
When: Mon Oct 3rd – Fri Oct 7th
Coinciding with the IEEE Photonics Society’s “Introduce a Girl to Photonics” Day & Manufacturing Day, the Photonics Society at UCSB encourages local women in photonics to participate this week by giving talks at local schools or leading a tour of your company.
Read some of the articles written about this week!
– The UCSB Current: Girl Power by Tanya Das
– The S.B. Independent: Photonics Soc. Encourages Women to Study the Science of Light
– The Daily Nexus: Inspiring Photonics for the Future
Coinciding with the IEEE Photonics Society’s “Introduce a Girl to Photonics” Day & Manufacturing Day, the Photonics Society at UCSB encourages local women in photonics to participate this week by giving talks at local schools or leading a tour of your company.
Read some of the articles written about this week!
– The UCSB Current: Girl Power by Tanya Das
– The S.B. Independent: Photonics Soc. Encourages Women to Study the Science of Light
– The Daily Nexus: Inspiring Photonics for the Future
The following events were scheduled:
- Women at local photonics companies gave tours of their companies/groups.
- Reserve your spot at one of these tours, below.
- Contact industry@ips.ece.ucsb.edu to get your company involved!
- Women from local photonics companies and UCSB groups gave talks at schools.
- Hands-On Photonics activity "Light-Pipes: controlling light" was run at Girls Inc., Goleta.
- Run in their normally-scheduled 3/4th & 5/6th grade STEM classes.
- See the CSEP page for more info.
Tours for Women in Photonics Week:

Freedom Photonics LLC: Friday Oct. 7th, 3:30pm–5:00pm
Maximum 18 attendees.
Juniour High and up.
Click Here to Reserve your spot at EventBrite.
or email industry@ips.ece.ucsb.edu.
All Tour attendees must be U.S. Persons!
Schedule
– 3:30pm – 3:45pm: Welcome & Check-In
– 3:45pm – 4:15pm: Presentation (open to public)
– 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Facility Tour & Laser Demonstration (U.S. Persons ONLY)
Location: 41 Aero Camino, Goleta, CA 93117 (click for map)
Maximum 18 attendees.
Juniour High and up.
Click Here to Reserve your spot at EventBrite.
or email industry@ips.ece.ucsb.edu.
All Tour attendees must be U.S. Persons!
Schedule
– 3:30pm – 3:45pm: Welcome & Check-In
– 3:45pm – 4:15pm: Presentation (open to public)
– 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Facility Tour & Laser Demonstration (U.S. Persons ONLY)
Location: 41 Aero Camino, Goleta, CA 93117 (click for map)

UCSB Nanofabrication Facility (Cleanroom): Thursday Oct. 6th, 3:40–5:00pm
Maximum 15 attendees.
Grade 6 and up. Open to the public.
Click Here to reserve your spot at EventBrite.
or email industry@ips.ece.ucsb.edu.
Tours will be in groups of 5, led by:
• Paula Heu from Crystalline Mirror Solutions
• Leah Kuritzky from the UCSB research group of Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Biljana Stamenic, UCSB Nanofab engineering staff
Schedule:
– 3:30pm – 3:45pm: Welcome & Introduction
– 3:45pm – 4:15pm: Tour outside the cleanroom
– 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Tour inside the cleanroom (groups of 5)
Location: Engineering Sciences Building (Parking lot #10) (click for map), University of California Santa Barbara
Maximum 15 attendees.
Grade 6 and up. Open to the public.
Click Here to reserve your spot at EventBrite.
or email industry@ips.ece.ucsb.edu.
Tours will be in groups of 5, led by:
• Paula Heu from Crystalline Mirror Solutions
• Leah Kuritzky from the UCSB research group of Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Biljana Stamenic, UCSB Nanofab engineering staff
Schedule:
– 3:30pm – 3:45pm: Welcome & Introduction
– 3:45pm – 4:15pm: Tour outside the cleanroom
– 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Tour inside the cleanroom (groups of 5)
Location: Engineering Sciences Building (Parking lot #10) (click for map), University of California Santa Barbara
Women in photonics week is made possible by collaboration with the following UCSB organizations, in particular Wendy Ibsen:

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