Message from the Dean
There's quite a bit of good news coming out of the Lehigh Center for Optical Technology (COT).  With new faces, facilities, and partners, our "focus on optics" at Lehigh continues to grow...(cont.)

Features
Smith Family Lab Officially Opens
Lehigh University’s Center for Optical Technologies (COT) opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory that will enable researchers to design and fabricate advanced optical devices with potential use in biomedical, communications, military, pharmaceutical, sensor and other novel applications. COT director Tom Koch said the new lab would help optics researchers continue to expand the focus of their investigations beyond telecommunications to a host of new applications in a wide variety of fields....(cont.)

Bartoli: Integrating Optics and ECE
Dr. Filbert Bartoli, the recently-named Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at Lehigh, is certainly no stranger to cutting-edge research that brings together thinking from multiple disciplines...(cont.)

Lehigh's Nelson Tansu: building an optics revolution, one atom at a time
“Semangatnya tinggi, tekun, visioner…” or “extremely enthusiastic, hard-working, and full of vision” is one of many phrases quickly circulating through Indonesian press, praising one of Lehigh University’s finest new professors...(cont.)

Press Release: Lehigh University Expands Optical Technology Capabilities with Dedication of New Lab
Bethlehem, PA, Oct. 21, 2005 -- Lehigh University today opened the Smith Family Laboratory for Optical Technologies, a state-of-the-art facility designed to contribute to the global pursuit of optics innovation in telecommunications as well as a far broader set of applications and technologies...(cont.)

Morning Call covers Smith Family Laboratory
Lehigh Valley news source The Morning Call reported on the Smith Family Laboratory in its Sunday, October 16 edition.

“About 60 percent of the center's work now focuses on developing technologies for bio-hazard detectors, flexible screens and new materials for sensors that are not related to telecommunications,” reads the article. “The remaining resources focus on optical networking technologies used in developing nanotechnology, advanced materials and telecommunications equipment.”...(cont.)