Join us on Tuesday, Aug. 24 in Goergen 109 at 12:00 PM for the election of our new Vice President and the last talk of the 2010 SPIE Student Summer Colloquium Series, featuring summer undergraduate research highlights.
Vice President Election
Our current Vice President, Prashant Baveja, will travel abroad for the next 6 months and we’re looking for a student willing to participate in the management of the Chapter. Nominations can be submitted at urspie@gmail.com or at the election meeting. Come vote your new VP!
Summer undergraduate research highlights
Our last colloquium for the season features talks by three undergraduate students who worked at the Institute of Optics this summer.
Krista Lombardo
Department of Physics
A study of phase unwrapping methods
Eric Cohen and Steve Head
Institute of Optics
Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of Human Cerebral Hemodynamics
The Berger Lab studies spectroscopic diagnostic techniques such as Raman spectroscopy and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Both of these techniques are a valuable diagnostic tool because they allow us to gain information non-invasively using light, rather than reagents or electrodes. We are specifically using the NIRS method to monitor cerebral activity as well as a method called Corrected NIRS (C-NIRS) which attempts to reduce biological noise in signals. We have also been studying resting hemodynamics as well as programming to create data visualization tools.
Bring your lunch at the talk; we will offer the dessert!
