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The LOFT group

The LOFT group. Where we are going. Who we are. ?. Where we came from. Large Optics Fabrication and Testing. In the Beginning. 1997: Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences The students were hungry for new challenges:. U of A Telescopes. Large Binocular 2 x 8.4m Telescope Mt. Graham AZ.

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The LOFT group

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  1. The LOFT group Where we are going Who we are ? Where we came from Large Optics Fabrication and Testing

  2. In the Beginning 1997: Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences The students were hungry for new challenges:

  3. U of A Telescopes Large Binocular 2 x 8.4m Telescope Mt. Graham AZ Bok 90-in Telescope Kitt Peak, AZ Magellan twin 6.5m Telescopes Las Campanas, Chile MMT 6.5m Mt. Hopkins AZ

  4. For a while, we were LOST

  5. Some big Fab and Test projects 2-m convex reference 1.6-m flat 4.3-m primary mirror for Discovery Channel Telescope 1.4-m convex off-axis aspheric

  6. LOFT Evolution 2005

  7. LOFT Evolution 2006

  8. LOFT Evolution 2007

  9. LOFT Evolution 2008

  10. LOFT Evolution 2009

  11. LOFT Evolution 2010

  12. LOFT Evolution 2011

  13. LOFT Evolution 2012

  14. Current Projects • Large Optics Fabrication and Testing for New Telescopes • Advanced measurement technologies • Superpolishing techniques • Optomechanical Engineering • Computer modeling

  15. J. H. Burge University of Arizona The Giant Magellan Telescope Site in Chile 2021 first light

  16. GMT Design 36 meters high, 25.3 meters across 25-m Primary mirror (f/0.7) 3.2-m segmented secondary mirror corrects for PM position errors deformable mirror for adaptive optics Alt-Az structure ~1000 tons moving mass 21.3 m azimuth disk 21 m elevation C-ring Steel + CFRP secondary support Instruments mount below primary at the Gregorian focus

  17. Large Synoptic Survey Telescope 8.4-m aperture Uses three-mirror design to attain 3.5° field of view 15-sec exposures to survey the sky 30TB of data per night! Site in Chile

  18. Advanced Technology Solar Telescope Site is Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii

  19. 10-m Hobby Eberly Telescope 4-mirror Wide Field Corrector

  20. Looking Forward • Continue to develop and apply new technologies • Maintain preeminent position in the field of Large Optics • Provide mirrors and instruments for large telescopes • Diversify! Use our strength to take leadership roles in other areas • Freeform aspherics • Adaptive Optics • Flexible software • Optomechanical engineering • ??? What can you add ???

  21. Our keys to success! • Maintain lots of activity and interaction • Create new ideas • Use funded projects to test new ideas • Work with professional staff to turn ideas into capabilities • Use new capabilities to win new projects

  22. Your challenges • Maintain lots of activity and interaction • Create new ideas • Use funded projects to test new ideas • Work with professional staff to turn ideas into capabilities

  23. Your reward • Solid engineering skills • Technical: Analysis, modeling, practical skills • Communications: writing, presenting, working with a team • Work habits: productivity • Well-developed creativity • Generate new ideas • Sift them efficiently • Love your work! (and get paid well for it too.)

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