New hires fulfill company’s commitment to FAME initiative aimed at providing work experience and skills development to students and young professionals. APPLIED IMAGE has signed the FAME 5% Pledge to provide valuable skills and work experience to young employees in Rochester. Finger Lakes Advanced Manufacturer’s Enterprise (FAME) created the 5% Pledge to inspire organizations to...Continue Reading

Don’t know what that means?  Read on… These are the only high school students in the nation manufacturing precision optics, and they are doing it during a summer immersion program this July in the East High School Optics Manufacturing Lab. The scorecard: “Yesterday, July 20, Alejandra’s optics measured 1/7th wave.” “Today, Demier Hill’s part measured to...Continue Reading

>>Full Press Release here.<< The actual language that Senator Schumer got in the base bill is this:  SEC. 603. OPTICS AND PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS.  (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1)    The 1998 National Research Council Report, ‘‘Harnessing Light’’ presented a comprehensive overview on the importance of optics and photonics to various sectors of the...Continue Reading

SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO INCLUDE, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, PHOTONICS & OPTICS INDUSTRY IN ‘AMERICA COMPETES ACT’ REAUTHORIZATION – INCLUSION WOULD ALLOW NATIONAL SCIENCE AGENCIES TO PRIORITIZE PHOTONICS & DIRECT MORE FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS TO BOLSTER INDUSTRY AND KICKSTART JOB CREATION EFFORTS Schumer Says New ‘American Innovation And...Continue Reading

You don’t have to simply hope that there will be a skilled workforce available when your workforce begins to retire.  You can actually do something about it now. Sign the 5% Pledge and pay it forward.  For every 20 employees in your organization hire one temporary intern, co-op, high school student or long-term unemployed individual...Continue Reading

Has the decades-long march to college-for-everyone-at-18 actually closed off options for teenagers and 20-somethings, rather than opened up opportunities? We all know teen-aged kids with potential that seem to “underperform” when pursuing a four-year degree.  We also know college grads saddled with debt, who can’t find jobs in their chosen fields. Maybe a technical certificate that...Continue Reading

United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is hosting a roundtable discussion with Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) at Lumetrics in Henrietta. They will kick-off this discussion that focuses on how local businesses can develop and increase exporting opportunities. The Export-Import Bank will provide information regarding their available...Continue Reading

ROCHESTER, NY, June 2, 2016 – New York Photonics has awarded two $6,000 grants to schools in the Rochester region. The schools, Gates-Chili High School and Greece Olympia High School, both teach a dual-credit optics course with Monroe Community College’s Optical Systems Technologies program. The grants will be used to support optics labs at the...Continue Reading

The deadline for registration is May 31st. Note: This year there are two new courses focused upon Integrated Photonics. Courses: Fundamentals of Optics I Fundamentals of Optics II Gradient-Index Optics (New in 2016) Opto-Mechanical Analysis Opto-Mechanical Lab Optical Thin Films Optical System Design Modern Optical Engineering Integrated Photonics I (New in 2016) Integrated Photonics II...Continue Reading

In August, Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter and Gov. Andrew Cuomo designated Rochester as headquarters for a $650 million integrated photonics startup, AIM Photonics. The intent of the institute is to design and build computer chips that use light (photons), rather than electronics (electrons), wherever possible. The technology has broad transformational potential...Continue Reading