Australian Astronomical Optics

Projects

Projects per year 2017 2019 2028

• 7 Active
• 44 Finished

Projects per year

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• Active

  DP24 (Swinburne Led): 3D integrated crystalline UV optical lens-fiber couplers for astronomy

  Juokazis, S., Lawrence, J. & Anand, V.

  2/05/24 → 1/05/27

  Project: Research

• 2022/23 NCRIS NSW support: AAO Diversified Business development and Industry Support

  Casali, M. & Liu, D.

  26/04/24 → 25/04/26

  Project: Research

• IDEAS 23: HearHealth: a co-designed online support service empowering consumers with hearing loss

  Gopinath, B., Ferguson, M., Georgiou, A., McMahon, C., Sherman, K., Tang, D., Gill, L., Mukherjee, P., Wolnizer, P., Williamson, S., Carlile, S., O'Toole, S., Lau, A., Smith, Z. & Zou, A.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research

• Gemini North Adaptive Optics Bench Phase B

  Lawrence, J., Wang, Y., Fusco, T., Goodwin, M., Neichel, B., Bruno, P., Zheng, J., Rakich, A., Chin, T., McGregor, H., Waller, L., Farrell, T., Correia, C., Charton, J., Cetre, S., Jouve, P., Luo, S., Rigaut, F., Vedrenne , N., Hirigoyen, F., Schimpf , A., Sauvage , J., Rakich, A., Zheng, J., Taissir Heritier, C., Jouve, P., Laslandes , M., Chin, T., McGregor, H., Waller, L. & Farrell, T.

  21/11/23 → 14/11/28

  Project: Research

• Project LUNA (Laser measurement Unit for Navigation Assistance)

  Spitler, L., Lawrence, J., Ellis, S., Zheng, J., Kripak, Y., McGregor, H., Roberts, L., Spollard, J., Wang, Y. & Casali, M.

  25/09/23 → 30/06/25

  Project: Research

• ADC11: ADC11: AAO Data Central 23/24

  O'Toole, S. & Lorente, N.

  1/07/23 → 30/06/27

  Project: Research

• Vera Rubin Observatory/LSST Macquarie University (AAO-Macquarie) In-kind Contributions

  O'Toole, S., Lorente, N. & Liu, D.

  1/07/23 → 30/06/26

  Project: Research

• Finished

  ACAMAR Visiting Fellowship - Zhenyang Li

  Lawrence, J. & Li, Z.

  14/03/24 → 31/10/24

  Project: Research

• LE23 ANU Led: Explosive Astrophysics from Siding Spring Observatory

  Lidman, C., Colless, M., Wolf, C., Travouilon, T., Brough, S., Seitenzahl, I., Ruiter, A., Brown, M., Hedger, A., Galloway, D., Möller, A., Kotachery, D., O'Toole, S., Wen, L. & Einecke, S.

  27/04/23 → 26/04/24

  Project: Research

• Thermal imaging payload for Gilmour

  Spitler, L., Smedley, S., Zheng, J., Casali, M., Waller, L., McGregor, H. & Kripak, Y.

  4/11/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Gemini North Adaptive Optics Bench Phase A Study

  Lawrence, J., Rigaut, F., Fusco, T., Neichel, B., Charton, J., Case, S., Ellis, S., Vedrenne , N., Bruno, P., Sauvage , J., Fetick , R., Correia, C., Farrell, T., McGregor, H., Zheng, J., Waller, L., Cetre, S., Laslandes , M. & Schimpf , A.

  22/07/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• MAAT Final Design Study

  Lawrence, J., Goobar, A., Prada, F., Copenhagen, U. & Martin, E.

  1/07/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• MQRIS S 2022: A broad-band light source for the development of world-leading astronomical instruments

  Ellis, S., Lawrence, J., Zafar, T., Zheng, J., Schwab, C., Owers, M., Kotachery, D., Zucker, D. & Gross, S.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• MQRIS L 2022: High-precision 3D laser-tracker

  Lawrence, J., Ellis, S., McGregor, H., Zheng, J., Robertson, D., Schwab, C. & Power, R.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• A Spectrograph for KMTNet

  Lawrence, J., Waller, L., Farrell, T., Zhelem, R., Mohanan, M., Zafar, T., Zheng, J., Hwang, H. S. & Kim, J.

