Names and addresses of Chapter Officers (Elected on April 2010):

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1 Names and addresses of Chapter Officers (Elected on April 2010): President: Vivian Grünhut Vice-president: Natalia Alvarez Secretary: Christian Schmiegelow Treasurer: Ana Luna Faculty Advisor: Prof. Eduardo Castro Current Student chapter members: Daniel Acevedo Francisco Albani Natalia Alvarez Lisandro Antón Rodolfo Aparicio Mariano Barella Nadia Barreiro Martin Besada Arturo Bianchetti Alejandro Brudner Cristian Bruna Maria Buemi Ariel Burman Romeo Cesar Ligia Ciocci Brazzano Mauro Cuevas Danilo Dadamia Nicolas Di Luozzo Guadalupe Diaz Costanzo Andres Dolinko Maria Duplaa Claudio Ejden Francisco Grings Vivian Grünhut Francisco Guller Maria Guzman Pegazzano Evangelina Indelicato Jose Lipovetzky Ana Luna Ariel Lutenberg Ana Martínez Maria Martinez-Ricci Juliana Matranga Marcelo Mottalli Martín Paz Taboada Gabriela Petrungaro Laura Ponce Gabriel Raffa Maximo Riso Ezequiel Rubinsztain Christian Schmiegelow Leticia Seijas Diego Sica Guillermo Skop Mariano Tepper Guillermo Terán Arturo Vallespi Francisco Veiras Mariana Zeller Last report sent in June It is worth mentioning that our academic year starts in February and ends in December. Chapter activities since last report (June 2009) New Chapter Officers were elected (April 2010). New members were added to our chapter! Nowadays we are 49 members. The number of undergraduate student members has increased. We had monthly meetings between the Executive Committee and other members that collaborate in order to discuss the Chapter activities. We had regular "pizza meetings" with the aim of organizing chapter activities as well as increasing participation of current members (pictures provided below [a]). We had academic meetings and lectures on optics and photonics for students, followed by coffee, snacks and cookies (see pictures below [b]). We organized a three-day activity program for graduate and undergraduate students, young researchers and professors from the whole country (26-28 May 2010). We had 87 attendants to the meeting that took place in Tandil. The first day was spent on two lectures on lasers given by experienced researchers: Dr. H.F Ranea Sandoval and Dr. M. Larotonda. The next day we attended several short lectures related to optics and photonics and its applications to

2 medical diagnosis. In the evening, the students made oral and poster presentations. The poster session was followed by picada, empanadas y vino ( cold meat and cheese, small meat pies and red wine ). On the last day, experienced researchers from local laboratories promoted their activities in optics. SPIE benefits, activities and career development opportunities were spread in this meeting (EEOF 2010) with optics and photonics students from the whole country (see pictures below). As a result, many people were interested in participating in the chapter activities and are willing to help organizing the next meeting. Even though organizing this event was really hard, it has strengthened the relationship between the chapter members. We think that this meeting was useful to strengthen the bonds between people working in optics, photonics and related areas, particularly students. Students from different parts of the country (and research centers) shared their own experiences during this activity. They shared both academic and non-academic activities. On the one hand, there were lectures, and oral and poster presentations related to their current research. On the other hand, some of them traveled together, shared accommodation in the Campus, meals, and fun. The overall response was very good. The participants were excited about the activities and suggested to repeat the experience in 2011 in Tucumán. We changed our web-site ( In 2009 Mauro Cuevas received an Officer Travel Grant to attend Optics&Photonics2009. In 2010 Ana Luna received an Officer Travel Grant to attend Optics&Photonics2010. Future Chapter Activities: We will continue working to incorporate new members to our chapter and to organize meetings to spread SPIE activities, benefits and career development opportunities. We are going to organize a conference in collaboration with the CIOP UNLP SPIE Student Chapter (EEOF 2011). The meeting will take place in San Miguel de Tucumán - Prov. Tucumán (17-20 May, 2011). We think this is a way of promoting optics and photonics around the country. Some of the lectures and lecturers at the conference will be: Introduction to Metrology. Joaquín Valdes (INTI) - Argentina. Atomic Clocks. Vanderley Bagnato (IFSC-USP) - Brazil. Optical Frequency Combs. Steven Cundiff (JILA-NIST) USA. We and the CIOP UNLP SPIE student chapter are applying for a SPIE Collaborative Conference Grant in order to support part of this event. More Pizza Meetings are going to be organized for the UBA-SPIE Student Chapter members. However, students from other universities will also be invited. We will continue organizing lectures for students throughout the year. We will try to maintain certain periodicity. Financial information (Summary): (June 2009 March 2011) Previous funds: $1211 Activity grant 2009: $1300 Activity grant 2010: $1300

3 Funds expended: Coffee Breaks: $400 Pizza meeting: $400 EEOF 2010: $1700 Ending balance: $1311 [a] pizza meetings [b1] Lectures on optics and photonics [b2] Lectures on optics and photonics [c1] EEOF Lectures for students. [c2] EEOF Lectures for students. [c3] EEOF Oral presentation by students.

4 [c4] EEOF Poster presentation by students. [c5] EEOF Lunch time. [c6] EEOF Coffee breaks [c7] EEOF BBQ for students [c8] EEOF. Social activities among students. [c9] EEOF Tandil, Prov. Bs. As. Mr. Christian Schmiegelow SPIE Student Chapter Secretary Prof. EduardoCastro Faculty of Engineering University of Buenos Aires Faculty Advisor Universidad de Buenos Aires SPIE Student Chapter

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