Welcome to Harvard SEAS Photonics Club!
We are a student-run organization whose mission is to educate students on research related to optics and photonics.
Our club organization suffered a bit during the pandemic and the years after, but we are currently in the process of trying to revive the club at Harvard.
As of Jan 2024, we are working to present a series of informal "chalk-talk" style seminars allowing graduate students and post-docs who do photonics work at SEAS a chance to connect with eachother and get back to the fundamentals of their work.
If you are interested in presenting at our Spring-Summer 2024 seminar series please fill out this interest form.
If you would like to hear about additional Harvard SEAS Photonics events, please join our mailing list here or follow us on LinkedIn.
Upcoming events will be posted here and on the LinkedIn
Necessary positions to fill
President and vice president
organize board meetings and coordinates the efforts of the group as a whole. make sure grants are submitted on time for funding from OSA, SPIE, SEAS.
Treasurer
keep track of the Harvard Photonics bank account. spend funds on behalf of the club for events.
Secretary
keep minutes at Harvard Photonics meetings and distribute them to the rest of the group. Primary contact for communication with the photonics listserv.
Webmaster
maintains the Harvard Photonics website http://photonics.seas.harvard.edu/ and keeps it up to date (OpenScholar website - no coding experience required!).
Bonus positions based on our 2016-2017 needs
Events and outreach coordinator
come up with and organize events with help from the rest of the board
Industry outreach coordinator
plan industry talks and visits. coordinate sponsorships as needed.
Journal Club - Keep the bi-weekly journal club going. New ideas such as our Landmark Paper Series.
Speakers - Professors tell all series, industry speakers, local researchers, invited speakers for the Photonics Conference. Talks have been about research, careers, life, etc.
Outreach - Hands-on optics and photonics demonstrations to the broader community (K-12 schools, museum of science, adults, etc.).
Social events - One of the highlights was a Wikipedia Editathon!
Industrial Visits - Plan visits to optics and photonics-related tech and industrial companies in the Boston area
Student Conferences - Help organize and plan local conferences for students from different universities.
Journal Club
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017, 12 - 1pm
Outside in front of the Buckminster's café, behind the LISE/Gordon McKay Lab buildings (Rain Location LISE 311)
Pizza will be provided!
Journal club is meeting throughout the summer. One person will volunteer to present a paper they found interesting or cool, and will lead the discussion (e.g. by providing questions or by reading a bit more into the background on the articles).
Lunch will be provided for everyone who attends :)
Journal Club
Friday, March 10th, 2017, 12 - 1pm
LISE 311
Pizza will be provided!
Journal club will start meeting again for the spring semester! One person will volunteer to present a paper they found interesting or cool, and will lead the discussion (e.g. by providing questions or by reading a bit more into the background on the articles).
Lunch will be provided for everyone who attends :)
Boston Photonics Centennial Conference
Saturday, February 25th, 2017
Northwest Building, Harvard University
52 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Find out more about the conference here.
A big thank you to everyone who attended the Boston Photonics Centennial Conference! We will be sending out a feedback survey shortly.
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