Industrial Affiliates Symposium

9:00 AM – 12:00 pm

Senior Design Showcase
CREOL Lobby

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Spring Career Fair
Research 1 Room 101AB

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Lab Tours
CREOL Building

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Special Guest Lecture: Light a Path for Quantum Sensing
Jun Ye, University of Colorado
CREOL 102/103

6:00 pm

Industrial Affiliates Mixer
Bar Louie – UCF

8:30 am – 9:10 am

Continental Breakfast and Walk In Registration

Welcome to UCF
Michael D. Johnson, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Welcome and Overview of CREOL
David Hagan, Dean & Director

Session I: Regional Tech Hubs

9:10 am – 10:40 am

SMART USA: Digital Twins – A Revolution in Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation
Volker Sorger, University of Florida

Expanding Central Florida’s Semiconductor Ecosystem

Leland Nordin, University of Central Florida

The Montana Headwaters Tech Hub for Smart Photonic Remote Sensing Systems

Joseph Shaw, Montana State University

Student of the Year Talk: Non-Gaussian Light Scattering Phenomena and Applications

Shubham Dawda, University of Central Florida

Session II: Quantum Tech Hub

11:10 am – 11:55 am

Engineering Quantum: Building the National Quantum Nanofab
Scott Diddams, University of Colorado Boulder

UCF’s Quantum Leap Initiative

Andrea Blanco-Redondo, University of Central Florida

Lunch Break, Student Poster Judging, and Exhibit Tables

11:55 am – 1:00 pm

Session III: Industry Updates and Florida Panel

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

SPIE Industry Update

Peter de Groot

Optica Industry Update

Jim Kafka

Panel on Photonics Hubs in Florida

Ty Olmstead, Volker Sorger, Scott Diddams, Joseph Shaw

Session IV: Technicians and Training

2:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Company Spotlight Presentations

Edmund Optics

Safran Optics 1

Relativity Networks

The National Landscape of Photonics Technician Training

Natalia Chekhovskaya, Indian River State College

Valencia College Technical Training Program

Brendon Monize, Valencia College

Awards and Closing Presentation

Student of the Year

Distinguished Alumnus Award

Faculty Awards

Optimax Research Grant Award

Student Poster Awards

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Spring Thing Social

100 Tuskawilla Road, Winter Springs 32708. The event will be catered by Dustin’s BBQ. Games and entertainment provided by CREOL students. RSVP to Denise Whiteside denise@creol.ucf.edu