Past Foundation Mini-Conferences

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    • Date Conference Title 01/28/2010 Conference on Silicon Carbide 02/05/2010 Conference on YAG Material Defects and Characterization 01/28/2011 The Development and Processing of High Temperature Materials for Advanced Devices and Components 11/02/2011 Fabrication, Characterization and Metrology of Optical Surfaces 02/01/2012 Design, Processing and Materials for Temperature Tolerant Electronics 11/09/2012 Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Tech Materials for...

    2022-2023 Coherent/II-VI Foundation Scholarship Recipients Excel

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    • Sixty-four exceptional students were awarded scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year. Applications came in from across the world to compose a very strong group of scholarship winners. 16% of the 2022-23 awardees maintained a 4.0 GPA, 86% maintained a 3.6 or above. The average GPA of all recipients was 3.78. Domestic scholarship recipients study at...

    Fifteenth Anniversary

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    • THE II-VI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY In 2022 the II-VI Foundation celebrated fifteen years. In the first fifteen years almost $33 million was invested in our programs and over 17,000 students were impacted. Recent years saw generous contributions to the foundation by Coherent Incorporated, a move of the staff to working from home, and...

    Tenth Anniversary

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    • THE II-VI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY In 2017 the II-VI Foundation celebrated ten years of “Encouraging and Enabling Students to Enter a Career in Engineering, Science and Mathematics while Maintaining a Standard of Excellence in that Pursuit”. In the first ten years $24,882,836 was invested and 11,457 students were impacted. We thank you for...

    October 2022 — Advancements in Quantum Photonics and Electronics Structures for Communication, Computation and Sensing Systems

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    • We returned to an in-person mini-conference on October 12, 2022 held in Pittsburgh, PA. The title for this conference was “Advancements in Quantum Photonics and Electronics Structures for Communication, Computation and Sensing Systems” and included presentations by: The keynote address was by Professor Robert Devaty from the University of Pittsburgh.

    Introducing our newest Board Member, Mr. Steve Rummel

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    • The Coherent/II-VI Foundation is proud to announce the addition of a new director to our Board of Directors. By a unanimous vote, Mr. Steve Rummel was appointed to the Coherent/II-VI Foundation Board of Directors. Steve Rummel joined Coherent Corporation in 1988 and has been the Senior Vice President of the Engineered Materials Group since 2019....

    “Materials and Processing Development of Advanced Opto-Electronic and Quantum Devices”

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    • The 26th Mini-Conference Sponsored by the Coherent/II-VI Foundation Hosted Virtually by The University of Rochester November 10, 2025 Conference Moderators – Andy Souzis and Tim Murray, Coherent/II-VI Foundation   8:00 am      Welcome and Introduction: Thomas Anderson, Executive Director Coherent/II-VI Foundation                     Opening Remarks:  Marc Pelaez, Chairman Coherent/II-VI Foundation 8:15 am      Electrically Tunable On-Chip Quantum Entanglement...

    Dr. Andy Souzis, Technical Team Consultant

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    • The Coherent/II-VI Foundation is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Andy Souzis to our Technical Team. Dr. Andy Souzis received his Ph.D. in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1990 and began his career as a National Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Lab in Ft. Monmouth, NJ.  That...

    Dr. Timothy F. Murray, Technical Team Consultant

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    • The Coherent/II-VI Foundation is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Tim Murray to our Technical Team. Mr. Murray is the principal consultant and owner of Murray Advisory Services, LLC advising C-level clients and investors on strategy and business development. Prior to establishing MAS, Murray was CEO and Chairman of OFS Fitel LLC a...