Corning and OSA Foundation Announce Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition.New Program to Launch at OFC/NFOEC 2008 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) and the OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. Foundation today announced the establishment of a new student award competition. Created to recognize future leaders Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei, a former founder of Teach First. in the field of optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. and made possible through an endowment from Corning, the Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition will debut at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in 2008. "The work students are doing today will serve as the backbone for future technologies and solutions to some of the pressing concerns in optical communications," says Eric S. Musser, general manger and vice president, optical fiber, Corning Incorporated. "The establishment of this award creates a way to highlight innovative student research. Working with the OSA Foundation, we will be able to help connect tomorrow's promising minds with today's industry leaders at OFC/NFOEC." The Corning award will recognize student papers based on innovation, research excellence and presentation skills. Students will be able to opt into the competition as part of the regular submission process for OFC/NFOEC 2008. Papers submitted to the competition will be reviewed and scored by the OFC/NFOEC Technical Program Committee according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. standard review criteria. The 10 to 12 papers receiving the highest scores will be considered finalists for the onsite component. Finalists will be asked to submit supplemental information approximately one month prior to the conference. These additional requirements will include the lead author's curriculum vitae curriculum vitae CV, resume Medical practice A formal listing of a person's professional education, objectives, work history, including location and dates of service at a particular hospital, health care facility, university, the role filled at the time of service, , two letters of reference, as well as formal proof of student status. These materials, coupled with a review of the finalists' presentation at the meeting, will be used to select the grand-prize winner and the two honorable mention recipients. Final evaluations and the selection of the winners will be made by the OFC/NFOEC General and Program Chairs. The grand-prize recipient will receive $1,500; papers of honorable mention will receive $1,000 each. The awards will be presented during the Post-Deadline Paper Session at OFC/NFOEC 2008. More information on the award will be detailed in the OFC/NFOEC 2008 "Call for Papers" announcement that will be available in June 2007. For additional details on this program, please visit www.ofcnfoec.org. About Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science materials science Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material's composition and structure, both macroscopic and microscopic. and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control Emissions control may refer to:
About the OSA Foundation The OSA Foundation was established in 2002 to support philanthropic activities that help further the Optical Society of America's mission by concentrating its efforts on programs that advance youth science education, support optics and photonics in developing nations, provide education and resources to underserved populations and support OSA's Awards and Honors program. The grants funded by the OSA Foundation are made possible by the generous donations of its supporters as well as the dollar-for-dollar match by OSA. The Foundation is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code The Internal Revenue Code is the body of law that codifies all federal tax laws, including income, estate, gift, excise, alcohol, tobacco, and employment taxes. These laws constitute title 26 of the U.S. Code (26 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. and is a public charity. To learn more about the OSA Foundation or to find out how to donate, please visit www.osa-foundation.org or email foundation@osa.org. |
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