College of Optical Sciences

Tech Launch Arizona presented five awards for innovation, leadership and impact at its eighth annual I-Squared Awards and Expo.

The new building is designed to draw on the university’s core strengths and research collaborations in space exploration, optics, quantum information science and more.

The three-story building will be dedicated specifically to research programs related to the "Grand Challenges" pillar of the university's strategic plan. 

Funded by $748,000 from the Office of Naval Research, EMPOWER STEM aims to provide a route to government research jobs, particularly for students from diverse backgrounds.

Researchers in the College of Engineering and James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences have demonstrated how quantum resources can improve technology today.

Scientists are certain dark matter exists, but after more than 50 years of searching, they're still unsure what it's made of. A UArizona optical scientist proposes repurposing existing tabletop technology to search for dark matter.

Three companies based on UArizona technologies were awarded top honors in Tucson's annual business pitch competition. 

Tech Launch Arizona’s second Student Innovation Challenge has selected five student teams for funding to prototype inventions for commercialization. Twenty-six applications were received in all, and the judging panel awarded a total of approximately $40,000, which was distributed amongst the teams to develop their ideas into prototypes.

A biomedical engineering professor's technology detects ultra-low levels of disease particles, performance-enhancing drugs, contaminants and "anything worth sensing."

Researchers have been developing and refining a highly efficient photovoltaic system that captures more heat and energy from sunlight than current solar panel models available.