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student speaks to a visitor at his demo table at the Hajim Design Day.
Campus Life
May 15, 2019 | 01:24 pm

Translating Nobel-worthy science for a broad audience

For their capstone project, a senior design team has built a demonstration model for museum audiences of the Nobel Prize-winning laser technology developed by Rochester alumna Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD).

topics: Class of 2019, community, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
woman in scrubs works in the lab, looking at a series of monitors.
Science & Technology
April 16, 2019 | 12:00 pm

Women of invention: How Rochester faculty find success as patent-holders

They create novel devices and develop new technologies with global impact. The University of Rochester ranks fourth among US universities in its percentage of international patent holders who are women. What brought these women to the University—and what enables them to thrive?

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Dermatology, Department of Ophthalmology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Medical Center, patents, School of Nursing,
Jannick Rolland in her lab surrounded by lenses and other optical equipment.
Featured
April 14, 2019 | 11:50 am

From a dancer’s form to freeform optics

Jannick Rolland, director of the Center of Freeform Optics, has 35 patents to her name and is listed among the top women pioneers in augmented and virtual reality.

topics: Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, virtual reality,
illustration of a silica bead trapped in the beams of an optical tweezer
Science & Technology
April 2, 2019 | 11:04 am

‘Optical tweezer’ takes Nobel concept in a new direction

Rochester researchers are trapping nanoparticle-sized silica beads in an “optical tweezer” in a series of experiments that could shed new light on the fundamental properties of lasers.

topics: featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, URnano,
Hult Prize logo
Campus Life
February 22, 2019 | 01:14 pm

Three Rochester teams compete for $1M Hult Prize

Three teams of Rochester graduates and current students have reached the regional finals of the world’s largest social entrepreneurship competition.

topics: awards, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Political Science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hult Prize, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
close-up of OMEGA laser amplifiers
Science & Technology
December 28, 2018 | 09:14 am

The year of the laser

In addition to their Nobel noteworthiness, Rochester researchers continue to develop new ways to apply lasers in research, medicine, and everyday life in 2018. Because frankly, we’re big on lasers.

topics: Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dustin Froula, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ignacio Franco, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, URnano,
Jim Zavislan stands in front of a optics grinder in Rettner Hall.
University News
December 12, 2018 | 01:29 pm

Jim Zavislan named fellow of National Academy of Inventors

The associate professor of optics holds 63 U.S. and 151 foreign patents and his inventions have helped protect the integrity of the ballot box, preserve great works of art, and assess the damage mobile screens do to our eyes.

topics: awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
three researchers wearing laser goggles and clean suits stand over an array of optical devices
In Photos
December 8, 2018 | 08:38 am

In the lab where it happened: Nobel science in pictures

Today’s Rochester researchers are taking science developed at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics to develop the next generation high-power lasers and to better understand the fundamentals of high-energy-density physics. 

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nobel Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
portraits of three individuals on stage holding their Nobel Prizes
Science & Technology
December 6, 2018 | 05:02 pm

Rochester represents at Nobel Prize ceremony

Three scholars with ties to the University of Rochester received the Nobel Prize in their fields at the 2018 ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to both Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD) and her graduate advisor and former senior scientist Gérard Mourou, for work that paved the way for more compact and precise high-intensity laser systems. In addition, Paul Romer, a former assistant professor in the Department of Economics, has been awarded a shared Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in endogenous growth theory.

topics: awards, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nobel Prize,
side-by-side portraits of Robert Boyd and Kara Bren
Science & Technology
November 27, 2018 | 01:06 pm

Two Rochester scientists named AAAS fellows

Kara Bren of the Department of Chemistry and Robert Boyd of the Institute of Optics are being recognized for their “efforts toward advancing scientific applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.”

topics: awards, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Optics, Robert Boyd,