Prizes were awarded to three CUDOS students at the International Commission for Optics Congress 21 in Sydney. Congratulations to Hong Nguyen (Sydney University) for winning the Optium prize for best student submission, and SPIE prize recipients Felix Lawrence (Sydney University) and Sara Ek (Macquarie University) for their presentation excellence.

Optium Prize (OECC/ACOFT student submissions)
Hong Nguyen
CUDOS University of Sydney AUSTRALIA
All-Optical Switching in Nonlinear Long-Period Gratings in As2Se3 Chalcogenide Fiber,
OECC nonlinear optics 2 session (invited)

SPIE Prize (SPIE/ICO prizes)
Felix Lawrence
CUDOS University of Sydney AUSTRALIA
Impedance of Photonic Crystals,
ICO session Propagation Effects

SPIE Prize (SPIE/ICO prizes)
Sara Ek
CUDOS Macquarie University AUSTRALIA
Artificial Opals for Photonic Crystal Devices,
ICO session Optical Materials