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Annual Report
Institute for Atomic Physics Student Chapter
Romania
2 July, 2014
Laurentiu RUSEN
President of Institute for Atomic Physics Student Chapter
National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics
409 Atomistilor Street
PO Box MG-36
077125 Magurele
Ilfov, Romania
Outline of the report Current member list
Chapter activities in 2013-2014
Perspective activities in 2015
2014 Chapter Officers Chapter President: Mr. Laurentiu RUSEN, ID#: 772634
Chapter Vice-President: Miss Tatiana ALEXANDRU, ID#: 3448908
Chapter Secretary: Miss Agota SIMON, [email protected], ID#: 3536629
Chapter Treasurer: Miss Irina NEGUT, [email protected], ID#: 3594337
Chapter Advisor: Dr. Angela STAICU, [email protected], ID#: 447912
Chapter web site http://spie.inflpr.ro/
Contact +4 021 457 57 39 (phone)
+4 021 457 57 39 (fax)
[email protected] (discussion group)
Chapter status
Our Chapter’s status is currently active, as it has been since April
2001. We have members from institutions like National Institute for
Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics and University of Bucharest.
There have been some changes regarding our members: some of
our old members left, but we intend to attract other members from other
institutes or universities.
Meetings take place at least twice a month, for discussions on
current issues, activities, and planning for future events. Special
meetings are a happy way of getting together for team building and
celebrations, at least from time to time.
At the beginning of 2014, elections for the Board of our Chapter
took place.
Chapter member list Let us introduce you our current members: Miss Tatiana Alexandru Miss Iulia Anghel Mr. Radu Daniel Avram Mr. Mihai Boni Miss Andra Dinache Miss Alina Ionescu Mr. Viorel Nastasa Miss Irina Negut Miss Ana Maria Niculescu Miss Gabriela Salamu Miss Agota Simon Mr. Alexandru Stoicu Miss Anita Visan Miss Adriana Smarandache Mr. Laurentiu Rusen
The Romanian SPIE Chapter Officers
A picture of a part of SPIE Romania team; from left to right: Agota Simon - secretary, Angela Staicu - chapter advisor, Irina Negut -
treasurer, Tatiana Alexandru - vice-president (former president 2013) and Laurentiu - Nicolae Rusen - president.
Chapter Activities since the Last Report
1. August 2013, San Diego USA
The participation in August 2013 at the “SPIE Optics & Photonics” Conference and “Student Leadership Training” Workshop in San Diego, USA, was made possible thanks to Officer Travel Grant received from SPIE by Alexandru Tatiana former president of our chapter. During the Leadership workshop, 24.08.2013, the following topics were discussed: effective group behaviors, personal skills for group leadership, making chapters more effective and building strategic plans.
“Student Leadership Training” Workshop, San Diego.
In the same time, collaboration with other SPIE Student Chapters was discussed and plans were made. Participation to this event helped to promote the Romanian chapter and the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics.
“Institute for Atomic Physics” Chapter activities poster presentation performed
during 2012-2013.
The official picture with the chapters’ leaders from all around the world.
Outreach Activities
Institute for Atomics Physics Chapter has been active in the past with
creating awareness and popularization of Optics in schools and high
schools from Romania. This year our chapter organized outreach
activities including visits of Master, high school and primary school
pupils at the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics,
Magurele, in different laboratories also participating in other activities
under the Romanian Ministry of Education tutelage.
2.1 Laboratory visits at the INFLPR of high school and primary school students 7-11 April 2014
The National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics
received a large number of high school pupils and also primary school
pupils. They presented a huge interest in optics field, having numerous
questions regarding the institute research activities. Those visits were
done in the frame of the program called "School in a different way: To
know more, to be better". This program, being organized by the
Romanian Ministry of Education is devoted to educational
extracurricular and nonacademic activities.
The main purpose of this program is the involvement of all preschool
children / pupils and teachers in activities that meet their interests and
concerns and also to highlight their talents and abilities in various fields,
not necessarily in the present National Curriculum. Another target was
to encourage their participation in various activities in a non-formal
context.
This year the activity took place between 7-11 Aprils. The program
”Să ştii mai multe, să fii mai bun!” (“To know more, to be better”) is last
one week every year, being organized by the Ministry of Education. The
National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics received a
large number of high school pupils. They were very enthusiastic about
the institute research work. Our chapter was deeply involved in the visit
organization and different laboratories presentations. We hope that their
enthusiasm after visiting our laboratories will translate them into future
students at Physics Faculties.
