{"id":28,"date":"2010-11-22T20:20:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T20:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loft.optics.arizona.edu\/wp\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:38:09","slug":"media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/media\/","title":{"rendered":"Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Daewook Kim and Roger Angel\u2019s solar energy project to save the Earth<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2138\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger.png 1152w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger-90x90.png 90w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_Roger-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daewook Kim, Associate Professor of Optical Sciences, and Roger Angel, Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences, are working to pioneer a new approach to heliostat design for concentrating solar power (CSP) systems.\u00a0Their innovation aims to deliver solar thermal energy at exceptionally high concentrations throughout the day. It is believed that their work into this technology could potentially be the forerunner for advanced applications like atmospheric carbon removal\u2014literally providing the energy needed for carbon capture and removal from the air.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e&amp;id=5dc90f9118&amp;e=268a752f49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e%26id%3D5dc90f9118%26e%3D268a752f49&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1725329077314000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34-tC_Nrm90vqrTqOJwHu_\">Read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Anthony Oceguera created a video introducing the beauty of interferometry<\/h4>\n<p>This video was created by Anthony Oceguera as part of his master\u2019s report project on Interferometry with the Large Optics Fabrication &amp; Test Group at the University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences. Please feel free to use these visual demonstrations as class teaching material or for personal reference! The goal of these demos is to act as a visual aid in understanding how interferometers work in a laboratory setting. Prior knowledge on basic interferometry concepts is assumed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Build Interferometers - A Visual Guide\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/48ue8ZFmMEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>LOFT\u2019s collaborative metalens work with Capasso Group at Harvard<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2137\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1331\" height=\"1758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ACSNano_cover-1163x1536.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOFT group members have been collaborating with the Capasso Group at Harvard for the all-glass large metalens for the astronomical imaging application. The exciting work \u201cAll-Glass 100 mm Diameter Visible Metalens for Imaging the Cosmos\u201d led by Dr. Joon-Suh Park has been published on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsnano.3c09462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ACS Nano<\/em><\/a>. It is also featured as the journal\u2019s cover page.<\/p>\n<h4>Daewook worked with McGraw Hill for high school students<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2136\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3172\" height=\"1740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors.png 3172w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/McGrawHill_Mirrors-2048x1123.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3172px) 100vw, 3172px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daewook and Buddy worked with McGraw Hill publishing company to create an online Actively Learning article \u201cBuilding Mirrors for Giant Telescopes\u201d. We hope this can serve our high school 9 \u2013 12th grade students by\u00a0allowing them to read, think, and learn about telescopes and optical sciences. You can check the article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reader.activelylearn.com\/authoring\/preview\/7053797\/notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Jaren\u2019s paper on the SPIE journal JATIS cover image<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/JATIS_cover_Jaren.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2135\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/JATIS_cover_Jaren.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1510\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/JATIS_cover_Jaren.png 1510w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/JATIS_cover_Jaren-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/JATIS_cover_Jaren-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/JATIS_cover_Jaren-768x377.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1510px) 100vw, 1510px\" \/><\/a>Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Jaren Ashcraft, the UASAL (led by Ewan Douglas) and LOFT group members, who published the \u201cHybrid propagation physics for the design and modeling of astronomical observatories: a coronagraphic example\u201d in the SPIE journal JATIS. One of his figures in the paper was selected as the journal\u2019s cover image. Please, check out his great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiedigitallibrary.org\/journals\/Journal-of-Astronomical-Telescopes-Instruments-and-Systems\/volume-9\/issue-04\/048003\/Hybrid-propagation-physics-for-the-design-and-modeling-of-astronomical\/10.1117\/1.JATIS.9.4.048003.full#_=_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publication<\/a>\u00a0regarding the physical beam propagation.