Graduate Trainees Program in Optical Science and Technology

我们正在提出一个光学科学与工程研究生研究培训计划，涉及两个战略领域：光子学材料和信息存储应用。科技政策办公室强调，材料合成和加工是关键技术。此外，美国陆军和空军正在支持光学科学和技术的研究，特别是在这里提出的两个战略领域。该计划的学员将开发光子学应用和数字图像存储的新材料。他们的研究将在四个层面进行：*分子的设计和研究；*聚合物的设计和研究；*聚合物加工；*设备制造；学生将参与所有研究方面，并将与许多教师互动，并享受刺激的跨学科研究环境。理论工作将与罗切斯特大学的Shaul Mukamel教授合作进行。Langmuir-Blodgett薄膜的研究将在罗切斯特大学的NSF光致电子转移中心进行，并与David Whitten教授合作。本项目学员可进入理工大学化学或化学工程系攻读博士学位，并从化学和/或化学工程专业毕业。与伊士曼柯达公司的大卫·威廉姆斯博士一起确定了该项目非线性光学部分的目标，目前正在讨论柯达研究实验室通过暑期就业的培训机会。该计划还包括高中和本科指导。招聘培训生的计划将强调代表性不足的群体。五名学生将被招募参加这些培训，并将在5年或更短的时间内完成他们的博士课程。

GER-9554521 Ulman We are proposing a Graduate Research Traineeship Program in Optical Science and Engineering, in two strategic areas: materials for photonics, and for information storage applications. The Office of Science and Technology Policy has emphasized that materials synthesis and processing are critical technologies. Also, the U.S. Army and Air Force are supporting research in optical science and technology, especially in the two strategic areas proposed here. The trainees in this program will develop new materials for photonics applications and for digital image storage. Their research will be carried out at four levels: * Design and investigations of molecules;* Design and investigations of polymers;* Processing of polymers;* Device fabrication; Students will be involved in all research facets, and will interact with a number of faculty, and enjoy a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment. Theoretical work will be carried out in collaboration with Professor Shaul Mukamel at the University of Rochester. Investigations of Langmuir-Blodgett films will be carried out at the NSF Center for Photoinduced Electron Transfer, at the University of Rochester, in collaboration with Professor David Whitten. The trainees in this program could enter a PhD track in the Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Department at the Polytechnic University, and would be drawn from Chemistry and/or Chemical Engineering. The goals of the nonlinear optics part of program have been defined together with Dr. David Williams of Eastman Kodak Company, and training opportunities for the trainees at Kodak Research Laboratories, through summer employment, are now being discussed. Also included in this program are high school and undergraduate mentoring. Plans for recruiting trainees will emphasize underrepresented groups. Five students would be recruited for these traineeships and would complete their PhD programs in 5 years or less.