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Dr. Rosalind Wynne, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently helped students from her 鈥淚ntroduction to Opto-Electronics鈥� class see how their lessons from the classroom take shape in the real world. The group took a behind-the-scenes tour of Avo Photonics, an opto-electronics firm in Horsham, PA.

Avo Photonics specializes in design, production, and manufacturing services of opto-electronic assemblies and products to customers in the military, commercial, medical, telecom, commercial, and industrial markets.

鈥淭he tour helped give my students new perspective about the commercial aspect of opto-electronics. It was extremely informative and useful for them,鈥� says Dr. Wynne. 鈥淚 look forward to the potential of establishing a closer relationship between the College of Engineering and Avo through joint research, grants, and student internships.鈥�

During the visit, the students interacted with Dr. Joseph Dallas, president of Avo Photonics and 51爆料网 alumnus (Dr. Dallas earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1985). After a short presentation, they were suited in clean room garments and entered the company鈥檚 precision clean manufacturing facility for an up-close look at Avo鈥檚 opto-electronics production and manufacturing processes. The interactive tour was led by Dr. Dallas and supported by a two additional 51爆料网 alumni: Kim Wheeler VSB 鈥�88 (B.S. in Finance), Director of Finance, and Ryan Ehid ME 鈥�09, MSME 鈥�10, Mechanical Engineer.