Astronomical Instrumentation

Chris Clemens
Gerald Cecil

Work focuses on developing novel prototypes and components for advanced astronomical instruments. The Goodman Spectrograph for SOAR was built in the Goodman Laboratory for Astronomical Instrumentation here. Current efforts are focused on design of advanced volume-phase holographic gratings for spectroscopy, development of fused fiber hexabundles for areal spectroscopy, and medical imaging applications.

Physics and Astronomy students from undergraduate majors to graduate students participate in these activities after training in use of ZEMAX, SolidWorks, Spice, and other design tools. Clean-room facilities in Chpamn Hall are used.