Category Archives: LOFT News

A LOFT group member was accidentally spotted at the SPIE AR/VR/MR conference. Surprise? The conference was very successful and impressive. So many interesting and challenging optical design and configuration problems/topics are waiting for talented optical scientists.

One of our LOFT peer, Dae Wook Kim, shares his thoughts and happiness with his research, work, and teaching at The University of Arizona. If you are interested in, please, check out his interview article in the Ginat Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) Newsletter … Continue reading →

It has been another exciting and productive year 2018 with all the LOFT peers. Total 13 publications have been added to the Publication section. Please, enjoy the invaluable academic contributions from the LOFT group colleagues to our optics and astronomy society. … Continue reading →

  The SAGUARO 1.6.6 is released today. The startup errors and some modules bugs are fixed. You can see the details in the ChangeLog file. Thank you, SAGUARO team. Click below to download. http://www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/scripts/saguaro_download.php?v=1.6.6

Here is a Popular Mechanics article “The Deep Space Eye in the Desert” introducing the Giant Magellan Telescope project. It features our LOFT group member Dae Wook’s comments.

Joel Berkson is working on the NASA Space Grant internship program for 2017-2018. He is a University of Arizona Junior majoring in Optical Sciences and Engineering. He works with Dae Wook Kim from the College of Optical Sciences on “Deflectometry-based Simultaneous … Continue reading →

From the openNASA website (https://open.nasa.gov/explore/datanauts/): “Reach higher and explore deeper. Whether you’re a software engineer or coding newbie, join our NASA Datanaut community to engage with each other and subject matter experts to solve data challenges. It really IS Rocket [Data] … Continue reading →

“As part of the AISPIRE (American Indian Student-Parent Involved Research Experience) after school program collaboration with San Simon Day School on the Tohono O’odham Reservation, CIAN (Center for Integrated Access Networks) recently co-hosted a special San Simon Family STEM Night. On May 2nd, … Continue reading →

LOFT group members shouldn’t miss this great talk (Invited_Talk_Peter_Zygo) by Peter from ZYGO. If you have any question regarding the talk, please, contact Dae Wook Kim (dkim@optics.arizona.edu). Peter is a Physics PhD working in precision optical measurements, and is currently … Continue reading →

There is an exhibition of art in the Kuiper Space Science building from Feb. 11th-12th 1-5PM, and the opening night is Feb. 10th from 5-9PM. The Art of Planetary Science is an annual art exhibition run by UA’s Lunar and … Continue reading →