Judy Donnelly
Three Rivers Community College, USA
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ETOP Retrospective: An Update
The ETOP meeting is the oldest international conference devoted solely to optics/photonics education. Looking back at the history of the conference can help gain insight into past successes and plan for challenges of the future.
About the Speaker
Judy Donnelly is professor emerita at Three Rivers Community College (Norwich, CT) where she was professor of physics and technology for 36 years and program coordinator and instructor for the Laser and Fiber Optic Technology program. She is a senior member and fellow member of both OSA and SPIE. She has served on several international STEM education and outreach initiatives including as co-principal investigator on 9 NSF grants for optics and photonics curriculum & laboratory development, teacher professional development and problem-based learning . She was awarded the Maria J. Yzuel Award by SPIE (2003) and the OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Medal (2012) for outstanding contributions to education in optical science and engineering. She is co-author of the textbook LIGHT-An Introduction to Optics and Photonics (Laurin Publishing).
