Boston Photonics Centennial Conference

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

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The broad responsibilities for each position are listed below, but the actual responsibilities will depend on who wants to take part in which roles. The goal is that if enough people take on responsibilities, the time for any one person to commit will be minimal.

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.

If you are interested in any of these positions or roles, please contact Harvard Photonics (photonics@seas.harvard.edu) to nominate yourself with a short statement about yourself by August 20, 2017.

Past and future events: New ideas for the future are more than welcome!

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 :)