<\/p>\n<h4>Joel, the winner of Tech Launch Arizona Liftoff Award<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/joel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2134\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/joel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/joel.jpg 630w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/joel-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to LOFT PhD student, Joel Berkson, for winning the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e&amp;id=26b0a64ce3&amp;e=268a752f49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e%26id%3D26b0a64ce3%26e%3D268a752f49&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700260260337000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1KK7Y3dTfcz_JcY8JfFPBf\">Tech Launch Arizona (TLA)\u00a0<\/a>Liftoff Award at the recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e&amp;id=1dc4b6eb9b&amp;e=268a752f49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e%26id%3D1dc4b6eb9b%26e%3D268a752f49&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700260260337000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0HLb_LyDTZ8Qzf6hp2uKFG\">IdeaFunding Event on Nov. 9, part of TENWEST.<\/a>\u00a0Joel shared about the award, \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to graduating and working on Fringe full-time. I think we have a lot to offer in our unique approach to precision 3D scanning. I can\u2019t wait to become a part of the growing Optics Valley!\u201d LOFT sends our best wishes to our peer Joel and his startup company, Fringe Metrology!<\/p>\n<h4>Daewook enters SPIE leadership<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Election-Results-2023-920x450-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2133\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Election-Results-2023-920x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Election-Results-2023-920x450-1.jpg 920w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Election-Results-2023-920x450-1-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Election-Results-2023-920x450-1-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPIE has announced the newly elected officials to the SPIE leadership team, which now includes Prof. Daewook Kim, of the Wyant College of Optical Sciences. Prof. Kim was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e&amp;id=b1bdd74879&amp;e=e7afdaafa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e%26id%3Db1bdd74879%26e%3De7afdaafa7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694214525232000&amp;usg=AOvVaw35eXw17ukcE_0ARi2IWPtD\">elected as one of four new Society Directors<\/a>. You can read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arizona.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=097fbf379cdd6ccff944bb38e&amp;id=200b139a09&amp;e=e7afdaafa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Daewook talks about his SPIE Short Course<\/h4>\n<p>Daewook talks about his Optical Testing Short Course at the SPIE conferences. You can watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7091175203719823360\/?midToken=AQEUvyBc4FICXw&amp;midSig=0mw1o-Iba6ZqQ1&amp;trk=eml-email_notification_single_mentioned_you_in_this_01-notifications-1-hero%7Ecard%7Efeed&amp;trkEmail=eml-email_notification_single_mentioned_you_in_this_01-notifications-1-hero%7Ecard%7Efeed-null-x6jk6%7Elkok18fh%7Ev2-null-voyagerOffline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the interview by SPIE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_DKim_ShortCourse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2132\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_DKim_ShortCourse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_DKim_ShortCourse.jpg 981w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_DKim_ShortCourse-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_DKim_ShortCourse-877x1024.jpg 877w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_DKim_ShortCourse-768x897.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Daewook wrote a Spotlight Summary for OPTICA<\/h4>\n<p>Daewook wrote a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/spotlight\/summary.cfm?id=528778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotlight Summary<\/a>\u00a0for the journal paper, \u201cAdaptive parabolic membrane mirrors for large deployable space telescopes\u201d by\u00a0Sebastian Rabien at the\u00a0Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2131\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1631\" height=\"1493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight.jpg 1631w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight-1024x937.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Spotlight-1536x1406.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1631px) 100vw, 1631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Siddhartha Sirsi\u2019s paper was selected as the Spotlight on Optics<\/h4>\n<p>Siddhartha Sirsi\u2019s paper describing the inflatable telescope metrology was selected as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/spotlight\/summary.cfm?id=497516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPTICA Spotlight on Optics<\/a>. Congratulations to Siddhartha and the LOFT members who have been contributing to the giant terahertz space telescope project. Read more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics.arizona.edu\/news\/optica-publishing-group-spotlights-inflatable-space-telescope-design-and-metrology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2130\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2151\" height=\"1774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS.png 2151w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS-1024x845.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS-768x633.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS-1536x1267.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SpotLight_OASIS-2048x1689.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2151px) 100vw, 2151px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Hyemin Yoo\u2019s 3-min public talk about optical alignment (UA GradSlam 2023<strong><b>)<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The speaker, Hyemin Yoo, is a Ph.D. student at Wyant College of Optical Sciences. This 3-min public talk explains why \u2018optical alignment\u2019 is essential and her excellent work on the development of a new alignment method for optical systems (Paper:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/AO.475915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/AO.475915&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1679628084205000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1LPATpH_JgGcN1pD_hf2G7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1364\/AO.475915<\/a>). Her LOFT peers are so proud of her work enabling precision optics alignments.