One of our LOFT group Ph.D. students Laura Coyle was named one of only 85 Philanthropic Educational OrganizationScholars in the country, notes UANews.
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Tianquan Su received the Wolfe Family Scholarship.
Tianquan Su, a Ph.D. student in James H. Burge’s laboratory, received the Wolfe Family Scholarship from the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona.
Kevin Newman and Kyle Stephens were part of a team selected for NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program.
July 21, 2011. Kevin Newman, B.S. in OSE 2011, and senior Kyle Stephens were part of a team selected for NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. Their crew, called ANGEL after the project title “Analysis of Gravitational Effects on Liquid Lenses,” was advised by Regents’ Professor J. Roger P. Angel and supported by the LOFT group.
Yuhao Wang, a Ph.D. student, received the Outstanding Paper Award
May 26, 2011. Yuhao Wang, a Ph.D. student in James H. Burge’s laboratory, received the Outstanding Paper Award from the American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association at the 2011 SPIE Optifab conference in Rochester, N.Y.
SAGUARO Beta Release
The MATLAB-based free share-ware data processing platform, SAGUARO, can be downloaded from the SAGUARO tab in the LOFT web-site. It is a Beta release.
UA Awarded Millions to Shape Solar Telescope Mirror
The University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, or AURA, to polish the 4.2-meter primary mirror for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, or ATST. UA NEWS
SCOTS Test Study of Synchrontron Mirrors
SCOTS Test Study of Synchrontron Mirrors Phase I. Sponsor: Brookhaven National Laboratory. PI: Peng Su. Start date: May 12, 2011. End date: June 30, 2011. $15,000.
LOFT Group Annual Spring Picnic
2011 LOFT group spring picnic (Apr 16-17) will be a camping trip at the beautiful Patagonia lake park. Boat, fishing, camp-fire, dinner-together, and the LOFT team-work! Bear down!
Faculty Recognition
Professor of optical sciences and astronomy James Burge (LOFT PI) is the 2011 recipient of OSA’s prestigious Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burkley Prize, which recognizes significant accomplishments in optical engineering.
Fizeau Test for TMT
LOFT group and OEFF will perform the Fizeau test for TMT primary mirror segments engineering study. Sponsor: TMT Observatory Corp. PIs: James Burge and Martin Valente. $92,739.