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ECE Faculty Profile

Kelly Potter


Education

PhD, University of Arizona, 1994
MS, University of Arizona, 1990
BS, Florida State University at Tallahassee, 1986

Current Classes

ECE459 - Fundamentals of Optics for Electrical Engineers
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ECE559 - Fundamentals of Optics for Electrical Engineers
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Affiliations/Achievements

  • Member Optical Society of America (OSA)
  • Member Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
  • Member American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
  • Member Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  • Member American Physical Society (APS)
  • Member Coalition for Excellence in Science Education (CESE)
  • Member Scholarship Committee, 2000 - New Mexico Section of the Society of Women Engineers
  • Treasurer, 1997 through 1999 � New Mexico Section of the Society of Women Engineers
  • Member Scholarship Committee, 2000 - New Mexico Section of the American Ceramic Society
  • Materials Research Society Book Reviewer
  • Session Organizer/Chair for numerous American Ceramic Society and SPIE meeting symposia
  • Program Committee for Optical Materials program at SPIE Opto Southwest, Tucson, AZ September 2001
  • FY01 Chairman SNL Physics and Chemistry Colloquium committee, FY99, FY00 and FY02 committee member
  • Technical reviewer for 2001/2002 DOE SBIR/STTR proposals
  • Instructor/Presenter at �Expanding Your Horizons� workshop in 1999, 2000, 2001. Workshop titles have included: Catch the Wave: Surfing with Lasers, May the Force Be With You: Lasers, Phasors and Special Effects, and Beam Me Up, Scotty - Lasers and Light
  • Mentor for SNL STAR program in cooperation with UNM/NASA Sharp program
  • Awarded 5 Sandia National Laboratories Awards for Excellence, 1999-2002.
  • Nominated for the I.C.G. 1998 W. Weyl Award.
  • Nominated for 1998 YWCA Women on the Move Award.
  • Awarded The 1995 Norbert J. Kreidl Award For Young Scholars by The Glass and Optical Materials Division of The American Ceramics Society. Submission title: �Dynamics of Absorption Band Bleaching and Growth in Photosensitive 45% GeO2-55% SiO2 Films.�
  • Awarded Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship: August 1987 - December 1990.
  • Member Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
  • Member Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Qualified Phi Beta Kappa

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