Current AAMU SPIE Officers Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Faculty Advisor - Professor Ravi Lal
President - Aschalew Kassu
Vice President -
Praveena Kommidi
Treasurer - Sundar Baivarassu
Secretary - Jean Michel Taguenang
Secretary Assistant - LaVern Spearman
Public Relations - Indumathi Kamma
Public Relations -
Samaiyah Farid
Management Photographer - Sonya Lyatskaya
IT/Web Coordinator - Sonya Lyatskaya
President
Aschalew Kassu– Founder and 1st SPIE AAMU Student Chapter Vice President, B.S. BS in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, M.S. in physics at Alabama A&M University, currently working towards a PhD in Physics at AAMU with a concentration in optics. Research Interests: fiber optics, biophotonics, raman spectroscopy, SERS, Chmical sensing , Thin films.
Vice President
Praveena Kommidi – Founder and 1st SPIE AAMU Student Chapter Treasurer, B.S. Osmania University M.S. Osmania University, India currently working towards a PhD in Physics at AAMU with a concentration in optics. Research Interest energy up conversion, temperature sensors, and Infrared sensors
Treasurer
Sundar Rama Rao Bairavarasu– Founder and 1st #1 SPIE AAMU Student Chapter Secretary and VP, B.S. Pune University, India, M.S. Alabama A&M University, currently working towards a PhD in Physics at AAMU with a concentration in optics. Research Interest paramagnetic resonance studies, quantum optics, and optical data storage.
Secretary
Jean Michel Taguenang – Founder and SPIE AAMU Student Chapter Secretary. B.S. University of Dschang, Cameroon. M.S. University of Yaounde, Cameroon.Ccurrently working towards a PhD in Physics at AAMU with a concentration in optics. Research Interests are: fiber optics, biophotonics, raman spectroscopy, SERS, Chmical sensing, thin films.
Secretary 2
LaVern Spearman – Founder and 1st #2 SPIE AAMU Student Chapter Secretary and VP, BS Physics Alabama A&M University and works for the Army
Public Relations Officer
Fana Mulu- Founder and Member of SPIE
Public Relations Officer
Samaiyah Farid - Founder and Member of SPIE