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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

Current status of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide field upgrade

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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