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Annual report 2017/2018
Chapter Information:
Officers:
President: Anton Sdobnov ([email protected]) 3404505
Vice-president: Lukasz Surazynski ([email protected]) 3466957
Treasurer: Tatiana Avsievich ([email protected]) 3649370
Secretary: Motahareh Peyvasteh ([email protected]) 4009739
Member roster:
1) Bisrat Girma Assefa
2) Tatiana Avsievich
3) Olga Bibikova
4) Mariia Borovkova
5) Harri Juttula
6) Ville Kaikkonen
7) Motahareh Peyvasteh
8) Anton Sdobnov
9) Lukasz Surazynski
10) Pauliina Vilmi
11) Ruixue Zhu
12) Aleksandra Zienkiewicz
Advisor:
Alexey Popov, PhD, D.Sc.(Tech.), Docent
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Activities and participation in conferences
1. SPIE FOCUS Summer School on Optics & Photonics (1-3 June 2017, Oulu, Finland)
Members of our SPIE Student Chapter were the main organizers of the SPIE FOCUS Summer
School on Optics and Photonics. This School was held in Finland for the first time in its history.
More than 100 students, young scientists and representative of 7 SPIE Student Chapters attended
this event. All participants had opportunity to discover recent trends in Photonics, Optics and
Optoelectronics; meet with renowned International researchers and experts; visit lectures,
presentations, poster sessions and development workshops; meet with local companies; discover the
beauty of the Finnish midnight sun.
Fig. 1. The first day of the School on Optics & Photonics.
Fig. 2. Promotion of our SPIE Student Chapter.
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Fig. 3. The last day of the School.
Fig. 4. Flyer designed by SPIE Chapter President Mr. Anton Sdobnov.
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2. European Conference on Biomedical Optic (25-29 June 2017, Munich, Germany)
In 2017, Members of our SPIE Student Chapter (Mr. Anton Sdobnov, Ms. Tatiana Avsievich, and
Ms. Maria Borovkova) successfully presented their oral and poster presentations at the ECBO
conference. Also, they met with members of Orel SPIE Student Chapter. At this meeting, future
perspectives of collaborations and research visits were discussed.
Fig. 5. Ms. Maria Borovkova presenting her poster at ECBO.
Fig. 6. Promotion of our SPIE Chapter before an oral presentation (speaker: Ms. Tatiana
Avsievich).
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3. Summer Schools in Spain and Mexico
Our Chapter representatives, Ms. Maria Borovkova and Ms. Aleksandra Zienkiewicz took part in
two summer schools: International School on Light Sciences and Technologies (19-23 June 2017,
Santander, Spain) and Siegman International School on Lasers (6-11 August 2017, Leon, Mexico).
The young scientists participated in the lectures delivered by important personalities of the world of
optics and photonics. Among these were a Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura and Prof. Katarina
Svanberg, who was honored with SPIE Gold Medal of the Society in the same year. The Schools
were also a great opportunity to meet other students and to get to know small piece of the beautiful
countries of Spain and Mexico.
Fig. 7. Dr. Shuji Nakamura in the presidium of the School in Spain (left, in the middle) and team-
building exercise during the schoool in Mexico - shoe painting contest (right).
4. Saratov Fall Meeting (25-30 September 2017, Saratov, Russia)
In 2017, members of our SPIE Student Chapter (Mr. Anton Sdobnov, Ms. Tatiana Avsievich, Ms.
Aleksandra Zienkiewicz and Mr. Lukasz Surazynski) took part in the annual Saratov Fall Meeting
and Symposium on Optics and Biophotonics. These events are traditionally organized by SPIE
Fellow Prof. Valery Tuchin and his colleagues at Saratov National Research State University. The
conference was devoted to the recent developments and applications of optical and laser
technologies in medicine and biology. Most importantly, Mr. Lukasz Surazynski and Mr. Anton
Sdobnov were awarded with 2nd
and 3rd
prizes in the Best Student Poster Paper competition.
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Fig. 8. In front of the Main Building of Saratov State University.
Fig. 9. Winners of the Best Student Paper competition with Prof. Tuchin.
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5. Visits of International lecturers (October & December 2017, Oulu, Finland)
We are glad to host two renowned scientists, Dr. Pavel Bulkin from Laboratory for Thin Film and
Interfaces Physics, Ecole Polytechnique (France) and Dr. Artashes Karmenyan from Physics
Department of National Dong Hwa University (ROC, Taiwan). They delivered interesting short
courses “Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition for dielectric applications” and “Advanced
optical methods in experimental research in life sciences”, respectively.
