Certificate in Photonics at Duke University

The purpose of the Graduate Certificate Program in Photonics is to broaden the scope of the typical disciplinary graduate student education program. Students are encouraged to develop interdisciplinary and transferable sets of skills in their course work and research activities. The program is designed to accommodate both Masters of Science and Ph.D. students who have been admitted to one of the participating departments: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science , and Physics. The certificate program helps to guide students toward this broad view by requiring the completing of a survey course entitled Introduction to Photonics with Advanced Optics and Advances in Photonics as acceptable alternatives; three courses from the approved course listing; one formal presentation in the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP) Seminar Series ; attendance of at least four FIP seminars a year (as documented by the student's advisor); and if the student is pursuing a Ph.D., two members of the FIP should be on the Ph.D. dissertation committee. For more information about the program, contact Adam Wax, Box 90281, Duke University, Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, Durham, NC 27708; (919) 660-5143.