Mr. Gordon E. Lacy Profile

Gordon E. Lacy

Lead Mechanical Engineer at NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophyics

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Errors in Deep Dish Development Array (6m) construction and metrology steps

Mohammad Nouroz Islam, Deniz Ölçek, Gordon Lacy, Hsin Cynthia Chiang, Richard Hellyer

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629423

KEYWORDS: Laser metrology, Composites, Metrology, Reflectors, Error analysis, Telescopes, Antennas, Photogrammetry

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Developing the ngVLA Radio Telescope 6m antenna

Dean Chalmers, Gordon Lacy, Mohammad Islam, Nathan Loewen, Emile Van Vuuren, Lynn Baker

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114450M (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562977

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Radio telescopes, Reflectors, Optical instrument design, Distortion, Carbon, Composites, Reflector telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: support structure final design

Brian Hoff, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Gordon Lacy, Jennifer Dunn, Glen Herriot, Jeffrey Crane, Peter Byrnes, Dean Chalmers, David Andersen, Jenny Atwood, Tim Hardy

Proceedings Volume 11451, 114511Z (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560757

KEYWORDS: IRIS Consortium, Thirty Meter Telescope, Infrared Imaging Spectrograph, Optical instrument design, Structural design, Optical alignment, Polymers, Metals, Interfaces, Infrared imaging

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Developing the ngDVA 15m composite reflector concept

Gordon Lacy, Mohammad Islam

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070020 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311505

KEYWORDS: Reflectors, Composites, Telescopes, Carbon, Metals, Finite element methods, Radio telescopes, Structural design, Chemical elements, Structured optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

An improved secondary reflector for DVA-2 radio telescope: a case study on application of structural optimization technique

Mohammad Islam, Gordon Lacy

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107005T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311501

KEYWORDS: Carbon, Finite element methods, Reflectors, Composites, Distortion, Radio telescopes, Computer aided design, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

System performance testing of the DVA1 radio telescope

Lewis B. G. Knee, Lynn Baker, Andrew Gray, Gary Hovey, Michael Kesteven, Gordon Lacy, Timothy Robishaw

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99063T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232179

KEYWORDS: Antennas, Radio telescopes, L band, Composites, Astronomy, Receivers, Reflectors, Holography, Calibration, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Modal vibration testing of the DVA-1 radio telescope

Peter W. G. Byrnes, Gordon Lacy

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99063P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231486

KEYWORDS: Composites, Receivers, Telescopes, Radio telescopes, Reflectors, Observatories, Data acquisition, Connectors, Wind measurement, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

CryoPAF4: a cryogenic phased array feed design

Lisa Locke, Dominic Garcia, Mark Halman, Doug Henke, Gary Hovey, Nianhua Jiang, Lewis Knee, Gordon Lacy, David Loop, Michael Rupen, Bruce Veidt, Ramunas Wierzbicki

Proceedings Volume 9914, 99141P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232190

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Phased arrays, Cryogenics, Antennas, Telescopes, Metals, Amplifiers, Reflectors, Field programmable gate arrays, Chemical elements

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