{"id":44755,"date":"2013-05-28T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T01:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/?p=44755"},"modified":"2021-02-02T21:26:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T02:26:45","slug":"inrs-pays-tribute-to-one-of-the-worlds-leading-optics-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/news\/inrs-pays-tribute-to-one-of-the-worlds-leading-optics-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"INRS pays tribute to one of the world\u2019s leading optics experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>INRS University awarded an honorary doctorate to professor emeritus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/people\/Details.aspx?PeopleID=314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Stegeman<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Central Florida<\/a> at its convocation, which took place in Montreal on May 25, 2013. In doing so, INRS acknowledged professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/people\/Details.aspx?PeopleID=314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stegeman<\/a>\u2019s remarkable contribution to optics and photonics research and education in Canada and around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCuriosity is essential to being a good scientist. It\u2019s the starting point on the road to innovation and technology. When I was very young, I created my own models with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meccano.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meccano<\/a> building set. My successes and failures taught me perseverance, a valuable life lesson for forging a career in research,\u201d said Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/people\/Details.aspx?PeopleID=314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stegeman<\/a> during his speech encouraging graduates to pursue their careers in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/people\/Details.aspx?PeopleID=314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Stegeman<\/a> received a Ph.D. in physics at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">University of Toronto<\/a>, where he began his university career before joining the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arizona.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Arizona<\/a>, then the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Central Florida<\/a> as the first recipient of the Cobb Family Chair in Optical Sciences and Engineering from 1990 to 2008. Since then, he has been professor emeritus at the University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics. He also held a teaching and research chair at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kfupm.edu.sa\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals College of Engineering<\/a> in Saudi Arabia from 2010 to 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognized as a world leader in nonlinear optics, Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/people\/Details.aspx?PeopleID=314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stegeman<\/a> is considered a pioneer in this research field, which developed with the appearance of lasers. Through his numerous scientific contributions in internationally renowned journals (over 700), he has helped bring credibility to this science. His innovative research, which paved the way for optical telecommunications system applications, has also earned him many accolades, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osa.org\/awards_and_grants\/awards\/award_description\/rwwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R.W. Wood Prize<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osa.org\/en-us\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optical Society of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout his career, Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/people\/Details.aspx?PeopleID=314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stegeman<\/a> has shown a very acute sense of responsibility with regard to science. He has been highly involved in educating new generations of scientists and has been a mentor to a number of physicists and young researchers wishing to follow in his footsteps and explore the possibilities of nonlinear optics. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/research\/professors\/roberto-morandotti\/\">Roberto Morandotti<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/inrs\/research-centres\/energie-materiaux-telecommunications-research-centre\/\">INRS \u00c9nergie Mat\u00e9riaux T\u00e9l\u00e9communications Research Centre<\/a> is a fine example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INRS University awarded an honorary doctorate to professor emeritus George Stegeman of the University of Central Florida at its convocation, which took place in Montreal on May 25, 2013. In doing so, INRS acknowledged professor Stegeman\u2019s remarkable contribution to optics and photonics research and education in Canada and around the world. \u201cCuriosity is essential to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[737],"tags":[],"sectors":[735,731],"class_list":["post-44755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-distinctions-en","sectors-energie-en","sectors-materiaux-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>INRS pays tribute to one of the world\u2019s leading optics experts | INRS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"INRS pays tribute to one of the world\u2019s leading optics experts | INRS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"INRS University awarded an honorary doctorate to professor emeritus George Stegeman of the University of Central Florida at its convocation, which took place in Montreal on May 25, 2013. 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