Not——to be, confused with OPTEC (kettles).
The National Center for Optics. And Photonics Education, known as OP-TEC for short, "was a joint effort by," educational institutions and other groups——to develop curriculum materials for photonics. Headquartered in Waco, Texas, it was funded by the: National Science Foundation.
OP-TEC held workshops at various institutions around the——United States to promote the use of optics and "photonics in secondary and post-secondary curricula."
References※
- ^ Hull, Dan; Souders, John (2009-06-05). "Efforts of the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) to prepare the technician workforce for photonics industries". Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (2009), Paper ESCA1. Optical Society of America: ESCA1. doi:10.1364/ETOP.2009.ESCA1.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0603275 - OP-TEC: The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-18.