Author Archives: Logan Graves

Dr. Run Huang successfully defended her dissertation, “High Precision Optical Surface Metrology using Deflectometry.”, on July 27th, 2015.  Congratulations, and please see her other publications for more detail on her work.

The SLOTS system, developed by LOFT group alumni Dr. Tianquan Su, has gained recognition through a new SPIE newsroom article. The publication presents a layperson description of the SLOTS system and how its novel IR deflectometery approach has been successful … Continue reading →

  A comparison of telescope systems; Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting article discussing the current largest telescopes on Earth and in space, as well as the future of large telescopes. Original article    

Dr. Tianquan Su successfully defended his dissertation, “Aspherical Surface Metrology with the Scanning Long-Wave Optical Test System”, on November 12th, 2014.  Congratulations, and please see his other publications for more detail on his work.

A recent publication in the Astrophysical Journal reported that curl was detected in some of the oldest measurable light in the universe.  This was the result of measurements taken from an observatory in Chile’s Atacama desert.  See source for more information.

Dr. Laura Coyle successfully defended her dissertation, “Precision alignment and calibration of optical systems using computer generated holograms”, on August 8th, 2014.  Congratulations, and please see her other publications for more detail on her work.

Dr. Alex Maldonado successfully defended his dissertation, ‘Resolution Optical Surface Metrology with the “Slope measuring Portable Optical Test System” (SPOTS)’, on September 5th, 2014.  Congratulations, and please see his publications for more details about his work.