TMCnet News
2018-19 Calendar from SPIE Showcases STEM Women from Across the GlobeBELLINGHAM, Wash. and CARDIFF, Wales, Aug. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vinita Madill, space operations engineer, European Space Agency. Martha Sanchez, senior scientist, IBM Research. Jacklyn Novak, infrared materials engineer, LightPath Technologies. In the future, these names may be as recognized as that of Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who just celebrated her 100th birthday. Today, they are among 26 scientists whose work and words are showcased in the annual calendar from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. VPs of strategy and innovation, company directors, and business development managers share the pages with professors, research scientists, engineers, and PhD students, representing a rich range of organizations including the SETI Institute, the Research Institutes of Sweden, the French National Center for Scientific Research and ICube Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital's Wellman Center for Photomedicine, California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Intel, Australia's University of New South Wales, and Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica. The engaging and informative SPIE Women in Optics Planner is for science teachers, educators, career counselors, community clubs, students, and the general public. To request a free copy while supplies last, visit the SPIE website. About SPIE SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves nearly 264,000 constituents from approximately 166 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. In 2017, SPIE provided more than $4 million in support of education and outreach programs. www.spie.org. Contact: Daneet Steffens View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2018-19-calendar-from-spie-showcases-stem-women-from-across-the-globe-300703537.html SOURCE SPIE |