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WASHINGTON - The OSA Foundation and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announce the grand prize winner of the 2021 Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition. Xiaosheng Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. received a USD 1,500 grand prize and will present his research at the virtual Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) on 11 June at 11:00 PDT (UTC - 07:00).
Xiaosheng Zhang was recognized for his innovation, research excellence, and overall presentation in optical communications. Two honorable mention awardees, Vinod Bajaj, Nokia Bell-Labs, Delft University of Technology, Germany and George Mourgias-Alexandris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece each received USD 1,000.
Annually, the OSA Foundation and Corning present the Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition prize to undergraduate or graduate students in optical communications and networking. Six finalists presented their papers at OFC.
SPIE, the OSA Foundation, and CSIC co-publish English translation of Discovering Light
Date Announced: 13 May 2021
The general-interest book on optics is published ahead of 2021’s International Day of Light: 16 May 2021.
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA
Originally published in Spanish by CSIC and Catarata Books in 2018 for a general audience as well as secondary-education-level students,
Discovering Light is a collaboration by 14 young scientists including project editor
María Viñas-Peña who met as researchers at Spain s Institute of Optics (IO-CSIC). This new version of
Discovering Light represents the first non-Spanish translation of the book.
Section titles range from the basic What is light? Optical instruments, and Safety Rules for the Use of Laser Pointers, to the more expansive Light in Nature, Light-based Technologies, and The Human Eye: A Biological Camera. Content includes a variety of easy-to-follow experiments related to different optical ph