ANNUAL REPORT (APRIL 2001 - MAY 2002)

The purpose of activity of Student Chapter of SPIE at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University is exchange of experience, scientific development, participation in the International Conferences, School - Seminars, listening of Educational Courses in the field of Optics and High Technology Material Science, organization of the International Conferences, publication of scientific papers, visiting of the specialized exhibitions, to establish contacts with Universities, Institutions, Student Chapters of SPIE and other organizations.

Membership

For the period 2001 - 2002 academic years 19 students of Physical Faculty of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University steel by the members of the Student Chapter of SPIE: 14 men in 2001 and 5 men in 2002.
The list of the members SPIE is given below.

Old members: 14

Dmytro Nosach
Oleg Iljin
Viktor Lysyuk
Dmytro Manko
Anatoliy Dovgan
Olena Zviezdina
Ruslana Udovitskaya
Anna Sarsembaeva
Volodymyr Pervak
Lesya Kravchuk
Anton Gorynya
Yuriy Krukovskiy
Iryna Magerya
Vladislav Karpenko

New members: 5

Kateryna Yablochkova
Andriy Derzhipolskiy
Michael Ozerov
Philipov
Nikolenko

2001-2002 SPIE Student Chapters Officers:

President of SPIE Student Chapter: Dmytro Nosach
Vice President of SPIE Student Chapter: Oleg Iljin
Secretary of SPIE Student Chapter: Viktor Lysyuk
Treasurer of SPIE Student Chapter: Dmytro Manko

The works on attraction of youth in SPIE are carried out, all opportunities on use of the rights of the members of SPIE in scientific and educational fields are demonstrated. Besides, the selection of the most active members are carried out for organizing work of our Chapter. The list of the SPIE Student Chapters officers on 2002 - 2003 academic years is given below.

2002-2003 SPIE Student Chapters Officers

President of SPIE Student Chapter: Viktor Lysyuk
Vice President of SPIE Student Chapter: Oleg Iljin
Secretary of SPIE Student Chapter: Ruslana Udovitskaya
Treasurer of SPIE Student Chapter: Dmytro Nosach

All members of Chapter undertake to pay member payments in time and to work on benefit of student Chapter of SPIE: to organize and participation in conferences and educational courses, to establish contacts to the colleagues of the world.

Education

The members of Student Chapter of SPIE at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University: the students and post-graduate students of physical faculty - 17 men on department of optics (two specialities: laser and optoelectronic engineering; optics of solid state) and 2 men on department of molecular physics (speciality: molecular physics; medical physics).
The courses, which are read for the students of physical faculty of optics department:

Design of Optical Systems, Electrodynamics, Atom Physics, Technology of Optical Engineering, Optical Design, Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy of Molecules and Atoms, Nuclear Physics, Methods of Spectral Investigations, Statistic Physics, Interferometry, Semiconductor Physics, Nonlinear Optics, Optoelectronics, Diffraction Theory of Image, Polarization Measurements, Treatment of Optical Surfaces, Metrology, Optical Materials Science, Spectroscopy of Molecules and Crystals, Laser Technique and Applied Quantum Electronics, Basic of Holography, Laser Spectroscopy, Optical Diagnostics, Magnetic and Acoustic Optics, Adaptive Optics.

Also members of Student Chapter watched a video-course: "Basic of Optoelectronics", submitted by the Ukrainian Chapter of SPIE. The executive director of SPIE/Ukraine Sergiy Kostyukevych has filled up library of Student Chapter with the editions of SPIE and SPIE/Ukraine: Optical Engineering; OE Magazine; Proceedings of SPIE; Optics in Ukraine; Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics and Optoelectronics; Abstracts of International Conferences. These editions are used: for study of courses with the purpose of updating by their newest information, and for the best orientation of the students in high technologies published in these editions.

Scientific activity

The students of our Chapter participated at the International Conferences in Kyiv (Second International Young Scientists Conference "Scientific Problems of Optics and High Technology Material Science", October, 25-26, 2001; First International Young Scientists Conference on Applied Physics, June 20-21, 2001; International Conference Superhard Tool Materials on the turn of the Centures: Production, Properties, Applications, July, 2001; International Conference Physics of Liquid Matter: Modern Problems, September, 14 - 19, 2001), Vinnytsya (Second International Conference Photonics ODS 2002, April 23-25, 2002; Second International Conference of Students, Graduate Students and Post-Graduate Students Optoelectronic Information-Energy Technologies, April 23-25, 2002), Chernigiv (XV Intern School-Seminar "Spectroscopy of Molecules and Crystals", June, 23 - 30, 2001), Crimea (International Conference Functional Materials, October, 1-5, 2001, Partenit, Crimea, Ukraine).
In these and other conferences took part:
Viktor Lysyuk, Dmytro Nosach, Ruslana Udovitskaya, Oleg Iljin, Anna Sarsembaeva, Dmytro Manko, Iryna Magerya, Anatoliy Dovgan, Elena Zviezdina, Volodymyr Pervak, Vladislav Karpenko.
The students of our Chapter publish scientific works in Journals:
Proceedings of SPIE; Functional Materials; Bulletin of Kyiv University (Section Physics and Mathematics Sciences); Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electrinics and Optoelectronics; Physical Chemisry Chemical Physics; Matalofizika Novejshie Tekhnologii; Superhard Materials.

