Student Chapter

Welcome to the SPIE and OSA Optics Student Chapter. Want to get involved in outreach, drop us a line

[Student Chapter @StudentChap]

Check out this week's @SPIEstudents Career Lab over on Facebook, it's being hosted my Chapter member @choiceIrregular The topic this week is "The Lighter Side of Optics and Photonics: Public Engagement and Outreach." #scicomm #WomeninSTEM

[IONS Ireland 2021 @2021Ions]

Joint effort of @UCDStudentChap and @UCCTynChapter allowed us to organise and host #IONS conference next year. Save your date!
Come and take part in a fantastic #conference with technical and professional development content in #optics and #photonics 🔬🧬🔭📈 @OpticalSociety

[UCD Innovation @UCDinnovation]

Shape the Future - a nationwide #3Dprinting competition launched by @I_Form_Centre and @imascientist to turn an idea for sustainability into 3D printed reality.

Find out more: https://t.co/5L8GI9VMkv

[Laurie - Light Maven @choiceIrregular]

I have seen this and nothing gives me more rage than when a woman asks a question at a conference and the male chair answers "What the lady is actually trying to say is..." I have heard this numerous times and it's so insulting. #womeninstem #womeninoptics #EverydaySexism

[Laurie - Light Maven @choiceIrregular]

Another thing that struck me, which is also represented in the data collected, is that I have no idea how to report harassment. I too would be wary to report anything, esp if it's someone significantly more senior who may have well established connections with the organisers

[Laurie - Light Maven @choiceIrregular]

Thank you to @OpticalSociety & @SPIEtweets for undertaking this survey. It can't have been easy. Thank you for taking harassement (in all it's forms, for everyone) seriously. Far too many meetings / conferences just ignore the problem. Thank you for taking a stand.

[Laurie - Light Maven @choiceIrregular]

I've just had a quick read but the thing that struck me most, more than the stats was the personal stories in Appendix I - sadly these are stories I've heard from friends & colleagues who have attended scientific meetings & conferences. #womeninSTEM #womeninoptics #LGBTinSTEM

[Laurie - Light Maven @choiceIrregular]

Some interesting stats, which are not very surprising "over 9% of respondents say they experienced harassment at meetings or events hosted by the scientific societies. Of those who experienced harassment, 63% were women." #womeninstem #womeninoptics #LGBTinSTEM #optics #photonics

[Laurie - Light Maven @choiceIrregular]

Just launched, the @OpticalSociety & @SPIEtweets Professional Conduct @WomenInResIE joint report on Assessing and Addressing The Level of Harassment at Scientific Meetings #STEM #womeninstem #womeninoptics #scicomm #optics #photonics https://t.co/1H4vysJGfb

[Student Chapter @StudentChap]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Optica @OpticaWorldwide]

OSA promotes a professional and safe environment at all conferences. A few minutes of your time helps us assess the magnitude of harassment or bullying at conferences and helps us develop solutions.

Access survey: https://t.co/KNTI1TJiYN #inclusion

[Optica @OpticaWorldwide]

Congratulations to #OSAFellow & @Jila Fellow Margaret Murnane, who was presented with the "Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad" on Thursday, 29 November, 2018, by Ireland’s President Michael Higgens,@ PresidentIRL. https://t.co/HpGKaGS1cU #WomenInScience

[ECIO 2022 Milano @ecioconference]

We invite all interested students & colleagues to submit a paper for the 21st European Conference on Integrated Optics. Call and the list of invited speakers at https://t.co/ZR61vaZMwX.

Looking forward to welcome you in Ghent next year!

[UCD Optics Group @AOIgroupUCD]

Our group members @AleCarmichael @SharminNajnin and @BVohnsen participating at the #MyFunSummerSchool in Madrid these days with lots of learning about the eye, visual optics, and raising awareness about myopia in outreach workshops!! @IOSA_chapter @UCD_physics @UCDStudentChap

[Student Chapter @StudentChap]

It’s great to see the Cork Student Chapter @UCCTynChapter back up and running again 👋

[Student Chapter @StudentChap]

@nataliacanase @OpticalSociety @SPIEstudents @NiamhTalking90 @choiceIrregular Maybe the Irish Student Chapters could do something for @IDL2018 next May. @PhysicsNUIG & UCD SPIE & OSA Student Chapters collaborated a couple of times for #IYL2015 https://t.co/4UzFZq2vB9 #IDL2018

[Light 2015 Ireland @light2015irl]

The @SPIEstudents & @OpticalSociety Chapters from @ucddublin @UCDStudentChap @PhysicsNUIG at @DublinMaker #IYL2015

[Student Chapter @StudentChap]

@nataliacanase @OpticalSociety @SPIEstudents @NiamhTalking90 Hey! Nice to meet you too. Cork Student Chapter should come to one of our meetups with DIT, DCU, NUIM & NUIG members / Chapters. We've also done outreach together. Here's a throw back pic of UCC & UCD (Tara & @choiceIrregular) doing outreach in South Africa in 2011

[Student Chapter @StudentChap]

*waves* great to see the Cork @OpticalSociety Student Chapter back and hi to the new @SPIEstudents Student Chapter https://t.co/hJGn9Mt93P

[Dr Niamh Kavanagh @NiamhTalking90]

Well done to all poster finalists & all members of the @OpticalSociety & @SPIEtweets student chapters! 🏆

Huge thank you to the judges:
Clair McSweeney of @blackrockcastle,
@eferg11 of @Pharmabiotic,
Keelin Murphy of @infantcentre &
@margaretjordan of @WITSIreland 🙌