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CE engineers currently contribute to the technical development of over 30 projects across the observatory. Read below for the engineering work on a few of those projects.
CE engineers currently contribute to the technical development of over 30 projects across the observatory. Read below for the engineering work on a few of those projects.
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
Systems Engineering including requirements and interface definition and management using Jama and Smartsheets
High speed (128 Gbps) digital board design and layout with Altium
Wide bandwidth (8 GHz) analog board design and layout with Altium
Verilog firmware code for Xilinx HBC FPGA
Minor Planet Center (MPC)
Minor Planet Center (MPC)
Project Management - Issue Tracking, Release Planning, Jira Administration
Software Engineering - Python, Web Development, Containerization, API Development, Database Development
Continuous Integration - Python unit tests (pytest), Github Actions
IT Support - Linux Administration
Software Training
Giant Magellan Telescope: G-Clef
Giant Magellan Telescope: G-Clef
Precision thermal control and stability at the sub-milli-kelvin/day level with temperature measurement down to 50 micro-kelvin precision.
Thermal control of science detectors using Continuous Flow Control (CFC) hardware.
Opto-mechanical design using low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) materials including; M55J Carbon FIber Composite, Zerodur, and Invar 36.
Large scale vacuum chamber and vacuum system design.
Active vibration isolation
Lens coupling using NuSil LS-3253 optical gel
System-level structural-thermal-optical performance (STOP) analysis
Systems Engineering including requirements and interface definition and management
Mechanism design
Large scale handling fixture and assembly GSE design and construction
Electrical design and packaging
Design database management using Solidworks with EPDM
Giant Magellan Telescope: AGWS
Giant Magellan Telescope: AGWS
Project management, including schedule and cost management
Optical design, analysis, procurement and alignment
Detector control and integration
Opto-Mechanical design (CAD) and detailed drafting with Solidworks
Mechanisms design and simulation with Matlab/Simulink
Structural analysis (strength and stiffness optimization) with Femap/Nastran, Ansys
Thermal design and analysis with Thermal Desktop, cooling and temperature regulation
Electrical design (system block diagrams, harness design and fabrication, packaging, schematics, printed circuit board design, servo command and control)
System-level structural-thermal-optical performance analysis (STOP) to predict systematic effects of environmental loading
Hardware development from procurement, fabrication, production control, metrology, assembly, integration and test of complex electro-optical-mechanical instrumentation
Submillimeter Array
Submillimeter Array
Millimeter/Submillimeter Receiver Design, Development and Maintenance
SIS mixer design
Low-temperature microwave components (isolators, amplifiers)
Radio interferometry data analysis (IDL)
Electronics (Digital and Analog)
Machining and mechanical assembly
CORSAIR
CORSAIR
Project Management, including schedule and cost management
Systems Engineering, including requirements management
Mechanical Design, including CAD, drafting, document control, and fabrication oversight
Electrical Design, including packaging and cable definition/integration
Thermal Design & analysis
Structural analysis
Opto-mechanical assembly and precision alignment
Image stabilization system implementation and control
Mechanism design, including vacuum and cryogenic applications
Giant Magellan Telescope: GMACS
Giant Magellan Telescope: GMACS
Project management, including cost and schedule management
Optical design, analysis, procurement and alignment
Detector control and integration
Opto-Mechanical design (CAD) and detailed drafting with Solidworks
Mechanisms design and simulation
Structural analysis
Thermal design and analysis with Thermal Desktop, cooling and temperature regulation
Electrical design
STOP analysis
Hardware development from procurement, fabrication, production control, metrology, assembly, integration and test of complex electro-optical-mechanical instrumentation
Greenland Telescope
Greenland Telescope
Monitor and control software for astronomical observations, remote operations, time series database, dashboards, and alert systems for VLBI operations (EHT and GMVA).
Pointing calibration and maintenance of antenna performance for VLBI operations.
Facilities Management
Project Management
Logistics and Contract Management
(Photo credit: Nasa/DEsiree stover)
JWST
JWST
Independent technical oversight
Supported program for 20+ years from technology development of lightweight mirrors, PDR/CDR design cycles, build and environmental testing through launch and commissioning
Independent Structural Analysis using ANSYS
Independent Model creation from CAD/Drawings
Quasi Static Inertial Loading
Random Vibration launch and test
Cryogenic Environment
Optical Performance Predictions
Stochastic material property variation (Monte Carlo)
Nonlinear Material Modeling: Microyield
Contact Analysis
Independent Thermal Analysis using ThermalDesktop
Supported verification by independent analysis for requirements that we unable to be tested including thermal distortion
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