Light and Sound Interactive 2017 Co-located with the New York Photonics Annual Meeting September 12-14 Rochester Riverside Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Rochester, NY For businesses: Showcase products at the Trade Show Meet perspective employees at the Career Fair Discover new technologies Meet potential customers Meet potential suppliers Meet with startups Networking Enjoy entertainment For...Continue Reading
The 14th International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP-2017) took place May 29-31, 2017. The biannual conference gathered 286 educators in optics and photonics from 28 countries/regions. This was the first ETOP conference held in China. At ETOP 2017, I presented East High’s Precision Optics Manufacturing program. The invitation was extended by...Continue Reading
Consolidation creates efficiencies for the innovative 20-year old company and its customers. Syntec Optics, (video here) a privately-owned advanced polymer optics manufacturing company in Rochester, NY, has announced the completion of its move from three separate facilities in New York State to the City of Rochester. “Syntec Optics (website here) is making American manufacturing globally competitive again. The...Continue Reading
What will it take to create a manufacturing renaissance in the Greater Rochester area? According to Willy Shih, it involves strengthening the link between manufacturing and innovation, developing advanced manufacturing operations and the supporting structure, educating and preparing the workforce at all levels, and government support for key initiatives. The Speaker: Dr. Willy Shih Dr....Continue Reading
2016: A lot to be grateful for! On December 14, the New York State Photonics Board announced the location of the nation’s test, assembly and packaging facility. The TAP facility will colocate with ON Semiconductor in the City of Rochester. This is another milestone for AIM Photonics in an international competition that holds great promise...Continue Reading
The East High Optical Fabrication laboratory recently added coating capabilities with a Denton DV-502A coating chamber. Patrick Iulianello,Vice President Operations at Accucoat (Rochester, NY) recently helped East High Precision Optics Manufacturing students with their first aluminum mirror coating efforts on 2″ plano discs (made in the lab). Accucoat also helped with some custom tooling for the...Continue Reading
Thank you, friends in photonics, for supporting the New York Photonics Annual Meeting and our economic development agenda. A special thank-you to our sponsors, without whom we would not be in a position to advocate for the region’s optics, photonics & imaging industry. We hope that you enjoyed hearing from Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, senator...Continue Reading
The ‘sister cities’ of Jena and Rochester (USA) have a lot in common: Here, as there, an optics industry has developed since the 19th century together with suppliers. While in Jena the collaboration between Carl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe significantly furthered optics research, soon after in Rochester, local industrialists George Eastman (Eastman Kodak) and Edward...Continue Reading
Photonics jobs: Preparing today for future openings Top leaders at the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) say the projected optical technician jobs won’t be here for at least two or three years. That means anyone looking for a future photonics job has 25 months to learn more about the industry. >>Read more...Continue Reading
… but we have a feeling that some careers are beginning! Nine students in East High’s Precision Optics Fabrication Program worked for 60 hours over 3 weeks making precision optical lenses. The students generated, loose abrasively ground, and polished microscope objectives and lenses for eyepieces and well as other components. Each student measured final parts...Continue Reading
This event highlights the exciting SBIR research in novel optical materials and optics manufacturing research from OptiPro, Optimax, CeraNova, Arizona Optical Systems, Bridger Photonics, and [...]
OF&T will offer new ideas and concepts for the shaping, smoothing, testing and manufacture of conventional and novel optics/optical systems finding applications in existing and [...]
In 2019, the Institute of Optics will hold its 58th annual summer school short-course series, offering a mix of one-week courses and two-and-a-half-day courses. Fundamental [...]
Second Tuesday Networking The June 11th date is a joint event between New York Photonics and the ROSA, the OSA Rochester Chapter. Lyteloop is patented [...]
"Laser Munich" LASER World of PHOTONICS is the international trade fair for Photonics Components, Systems and Applications. The only Eurpoean trade fair for lasers and [...]
Light and Sound Interactive 2019 Innovators, technologists and subject matter experts are converging in Rochester to push the edge of light and sound-based technologies. We’ll [...]
On June 27th, 2019, Luminate's second cohort will participate in an exciting Demo Day event in the Big Tent of the CGI Rochester International Jazz [...]
New York Photonics is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote and enhance the New York State optics, photonics and imaging industry by fostering the cooperation of business, academia and government.
