congratulations to anton shutov and mariia shutova graduate students in texas a&m physics & astronomy! the articles are detailed below sourced from spie optics and photonics education scholarships ########## bellingham washington usa – june 3 2019 – anton shutov has been awarded a 2019 optics and photonics education scholarship by spie the international society for optics and photonics for his potential contributions to the field of optics photonics or related field anton shutov graduate student at texas a&m physics and astronomy shutov is a phd student at texas a&m university (usa) in a group led by dr marlan o scully before beginning work on his phd he completed both bachelors and masters programs at moscow institute of physics and technology in russia with specialization in aircrafts strength as a part of his doctoral work he investigates new methods for improving coherent anti-stokes raman scattering by nanoparticles and designs ultrafast lasers systems he is currently an intern at the russian quantum center working in dr alexey m zheltikovs group on a novel approach to production of thz radiation by using a sub-tw mid-infrared laser system the society awarded $298 000 in education scholarships to 84 outstanding spie student members based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics or a related discipline award-winning applicants were evaluated selected and approved by the spie scholarship committee chaired by spie volunteer jeremy bos through 2018 spie has distributed $6 million dollars in individual scholarships this ambitious effort reflects the societys commitment to education and to the next generation of optical scientists and engineers around the world to view other 2019 press releases as they become available go to the 2019 scholarship winners page spie scholarships or learn more about on spieorg spie is the international society for optics and photonics an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science engineering and technology the society serves 257 000 constituents from 173 countries offering conferences and their published proceedings continuing education books journals and the spie digital library in 2018 spie provided more than $4 million in community support including scholarships and awards outreach and advocacy programs travel grants public policy and educational resources wwwspieorg media contact: stacey crockett media relations coordinator spie +1 360-676-3290 staceyc@spieor ############ bellingham washington usa – may 31 2019 – mariia shutova has been awarded a 2019 optics and photonics education scholarship by spie the international society for optics and photonics for her potential contributions to the field of optics photonics or related field mariia shutova graduate student at texas a&m physics and astronomy shutova is a phd student in physics and astronomy at texas a&m (usa) where her doctoral work applies plasmonic nanostructures to biomolecular spectroscopy with nanometer-scale spatial resolution implements laser beam shaping techniques and studies interaction of precisely shaped laser beams with various systems and structures shutova completed her bachelors and masters programs in applied physics and mathematics at moscow institute of physics and technology where she specialized in aeronautics the society awarded $298 000 in education scholarships to 84 outstanding spie student members based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics or a related discipline award-winning applicants were evaluated selected and approved by the spie scholarship committee chaired by spie volunteer jeremy bos through 2018 spie has distributed $6 million dollars in individual scholarships this ambitious effort reflects the societys commitment to education and to the next generation of optical scientists and engineers around the world to view other 2019 press releases as they become available go to the 2019 scholarship winners page spie scholarships or learn more about on spieorg spie is the international society for optics and photonics an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science engineering and technology the society serves 257 000 constituents from 173 countries offering conferences and their published proceedings continuing education books journals and the spie digital library in 2018 spie provided more than $4 million in community support including scholarships and awards outreach and advocacy programs travel grants public policy and educational resources wwwspieorg media contact: stacey crockett media relations coordinator spie +1 360-676-3290 staceyc@spieorg share: