and Running Companies
9 February 2011	Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo	Dan Vukobratovich	Binocular Designs
12 January 2011	Monterey Clubhouse, Encino	Robert Fischer, OSSC Fellow	Optical Design Magic
8 December 2010	Newport Corporation, Irvine	Tommaso Baldacchini	Chemical Mapping of Three-Dimensional Microstructures Fabricated by Two-Photon Polymerization Using CARS Microscopy
13 November 2010	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Family Day Event Family Day Event
10 November 2010	USC Institute for Creative Technologies Playa Vista	Paul Debevec, Abhijeet Ghosh & Andrew Jones	Light Stage - Creation of Virtual Avatars
13 October 2010	LightWorks Optics, Tustin	Dan Barber, Kent Weed & Roger Johnston, LightWorks Optics Mark Robinson, ASU	Space-Based Optical Systems at LightWorks Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
10 October 2010	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Experimental Media Art Festival 10.10.10

OSSC Program Year 2009-2010

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
2010-2011 (pending road repair)	Mount Wilson Observatory	Mount Wilson Observatory	OSSC Family Event
23 June 2010	Luminarias, Monterey Park	Alson E Hatheway, Alson E. Hatheway Inc.	Bridging the Chasm - Applying the Structural Engineering Arts to Optics
12 June 2010	Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana	Optricks Day LaserFest	Family Day Event
22 May 2010	Whispering Lakes Golf Course, Ontario	OSSC Golf Chair: Hal Johnson	OSSC Annual Fred Hansen Golf Tournament
12 May 2010	Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, El Segundo	Dan Nieuwsma, Raytheon SAS	OSSC LaserFest at Raytheon: 50th Anniversary Celebration of the First Working Laser!
17 April 2010	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Family Day Event
14 April 2010	UCLA	Aydogan Ozcan	Innovation Through Photonics
10 March 2010	Cerritos HomeTown Buffet	Steve Chakmakjian, Zygo Corporation	Confidence in Optical Metrology
10 February 2010	Almansor Court, Alhambra	Steve Hines, Hineslab	3-D Video Without Glasses!
13 January 2010	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	David G. Stork Ricoh Innovations	Did the great masters "cheat" using optics?
9 December 2009	Crowne Plaza, Fullerton	Joseph Diep, Joseph Bashe & Evan Lundstedt of Exotic Electro-Optics	IR Optics Manufacturing Lenses, Windows & Domes
14 November 2009	UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine	Outreach Chair: Donn Silberman	Family Day Event
11 November 2009	Northrop Grumman "S" Cafeteria, Redondo Beach	Gwynne Shotwell, President of SpaceX	Getting to Space for Less Cost
21 October 2009	DRS Defense Solutions, Cypress	Walter Clark	Demonstrations of Polarization Using Microwaves, Radio Waves & Light