Stefan Preble is a Professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is an expert in Photonic Integrated Circuit  (PIC) design, fabrication, testing and packaging. His research is focused on the development of PICs for high performance computing, communication and sensing applications. He received a B.S. from RIT in Electrical Engineering (2002), and Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Cornell University  (2007).   He leads education initiatives for AIM Photonics, including, the online course, “Photonic Integrated Circuits 1” which has trained thousands on PIC design; he also leads AIM Photonics Testing & Packaging workshops and Hands-on Photonic Education Kits (HOPE) kits.