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Bowling Green State University SPIE Student Chapter Bowling Green State University
Center for Photochemical Sciences
132 Overman Hall
Bowling Green
Ohio
43403
First Chapter Report:
Introduction and list of members
The student chapter for Bowling Green State University was originally created in
November 2005. A first meeting was held and the purposes of SPIE were explained to a
group of students from the Center for Photochemical Sciences by a member of SPIE. The
idea to create a chapter in our University in our center was brought to us by Dr. Eugene
Arthurs, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of our Center.
That day of November 2005, four students were elected to hold and start all the process
necessary to obtain certification and approval as student organization from our
University. Later, we applied for regular status from the SPIE organization. Those
students elected were:
• Victor Montes, President
• Cesar Perez Bolivar, Vice-President
• Rajib Mondal, Treasurer
• Ravi Adhikari, Secretary
We counted on the advices and guidance of two SPIE members, an alumnus from our
University, Brigitte Wex, Ph.D.; and our Faculty advisor, Dr. Evgeny Danilov.
By December 2005, we applied for regular status as student organization in the
university, being granted that category by January 2006. As a student organization, we
were able to apply for funds from our university, which became the purpose of our first
meeting, and to plan activities to create a budget to be shown in front of the Student
Budget Committee. By February 2006, we were approved a budget, which will be
detailed in another section of this report.
Since the first officers had a temporary character, new officers were elected after
approval as student chapter in front of SPIE (April 2006). The current officers gained
their status after an election held on July 5, 2006. The list is as follow:
• Victor Montes, [email protected], President
• Cesar Perez Bolivar, [email protected], Vice-President
• Rajib Mondal, [email protected], Treasurer
• Ying Hu (Hannah), [email protected], Secretary
The current members registered in SPIE are the following:
1. Mr. Ravi Adhikari
Dec-31-2006
2. Mr. Leandro Estrada
Jan-31-2007
3. Ms. Ying Hu
Dec-31-2006
4. Mr. Dmitry Komarov
Dec-31-2006
5. Miss Thilini Kuruwita-Mudiyanselage
Jan-31-2007
6. Mr. Rajib Mondal
Dec-31-2006
7. Mr. Victor Montes
Jan-31-2007
8. Ms. Maria Muro
Jan-31-2007
9. Mr. Manuel Palacios
Jan-31-2007
10. Mr. Sujeewa Palayangoda
Jan-31-2007
11. Mr. Cesar Perez-Bolivar
Jan-31-2007
However, we currently have more students not only from our Photochemical Sciences
Center, but from other departments such as physics. We hope to have them as SPIE
members in a close future.
Their names and e-mail addresses are the following:
• Shantanu Karve, [email protected]
• Elena Shikhova, [email protected]
• Fei Hua, [email protected]
• Radiy Islangulov, [email protected]
• Mithun Bhowmick, [email protected]
• Jagannath Paul, [email protected]
• Fei Xie, [email protected]
• Jiufeng Fan, [email protected]
• Xianchun Zhu, [email protected]
• Jing Hong, [email protected]
Chapters Activities
Since we were a recently approved chapter by the moment of the semiannual report
due in June, we did not submit any at that time. However, by that moment we already
have had our first activity.
Every year, in Bowling Green State University, the departments of chemistry, physics
and biological sciences, get together to hold a Science Fair. In this fair, called Sci-Fest,
high-school students are invited to come to campus and get the opportunity of observing
several scientific demonstrations.
For the SciFest 2006, we counted on some members, to first hold a demonstration or
the high-school students, and other group of members, who helped to escort the student’s
groups to go to the different locations on campus for each presentation. The topic of the
presentation held by our group was Optics and Materials.
For this presentation we had four topics:
• Optic fibers and how they work
• Organic light emitting diodes
• Photolithography
• Up-power conversion using a mix of compounds
Please find attached some pictures from this first successful activity, also available in
our website http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/photochem/spie/sci%20fest/photo.htm
Cesar is demonstrating the principle of fiber optics
Cesar is demonstrating the principle of fiber optics and Rajib is helping him
Radiy is explaining photo-upconversion
Rajib is demonstrating the principle of stereolithography
Victor is demonstrating the future of OLEDs
Group of students from a local high school is trying to understand the chemistry of color.
Cesar, Victor, Rajib, Radiy (from left to right).
In our third meeting of the year, July 2006, the current officers were elected; the names
were already given in a previous section.
In July we also started planning for campus fest, a large event that takes place year to
year in the university, in which besides the free food offered by the President’s office, all
the student organizations set up different stands and the new students get the chance to
get involved with them.
For this event the chapter showed a stand, which contained information about SPIE
and our organization. We used for this purpose all the publicity material that we received
from SPIE (sent by Pascale Barnett). We gave away pens, bottle of water and pencils
(donated by the Center for Photochemical Sciences). Please find attached some pictures
from this event.
SPIE BGSU student chapter’s stand.
SPI stand, Victor and Cesar
SPIE stand Cesar and Maria Luisa
Victor Montes, Dr. Eugeny Danilov, Maria Luisa Muro, Cesar Perez Bolivar
In August 2006, our secretary Hannah Ying attended SPIE 2006 O&P. For her
attendance to the conference she was awarded with a travel grant for $1000. She showed
a presentation of her experience to our chapter in September 2006.
For the moment when you probably would have received this report, the chapter would
have given away some P.O.P. material and contributed to the Department of Chemistry’s
Luncheon. Every year, our Department offers a lunch for Faculty, Staffs and Students.
We thought that one of the best opportunities to reach out for the most of our community
would be this occasion. For this event, we planned to contribute with some deserts, and
have some visual material as give a small talk inviting new students to join our chapter.
Future Plans
For the upcoming year we have already planned several activities, one of them is the
use of the Visitor Lecturer Program. For this activity, we are going to start contacting
three candidates, and ask them for available dates. As soon as any of the candidates
answer to us, and his availability can allow us, we will organize the event. For this
activity, we are wide open to available dates from the speaker, since we planned to be in
any moment during spring of 2007.
The proposed candidates for this visit were selected from SPIE web site and later
debate among the organizers, and the list came down to the following possible candidates
(no particular importance related to the order in the list):
• Dr. Paul McManamon
• H. Johm Caulfield
• Prof. Ian M. Kennedy
We hope to establish communication with them, and after checking availability set up
for a date. For this visit, we count on logistic help from the Center for Photochemical
Sciences and the Department of Chemistry, since both entities can help us to get rooms in
our Campus, as serve to advertise the event and reach for more public.
The next activity planned for next year is a visit to an industry related to our studies
field, such as solar cell industries. In this matter we count on the help provided by Dr.
Douglas Necker, for his advice and contact with different industries around our campus.
For this activity, we are planning to go on a field trip and arrange a tour through the
installations. The funds for this activity are requested in our Funding request for 2007.
We plan on participate in the Sci-fest in spring of 2007 and in the On-campus festival
for fall 2007.
Financial Information
Cesar Perez Bolivar Vice-President SPIE BGSU Student Chapter Bowling Green State University
December 14, 2006