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UA GradSlam 23, Speaker: Hyemin Yoo - Optical alignment\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6Twm9D0m-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Emily and Katie\u2019s outreach video mentored by Daewook<\/h4>\n<p>Emily Noethen and Katie Twitchell are Juniors at the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences. In the video, they walk you through the basic science of telescopes. This video gives a historical and practical overview of the use of telescopes as well as the instructions on how to make your own! Please watch and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"380A Final Project -  Refracting Telescope\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZzRLyA22h4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>National Hispanic\/Latinx Heritage Month featured Margaret Dominguez<\/h4>\n<p>LOFT Ph.D. graduate (2019) Dr. Dominquez nicely represents how LOFT peers are colorful, talented, and passionate. She has been featured in the National Hispanic\/Latinx Heritage Month article by the Wyant College of Optical Sciences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/dominguez-outreach_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2129\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/dominguez-outreach_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/dominguez-outreach_0.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/dominguez-outreach_0-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about her, please, read this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics.arizona.edu\/news\/national-hispaniclatinx-heritage-month-margaret-dominguez\">interview article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Daewook\u2019s ANSYS Advantage magazine article describing GMT &amp; OASIS<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ANSYS_GMT_OASIS-709x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2128\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ANSYS_GMT_OASIS-709x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ANSYS_GMT_OASIS-709x1024-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/ANSYS_GMT_OASIS-709x1024-1-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daewook and Erik wrote an article describing the Extreme Optical Engineering research and development activities at the University of Arizona. It highlights two projects, the Giant Magellan Telescope and the OASIS space terahertz telescope that LOFT peers have been contributing to. The magazine article is available in the link here. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/2022_ANSYS_Advantage_GMT_OASIS_DKim.pdf\">pdf<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansys.com\/blog\/extreme-optical-engineering\">ANSYS website<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>Daewook gives a featured talk at the ANSYS Simulation World 2022<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SimulWorld-730x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2127\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SimulWorld-730x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SimulWorld-730x1024-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SimulWorld-730x1024-1-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daewook presented a featured talk \u201cExtreme optical engineering enabling the Giant Magellan Telescope\u201d at the annual international event,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simulationworld.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANSYS Simulation World 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>LOFT member Joel dishes up new method to improve radio telescope manufacturing<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Berkson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2126\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Berkson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Berkson.png 1000w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Berkson-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Berkson-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joel Berkson, a third year doctoral student in LOFT group at the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences and Steward Observatory, has developed a new way for precisely measuring radio antenna surfaces which are used to collect and focus radio waves for astronomy and satellite communications.\u00a0Please, read the exciting full story of Joel\u2019s adventure at the<a href=\"https:\/\/techlaunch.arizona.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/optical-sciences-researcher-dishes-new-method-improve-radio-telescope-manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Tech Launch Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Sky &amp; Telescope Magazine Article Featuring LOFT Group\u2019s Nautilus Space Telescope<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Sky_and_Telescope_Nautilus_Nov2021_Screenshot_image-1-768x323-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2125\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Sky_and_Telescope_Nautilus_Nov2021_Screenshot_image-1-768x323-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Sky_and_Telescope_Nautilus_Nov2021_Screenshot_image-1-768x323-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Sky_and_Telescope_Nautilus_Nov2021_Screenshot_image-1-768x323-1-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nautilus Space Telescope project has been featured in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/sky-and-telescope-magazine\/inside-the-november-2021-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky &amp; Telescope Magazine Nov 2021 issue<\/a>\u00a0celebrating its 80th\u00a0 anniversary. LOFT group develops the optical engineering technology for the project. Please, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Sky_and_Telescope_Nautilus_Nov2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nautilus article<\/a>\u00a0page 32 \u2013 33 of the magazine page (or, page 34\u00a0\u2013 35 of the pdf page).