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Norfolk State Gains Technological Edge with Optical Engineering Program.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2004
By Philip Walzer, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 9--NORFOLK, Va. -- Newton, Einstein, de Broglie.
Their black-and-white portraits flashed on a screen at Norfolk State University, along with the jumble of numbers and Greek letters signifying their discoveries.
Each of those physicists, Demetris L. Geddis told his engineering students, added a major if contradictory contribution to understanding the mysterious properties of light.
Norfolk State hopes to carve a citation in this century's list of master scientists and breakthroughs.
Geddis, 28, joined the university in January to launch one of its newest programs, optical engineering, a cutting-edge field seeking to harness the...
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