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Dr. Jyrki Saarinen, Professor at the University of Eastern Finland and Head of Institute of Photonics, recently visited the Laser and Photonics program at Central Carolina Community College.

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Mr. Juha Purmonen, Executive Director of the Finland Photonics Cluster, recently visited the Laser and Photonics program at Central Carolina Community College.

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Wasatch Scientist Michael Matthews (left) explains how a Raman Spectrometer works. Pictured with Matthews are, left to right: Isabelle Karis (CCCC SPIE Student Chapter President), Juha Purmonen (Finland Photonics Cluster Executive Director), Dr. Jyrki Saarinen (University of Eastern Finland Professor), Michael Kropp (current CCCC Laser student), and Dr. Richard Blackwell-Whitehead (Wasatch International Sales Manager).