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Sky_and_Telescope_Nautilus_Nov2021_Screenshot_image-scaled.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>SPIE Instructional Webinar by Daewook Kim<\/h4>\n<p>Daewook Kim will provide an SPIE Instructional Webinar \u201cOptical Testing for Ground and Space Telescopes\u201d on 27 July 2021. The recorded Webinar is available at the SPIE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/education\/courses\/coursedetail\/SC212?f=GroupTraining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>ANSYS Zemax STAR whitepaper features\u00a0LOFT\u2019s NASA Aspera mission work<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-04-at-10.20.07-PM-768x397-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2124\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-04-at-10.20.07-PM-768x397-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-04-at-10.20.07-PM-768x397-1.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-04-at-10.20.07-PM-768x397-1-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOFT peers (Jaren, George, Charlotte, and Daewook) have been a part of ANSYS OpticStudio (Zemax) STOP feature beta program and used it for the design and analysis of the NASA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.arizona.edu\/story\/uarizona-will-lead-nasa-space-telescope-mission-reveal-unseen-dynamic-lives-galaxies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aspera UV space telescope<\/a>\u00a0mission at the University of Arizona. Please, check out the LOFT group\u2019s story featured in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/4959\/5825\/files\/WP_OpticStudio_STAR_Module_Sept2021.pdf?v=1633460537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANSYS Zemax STAR module\u2019s whitepaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>SPIE Press book chapter authored by\u00a0Daewook, Logan, and Isaac<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_Book_DKim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2123\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_Book_DKim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_Book_DKim.jpg 692w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_Book_DKim-300x107.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daewook Kim, Logan Graves, and Isaac Trumper wrote a book chapter \u201cMetrology\u201d for the SPIE Press Book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiedigitallibrary.org\/ebooks\/PM\/Review-of-Optical-Manufacturing-2000-to-2020\/eISBN-9781510645370\/10.1117\/3.2599940?SSO=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review of Optical Manufacturing 2000 to 2020<\/a>\u201d edited by Aizhong Zhang and Richard N. Youngworth. This book summarizes some of the critical changes that have impacted optical system manufacturing from 2000 to 2020. It evaluates new manufacturing techniques with growing popularity and identifies future trends. The chapters provide a snapshot of the field that conveys the basics of current manufacturing capabilities and promising new techniques. Other topics reviewed include optical materials, optical fabrication, metrology, optical coatings, infrared optical systems, polymer optics, fiber optics, diffractive- and micro-structured optics, and illumination optics. This book is suitable for beginner optical engineers learning about the optics industry and for advanced professionals staying up-to-date with various subfields of optics.<\/p>\n<h4><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">LOFT group\u2019s review paper selected as the SPIE NEWS Top 5 Must Reads<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_NEWS_Top5MustReads-768x461-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2122\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_NEWS_Top5MustReads-768x461-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_NEWS_Top5MustReads-768x461-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_NEWS_Top5MustReads-768x461-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOFT group\u2019s recent review summary paper,\u00a0<em>Daewook Kim, Heejoo Choi, Trenton Brendel, Henry Quach, Marcos Esparza, Hyukmo Kang, Yi-Ting Feng, Jaren N. Ashcraft, Xiaolong Ke, Tianyi Wang, Ewan S. Douglas, \u201cAdvances in Optical Engineering for Future Telescopes,\u201d Opto-Electron Adv 4, 210040 (2021)<\/em>, was selected as one of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.lux.spie.org\/servlet\/MailView?ms=NzEzMTY3NQS2&amp;r=NDIwNzA5OTg0MjYS1&amp;j=MTMwMTM3ODc3OQS2&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIE NEWS Top 5 Must Reads<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/SPIE_MustReadTop5_DKim.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4>EurekAlert and AZO Optics article about LOFT\u2019s recent review paper<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/269619_web-768x254-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2121\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/269619_web-768x254-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/269619_web-768x254-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/269619_web-768x254-1-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/269619_web-768x254-1-420x140.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers led by Professor Daewook Kim from The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA consider advances in optical engineering for future telescopes. Please, read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/multimedia\/pub\/269619.