Achievement

IGERT trainee semi-finalist in the Maiman Outstanding Student Paper Competition: Paul Arpin, a COSI-IGERT trainee in the group of Professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn in the Department of Physics, has been selected semi-finalist in the Maiman Outstanding Student Paper Competition. The Maiman Student Paper Competition honors American physicist Theodore Maiman for his amazing invention, the first working laser, and his other outstanding contributions to optics and photonics. It recognizes student innovation and research excellence in the areas of laser technology and electro optics. The award is endowed by a grant from HRL Laboratories LLC, the IEEE Photonics Society and the APS Division of Laser Science and is administered by the OSA Foundation.