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6 October 2003 The Photonics Academy: pipeline to the future
Dominique F. Wilson
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Proceedings Volume 9663, Eighth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics; 96631U (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208476
Event: Eighth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Abstract
The Photonics Academy offers high-schoolers courses to prepare them for high-tech work in optics and photonics. Students achieve sufficient math and science proficiency to attend university or community college. Internship opportunities, tours, guest lecturers, articulated curriculum are popular program components. Enrollment is close to 200 students, 48% female and 65% Hispanic.
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Dominique F. Wilson "The Photonics Academy: pipeline to the future", Proc. SPIE 9663, Eighth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 96631U (6 October 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208476
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KEYWORDS
Photonics
Mathematics
Internships
Laser optics
Optics manufacturing
Semiconductor lasers
Standards development
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