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EurekAlert article<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azooptics.com\/News.aspx?newsID=26883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AZO Optics article<\/a>\u00a0(or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Study-Lists-Telescope-Advances-to-Expand-Scientific-Understanding-of-the-Universe-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF version<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4>Our LOFT peer Trenton Brendel\u2019s outreach video<\/h4>\n<p>LOFT group has a passion for education and outreach! Please, check out this cool outreach demo by Trent Brendel (LOFT PhD student). He\u00a0talks about\u00a0\u201cIntroduction to Single-Lens Reflex Cameras and Photographic Lenses\u201d. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Outreach Demo: Trent Brendel, Introduction to Single-Lens Reflex Cameras and Photographic Lenses\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HIeYMa-8E5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>HISTORICAL LENS: GRADUATE STORIES, \u2018OSC AND BEYOND,\u2019 WYANT COLLEGE OF OPTICAL SCIENCES, 1964-2020 (including Dae Wook Kim)<\/h4>\n<p>This week\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.optics.arizona.edu\/news-events\/news\/quicknews\/historical-lens-graduate-stories-osc-and-beyond-wyant-college-optical-sci\"><em>Watts Up<\/em>\u00a0Historical Lens<\/a>\u00a0finds focus on OSC\u2019s past alumni. Peruse a collection of thoughts and pictures generously shared with OSC Historian, Tammy Orr, as we walk down memory lane through the eyes of twenty-nine OSC graduates\u00a0including LOFT peer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/2009-Dae-Wook-Kim_0.pdf\">Dae Wook Kim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Graduate Stories, &#039;OSC and Beyond&#039; from the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, 1964-2020\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4RvfsrMWW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Phys.Org Article: A new lens for life-searching space telescopes<\/h4>\n<p>Please, read this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/2019-08-lens-life-searching-space-telescopes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phys.org article<\/a>\u00a0explaining the new space telescope concept called Nautilus project. LOFT group is a happy member of the project team.<\/p>\n<h4>Dae Wook explaining the GMT2 manufacturing<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cEach of the GMT\u2019s seven primary mirrors is 8.4 meters in diameter and takes approximately four years to create. The final stage of work for segment 2 \u2014 front surface polishing \u2014 took just ten months, significantly faster than for segment 1 due to new polishing and metrology techniques invented at the University of Arizona. With these techniques established, future GMT mirrors should pass through the pipeline faster. Watch a short interview with Dr. Dae Wook Kim of the University of Arizona where he explains these techniques.\u201d Also, please, read the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmto.org\/2019\/07\/july-2019\/#mirror2\">GMTO Newsletter article<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deflectometry - Measuring the Shape of the Giant Magellan Telescope Mirrors\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C1eCsgEEBEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Erika\u00a0on TED (Hyperion Project PI)<\/h4>\n<p>Hyperion UV space telescope project team PI, Erika (CC\u2019d), gave a fantastic talk at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.ted.com\/erikahamden\">TED<\/a>\u00a0event. Three LOFT peers, Heejoo, Hyukmo, and Yi-Ting, recently made great contributions for the Hyperion optical system design and analysis. We are happy for our awesome team with\u00a0great\u00a0PI and talented colleagues! Congratulation, Erika!<\/p>\n<h4><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">OSA Spotlight on Optics highlights Logan\u2019s (LOFT member) paper<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/osa-spot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2120 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/osa-spot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>Logan\u2019s recent Optics Express publication, \u201cInfinite deflectometry enabling 2pi-steradian measurement range,\u201d has been chosen for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osapublishing.org\/spotlight\/summary.cfm?id=406830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSA Spotlight on Optics<\/a>. Here is a message from OSA. \u201cSpotlight on Optics showcases research produced in out journals-research and information that would be impossible without your talent and contribution. Your paper\u00a0is in excellent company. Only two papers are highlighted from our respective journals each month from among the scores of fine articles published.\u201d We are happy for this academic contribution from our member recognized by our community.<\/p>\n<h4>GMTO\u00a0Newsletter (interviewed\u00a0Dae Wook Kim,\u00a0LOFT peer)<\/h4>\n<p><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_GMTO-200x300-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2119 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/DKim_GMTO-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of our LOFT peer, Dae Wook Kim, shares his thoughts and happiness with his research, work,\u00a0and teaching at The University of Arizona. If\u00a0you are interested in, please,\u00a0check out his interview article in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmto.org\/2018\/12\/december-2018\/#dae-wook-kim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ginat Magellan Telescope Observatory (GMTO) Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0or this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/December-2018-_-Giant-Magellan-Telescope_Newsletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article<\/a>.\u00a0<em>(Photo Credit: Damien Jemison at GMTO)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Great Strides in Optical Fabrication<\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Article.aspx?AID=61064&amp;PID=5&amp;VID=135&amp;IID=903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Photonics Spectra<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Oct 2016) article explains the exciting history of optical fabrication technology developments. