Mr. James D. Howard Profile

James D. Howard

Principal Mechanical Engineer at Raytheon

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera: summit integration

Brian Stalder, Kevin Reil, Christian Aguilar, Claudio Araya, Anthony Borstad, Boyd Bowdish, Myung Cho, Stephen Cisneros, Chuck Claver, Julio Constanzo, Giovanni Corvetto, Holger Drass, Frossie Economou, Erik Dennihy, Alan Eisner, Juan Fabrega, Angelo Fausti Neto, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Ivan Gonzalez, Ronald Harris, Diane Hascall, Justine Haupt, Josh Hoblitt, James Howard, Mike Huffer, Tim Jenness, David Jiménez Mejías, Brian Johnson, Tony Johnson, K. Simon Krughoff, Craig Lage, Travis Lange, Ming Liang, Juan Lopez, Margaux Lopez, Robert Lupton, Guido Maulen, Felipe Menanteau, Neill Mills, Glenn Morris, Freddy Munoz, Homer Neal, Douglas Neill, Scott Newbry, Andrei Nomerotski, Dmitry Onoprienko, Ian Ordenes, Juan Orellana, Shawn Osier, HyeYun Park, Steve Pietrowicz, Andres Plazas, Gary Poczulp, Brian Qiu, Bruno Quint, Heinrich Reinking, Michael Reuter, Tiago Ribeiro, Rodrigo Rojas, Sandra Romero, Rafe Schindler, Bill Schoening, Jacques Sebag, Alysha Shugart, Cristian Silva, Ioana Sotuela, Anthony Tache, Diego Tapia, John Thayer, Sandrine Thomas, Roberto Tighe, Tei-Wei Tsai, Max Turri, Tony Tyson, Luis Vergara, Christopher Walter, Oliver Wiecha, Van Xiong

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630184

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Imaging systems, Observatories, Interfaces, Control systems, Safety, Electronics, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Rubin commissioning camera: integration, functional testing, and lab performance

Brian Stalder, Kevin Reil, Chuck Claver, Ming Liang, Tei Wei Tsai, Travis Lange, Justine Haupt, Oliver Wiecha, Margaux Lopez, Gary Poczulp, Diane Hascall, Douglas Neill, Jacques Sebag, Brian Johnson, Neill Mills, Myung Cho, Homer Neal, Scott Newbry, Shawn Osier, Rafe Schindler, Dmitry Onoprienko, Anthony Johnson, R. Glenn Morris, Max Turri, Alan Eisner, Stephen Cisneros, Van Xiong, Michael Huffer, Gregg Thayer, Ronald Harris, Anthony Borstad, Anthony Tache, William Schoening, J. Anthony Tyson, Craig Lage, Merlin Fisher-Levine, Robert Lupton, Andres Plazas, Felipe Menanteau, Htut Khine Htay Win, Stephen Pietrowicz, James Howard

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114470L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561132

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Imaging systems, Optical instrument design, Electro optics, Sensors, Electronics, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Primary mirror aluminizing operations at the Large Binocular Telescope

J. M. Hill, B. Atwood, M. L. Edwards, M. Gardiner, J. P. Haddad, J. Howard, D. P. Pappalardo, J. Riedl, B. A. Sabol, J.T. Williams

Proceedings Volume 11451, 114511M (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563170

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Coating, Glasses, Aluminum, Thin film coatings

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The LSST commissioning camera status and progress

James Howard, Kevin Reil, Chuck Claver, Brian Stalder, Ming Liang, Tei-Wei Tsai, Travis Lange, Justine Haupt, Oliver Wiecha, Margaux Lopez, Gary Poczulp, Diane Hascall, Douglas Neill, Jacques Sebag

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107003D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312684

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Sensors, Camera shutters, Charge-coupled devices, Optical filters, Interfaces, Cryocoolers

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2014 Paper

Maintaining a suite of binocular facility instruments at the Large Binocular Telescope

Robert Reynolds, John Morris, Jennifer Power, James Howard, James Riedl, Elliott Solheid, R. Wagner, Christian Veillet

Proceedings Volume 9149, 914915 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055613

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Telescopes, Lead, Head, Computer programming, Observatories, Spectrographs, Sensors, Helium, Contamination

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Enclosure rotation on the Large Binocular Telescope

James Howard, Robert Meeks, David Ashby, Warren Davison, James Wiese, Jeff Urban, Rick Hansen, Jared Schuh

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84443Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926493

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Reliability, Error analysis, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Camera shutters, Current controlled current source, Spherical lenses, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

Performance of the Large Binocular Telescope's hydrostatic bearing system

James Howard, David Ashby, Jonathan Kern

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773358 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857631

KEYWORDS: Capillaries, Telescopes, Temperature metrology, Resistance, Resistors, Photonic integrated circuits, Control systems, Copper, Observatories, Current controlled current source

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

The aluminizing system for the 8.4 meter diameter LBT primary mirrors

Bruce Atwood, Daniel Pappalardo, Thomas O'Brien, John Hill, Jerry Mason, Ralph Belville, David Steinbrecher, David Brewer, Ed Teiga, Barry Sabol, James Howard, L. Miglietta

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62730T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672998

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Aluminum, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Camera shutters, Control systems, Coating, Reflectivity, Space mirrors, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Optical drift test of the long delay line stations on the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer

James Clark, James Murphy, Long Ha, Joshua Walton, James Howard, J. Armstrong, G. Gilbreath, Robert Hindsley, Thomas Pauls

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550889

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Ocean optics, Light emitting diodes, Prototyping, Interferometers, Optical testing, Cameras, Optical tracking, Mirror mounts

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Alignment of vacuum feed stations on the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer

James Clark, James Murphy, Long Ha, Joshua Walton, James Howard, J. Armstrong, G. Gilbreath, Robert Hindsley, Thomas Pauls

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550867

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Light emitting diodes, Ocean optics, Prototyping, Interferometers, Optical fabrication, Alignment procedures, Inspection

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