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Life as a PhD student and the Optics & Photonics
SocietyNicholas Wong
Vice President, Optics & Photonics Society(4th Year PhD student)
25 November, 2015
Copyright Jorge Chamhttp://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1139
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Life as a PhD student• Practical benefits
• Money!• Perks of student status• Flexibility
Doing somethingintensely interesting and
completely novel…
…surrounded by like-minded people.
(…with massive laser beams…)
Life as a PhD studentDoing something
intensely interesting and completely novel…
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• Publish your work• Journals• Attend conferences
Life as a PhD student
Life as a PhD student• Experience teaching
• Laboratory demonstrator• Invigilator
• Professional development• Gradbook• Seminars• Training courses
- Non compulsory- Get paid ££
- Free!
Life as an ORC student
• Surrounded by world-leading expertise• Excellent facilities• Outreach and demonstrating• Training and support• No undergraduates…?
Life as an ORC student• Be part of a world-class centre
Extreme Tech, 2013BBC, 2010
Laser Focus World, 2013 IOP Physics World, 2013
Life as an ORC student• Participate in competitions
EPSRC UK ICT Pioneers SET For BRITAIN
Life as an ORC student• The University of Southampton Optics and
Photonics Society!!!
Comprising the OSA and SPIE Student Chapters• Three strands:
• Academic• Outreach• Social
Many accolades to our name:• OSA Recruitment Award – twice!• OSA Student Chapter excellence
award – four times previous winners!• OSA IYL-To-Go competition winners (2015)
OFFICIALLY AWESOME
Optics and Photonics Society
Academic• “Scientific trips” – Bletchley Park,
JET, IBM• Visits to/from other universities
worldwide – IONS project• General society membership
benefits• Departmental seminars and
second year talks
Optics and Photonics Society
Outreach project:LIGHTWAVE
Optics and Photonics Society
Optics and Photonics Society
SOCIALS
Arctic BBQ
Cake and Coffee Club
ORC quiz night
International Food Day
Winchester fireworks Go Karting
Personal ExperiencesProf Sir David Payne’s 70th Birthday, 2014 Cleanroom course, 2013
Solent Skills Fair, 2014 PhD Comics Jorge Cham’s Seminar, 2013
Personal ExperiencesFremantle Academy Visit, 2014
Visit by Prof Perry Shum, 2015
Zepler Institute Photonics Day, 2014
Visit by Prof Emmanuel Desurvire, 2014
IYL 2015 Opening Ceremony, Paris, France
Summary
• Doing a PhD isn’t easy but it is rewarding• The ORC is a particularly good place to study• The Optics and Photonics Society does it’s bit to
help
Thanks, and hope you’ve enjoyed yourself!
Questions?
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