Past Projects

AggieSpec An Instrument for the 1.54m Telescope at the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba

Binospec Calibration System A calibration screen and derotator assembly for the Binospec imaging spectrograph.

MooSci Steven Villanueva, 2015 A lunar scintillometer used at the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) site at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

PreCal Nick Mondrik, 2014 A monochromator based system designed to scan the throughput of commercial lenses attached to a CCD camera

Studying the Throughput of a Commercial Lens Brendan Hill, 2015 Examining a Nikon lens under controlled dark room conditions to determine whether changing its focal length changes the results of the indicated flux given by IRAF packages.

Cargille Test, Tyler Behm. Filling UV cuvettes with sample Cargille fluids from Cargille Labs, and submerging that fluid in a small sample of material such as vulcanized rubber, silicone, Teflon, etc.

Calypso Spectrograph, Samuel Gonzalez and Steven Villanueva. A spectrograph for the Calypso Telescope in Kitt Peak, Arizona.

DESpec. A fiber-fed spectroscopic instrument concept for the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO).

Flat Field Screen, Emily Boster. Designing and installing two similar flat fielding screens with mounting gear for the Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy Teaching Observatory.

LCO Calibration. A prototype dome flat spectrophotometric calibration system for the Carnegie Supernova Project at Las Companas Observatory in Chile, tested at TAMU Observatory.

LIGOcam

Square Calibration Screens

Circular Calibration Screen (pdf) (files)

Clean Room (pdf) (files)

Munnerlyn Loading Ramp (pdf) (files)

Virus Origins (pdf)