In the following pictures you can see some of our members during the
visits in the laboratories.
We had that at least 500 elementary and high school pupils with their
teachers and accompanying persons visited the laboratories of our
Institute.
Ms. Agota Simon explaining laser safety measures to primary school pupils.
Ms. Iulia Anghel presenting the application of Solid State Laser Laboratory to primary school pupils.
Mr. Morjan Ion, Director of the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics explaining
the mod of operation of the industrial robot.
2.2 Researchers night 27 September 2013
On September 27 was celebrated Noaptea Cercetatorilor-
“Researchers Night” in many Romanian cities, such as Bucharest -
Magurele, Iasi, Timisoara, Craiova, Cluj, along with 300 other cities in
Europe.
Different locations in city centers and campuses hosted spectacular
scientific experiments as well as lectures about the great mysteries of the
universe and trivia contests for participants. This event was co-organized
by the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation.
The event, whose aim was to promote research among the general
public, was held with the help of researchers and volunteers from the
National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation in such manner that
non-academic public understands science beyond the equations and
formulas. Participants were invited to participate in the original
experiments and fun, friendly explanations accompanied by physical or
chemical phenomena underlying the spectacular effects. Our chapter
was involved by touring the quests in the laboratories of our Institute.
Also we participated in the Tineretului Park with different stands,
with a lot of optics and laser experiments, as well as with the quite
successfully Laser Chess.
We estimate that at least 1000 persons, from elementary school pupils
to grandparents visited our Chapter stands. Many of them got involved
in the experiments presented by our colleagues.
Members of SPIE Romanina Chapter at the “Researchers night 2013”
Members of SPIE Romania Chapter at the “Researchers night 2013”
3. International Student Conference on Photonics, September 23th- 26th 2014, Orastie, Romania.
Our chapter is currently involved in the organization of the 5th
International Student Conference on Photonics which will take place in September 23th- 26th 2014 in Orastie, Romania. The aim of the ISCP 2014 is to give an opportunity of young researchers to promote their recent results obtained as well as to enhance their knowledge in laser physics, material science and different laser applications.
Therefore, we encourage undergraduate and graduate students, PhD students and young researchers to contribute with oral and poster presentations in order to promote their work and results.
The topics of ISCP 2014 include, but are not limited to:
• High power lasers and applications
• Optics and Optoelectronics
• Micro and nanotechnologies
• Advanced Materials
• Lasers in life sciences
• Laser metrology and industry
• Physics of plasma sources and application
In the same time, the involvement of young researchers in organizing the conference helps them to gain management skills and innovative and constructive thinking.
We have launched the conference web-page which contains all the necessary information for allowing potential participants to get in touch with the location/prices/topics. At this moment we are trying to find more sponsors for the Conference.
Web page address: http://iscp.inflpr.ro/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ISCP2014
We also launched the second announcement and the registration is already open.
The Institute for Atomics Physics Chapter in collaboration with Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, also offers a grant to a potential student in terminal year or already in Master program in order to participate with an oral presentation at this conference.
Our main goal is to surpass the number of presentations and participations of the last conference.
Planned Activities for the future
We are planning to continue our main activities, like educational
activities for high school teenagers and students, laboratory visits, outreach activities. One of the main goals of our Chapter is to succeed in organizing in good condition of he International Student Conference on Photonics - 2014 because the feedback received was a positive one and also we hope to attract new members.
The following is the brief list of planed activities:
1. Promote optics to pre-university students: develop workshops, volunteer to supplement science education, participate in the Ministry of Education activities.
2. Attracting undergraduate’s students to Physics by giving seminars, tours and having interactive communications.
3. Trying to establish close relations, interchange experience and plan common activities with other SPIE chapters around the world.
4. Continue the extensive collaboration with different universities from our country.
5. Organizing the International Student Conference on Photonics 2015.
6. Apply for SPIE grants and scholarships available to chapter and individual chapter members to support travel and research activities.
Financial information (July 2013 - June 2014)
I. Beginning balance: 0
II. Funds raised and expended (indicate amounts and source/destination):
Received 700 $ from SPIE activity grant: we planned to spend these for the ISCP 2014 conference materials costs. Our chapter annual conference will take place in September 2014 and the estimated costs for conference material costs (badges, notebooks, T-shirts, posters, etc) is 1700$.
III. Other sources (please specify):
- “Radiatia” Trade Union sponsorship for conference ISCP 2014 – 924 $
IV. Ending balance
1624 $ will be spent for the chapter conference material costs.