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Committee on Optical Science and Engineering
Board on Physics and Astronomy
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National Materials Advisory Board
National Research Council
Calendar of COSE Activities
Origin and Charge
Organization
Current Activities and Plans
Committee Members
How to Reach the Committee
Agency Sponsors
Calendar of COSE Activities
March 7-9, 1995
COSE committee meeting, Irvine, California
September 11, 1995
COSE town meeting at OSA, Portland, Oregon
September 12, 1995
COSE committee meeting, Portland, Oregon
September 15, 1995
COSE workshop on optics in health care and the life sciences, Portland, Oregon
October 11-12, 1995
COSE workshop on manufacturing, Irvine, California
November 30 and December 1, 1995
COSE workshop on information technology, Washington, D.C.
December 14-15, 1995
COSE workshop on energy, space, the environment, and optical sensing, Irvine, California
January 4-5, 1996
COSE workshop on research and education, Irvine, California
March 18-20, 1996
COSE workshop on defense, Washington, D.C.
July 15-17, 1996
COSE committee meeting, Snowmass Village, Colorado
August 8, 1996
COSE town meeting at SPIE, Denver, Colorado
December 9-10, 1996
COSE Executive Committee meeting, Berkeley, California
January 22, 1997
COSE Executive Committee meeting, Irvine, California
Spring, 1997
COSE committee meeting, Washington, D.C.
Origin and Charge
In response to a program initiation meeting sponsored by the Board on Physics and Astronomy in cooperation with the National Materials Advisory Board, the two boards have formed a National Research Council Committee on Optical Science and Engineering with the following charge.
Charge
- Survey the field of optical science and engineering (OS&E). Define the technical scope and institutional structure of the OS&E community.
- Examine progress over the last decade and project the future impact of OS&E on societal needs in the short (3-5 years) and long terms (5-20 years). Focus on leading edge developments. Develop a vision for the future and identify some "grand challenges" that could give the field direction and focus efforts in areas that have potential for benefit to society.
- Identify technical opportunities and prioritize them in the context of national needs.
- Identify institutional and educational innovations that are needed to develop and organize the field in a more coherent fashion and to optimize the contributions of OS&E to addressing critical national needs.
- Determine how public policy influences the ability of OS&E to address national needs.
- Examine trends in private public research activities and compare with those in other countries.
Organization
The Committee on Optical Science and Engineering (COSE) functions under the auspices of the National Research Council, the operational arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
COSE's initial efforts have been carried out by several working groups that held workshops on the topics listed below. An executive committee is overseeing the study and synthesizing the results of the workshops.
Current Activities and Plans
The study began in March, 1995. In the first phase of the study, COSE's working groups held hearing-style workshops at which experts were invited to provide input on various issues related to their topic. (See calendar.) The workshops provided assessments of present and future opportunities, trends, and growth markets. They identified hurdles that have to be overcome in order to exploit the opportunities the optical science and engineering presents.
The activity of COSE is now focused on winnowing out the main conclusions from the workshops and synthesizing and prioritizing the results.
Completion of the Committee's report is expected in 1997. Following publication of the report, a dissemination effort will begin that will include briefings for agency heads and members of Congress. Presentations will also be made at meetings of professional societies, including the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, the Lasers and Electro-Optical Society of the IEEE, and the SPIE.
Membership of the Committee
Charles V. Shank, Chair, Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Aram Mooradian, Vice Chair, Micracor, Inc.
David Attwood, University of California at Berkeley
Gary Bjorklund, Optivision, Inc.
Robert Byer, Stanford University
Michael Campbell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Steven Chu, Stanford University
Thomas Deutsch, Massachusetts General Hospital
Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College
Alastair Glass, Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
John Greivenkamp, University of Arizona
Arthur Guenther, Sandia National Laboratories
Thomas Hartwick, TRW
Robin Hochstrasser, University of Pennsylvania
Erich Ippen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kristina Johnson, University of Colorado at Boulder
Dennis Killinger, University of South Florida
Herwig Kogelnik, Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
Robert Shannon, University of Arizona
Glenn Sincerbox, University of Arizona
Brian Thompson, University of Rochester
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California at Los Angeles
Board Liaisons:
Steven Chu, BPA; Elsa Reichmanis, NMAB
NRC Staff:
Dr. Donald C. Shapero, Director, BPA and COSE
Dr. Robert Schafrik, Director, NMAB
Dr. Daniel Morgan, Program Officer
Dr. Sandra Hyland, Program Officer
Natasha Casey, Program Assistant
How to Reach the Committee
COSE solicits input from the scientific community. Please send your comments and suggestions to the address below.
COSE will keep the scientific and engineering communities posted on developments as its work progresses through presentations at professional society meetings and through bulletins on the World Wide Web.
E-mail: bpa@nas.edu
FAX: 202-334-3575
Phone: 202-334-3520
Sponsors
The Committee is pleased to acknowledge support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Liaison representatives include L.N. Durvasula (ARPA); L. Goldberg, D. Caldwell, and B. Schneider (NSF); and K. Gebbie (NIST).
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