OP-TEC

The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) was a joint effort by educational institutions and other groups to develop curriculum materials for photonics.¹ Headquartered in Waco, Texas, it was funded by the National Science Foundation.²

OP-TEC held workshops at various institutions around the United States to promote the use of optics and photonics in secondary and post-secondary curricula.

References

Hull, Dan; Souders, John (2009-06-05). "Efforts of the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to prepare the technician workforce for photonics industries". Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (2009), Paper ESCA1 ESCA1. Optical Society of America. doi:10.1364/ETOP.2009.ESCA1.
"NSF Award Search: Award # 0603275 - OP-TEC: The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

External links

OP-TEC course materials at the University of Central Florida

[1] Hull, Dan; Souders, John (2009-06-05). "Efforts of the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to prepare the technician workforce for photonics industries". Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (2009), Paper ESCA1 ESCA1. Optical Society of America. doi:10.1364/ETOP.2009.ESCA1.

[2] "NSF Award Search: Award # 0603275 - OP-TEC: The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

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