The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2006-2007

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2007-06-30Author(s)
The Boston University Photonics Center
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https://hdl.handle.net/2144/29746Abstract
This annual report summarizes activities of the BUPC over the period of July, 2006
through June, 2007, corresponding to the University’s fiscal year. These activities span
the Center’s complementary missions in research, education, technology development,
and commercialization. This reporting period included a milestone, as BUPC completed
its tenth year of operation in its landmark building in the heart of the University’s Charles
River Campus.
Faculty research activity reached an all time high when evaluated by the usual metrics of
external funding, scholarly publications, honors and awards. The Center’s educational
programs were bolstered by two summer programs hosting more than 40 undergraduate
interns, and by the launch of a competitive graduate fellowship program sponsoring ten
BUPC graduate fellowships. In technology development, the prototype RedOwl sniper
detection system pioneered by Center faculty, staff, and industry partners was fieldtested
by the US Department of Defense, and has been handed off to industry partners
for further pre-commercial development. Three new defense/security prototypes were
developed by BUPC to address critical national defense needs in the past year and 13
faculty development projects were supported in collaboration with the Army Research
Laboratory to fill the technology pipeline for our future defense-related prototyping
efforts. The Center’s business incubator had a transformative year. After revising its core
mission and operational strategy in the summer of 2006, the incubator generated
significant demand for the intellectual environment, facilities, and expertise available to
participating companies. New companies attracted by this revised value proposition now
occupy all available space.
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This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2006-2007 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education, interdisciplinary research, business innovation, and technology development. The Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC) is an interdisciplinary hub for education, research, scholarship, innovation, and technology development associated with practical uses of light.
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