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Many people and organizations are contributing to the IMACS project:

Funding and Support

  • Kazuo Inamori, Kyocera International Inc.
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • National Science Foundation (Long Camera)
  • University of Toronto, Canada (Short Camera)
  • University of Durham, UK (Integral Field Unit)

Project leadership

  • Alan Dressler, Principal Investigator
  • Bruce Bigelow, Project Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer
  • Brian Sutin, Instrument Scientist

Conceptual Design

  • Steve Shectman
  • Alan Dressler
  • Harland Epps, UCO/Lick Observatory
  • Brian Sutin
  • Bruce Bigelow

Optical Engineering

  • Brian Sutin

Mechanical Engineering

  • Bruce Bigelow
  • Tyson Hare
  • Steve Gunnels, Paragon Engineering, Tehachapi, CA
  • Gerry Luppino, GL Scientific, Honolulu, HI
  • Alan Schier, J.A. Schier and Co., La Crescenta, CA
  • Tim Bond (now at IfA, U. Hawaii)

Detector System Engineering

  • Greg Burley
  • Ian Thomson
  • Gerry Luppino, GL Scientific
  • Alan Bagish

Software Engineering

  • Christoph Birk, OCIW
  • Greg Bredthauer, Consultant
  • Ken Clardy, OCIW

Electronic Engineering

  • Alan Bagish
  • Dave Carr
  • Jorge Estrada
  • Joe Asa

Mechanical Fabrication

  • Robert Storts
  • Vincent Kowal
  • Jerson Castillo
  • Richard Guerrero (consult.)

Drafting

  • Richard Cleary
  • Julie Meyers (consult.)
  • Mary Poteete, Pacific Jet Services

Administrative Support

  • Jeanette Stone, purchasing
  • Sharon Kelly, purchasing

Outside Sources contributing:

Optical Materials

  • Ohara Corp. (optical glasses)
  • Corning/Optovac (CaF2)
  • Dynasil (fused silica)
  • Corning Glass Works (fused silica)
  • Schott Glassworks (CaF2)

Optical Coatings

  • Cleveland Crystals Inc. (field lens Sol-Gel coating)
  • Newport Thin Films Lab (collimator AR coatings)
  • Spectrum Thin Films Lab (collimator, camera AR coatings)

Optics Fabrication

  • Brashears LP (field lens)
  • Custom Scientific (filters, imaging mirrors)
  • Harold Johnson Optical Labs (grisms)
  • Thermo/RGL (gratings, grisms)
  • Tucson Optical Research Corp. (collim., long cam., short cam. spherical optics)
  • Tinsley Labs (short camera aspheres)

CCD Detectors

  • SITe CCDs (8), thinned, backside illuminated, 2K X 4K, 15-micron pixels

Guide Cameras

  • Canon Lens U.S.A. optics
  • EEV CCD-47, frame-transfer, 1K X 2K, 13 micron pixels

Material Testing

  • Orange County Material Test Laboratories, Anaheim, Ca

Sub-systems, Fabrication and Finishing

  • Ace Metal Spinning, Los Angeles, Ca (slit mask prototypes)
  • Advanced Recording Technologies, Escondido, Ca (laser cutting development)
  • BNL Precision Machining, Inc., Westlake Village, Ca (collimator test cell)
  • California Hydroforming, City of Industry, Ca (slit masks)
  • CNC Industries, Chino, Ca. (mask server parts)
  • Composite Horizons, Covina, Ca (slit mask materials)
  • ConvergentPrima, Sturbridge, Ma (slit mask cutting laser system)
  • Danco Machine, Santa Clara, Ca, (collimator barrel)
  • J.S. Foster Corp., Saanichton, B.C. Canada (filter server parts)
  • Kinetic Composites, Oceanside, Ca (slit mask materials, optical baffles)
  • Laserod, Gardena, Ca, (laser cutting development)
  • Martinez and Turek, Rialto, Ca. (opto-mechanics, structures)
  • Monitor Plating, Pasadena, Ca. (anodizing)
  • Precision Plastics Corp., Mountain View, CA (baffle spacers)
  • Rettig Machine, Redlands, Ca (mask server, carriage, misc.)
Sincere apologies to anyone left unmentioned. This list is intended to be complete, so if you detect anyone missing, please update us!

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