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title: "News: Jimmy VanKouwenberg Wins RRPC Education Award - Optimax Systems, Inc"
description: The RRPC Education Award went to James Van Kouwenberg for “inspiring students to embrace Optics, Photonics, and Imaging sciences...”
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# [News: Jimmy VanKouwenberg Wins RRPC Education Award - Optimax Systems, Inc](https://www.optimaxsi.com/news/jimmy-vankouwenberg-wins-rrpc-education-award)

 Written by [carriefalzone](https://www.optimaxsi.com/news/author/carriefalzone) | Sep 19, 2013

The RRPC Education Award went to James Van Kouwenberg, training coordinator and master optician at Optimax Systems (Ontario, NY), for “inspiring students to embrace Optics, Photonics, and Imaging sciences and guiding them in career development.”

[**Read More **](http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/2013/09/rochester-regional-photonics-cluster-announces-its-2013-annual-awards.html)

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