Fig. 10. Members of our Chapter with lecturers: Dr Bulkin (left, center) and Dr. Karmenayan (right,
center).
6. Collaboration with University of Latvia SPIE Student Chapter (November 2018, Riga)
President of our SPIE Student Chapter, Mr. Anton Sdobnov took part in a research visit in the
University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia). During this visit, he also met with members of University of
Latvia SPIE Student Chapter, where possible collaborations and joint events were discussed.
Fig. 11. Mr. Anton Sdobnov (center) with Prof. Spigulis (right) and members of University of
Latvia SPIE Student Chapter.
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7. Open Doors Days (1-2 November 2017, Oulu, Finland)
Early November our University organized traditional Open Doors Days for high school children,
who were interested in studies in the University the following year. Our Student Chapter was
actively involved in the event, at the premises of the recently opened Fablab.
Fig. 12. Maria and Mona were among our Chapter representatives at the Open Doors Days.
8. International school visits (13-14 February 2018, Oulu, Finland)
Our SPIE Student Chapter visited the International school of Oulu again. As in the previous year,
the program for the day started with presentations on Physics of colors, Optics and applications of
different fields of science (Chemistry, Electronics) made by Chapter members. It was followed by
group sessions for the kids, where they were engaged in experiments powered by SPIE outreach kits
and Chapter-made setups showcasing fascination of Optics and Electronics. The event concluded
with a quiz for students, where small prizes were awarded to the winners and small take-away sets
were given to all students. We also supplied the teacher with educational material to be shared with
other classes of the school in their future Physic Education classes. Such visits become a good
tradition. Next year, our Chapter will visit this school again.
Fig. 13. Magic for schoolkids: Lukasz (front) and Yana (back).
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Fig. 14. Yana as a magician.
9. 7th
Oulu BioImaging (OBI) Day (12 April 2018, Oulu, Finland)
Ms. Maria Borovkova made an excellent oral presentation at the OBI day in Oulu. Oulu BioImaging
Day gathers young representatives of biologically, medically and technically oriented imaging
laboratories, whose expertise cover molecular and cell biology, medical and pre-clinical imaging,
optoelectronics, machine vision, material sciences and image analysis.
Fig. 15. Ms. Maria Borovkova presenting at the OBI day.
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10. SPIE Photonics Europe (22-26 April 2018, Strasbourg, France)
In 2018, Members of our SPIE Student Chapter (Ms. Tatiana Avsievich and Ms. Motahareh
Peyvasteh, Mona) successfully presented their posters at the Photonics Europe conference. Also,
Mr. Anton Sdobnov should have held an oral presentation. However, he could not attend the
conference this time. Fortunately, his colleague and co-author of the research, Dr. Evgenii
Zherebtsov reported about the joint results.
Fig. 16. At the conference: Mona (middle) and Tatiana (right) with Dr Razansky.
Fig. 17. Mona with her poster.
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11. Chapter meetings and team-building activities
We have many official and unofficial Chapter meetings and team-building activities, all year round.
We discuss our goals, plan the events and prepare for them. Joint work unite us and strengthen our
team spirit.
Fig. 18. During some of our meetings.
12. Future plans
We are planning to organize an educational event in Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques
Laboratory for schoolkids at the International Day of Light 16 May 2018.
Fig. 16. Flyer for the International Day of Light designed by Mr. Anton Sdobnov.
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Mr. Anton Sdobnov and Ms. Maria Borovkova will attend the Optics and Photonics Days
conference (Jyväskylä, Finland) in May 2018.
Mr. Anton Sdobnov and Ms. Tatiana Avsievich will attend SPIE Optics + Photonics conference
(San Diego, USA) in August 2018.
Mr. Anton Sdobnov, Ms. Tatiana Avsievich, Ms. Maria Borovkova, Mr. Lukasz Surazynski and
Ms. Aleksandra Zienkiewicz will attend Saratov Fall Meeting conference (Saratov, Russia) in
September 2018.
Also, we are planning to organize school visits in Autumn 2018- Winter 2019.
Financial Information
Activity Funds
Beginning balance: -4 $
Funds from SPIE for 2017-2018:
+ 1700 $ (Outreach Grant)
+ 2000 $ (Sustainable Grant)
+ 700 $ Chapter Activity Grant
Outreach activity (presents, local transport) - 770 EUR
Food, drinks: - 170 EUR
Posters, roll-ups, advertising materials: - 610 EUR
Team building (games, movies) - 150 EUR
Balance: 2696 $
Reported by
Anton Sdobnov, President of SPIE Student Chapter 2017-18
Oulu, 30.04.2018
