Western Massachusetts receives grant for integrated Photonics education
STEM outreach in Integrated Photonics across western Massachusetts is being supported by Western New England University (WNE) and Spark Photonics Foundation with $279,681 from Massachusetts Executive Office of Education. In which, will lead STEM outreach activities across the Commonwealth. Through various hands-on experiments and project-based learning modules, including the Spark Photonics Foundation’s flagship program SparkAlpha, students and teachers will be introduced to advanced manufacturing and integrated photonics (the use of light for applications traditionally associated with electronics).