Welcome to the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics

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An extensively interdisciplinary Duke-wide effort to advance photonics and optical sciences

Our mission is profoundly educational. The institute was founded in 2000 to meet an industry need for graduates with the knowledge and skills to transform industrial R&D in photonics and optical science.

Our faculty teach undergraduates, masters and doctoral students and foster the technical, collaboration, interdisciplinary exploration, and team-orientation skillset that enables our proteges to thrive in their chosen professions.

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Upcoming Seminars

Dr. Nicolas Pegard

Wed, Oct 4

FIP Seminar: Deep learning methods for high-speed Computer-Generated Holography

Dr. Nicolas C. Pegard, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Applied Physical Sciences, UNC at Chapel Hill

12:00 pm | Wilkinson Building, room 021 auditorium

David Bryan, Studio Manager, Innovation Co-Lab, Duke University

Wed, Oct 11

FIP Seminar "Duke Innovation Co-Lab: A Resource to help achieve your professional and personal making goals"

David Bryan, Studio Manager, Innovation Co-Lab at Duke University

12:00 pm | Wilkinson Building, room 021 auditorium

Wed, Oct 25

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Kevin Daniels

Kevin Daniels

12:00 pm | Fitzpatrick Schiciano A

Professor G. Allan Johnson

Wed, Nov 1

FIP Seminar: Revolutionary MRI resolution

Dr. G. Allan Johnson, Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Duke University

12:00 pm | Wilkinson Building, room 021 auditorium