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2015-2016 SPIE Student Chapter Report
Submitted by CIOR
Prepared by
Luisa Fernanda Cardona
President
Johan Sebastián Duque
Secretary
University of Technology of Pereira
Engeneering Faculty – Physics Department
Carrera 27 #10-02 Barrio Alamos
Risaralda- Pereira – Colombia. A.A. 97
Contenido 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3
2. Student Members ....................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. Officers ................................................................................................................................ 3
2.2. SPIE Member Roster............................................................................................................ 3
3. Academics ................................................................................................................................... 4
3.1. Science Forum ..................................................................................................................... 4
3.2. Specialized Topic Talk .......................................................................................................... 4
3.3. Traveling Lecturer ............................................................................................................... 5
3.4. Conferences attended ......................................................................................................... 6
3.4.1. OSA Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science 2015 ................................................................... 6
3.4.2. XIV ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE ÓPTICA V CONFERENCIA ANDINA Y DEL CARIBE EN
ÓPTICA Y SUS APLICACIONES. ENO - CANCOA 2015 ....................................................................... 7
4. SOCIAL ......................................................................................................................................... 7
4.1. Gymkhana óptica ................................................................................................................ 7
4.2. Social activities with Traveling Lecturer Dr. Jonathan Arenberg ........................................ 8
5. Outreach ...................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1. Optics at school ................................................................................................................... 8
5.2. Night of the Stars 2015........................................................................................................ 9
6. New Plans for 2016-2017 .......................................................................................................... 10
6.1. Study Sessions ................................................................................................................... 10
6.2. New strategies for members recruitment ........................................................................ 11
7. Financial Report..................................................................................................................... 11
1. Introduction
2. Student Members
2.1. Officers
Position Name Email Addres
President Luisa F. Cardona [email protected]
Vice President Gisell Lorena Osorio [email protected]
Treasurer Nicolás Manrique [email protected]
Secretary Johan Sebastian Duque [email protected]
Social Chair Hamilton David Galvis [email protected]
Faculty Advisor Henry Riascos Landázuli [email protected]
2.2. SPIE Member Roster We are an OSA/SPIE chapter which Works within the Engineering Faculty of the University, at the
momento, all of our members belong to the Physics Engineering program, and to two research
groups of the University: Group of Plasma, Laser and Applications (GPLA) and Group of Astro-
engineering Alpha Orion (GIA αOrion). Most of the activities are attended by the students of the
Engineering programs, teachers and staff, however, active paying SPIE members are
Name Membership
Luisa Fernanda Cardona Current
Gisell Lorena Osorio Current
Nicolás Manrique Current
Johan Sebastian Duque Buitrago
Current
Juan Pablo Campeón Current
Fabián Camilo Cubillos Current
Carolina López Bustamante Current
Leonardo López Current
Diana Carolina Aristizábal To be Payed
Juan David Cortés To be Payed
Hamilton David Galvis To be Payed
Juan Pablo Uchima To be Payed
Yermayn Arenas To be Payed
3. Academics
3.1. Science Forum Science Forum is a space where some of the more experienced teachers in the physics department
accepted the Chapter’s invitation to share time and knowledge with us. In the First semester of 2016
two open forums were held about the most relevant characteristics of quantum theory, its
background and future, between laughter and jokes they also shared with the attendees their
experiences in academia. This is an opportunity for teachers to interact with students outside the
classroom, emphasizing the details they want to and not the ones dictated by the curriculum. The
auditorium was completely filled with students, about 100 people participated in the forum
activities.
3.2. Specialized Topic Talk
The Specialized Talk is a monthly event that the senior year undergraduate students
prepare. Three topics in each talk were presented in the first academic term of the year,
involving the study of electrodynamics, optics and optic properties of new materials that
are advances in their respective graduation project research, it helps the speakers to
prepare for their professional future and presentations at events. The Chapter provided
coffee and cookies for these activities and we encouraged for everyone to bring their own
coffee cup to decrease plastic cups garbage.
Undergraduate Physics Engineering Student Johan Sebastian Duque talked about
dispersión of light by coloidal nanoparticles.
One highlight about this cycle was the videoconference talk of the graduate student Camilo
Moreno, who explained his undergraduate work based on the interference of light. Besides,
he talked with the members about the opportunities of study abroad and the requirements
and procedures to apply to scholarships. Some ideas came out of this talk for the Chapter’s
activities, as the study sessions, discussed in section 6.
3.3. Traveling Lecturer One of the central activities of this term was the public talk of the Traveling Lecturer Ph.D. Jonathan
Arenberg. During his visit two talks were scheduled, a morning one that was directed to the
University’s students, teachers, researchers and chapter members, and another one in the evening
one open to the local general public. The first session was held in the morning with an assistance of
70 people, and the second was attended by over 320 people, which included students, parents,
teachers, children, families and general public. In its talks, Dr. Arenberg, who works at the NASA’s
James Webb Space Telescope, shared the planning and developing experience of the project. We
shared great moments as a coffee break, a dinner and lunch with him, but the attendees learned a
lot about this great mission that NASA is developing. This rewarding academic activity was held
within the science and astronomy outreach event Night of the Stars. This event is one of the most
important of the region, and the SPIE & OSA Student Chapter CIOR is proud to participate as sponsor
and active LOC member.
Evening conference of SPIE Traveling Lecturer Ph.D. Jonathan Arenberg about NASA’s James
Webb Space Telescope project, design and development.
