Graduating Optics Major with a BS from University of Rochester Advice/Jobs?! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

illdeviant · 05-04-2006, 07:45 AM

As the title says I'm going to be a new optics graduate witha BS from University of Rochester. Anybody have connections/advice/jobs?

maleficent · 05-04-2006, 07:59 AM

i'd check with the alumni association and/or the job placement/career center at your school.. they will be the best connections for you..

illdeviant · 05-04-2006, 08:05 AM

Yup have done so. And I've a prospective job pretty much lined up.
Being as the optics community was so small I was mainly curious to see if anybody on the forum was in the loop. Then again more networking/job offers aren't discouraged ^^

Jinn · 05-04-2006, 08:50 AM

What is a BS in optics, anyway?

Are we talking like optomometry? Fiber optics? I didn't know such a degree existed.

snowy · 05-04-2006, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JinnKai

What is a BS in optics, anyway?

Are we talking like optomometry? Fiber optics? I didn't know such a degree existed.

Take a look: http://www.optics.rochester.edu/

illdeviant · 05-05-2006, 11:34 AM

To put it really generally, the understanding of light. Sounds kinda lame, but you can go into so many branches of science.

From ECE-electroptics, BME-endoscopes..medical instruments, Physics..lasers

Fiber optics, fusion processes, ANY type of imaging system (run of the mill digital camera/ reconnaissance/satellites/copy machines), anything illumination (your car headlights), etc.

It's a pretty small program. Only 2 undergrad programs. Rochester,NY and Tuscon,Az

amonkie · 05-05-2006, 01:34 PM

As another hailing from Rochester AND from Arizona ... Kodak. Xerox. If you haven't hit the Big Two, Sue U of R, heh.

Are there any professional organizations for Optics? That would give you networking footfolds.

BigBen · 05-05-2006, 01:48 PM

Go for a cool synchrotron gig. Those guys have money lying around. They need someone like you to push a shovel around and pick up all of those government grants.

rofgilead · 05-05-2006, 06:42 PM

You could always go into a PhD program and try to become an X-ray crystallographer..

Man.. tis painful tho! : )
Someday I will get good crystals.... someday

BigBen · 05-12-2006, 07:58 AM

Fuck me, you guys are sending light BACKWARDS?

If this is the case, you don't need us to find you a job, you need to explain to us the practical implications of this discovery...

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05-04-2006, 07:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
illdeviant Crazy Location: Lawn Guyland	Graduating Optics Major with a BS from University of Rochester Advice/Jobs?! As the title says I'm going to be a new optics graduate witha BS from University of Rochester. Anybody have connections/advice/jobs?

05-04-2006, 07:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	i'd check with the alumni association and/or the job placement/career center at your school.. they will be the best connections for you.. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

05-04-2006, 08:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	What is a BS in optics, anyway? Are we talking like optomometry? Fiber optics? I didn't know such a degree existed. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

05-05-2006, 01:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	As another hailing from Rochester AND from Arizona ... Kodak. Xerox. If you haven't hit the Big Two, Sue U of R, heh. Are there any professional organizations for Optics? That would give you networking footfolds. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

05-05-2006, 01:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	Go for a cool synchrotron gig. Those guys have money lying around. They need someone like you to push a shovel around and pick up all of those government grants. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.

05-04-2006, 08:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
illdeviant Crazy Location: Lawn Guyland	Yup have done so. And I've a prospective job pretty much lined up. Being as the optics community was so small I was mainly curious to see if anybody on the forum was in the loop. Then again more networking/job offers aren't discouraged ^^

05-05-2006, 11:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
illdeviant Crazy Location: Lawn Guyland	To put it really generally, the understanding of light. Sounds kinda lame, but you can go into so many branches of science. From ECE-electroptics, BME-endoscopes..medical instruments, Physics..lasers Fiber optics, fusion processes, ANY type of imaging system (run of the mill digital camera/ reconnaissance/satellites/copy machines), anything illumination (your car headlights), etc. It's a pretty small program. Only 2 undergrad programs. Rochester,NY and Tuscon,Az

05-05-2006, 06:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
rofgilead Crazy Location: Nowhere	You could always go into a PhD program and try to become an X-ray crystallographer.. Man.. tis painful tho! : ) Someday I will get good crystals.... someday

05-12-2006, 07:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	Fuck me, you guys are sending light BACKWARDS? If this is the case, you don't need us to find you a job, you need to explain to us the practical implications of this discovery... LINKY Another LINKY __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.