My Interviewees as Professional Writers

Here are descriptions of the specific type of research Dr. Meredith Kupinsky and Dr. Jose Saisian are involved in.

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Dr. Meredith Kupinski

Dr. Kupinski travels frequently, around every 6 weeks, to attend conferences or seminars. She gives a lot of presentations and interviews. She also writes two or three professional research papers a year.

Professional Publications:

• Seminar: Estimation Tasks in Emission Tomography (8/10/12)
• summary
• Tomographic imaging in clinical uses: Dr, Kupinski takes many images at a bunch of different angles and reconstructs the angular samples into images that are quantitatively accurate. This allows her to have a more accurate estimation of the diagnosis so doctors can treat it more effectively. This type of estimation imaging also works in "real time" so the images are generated quickly. 
• Research Experience for Teachers(RET)- An NSF-funded research experience for teachers that offers high scool science teachers from Native American Reservations a summer sabbatical at the University of Arizona
• context
• medium- oral presentation with PowerPoint
• audience- R.I.T upper level undergrad to grad students/interested faculty members- most likely in engineering and image science
• Where- Center for Imaging Sciences at R.I.T.
• overall message
• present recent research on imaging tomography
• educational outreach to Native American teachers to improve STEM education on reservations- slides at tend of presentation detailing program
• allow students and teachers alike to preserve culture and traditions while still studying STEM
• talk about career and how she got into the work she is in- inspire students to pursue what they love
• purpose
• convince people of the significance of tomography in clinical uses
• raise awareness of education outreach work with Native Americans

• Interview: Teachers' Voices with Ofelia Zepeda and Meredith Kupinski (7/5/12)
• summary
• Introduce a NSF funded program to give k-12 science teachers research opportunities in labs at the U of A in order to promote STEM education
• context
• medium- audio interview
• audience- listeners of Arizona Public Media which is located in Tucson. The audience may be confined tot he Tucson area.
• where- Arizona Public Media
• overall message
• Promote STEM education for k-12 students by encouraging the teachers to value and participate in research

Dr. Jose Sasian

Dr. Sasian participates in a lot of research and he teaches in graduate level photonics classes at the U of A.

Professional Publications:

• University lecture: OPTI 517 Lens Design(Fall 2015)
• summary- Lecture notes, homework assignments, and course syllabus/expectations
• context
• medium- online, published through the Optics college at the University of Arizona
• audience- graduate students studying optics and photonics
• purpose- class details, resources and expectations

• Book: Introduction to Aberrations in Optical Imaging Systems (2/25/13)
• summary- book on the theory of aberrations
• context
• medium- textbook
• audience- grad students in optical engineering, researchers and technicians in academia or industry
• published by Cambridge University Press located in the UK
• purpose- information and education aimed at experts or high level students in the field of optics