Congratulations to Carlos Gascón (visiting student from Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 2019) on the publication of his paper: “Analytic Stability Maps of Unknown Exoplanet Companions for Imaging Prioritization” in the Astronomical Journal. This paper explores the idea of looking
GPI 2.0 Is a Go!
We are very happy to announce that we have secured funding from the NSF and HSF for an upgrade of the Gemini Planet Imager. Once commissioned at Gemini North in Hawaii in 2022, GPI 2.0 will be even more sensitive
Congratulations to Dean Keithly on Passing his A Exam
Dean Keithly successfully passed his A exam on 9/9/2019, marking his entrance into the dissertation phase of his degree program. His presentation can be viewed here.
Congratulations to Jacob Shapiro on Passing his A Exam
Jacob Shapiro successfully passed his A exam, marking his entrance into the dissertation phase of his degree program. His presentation can be viewed here.
Congratulations Dr. Garrett
Daniel Garrett successfully defended his thesis, titled “Exoplanet Direct Imaging Detection Metrics and Exoplanet Populations” on November 20th, 2018. A copy of his presentation can be seen here. Congratulations to Dr. Garrett and the very best of luck in all
New Paper in Optics and Lasers in Engineering
Joyce Fang’s final paper as a graduate student: “Wavefront reconstruction with defocus and transverse shift estimation using Kalman filtering” has been published in Volume 111 of Optics and Lasers in Engineering. Open access available here.
Congratulations to Dr. Fang
On June 8th, 2018, Joyce Fang successfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled “Online Model-based Estimation for Automated Optical System Alignment and Phase Retrieval Algorithm” Congratulations to Dr. Fang and the very best of luck in all of her future endeavors.
Congratulations SIOSlab Graduates!
Congratulations to all of this year’s SIOSlab graduates, including undergraduate lab alumni Amlan Sinha and Patrick Voorhees, and MEng alumni Michael Wang and Dante Del Terzo. Best of luck in all your future endeavors. Congratulations also to Gabriel Soto, for
Congratulations to Gabriel Soto on Passing his A Exam!
Gabriel Soto successfully passed his A exam, marking his entrance into the dissertation phase of his degree program. The talk slides are available here.
Michael Wang Wins ASEE St. Lawrence Section Best Poster Award
Michael Wang (SIOSlab MEng 2018) presented at the St. Lawrence Section meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference and was awarded the best graduate poster award for his work on Coded Aperture Ranging.