3.4. Conferences attended
3.4.1. OSA Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science 2015 One chapter member attended OSA’s Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science conference in San Jose,
California. Officer and representative, Luisa Cardona presented during the Student Leadership
Meeting to other student chapters a poster about the developing activities. Some other Colombian
representatives were there and networking opportunities allowed the formation of links between
chapters which will strengthen individual and cooperative activities.
Poster presentation at the Student Leadership Meeting and FIO/LS Conference, in October 2015,
in San Jose – California.
3.4.2. XIV ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE ÓPTICA V CONFERENCIA ANDINA Y DEL
CARIBE EN ÓPTICA Y SUS APLICACIONES. ENO - CANCOA 2015 Two chapter members, an officer and a recent graduated student atended the National Optics
Meeting (ENO) and Andean and Caribean Conference in Optics and its Applications (CANCOA) in
November 2015, in a neighboring city, Cali. Johan Sebastian Duque and Leonardo Lopez presented
the work “Análisis UV-Vis de nanopartículas metálicas crecidas en ambiente líquido mediante PLD”
and were awarded the Second Positon for it, an important recognition, given that both were
undergraduate students at the time. SPIE Vice president Glen Boreman granted this award at the
meeting. This event was co-organized and sponsored by SPIE OSA’s Student Chapter CUVO, and
networking opportunities were presented.
Johan Sebastian Duque, Cior Chapter member receiving the second position award at the ENO
CANCOA Meeting in Cali, Colombia 2015.
4. SOCIAL
4.1. Gymkhana óptica A very attractive and fun activity was developed during the Physics Engineering
Week, where students would make groups and compete in physical didactic
activities. Gymkhana is a competition where contestants have to go through a set of
tasks and obstacles within a path, the winner is the team which manages to complete
the circuit first. Our Gymkhana has a soapy track, coastal jump (tied legs) and an
optics/physics question at the end, then the team member had to run uphill and the
next one began the track. The winning team received some awards and, as a result,
7 new members joined the OSA SPIE Student Chapter.
4.2. Social activities with Traveling Lecturer Dr. Jonathan Arenberg The chapter members shared pleasant moments with our guest. One of them was a
delicious Colombian coffee in the morning, after the morning talk, where we
discussed various topics and got to know Dr. Arenberg better. Some of the topics
were details about the project exposed in the talk, engineering difficulties, studying
options, working in industry, team working, among other topics.
Coffee meeting with Traveling Lecturer Dr. Jonathan Arenberg at the national
brand Juan Valdéz coffee shop.
The second social moment with the Traveling Lecturer guest was the tour through
the University’s campus, specially to the working spaces and laboratories of the
research groups associated with the student chapter, and the lunch we shared with
him, offering a taste of Colombian gastronomy and sharing stories.
5. Outreach
5.1. Optics at school The communication of knowledge is a very important factor in career development
and the last term 6 of our chapter members visited a small rural elementary school.
The 4th of May the team went to Filandia, in the neighbouring state of Quindío, to the
school named “El Vigilante”. Each member was assigned an experiment from the
Optics Suitcase, in addition to some simple experiments built by some chapter
members. There is a single teacher for all grades, so we explained the experiments
to all the children at the school. The greatest challenge of this activity was to
transform the explanations to suit such a young audience, as we are used to explain
physical phenomena with more advanced terms. There were in total 47 children
between ages 6 and 11. The children’s response to the demonstrations was
rewarding. At the end, we gifted some of the demonstrations samples to the visited
school.
Visit at the rural elementary school El Vigilante.
5.2. Night of the Stars 2015 and 2016 Night of the Stars is the biggest and most important local event CIOR participated in. In November
2015 and August 2016 Night of the Stars has gathered over 3300 people around science, mainly
astronomy, but also robotics, optics and physics. Some of the global activities of the event were:
hydraulic rocket building and launching, telescopes observation, planetarium functions, robotics
workshop, puppet show for children, talks, among others. The student chapter collaborated with a
talk, with the Traveling Lecturer benefit, an experiments exhibition, and economical support to the
whole event.
Lines for telescopes observation at the solar clock square at the event Night of the Stars 2016.
The special guest Dr. Jonathan Arenberg, chief systems engineer of the James Webb Space
Telescope project, shared the program outlines, challenges and expectations with 30 attendees to
the talk. And in Night of the Stars 2015 an experiments room was set up, where people would make
a circuit around the experiments, learning and enjoying the possibilities of light.
Optics experiments showroom at Night of the Stars 2015 event.
6. New Plans for 2016-2017
6.1. Study Sessions We are planning study sessions with two main focus: First, junior years students who need guide
through their subjects can work side by side with senior year students, which can recommend
exercises, books, and lectures. Second, senior year students preparing for graduate school entrance
exams with mock tests and recommended readings.
6.2. New strategies for members recruitment Chapter officers are currently designing new strategies for members recruitment as our university
is small and previous campaigns have resulted in some new members, but not in the continuity of
all of them in the chapters activities.
7. Financial sumary
REPORTE FINANCIERO
A la fecha (31/08/2015) $500 (USD) / $1.470.000 (COP)
GASTOS
GENERAL
Reuniones -$39.300 (COP)
Extras -$179.200 (COP)
SOCIAL
“Youth Outreach” -$75.300 (COP)
ACADEMIC
Charla técnica -$25.000 (COP)
Foro de ciencia -$59.500 (COP)
A la fecha (31/08/2016) $371 (USD)/ $1.091.700 (COP)
