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University to host one-day workshop on photonics

Published May 04, 2014

Texas A&M at Qatar will host "New Frontiers in Photonics - Looking Toward the International Year of Light 2015 Workshop," 25 May. Photonics is the science of harnessing light. It plays a major role in driving economic growth and employment throughout the world, while solving important societal challenges in information and consumer technologies, renewable energy, health, manufacturing and security. The support of essential fundamental and applied research in photonics will place Qatar in a leading position globally in this high-impact, multidisciplinary field. The workshop is sponsored by the University's Science Program in collaboration with the Qatar Nonlinear Science Initiative.

For information contact Hala El-Dakak: hala.el-dakak@qatar.tamu.edu, +974.4423.0147.