Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The PEOs of the Optical Sciences and Engineering program ensure that graduates are prepared to perform the following tasks successfully:

• Primarily within, but not limited to, the field of optical sciences and engineering, direct or perform basic or applied research, conduct and/or evaluate design and analyses, and work independently and in groups.
  
  
• Communicate their work clearly, both orally and in writing. (This includes writing, editing, and/or supervising the preparation of subordinates’ or contractors’ written reports, journal articles, briefings, and professional presentations to communicate their work clearly.)
  
  
• Effectively interpret/translate between optical physicists and engineers who may not always under- stand each other’s technologies and jargon.
  
  
• Understand the details of technologies and programs in their area of responsibility.
  
  
• Study an issue, identify and evaluate alternative actions, propose appropriate courses of action, and develop programs to implement optimal solutions.
  
  
• Develop and implement, or sustain and improve, programs that entail multidisciplinary research, simulation, modeling, engineering design, production, and/or fielding of engineered optical systems.
  
  

Program Outcomes (POs)

The POs of the Optical Sciences and Engineering program describe what students will know or be able to perform upon degree completion:

• Apply advanced concepts in mathematics and optical physics and engineering, including analytic, experimental, and computational methods, to a particular application in the field of optical sciences and engineering.
  
  
• Perform optical sciences and engineering research, design, and analysis, working independently or in groups, limited to a particular problem or problems of interest with which they have experience during their Air Force Institute of Technology experience.
  
  
• Communicate optical sciences and engineering research, design, and analysis effectively, working independently or in groups, limited to a particular problem or problems of interest with which they have experience during their Air Force Institute of Technology experience.
  
  
• Understand and critically evaluate technical communications in the form of journal articles, research proposals and conference presentations, and contribute and communicate their results and understanding in these same forums.

Dr. Steven T. Fiorino