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/Great-Strides-in-Optical-Fabrication-_-Features-_-Oct-2016-_-Photonics-Spectra.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf version<\/a>) You will find LOFT group\u2019s contribution for this exciting world-wide co-efforts and challenges.<\/p>\n<h4>How do you build a mirror for one of the world\u2019s biggest\u00a0telescopes?<\/h4>\n<p>The article (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-do-you-build-a-mirror-for-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-telescopes-49927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4182545\/extremely-large-telescope-mirrors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Time<\/em><\/a>\u00a0magazine) explains the giant optics manufacturing process with exciting challenges and enabling technologies.<\/p>\n<h4>Arizona NOW Impact (featured Logan Graves, LOFT PhD student)<\/h4>\n<p>These two video clips produced by The University of Arizona Foundation demonstrate the impact of donating to the UA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contributing to the field of optics\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zo3t0zG5m8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arizona NOW Impact\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RZY4qGvghCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Giant Magellan Telescope &#8211; &#8220;A Perfect Mirror&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Wendy Freedman, Chairman GMT, and Dr. Pat McCarthy, Director GMT, discuss the Giant Magellan Telescope&#8217;s mirrors and the science that they will enable.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giant Magellan Telescope - &quot;A Perfect Mirror&quot;\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FVVSGcfFWVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Giant Mirrors To Capture The Universe<\/h4>\n<p>As crowds cheer on the Arizona Wildcats football team, something amazing is happening within the stadium below. Here in the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, teams of scientists use a great oven to spin-cast molten glass into the largest, most perfect telescope mirrors in the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BQ5dHzbhy8c\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BQ5dHzbhy8c<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Optics Outreach Abroad &#8211; Chile 2011 &#8211; Opening Video<\/h4>\n<p>The Astronomical Optics Workshop is an initiative of the Student Optics Chapter and the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona together with the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The 4-day workshop focuses on geometrical optics, aberrations, diffraction, and opto-mechanics, emphasizing their applications for telescopes, instrumentation, and any other opto-mechanical system.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the program features outreach to several high schools in Santiago with the goal of motivating young students in the sciences and optics and inspiring their participation in the future of astronomy and optics in Chile.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Workshop Opening Video\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-aZx1zdl20A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>The width of my hair<\/h4>\n<p>This educational optics video was prepared by Wenrui Cai.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The width of a kitten&#039;s hair\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fWd6aP_sTbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Moire and More!<\/h4>\n<p>This educational optics video was produced by Sara Lampen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moire and More!\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yb-kaU_YCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode;font-size: medium\">Customized Computer Generated Hologram for Optical Testing<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\">The null testing set-up using a customized computer generated hologram (CGH) in a Mach Zehnder interferometer is demonstrated in this video clip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Customized Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) [Part 1\/3]\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xNkN17iyxi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Customized Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) [Part 2\/3]\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSAWAG0ocJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Customized Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) [Part 3\/3]\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4Dp1rqGFO0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video clip was prepared by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/cos\/members_daewook.htm\">Dae Wook Kim<\/a>, Rene Zehnder, Hyun Gyoung An, and James Burge.<\/p>\n<h4>Disassembling a LCD Display while it is still working<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\">We want to show how the LCD works in this clip. The world largest LCD pixel is introduced, and the working LCD panel is disassembled while it is still turned-on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cracking the LCD\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e2frAvJFoZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video clip was prepared by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.optics.arizona.edu\/loft\/cos\/members_daewook.htm\">Dae Wook Kim<\/a> and Nathan Meraz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daewook Kim and Roger Angel\u2019s solar energy project to save the Earth Daewook Kim, Associate Professor of Optical Sciences, and Roger Angel, Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences, are working to pioneer a new approach to heliostat design for concentrating solar power (CSP) systems.\u00a0Their innovation aims to deliver solar thermal energy at exceptionally high concentrations throughout the day. 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