Welcome to OSCAR
Our mission is to increase the public awareness of optics and photonics through education
and research.
OSCAR is the home of:
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CREOSA the Center for Research and Education in Optical Sciences and Applications funded by the National Science Foundation CREST
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CAOSS the Center for Applied Optics for Space Sciences, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration URC-5
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OSA(DESU) The Optical Society of America student chapter at Delaware State University. Visit http://www.oscar.desu.edu/osa
Latest News
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October 24, 2012
Ground breaking ceremony was held for the future Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR) building. The four-story 70,000-square-foot building will be the new home of OSCAR and will be built in three phases. The initial 27,000 square foot first phase will house state-of-the-art advanced optical research laboratories. A suite of shared laboratories will provide advanced technology testing and instrumentation to support a myriad of research needs. Read more
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September 27, 2012
The National Science Foundation renewed their support for the Center for Research and Education in Optical Sciences and Applications (CREOSA) by awarding the program a five-year $5 million dollar grant. On September 27th DSU officials held a press event to formally announce the award. Read more
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August, 2012
OSCAR graduate student Michael Williams won the Award of Excellence in the engineering category of the 2012 NASA Goddard Intern Poster Session. Read more
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May 2, 2012
67 students from middle and high schools in Kent County Delaware converged on Delaware State University for the 1st Annual Kent County Science Fair. The Science Fair was co-hosted by U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and DSU, with support also coming from the Boeing Company, the Dow Chemical Company, ILC Dover, the Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR) and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Read more
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April. 17, 2012
Several OSCAR undergraduate students presented their research at the 39th Annual Honors Day Program that was held at Delaware State University on Thursday, April 12, 2012. Read more
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April. 17, 2012
On Monday, April 16 the Delaware BioScience Association presented Dr. Noureddine Melikechi with the Delaware Bio Award for Academic Research. Read more
Upcoming Events
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May 11, 2012
11 Senior, Physics and Pre-Engineering student Bryan Greenly will present his Senior Thesis entitled: Resonant Magneto-Optical Rotation in Warm Rubidium Vapor for Atomic Magnetometry. See Flyer
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Thursday, April 19, 2012, 12:00 P.M.
Location: WCJ Library, Computer Lab, 6th floor
Title: The Biophysics of Axon Growth and Guidance
by Dr. Jeff Urbach of Georgetown University. See Flyer
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 1:00 P.M.
Data Mining For Spectroscopy Data, by Tia L. Vance, Advisedy Dr Dragoljub Pokrajac.
This thesis defense will be hold in ETV 131. See Flyer
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