Mr. James T. Heisler Profile

James T. Heisler

at National Energetics

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

Current status of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide field upgrade

Gary Hill, John Booth, Mark Cornell, John Good, Karl Gebhardt, Herman Kriel, Hanshin Lee, Ron Leck, Walter Moreira, Phillip MacQueen, Dave Perry, Marc Rafal, Tom Rafferty, Chuck Ramiller, Richard Savage, Charles Taylor, Brian Vattiat, Lawrence Ramsey, Joseph Beno, Timothy Beets, Jorge Esguerra, Marco Häuser, Richard Hayes, James Heisler, Ian Soukup, Joseph Zierer, Michael Worthington, Nicholas Mollison, Douglas Wardell, Gregory Wedeking

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84440K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925435

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Wavefront sensors, Camera shutters, Metrology, Control systems, Optical fibers, Actuators, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Use of failure modes and effects analysis in design of the tracker system for the HET wide-field upgrade

Richard Hayes, Tim Beets, Joseph Beno, John Booth, Mark Cornell, John Good, James Heisler, Gary Hill, Herman Kriel, Charles Penney, Marc Rafal, Richard Savage, Ian Soukup, Michael Worthington, Joseph Zierer

Proceedings Volume 8449, 84491K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925500

KEYWORDS: Safety, Failure analysis, Control systems, Telescopes, Mirrors, Electromechanical design, Sensors, Control systems design, Injuries, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Testing, characterization, and control of a multi-axis, high precision drive system for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide Field Upgrade

Ian Soukup, Joseph Beno, Gary Hill, John Good, Charles Penney, Timothy Beets, Jorge Esguerra, Richard Hayes, James Heisler, Joseph Zierer, Gregory Wedeking, Michael Worthington, Douglas Wardell, John Booth, Mark Cornell, Marc Rafal

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84443X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926389

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Sensors, Telescopes, Computer programming, Algorithm development, Control systems, Mathematical modeling, Observatories, Detection and tracking algorithms, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

Integration of VIRUS spectrographs for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment

J. Heisler, N. Mollison, I. Soukup, R. Hayes, G. Hill, J. Good, R. Savage, B. Vattiat

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773347 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857466

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Collimators, Safety, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Space telescopes, Cameras, Fluctuations and noise

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

Design and development of a long-travel positioning actuator and tandem constant force actuator safety system for the Hobby Eberly Telescope wide-field upgrade

Nicholas Mollison, Jason Mock, Ian Soukup, Timothy Beets, John Good, Joseph Beno, Herman Kriel, Sarah Hinze, Douglas Wardell, James Heisler

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773344 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857249

KEYWORDS: Bridges, Telescopes, Safety, Control systems, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Failure analysis, Servomechanisms, Spherical lenses, Mechanical engineering

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

Current status of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide field upgrade

Richard Savage, John Booth, Mark Cornell, John Good, Gary Hill, Hanshin Lee, Phillip MacQueen, Marc Rafal, Brian Vattiat, Karl Gebhardt, Joseph Beno, Joseph Zierer, Dave Perry, Tom Rafferty, Chuck Ramiller, Charles Taylor, Timothy Beets, Richard Hayes, James Heisler, Sarah Hinze, Ian Soukup, John Jackson, Jason Mock, Michael Worthington, Nicholas Mollison, Omar Molina, Brian South, Douglas Wardell, Gregory Wedeking

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773343 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857203

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Computer aided design, Observatories, Actuators, Prototyping, Control systems, Metrology, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

Design of the fiber optic support system and fiber bundle accelerated life test for VIRUS

Ian Soukup, Joseph Beno, Richard Hayes, James Heisler, Jason Mock, Nicholas Mollison, John Good, Gary Hill, Brian Vattiat, Jeremy Murphy, Seth Anderson, Svend Bauer, Andreas Kelz, Martin Roth, Eric Fahrenthold

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77354W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856968

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Actuators, Accelerated life testing, Space telescopes, Optical fibers, Fiber optics, Optical instrument design, Structured optical fibers, Optical benches, Motion models

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