COMPETITION RULES
General Information
Optical Research Associates (ORA) invites you to participate
in its Optical Design Competition, which recognizes excellence in optical
design projects completed by students. Students can enter an optical design
class assignment or thesis work. Awards totalling $4,000 are granted. To
be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in a post-secondary degree program
in North America, working toward a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. Your work must
have been completed using CODE
V® or LightTools® software, and demonstrate knowledge of optics, optical engineering, and optical
design software. All entries completed and turned in to your professor during
the current school year are eligible.
Due Date
Entries should be received at ORA, Pasadena by June 16, 2008.
Entry Form
Download a PDF version of our
entry form that can be viewed, filled in, and printed using Acrobat Reader.
If you don't have a copy of Acrobat Reader,
go to the Adobe Web site, where you can
download it for free.
Submission Requirements
- Project/Paper submitted "as is". No special format is
required.
- Project/Paper can be submitted
electronically, but printed version must also be mailed to ORA.
- Professor signature required.
- Additional CODE V or LightTools output and explanations of how ORA
software was used in the project/paper is required if not part of the original
paper. This additional information is optional if CODE V and LightTools use is already explained in the paper.
Criteria for Judging
- Relative to student's degree and course work
- Level of CODE V and/or LightTools use in
paper/project
- How well paper/project conforms to course/project assignment
definition
- Innovative use of CODE V and/or LightTools
Disclaimer
- The competition is limited to students attending North American Universities
and Colleges.
- Decision of judges is final.
- Papers will not be returned or critiqued.
- ORA has the right to publish the winner’s name, university, and CODE V and LightTools images from winning papers for promotional purposes.
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