Organizing Activity

Participation on Summit with 2001 SPIE President Richard Hoover in Kyiv, September, 17

The problems of organizing work of Student Chapters of SPIE, prospect of development, opportunity of interaction with other Student Chapters are discussed.
The decision of joint organization of the Conferences "Scientific Problems of Optics and High Technology Material Science SPO" at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University and "Optoelectronic Information - Energy Technologies" at Vinnytsya State Technical University by all SPIE Student Chapters of Ukraine is accepted.
The plan of work for the future is also discussed.

Organization of 2-nd International Young Scientist Conference "Scientific Problems of Optics and High Technology Material Science SPO 2001", October 25-26, 2001, Kyiv, Ukraine.

122 reports are represented (69 Oral). The proceedings of the conference are publish in Journals: "Bulletin of Kyiv University", section: physics and mathematics sciences and International Journal "Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics and Optoelectronics"
The advertising of 2-nd International Conference of students, post-graduate students and young scientists "Optoelectronic Information - Energy Technologies" in the Abstracts Book of the Conference SPO 2001 is carried out.

Co-Organization of 2-nd International Conference of Students, Post-Graduate Students and Young Scientists "Optoelectronic Information - Energy Technologies", April, 23-25, 2002, Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Participation in the Conference, cultural program (excursion on city, closing ceremony).
The meeting of SPIE Student Chapters officers of Vinnytsya State Technical University and Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University is carried out. The plan of work and cooperation on the future is made.

Organization of 3-rd International Young Scientist Conference "Problems of Optics and High Technology Material Science SPO 2002" and first International Photo-Exhibition "Art in Optics"

The routing of the advertising messages about the Conference SPO 2002 and photo-exhibition is carried out. This information is placed on SPIE web-site www.spie.org; SPIE/Ukraine web-site www.spie.org.ua, and other sites.
The site of the Conference is created: www.phys.univ.kiev.ua/stud/conf/spo, on which the information about the conference and photo-exhibition is placed. The organizing committee accept the reports to abstracts book and make the plan of work of the Conference. The competition on the best reports and photos is announced. The winners will be awarded by valuable prizes from orgcommittee and sponsors of the Conference.
The International photo-exhibition "Art in optics" for the first time will be held. The exposition of photos of the best photoartists of Ukraine, Russia, and other countries, and also photoamateurs is planned. The subjects of photos should be connected with optics. The publishing of the catalogue of the participants of photo-exhibition is planned.
All Chapters of SPIE and also all Student Chapters of SPIE are invited to participation.
It is created the official e-mail of Student Chapter of SPIE at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University: spie@univ.kiev.ua

Participation on 3-rd specialize Exhibition "Photonics of Ukraine 2002"

Participation on opening ceremony of Exhibition "Photonics of Ukraine 2002" on May, 14, 2002.
A video-Courses (on English) represented by Ukrainian Chapter of SPIE are watched by SPIE Student Members.
The poster of SPIE Student Chapter at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University are prepared and presented on this Exhibition. Correspondence Information about Student Chapter are represented in Catalogue of Exhibition. The information about Conference SPO 2002 were also presented on this Exhibition for all participants.

Participation on 47-th SPIE Annual Meeting on July 7-11, 2002, Seattle, WA

2001-2002 Secretary of Student Chapter of SPIE Viktor Lysyuk were awarded by travel grant on 47-th SPIE Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, for presentation of student Chapter of SPIE at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University.

Technical work

The opening of new office of SPIE Student Chapter is planned on June, 2002. Office opened in 2001 (room 257) with a library of SPIE editions was not in a very good condition. Absence of computers with all necessary attachments, new furniture and repair did not give to it a prestigious kind. The opening of new office, planned on June, 2002, partly solves some problems. The new room 250 names Bilyi Mikhail Ulyanovych (former rector of our university, dean of physical faculty and head of optics department) has the much more area. Repair recently was finished, the office is equipped by furniture. The appearance of photogallery and equipment by computer technique - for more effective conduction of lectures, seminars, sessions of the members of SPIE Student Chapter, and scientific activity in library with SPIE editions is planned.
At financial support of our University and SPIE becomes to possible use of electronic library of the SPIE editions at new office on new computers.
The opening of a web-site of Student Chapter of SPIE is planned till September, 2002.

Contact Information

All questions concerning works of Student Chapter of SPIE at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University you can ask by e-mail:

Prof. Leonid Poperenko plv@phys.univ.kiev.ua
President: Viktor Lysyuk spie@univ.kiev.ua
Vice-President: Oleg Iljin oleg_danger@yahoo.com

Tel: +380 44 266 22 96
Fax: +380 44 266 45 07