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SPIE SOCIETY

 

SPIE is a not-for-profit international professional society for optics and photonics technology, founded in 1955. It organizes technical conferences, trade exhibitions, and continuing education programs for researchers and developers in the light-based fields of physics, including, but not limited to: optics, photonics, and imaging engineering. SPIE is most known for Photonics West, held in San Francisco.

 

          The society publishes peer-reviewed scientific journals, conference proceedings, monographs, tutorial texts, field guides, and reference volumes in print and online. In 2012, the society provided $3.3 million in support of optics education and outreach programs around the world.         

          The mission of SPIE is to serve scientists and engineers in industry, academia, and government working in a wide variety of fields that utilize some aspect of optics and photonics, the science and application of light. More specifically, optics is a branch of physics that examines the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter.

         Photonics is the science and technology of generating, controlling, and detecting photons, which are particles of light. Individuals involved with the society conduct research and apply new techniques to the design and development of technologies such as semiconductor manufacturing, robotics, medical imaging, next-generation displays, battlefield technologies, entertainment, biometric security, image processing, communications, astronomy, and much more. SPIE has Members from around the world, including North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, with central offices in North America and Europe.

 

 

          SPIE Student Chapter-Institute for Atomic Physics

 

          Since 2001, when our Chapter was formed and approved by the SPIE Board, we have experienced and learned the gains and duties of being part of a professional optics organization.

       Now, (Institute for Atomic Physics) SPIE Romanian Student Chapter is very active and we have organized several Conferences, which were of great success.

 

Confession....
          "When at the end of 2000 we received the invitation to become Student SPIE members we were a little bit hesitating, since we had very limited information about “What SPIE means?” or “What a professional association is?”. Our Chapter was organized in 2001 and in April it was approved by the SPIE Board.
          We were happy to receive books donation for our Chapter and invitations to attend conferences in Europe. Three of us had the opportunity to visit Sankt Petersbourg in October 2003 and meet SPIE Students from Russia. The most stimulating event was the visit of SPIE president James Bilbro and Executive Director of SPIE Eugene Arthurs in July 2004. A special meeting of the guests with the members of Romania SPIE Student Chapter had been organized. We were very much impressed about the friendship of the meeting and open discussions, advices and encouragements received from the SPIE authorities.
         Now, we feel better informed about our opportunities and proud to belong to a professional organization and we can advice our new colleagues to join us.
          We are now much more optimistic about our professional future and our mission to promote physics and opportunities of a career in optics and photonics."

Constantin Ungureanu - the 1st elected president of the SPIE Romanian Chapter