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Matthew Reichert, Unknown, Summer 2012<br>  Marcus Seidel, Optics M.S., Summer 2011<br>  Sihui He, Unknown, Spring 2011<br>  Claudiu Cirloganu, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2010<br>  Morgan Monroe, Optics M.S., Fall 2010<br>  Gero Nootz, Physics Ph.D., Fall 2010<br>  Peter Olszak, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2010<br>  Trenton Ensley, Unknown, Spring 2009<br>  Jonathan Rosch, Unknown, Spring 2009<br>  Jie &quot;Jeff&quot; Fu, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2006<br>  Mihaela Balu, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2006<br>  Tarik McMillian, Physics Ph.D., Spring 2006<br>  Joel Hales, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2004<br>  Vinay Jonnalagadda, Optics M.S., Spring 2004<br>  Richard Lepkowicz, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2004<br>  Claudiu Cirloganu, Unknown, Spring 2003<br>  Vladislav Dubikovskiy, Physics Ph.D., Spring 2003<br>  Peter Olszak, Unknown, Spring 2003<br>  Ion Cohanoschi, Unknown, Summer 2002<br>  Jie &quot;Jeff&quot; Fu, Unknown, Summer 2002<br>  Raluca Negres, Physics Ph.D., Spring 2001<br>  Simona Codreanu, Physics Ph.D., Spring 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