University of Auckland Optics and Photonics Society

27/04/2023

Join us on May 16th in Auckland for our New Zealand Techweek event on photonics and quantum technology. After the main segment, BNZ will host networking with refreshments. RSVP via email or the attached link. See you there!

18/04/2023

Andy is looking for volunteers to help out with International Day of Light outreach at Papakura Museum on the 13th of May. Email him if you are interested: xwan232@aucklanduni.ac.nz

22/03/2023

Some exciting outreach opportunities are coming up! Reach out to Andy if you want to volunteer.

MOTAT STEM Fair: 2nd April. The MOTAT annual STEM fair is taking place on Sunday the 2nd of April. This year we’re lucky to be able to make use the Lab In A Box, so we’ll have a good location from which to showcase some photonics demonstrations and to launch some bottle rockets.

Science Wananga ki Kaitaia: 2nd - 5th of April. We will be joining the science wananga team for a trip to Kaitaia on the 2nd of April. We will be showing how photonics can be used to measure water pollution, and it’ll be a great opportunity to work with some rangatahi Maori, some of whom we may have met on previous trips to Kaitaia Intermediate. Folks from outside of Auckland are welcome: I can put you in touch with the Otago Uni team who will be flying up on Sunday.

If you’re interested, please contact Andy via email (xwan232@aucklanduni.ac.nz)

24/02/2023

Hi everyone, we will be having our first meeting of the year THIS COMING THURSDAY (March 2nd) in 303-610 at 5pm. We will use this time to plan the direction of the club, and reshuffle the executive roles for the coming year. Please fill out the attached form if you are a new or returning member, to be part of our members list, as well as an official SPIE and OPTICA member for free!

We will be heading to OGH for pizzas afterwards, so hope to see you all there!

Thanks,
Liam Quinn

Please complete this to become an official member of the club, and get your membership to both SPIE and Optica! Returning members please fill this as well :)

24/08/2022

KOALA 2022 is happening in Adelaide from 5-9 December. This is an awesome (and fairly affordable) conference aimed at students like you. Registrations close on the 9th of September and costs $250 AUD for the conference, food and accommodation.

If you need a hand with funding, here are some possible sources:
-KOALA travel grants ($500 AUD https://www.koala2022.com/registration-info )
-Dodd Walls travel grants ($500 NZD, rumour has it that a special travel grant round may occur soon to help with KOALA costs, so ask your supervisor to keep you in the loop).
-Your supervisor's OPEX funding

All the details can be found at these websites:
https://www.koala2022.com/home
https://ionskoala.com/

Application deadlines: Sept. 9, 2022, 11:59 p.m. (host city time) for international candidates who request a travel grant and/or visa letter, Sept. 9, 2022, 11:59 p.m. (host city time) for international candidates who do not require a travel grant and/or visa letter, and all domestic candidates (inc...

20/05/2021

We've rescheduled our AGM for this upcoming Tuesday! Come and hear us talk about the fun work we do through the Optics and Photonics Society at UoA and how to get involved!

Please RSVP for catering purposes: bit.ly/OPSAGM21

11/04/2021

Big thanks to Ian, Stefy, Isabelle, Jami, Liam and Caitlin for coming to MOTAT STEM fair yesterday for the science fair. The weather turned out to be really nice (a real scorcher), just like our hot new dual rocket set up! 🚀🚀 Thanks everyone for making the event such a success, as always, you knocked the socks off those kids 😊

Looking forward to polyfest this week!

26/02/2021

The Optics and Photonics Society AGM is coming up! If you are interested in joining the SPIE Student Chapter and helping to run events throughout the next year, we highly encourage you to sign up at biy.ly/OPSAGM21

07/12/2020

Had a really good time building lego optomechanics with Max today and feasting on some festive treats. I hope you'll agree that our time was well spent. 😎 Experimenting with the gears we were able to get fine motor control using only lego pieces 🎉

The instructions come from Steve Schuler's hackaday submissions

https://hackaday.io/project/11377-lego-optics-lab-laser-interferometer

07/12/2020

17/11/2020

Rodney College, Paihia School, Kaitaia Intermediate