Resources
Industry Links
Partners, agencies, educational organisations and societies connected to the Arizona optics cluster.
The AOIA maintains this directory of partners, agencies, educational organisations and industry bodies useful to the Arizona optics cluster.
Tucson
- Visit Tucson, the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
- Global Advantage, a network of cities and regions committed to collaborative technology based economic development
- TREO, the lead economic development agency for the greater Tucson area
Phoenix
Southern Arizona
- Arizona Technology Council, serving the Southern Arizona technology community
- Aerospace, Manufacturing and IT Cluster
- Arizona Nanotechnology Cluster
- Bioindustry Association of Southern Arizona
- Environmental Technologies Industry Cluster
- Southern Arizona Plastics and Advanced Composite Materials Cluster
- International Trade Development Center, a non profit that identifies, evaluates and develops commercially viable business opportunities using Southern Arizona capabilities
- Pima Community College Small Business Development Center, providing consulting and training to small companies
- Southern Arizona Institute of Advanced Technology
Arizona
- Arizona Commerce Authority, the state economic development organisation
- Office of the Governor of Arizona
- Arizona State Legislature
- City of Tucson
- Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- AzBusinessLINC.com
- Tech Launch Arizona, commercialising University of Arizona research
- University of Arizona Office of Research, Innovation and Impact
- University of Arizona
Educational
- University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences
- Steward Observatory
- NOIRLab, the National Optical Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
- Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
- CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida
- Friends of Tucson Optics scholarships in optical sciences
- Greater Arizona eLearning Association
- High Tech Intern.com
- E Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science
- University of Arizona Office of Continuing and Professional Education
Societies and organisations
- Optica, formerly the Optical Society of America
- SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics
- International Commission for Optics
- American National Standards Institute
- International Organization for Standardization
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- ASTM International, standards for materials and testing
- Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
- Optical standards development
Other optics and photonics clusters
- Texas Nanotechnology Initiative
- Colorado Advanced Photonics Technology Center, supporting the photonics industry with metrology, photolithography, environmental testing and packaging
- University of Arizona Microelectronics Laboratory
- Opto Mechanical Interest Group
- Photonic resources for scientists and engineers
- Wildcat JobLink, the University of Arizona job board
- Workforce development one stop career system
Astronomy and space
Government and research agencies
Industry publications
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