Click here to see the agenda for APOMA’s next meeting on February 1st at Photonics West 2023:
Speaker update! SPIE CEO Dr. Kent Rochford will now be discussing the appropriated $52.7 billion dollars in the CHIPS and Science Act.
APOMA’s Annual meeting will be held in conjunction with Photonics West 2023 in San Francisco, CA:
8:30-9:30am on Wednesday 2/1/23.
Location: InterContinental Hotel Ballroom C on Level 5.
We hope you can join us!
Check out highlights from the 2022 Colorado Tech Workshop, welcome our new members, and see 2023 opportunities with Dr. Alexis Vogt at MCC!
Check it out HERE
Interested in taking Dr. Vogt’s Intro to Optics course virtually thru MCC but need assistance with registration? Contact Sue Noonan, the MCC Optics Community Liaison, via her email: snoonan@monroecc.edu
APOMA will be holding its annual member meeting in conjunction with Photonics West 2023 in San Francisco, CA from 8:30-9:30AM on Wednesday 2/1/23. Stay tuned for details!
Don’t miss your chance to attend – click below!
Click HERE to read the current APOMA eNews!
The Optical Systems Technology program at Monroe Community College has developed an Optical Fabrication Essentials micro-credential.
The Optical Fabrication Essentials micro-credential provides a fast track for individuals wanting to enter into the optics manufacturing industry or advance in their present position.
The courses required for this micro-credential are part of the Optical Systems Technology AAS degree. Each 4-credit, 90-hour course will be conducted over 4 ½ weeks, 4 days per week, 5 hours per day, beginning September 7 and ending on December 12, 2022. They can complete the three courses in one semester.
Our June eNews is now available, click HERE to see what’s new!
The Optical Systems Technology program at Monroe Community College will be conducting two Optics Workshops this summer:
Each 40-hour workshop will be conducted over 3 weeks, 3 days per week, 4.5 hours per day, beginning June 21, 2022.
Diamond Turning
• Mornings 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
• Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
• June 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, July 5, 6, 7, 2022
Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF)
• Afternoons 1:30 to 6:00 PM EDT
• Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
• June 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, July 5, 6, 7, 2022
See the flyers linked above for Program Highlights and Prerequisites, along with links to the Online Application Forms. The forms are course-specific. These hands-on workshops will be limited to 10 participants per workshop.
The cost will be $1,260 per participant. Funding opportunities are available for qualified participants.
Please email Ross Micali, National Work Based Learning Coordinator, MCC Optical Systems Technology, at rmicali@monroecc.edu if you have any questions.
We hope you were able to attend the recent APOMA General Meeting at SPIE DCS in Orlando, but if you were unable to join us please click HERE for the membership updates and information presented at the meeting.