These images link to online photo albums from past OpTeC-sponsored events. Please use photos with permission and credit. We welcome your input on names and other missing information. Once you open one of the albums, you can click at the upper left to play a slide show.

      Annual Meeting Oct. 2024
Annual Meeting Sep. 2023 Annual Meeting Sep. 2022 Annual Meeting Oct. 2021 Annual Meeting Oct. 2020
Annual Meeting Sep. 2019

Annual Meeting Sep. 2018

 Annual Meeting Sep. 2017 Annual Meeting Sep. 2016
Annual Meeting Sep. 2015 Annual Meeting Sep. 2014 Annual Meeting Aug. 2013 Annual Meeting Aug. 2012
Annual Meeting Aug. 2011
Annual Meeting Aug. 2010
 Annual Meeting Aug. 2009 Annual Meeting Aug. 2008
Annual Meeting Sep. 2007 Annual Meeting Sep. 2006 Annual Meeting Sep. 2005 Annual Meeting Sep. 2003
Annual Meeting Sep. 2002      

 Optec Colloquia and public events

Sep. 12, 2024 Jed Hancock visit (SDL) April 27, 2023 Allison Barto  visit (Ball Aerospace)

March 9-10, 2023 Katie Schwertz visit (Edmund)

Feb 16, 2023 colloquium by Krishna Rupavatharam (MSU)
Feb 9, 2023 colloquium by John Sheppard (MSU) Jan. 26, 2023 Finland Photonics visit 

Oct. 25, 2022 Helena Alt High School visit

Oct. 25, 2022 Consuls General visit 
Oct. 13, 2022 colloquium by Alex Hills (CMU) May 16, 2022 visit by Jose Pozo (Optica)

Feb. 13, 2020 colloquium by Ed Teppo (founder of Big Sky Laser)

Sep. 26, 2019 colloquium by James Wyant (University of Arizona)

Oct. 23, 2019 Optics history talk by OpTeC Director Dr. Joseph Shaw

April 6, 2017 visit by MSU PhD alumnus Michael Obland (NASA Langley)

Feb 2017 optics report to Montana Legislature

Oct. 13, 2016 visit by Richard Collins (Univ. Alaska)

Sep. 2016 Montana Legislature & Regents research tour

July 1, 2016 colloquium by Michael Vollmer (Brandenburg Univ. Applied Sciences)

June 6, 2016 Frans Snik (Leiden University)

Sep. 29, 2015 Award of Excellence from University Economic Development Association

Aug. 3, 2015 Kazuhiko Oka (Hokkaido Univ.)

March 19, 2015 Jake Jacobsen (Synopsys)

Oct. 2014 Faramaz Davarian (JPL)

Oct. 10, 2014 Jed Hancock (SDL)

Sep. 2013 Jim Schwiegerling (Univ. Arizona)

April 25, 2013 Ted Heilweil (NIST)

Nov. 2012 John Kerekes (RIT)

Sep. 2012 David Voelz (New Mexico State)

April 5, 2012 Optec Colloquium by Larry Johnson

March 2011 Sarah Lukes (MSU)

November 19, 2010 Public celebration of lasers 50th anniversary

November 11-13, 2010 "Amazing Lasers" Science

October 2, 2010 MSU visit by Steve Sasson (inventor of digital camera)

October 8, 2009 visit by Peter Smith (Mars Phoenix Mission)

April 4, 2008 OpTeC talk at President Gamble's Advisory Council

March 2002 - OpTeC PI meeting