Corning and OSA Foundation Announce Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition
27 Marzo 2007 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) and the OSA Foundation today
announced the establishment of a new student award competition.
Created to recognize future leaders in the field of optical
communications and made possible through an endowment from Corning,
the Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition will debut
at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and
Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in
2008. �The work students are doing today will serve as the backbone
for future technologies and solutions to some of the pressing
concerns in optical communications,� says Eric S. Musser, general
manger and vice president, optical fiber, Corning Incorporated.
�The establishment of this award creates a way to highlight
innovative student research. Working with the OSA Foundation, we
will be able to help connect tomorrow�s promising minds with
today�s industry leaders at OFC/NFOEC.� The Corning award will
recognize student papers based on innovation, research excellence
and presentation skills. Students will be able to opt into the
competition as part of the regular submission process for OFC/NFOEC
2008. Papers submitted to the competition will be reviewed and
scored by the OFC/NFOEC Technical Program Committee according to
standard review criteria. The 10 to 12 papers receiving the highest
scores will be considered finalists for the onsite component.
Finalists will be asked to submit supplemental information
approximately one month prior to the conference. These additional
requirements will include the lead author�s curriculum vitae, two
letters of reference, as well as formal proof of student status.
These materials, coupled with a review of the finalists�
presentation at the meeting, will be used to select the grand-prize
winner and the two honorable mention recipients. Final evaluations
and the selection of the winners will be made by the OFC/NFOEC
General and Program Chairs. The grand-prize recipient will receive
$1,500; papers of honorable mention will receive $1,000 each. The
awards will be presented during the Post-Deadline Paper Session at
OFC/NFOEC 2008. More information on the award will be detailed in
the OFC/NFOEC 2008 �Call for Papers� announcement that will be
available in June 2007. For additional details on this program,
please visit www.ofcnfoec.org. About Corning Incorporated Corning
Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty
glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials
science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and
makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for
consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications
and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD
televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and
filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable,
hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical
biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and
specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including
semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology. About
the OSA Foundation The OSA Foundation was established in 2002 to
support philanthropic activities that help further the Optical
Society of America�s mission by concentrating its efforts on
programs that advance youth science education, support optics and
photonics in developing nations, provide education and resources to
underserved populations and support OSA�s Awards and Honors
program. The grants funded by the OSA Foundation are made possible
by the generous donations of its supporters as well as the
dollar-for-dollar match by OSA. The Foundation is exempt from U.S.
federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and is a public charity. To learn more about the OSA
Foundation or to find out how to donate, please visit
www.osa-foundation.org or email foundation@osa.org.
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