NEWS
May.7.2025
Core seminor
185th Core seminor will held on May 22.Check here!
April.22.2025
Core seminor
184th Core seminor will held on May 16.Check here!
April.21.2025
OPIC2025
OPIC2025 was held at Pacifico Yokohama from April 21st to 25th. Honorary Director Yatagai served as the overall chair.
Prof.Otani chaired OPTM, and Associate Prof.Hasegawa speached as the tutorial session.
April.4.2025
Guidance for new Master's Course
On April 4th, we held a guidance session for the new first-year students of the Masters Course. Congratulations on your enrollment.
March.25.2025
Commencement!
The graduation ceremony for the Optical Engineering Program was held.
Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your future!
March.18.2025
Utsunomiya University President's Awards Ceremony
The President's Award Ceremony was held on March 18, and Mr. Nomura and Ms. Sun of the Otani Lab were honored. Congratulations!
March.14.2025
Encouragement Award
Mr.Shiba from Sugihara-Kondo Lab received the Encouragement Award at the Physics Applied Science Society.Congratulations!
March.18.2025
Visit by Assistant Professor Kondo, CIO, University of Guadalajara
Assistant Professor Kondo visited Centro de Investigación en Óptica A.C. (CIO) and Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico. He introduced the research activities of the Optics Education and Research Center and the Optical Engineering Program at Utsunomiya University, and gave a seminar on his research activities.
March.17.2025
Teaching at Sakushin Gakuin High School
Professor Nathan Hagan and Assistant Professor Jessica Onaka gave a class at Sakushin Gakuin High School.
March.10.2025
The 19th Kanto Student Research Paper Conference Award!
Mr. Ino at Fujimura Laboratory received the Best Presentation Award (Oral) at the 19th Kanto Student Research Paper Conference organized by Information Photonics Research Group, Optical Society of Japan on March 10.
March.7.2025
Won the Grand Prize at the Tochigin Business Plan Contest!
On March 4, the final judging of the 9th Tochigi Bank Business Plan Contest was held, and the business plan “Commercialization of a holographic optical engine that revolutionizes manufacturing of laser microfabrication,” by the venture company HOLODESIGN Inc. was selected for the Grand Prize.
March.7.2025
Received the Governor of Tochigi Prefecture Award at the Mebuki Business Awards!
On February 26, the 8th Mebuki Business Awards ceremony was held by the Mebuki Financial Group.
Among 206 applications, the plan “Contribution to the semiconductor and storage battery fields by laser microfabrication with holographic optical engine” by HOLODESIGN Corporation, a venture company from Utsunomiya University, was selected for the Governor of Tochigi Prefecture Award.
March.1.2025
Welcoming our New Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Rajeev Ranjan and Assistant Professor Xiangyu QUAN have been appointed as of March 1.
February.17.2025
Master's Thesis Presentation
Yuto Nomura and Ryosei Hayama received the Yatagai Award and Ryota Masuda received the Raito Award at the Master's Thesis Presentation held on February 4-6, 2012. Congratulations to them!
February.17.2025
The 2nd Research Report Meeting of Optics Education and Research Center will held
We will held the research results in four projects: "Smart Manufacturing Optics", "Smart ICT Social Optics", "Real-World Information Optics", and "Natural Environment Optics". The purpose of these projects is to form a base for the creation of research areas that can lead Japan and the world in the field of optics.
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February.14.2025
We are now hiring!
We are currently looking for Associate professors.Pleasce click here for more details.
February.14.2025
CORE seminor
183th Core seminor will held on February 27.Check here!
February.10.2025
CORE seminor
182th Core seminor will held on February 25.Check here!
January.10.2025
Best Poster Award
Mr. Kakurai from Sugihara-Kondo Laboratory received the Best Poster Award at the POF2024 International Conference held in November.
Congratulations!
January.10.18.2025
Donation for 3C
We are pleased to announce that we have received a donation from Tama T.L.O., Inc. We sincerely appreciate their cooperation.
November.18.2024
CORE seminor
180th and 181th Core seminor will held on November 28.Check here!
September.24.2024
Prof. Otani Receives Fellow Award from Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
Professor Yukitoshi Otani received the Fellow Award from the Japan Society of Applied Physics.
