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Fall 2026 Dates: October 19-21

 
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2026 Fall Schedule

MONDAY, October 19, 2026

10:00 – 1:00 PM IA Corporate Showcase Set Up 
11:00 – 12:30 PM Lunch 
12:30 -1:30 PM Alumni Panel 
1:30 – 3:30 PM Student Poster Session 
2:30 – 6:30 PM IA Member Corporate Showcase 
6:30 – 7:00 PM Showcase Break-Down and Pack-Up

TUESDAY, October 20, 2026

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8:15 – 9:15 AM Welcome Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 AM Group Photo
9:15 – 9:30 AM Workshop Welcome | Dean Brian Anderson
9:30 – 10:10 AM Keynote Speaker | Garrett Cole
10:10 – 10:30 AM Faculty Talk | Weimin Zhou
10:30 – 10:35 AM Student Talk
10:35 – 10:40 AM Student Talk
10:40 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 – 11:20 AM Faculty Talk | Yuzuru Takashima
11:20 – 11:25 AM Student Talk
11:25 – 11:30 AM Student Talk
11:30 – 11:35 AM Student Talk
11:35 – 11:40 AM Student Talk
11:40 – 11:50 AM Walk to Student Union
11:50 – 1:10 PM Lunch
1:10 – 1:20 PM Walk back to GCRB
1:20 – 1:35 PM Academics Update
1:35 – 1:50 PM SOC & OFA Presentation
1:50 – 2:10 PM Industry Update
2:10 – 3:10 PM PICS are the Pick: The Era of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC), Panel Discussion
3:10 – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 – 3:50 PM Faculty Talk | Daniel Soh
3:50 – 3:55 PM Student Talk
3:55 – 4:00 PM Student Talk
4:00 – 4:20 PM Faculty Talk | Jeff Pyun
4:20 – 4:25 PM Student Talk
4:25 – 4:30 PM Student Talk
4:30 – 4:50 PM Break
4:30 – 6 PM Open Labs
4:50 – 6 PM Curriculum & Workforce Round Table

WEDNESDAY, October 21, 2026

8:00 – 9:00 AM Networking Breakfast
11:30 – 1:00 PM Farewell Pizza Lunch
9:00 – 5:00 PM Student Interviews**
   

 

**Opportunities for student interviews are available throughout the meeting and must be prearranged through registration.

 

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Event at a Glance!

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Monday
oct 19

tuesday
oct 20

wednesday
oct 21

📍 Student Union Ballroom

  • Student Poster Session
  • Corporate Showcase
  • Networking Dinner​

📍 Grand Challenges Research Building Ground Floor

  • Keynote & Presentations
  • Alumni Panel
  • Photonics Panel
  • Open Labs​

📍 Wyant College of Optical Sciences, Meinel Patio

  • Networking Breakfast
  • Farewell Pizza Lunch
  • Student Interviews

Faculty Speakers

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Garret Cole

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nelson E. Claytor Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

WEIMIN ZHOU

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences

daniel soh

Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

jeff pyun

Joint Professor of Optical Sciences

Garret Cole

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nelson E. Claytor Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

WEIMIN ZHOU

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences

daniel soh

Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

jeff pyun

Joint Professor of Optical Sciences

Yuzuru Takashima

Professor of Optical Sciences

Agenda

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Monday, October 19, 2026

10:00am – 1:00pm 

IA Corporate Showcase Set Up

11:00 – 12:30pm 

Lunch

12:30 -1:30pm 

Alumni Panel

1:30pm – 3:30pm 

Student Poster Session

2:30pm – 6:30pm 

IA Member Corporate Showcase

6:30pm – 7:00pm 

Showcase Break Down and Pack-Up

8:15 – 9:15  

Welcome Breakfast

Networking with Faculty

9:00 – 9:15 

Group Photo

9:15 – 9:30 

Workshop Welcome

Dean Brian Anderson

9:30 – 10:10  

Keynote Speaker

Garrett Cole

10:10 – 10:30

Faculty Talk

Weimin Zhou

10:30 – 10:35

Student Talk

Yiqing Dong, Yeo-Johnson-transformed channelized observer for signal detection in medical imaging

10:35 – 10:40

Student Talk

Nate Smith, Quantification of Vascular Development Surrounding Artificial Pancreas Using ContrastEnhanced μCT

10:40 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 11:20

Faculty Talk

Yuzuru Takashima

11:20 – 11:25

Student Talk

Shriniketh Sreevatsen, Ultrafast Imaging at MHz Burst Rates Using a Digital Micromirror Device

11:25 – 11:30

Student Talk

Kyle Ettinger, Vibration imaging simulations using doublet-pulse digital holography

11:30 – 11:35

Student Talk

Feiyi Shen, Gaze-Contingent Head-Mounted Displays via Adaptive Pupil Steering for High Light Efficiency and Brightness Uniformity

11:35 – 11:40

Student Talk

Gordon Hageman, Methods for Referenceless Phase Imaging

11:40 – 11:50         

Walk to Student Union

11:50 – 1:10 

Lunch

1:10 – 1:20 

Walk back to GCRB

1:20 – 1:35 

Academics Update

1:35 – 1:50 

SOC & OFA Presentation

1:50 – 2:10 

Industry Update

Tom Haskins 

2:10 – 3:10 

PICS are the Pick: The Era of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC), Panel Discussion

Nasser Peyghambarian, Robert Norwood

3:10 – 3:30 

Break

3:30 – 3:50 

Faculty Talk

Daniel Soh

3:50 – 3:55 

Student Talk

Sadafi Neshat, Toward a reconfigurable photonic integrated mode sorter for optomechanical sensing

3:55 – 4:00 

Student Talk

Isack Padilla, Non-Markovian delay-assisted sensing with waveguide-coupled quantum emitters

4:00 – 4:20 

Faculty Talk

Jeff Pyun

4:20 – 4:25 

Student Talk

Alaa Hamdoh, Non-Destructive Authentication of Gemstones using Full-Stokes Polarization Imaging

4:25 – 4:30 

Student Talk

Tyler ten Broek, Cyrogenic Adiabatic Coupling Waveguides for Photonic Interconnects

4:30 – 4:50 

Break

4:30 – 6:00 

Open Labs

4:50 – 6:00 

Curriculum & Workforce Round Table

8:00 – 9:00  

Networking Breakfast

 

11:30 – 1:00 

Farewell Pizza Lunch

9:00 – 5:00 

Student Interviews 
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Wyant College of Optical Sciences, 1630 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721

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