  10/12/21 → 30/06/24

  Project: Research

• AAT Research Collaboration

  Brookfield, R., Lawrence, J., Sealey, K., Case, S. & Lidman, C.

  1/10/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• ADC8: ADC8: ADC8 ARDC / AAL AAO Data Central Project

  Sealey, K., O'Toole, S. & Shen, R.

  1/09/21 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Critical Design and Build Phase for Subaru Nasmyth BeamSwitcher

  Lawrence, J., Smedley, S., Robertson, D., McGregor, H. & Zheng, J.

  29/06/21 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• MANIFEST Conceptual Design Study

  Lawrence, J., Saavedra Lacombe, C. & Millan-Gabet, R.

  23/03/21 → 15/01/22

  Project: Research

• MAAT Preliminary Design Study

  Lawrence, J., Goobar, A., Prada, F., Copenhagen, U. & Martin, E.

  14/01/21 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Opto-mechanical and systems support for MSE

  Lawrence, J., Hopkins, A. & Szeto, K.

  30/09/20 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• LVM final design and construction

  Lawrence, J., Case, S., Konidaris, N., Feger, T., Zhelem, R. & Kripak, Y.

  1/05/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• RAAP2-AAO: Australian Astronomical Optics Macquarie University node (AAO-MQ)

  Casali, M., Cerneaz, N. & Luo, S.

  1/03/20 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• MQAAAstro: Macquarie University Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics Research Centre

  De Marco, O., McDermid, R., Casali, M., Wardle, M., de Grijs, R., Hopkins, A., Coutts, D. W., Withford, M., Zucker, D., Spitler, L., Owers, M., Dawson, J., Kotachery, D., Purcell, C., Schwab, C., Sealey, K., O'Toole, S., Lorente, N., Ellis, S., Lopez Sanchez, A. R., De Silva, G., Zafar, T., Ryder, S., Mulligan, J., Feger, T., Choudhury, S. & Lawrence, J.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Other

• CubeSat Platform

  Cetin, E., O'Neill, C. J., Lawrence, J., Spitler, L., Reisenfeld, S. & Hashmi, R.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Other

• A tunable laser to extend the scope of applied photonics

  Ellis, S., Withford, M., Lawrence, J. & Owers, M.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Other

• AAO_SSO FPI Camera S/W: Order 4

  Lawrence, J. & Robertson, D.

  14/11/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Other

• Subaru Telescope Nasmyth Beam-Switcher Final Design Study

  Lawrence, J.

  12/11/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Other

• Siding Spring Observatory AAT Archiving - Order 3

  Lawrence, J. & Sealey, K.

  1/08/19 → 1/05/20

  Project: Research

• FOBOS Phase-A Conceptual Design

  Lawrence, J.

  1/08/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• LVM Preliminary Design

  Lawrence, J. & Case, S.

  1/08/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Other

• Starbugs: Demonstration and Commercialization

  Hopkins, A., Colless, M., Lawrence, J., Issa, Z., Lorente, N., Said, K., Barat, D., Contos, A. & McCarthy, P.

  1/07/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Hector-1: completing the revolutionary multi integral field spectrograph

  Bland-Hawthorn, J., Lawrence, J., Owers, M., McDermid, R., Sharp, R., Cortese, L., Bryant, J. J., Croom, S., Groves, B. A., Power, C., Leon-Saval, S., Robotham, A. S. G. & Catinella, B.

  23/04/19 → 22/04/20

  Project: Other

• SkyHopper Telescope Design work at Macquarie's Australia Astronomical Optics in 2019

  Spitler, L. & Lawrence, J.

  17/04/19 → 16/04/20

  Project: Research

• Photonic Technologies for Ground Based Infrared Telescopes

  Ellis, S.

  1/04/19 → 5/06/20

  Project: Research

• SSO - Siding Spring Observatory HERMES gas line replacement - order 2

  Lawrence, J.

  20/02/19 → 29/02/20

  Project: Research

• Near infrared camera for DAG

  Lawrence, J., Bryant, J. J., Ellis, S., Sharp, R. & Moore, A. M.

  14/02/19 → 13/07/23

  Project: Other

• MAV: Phase A study of VAOI (MAVIS)

  Ellis, S., McDermid, R., Lawrence, J., Rigaut, F., Ragazzoni, R., Neichel, B., Fusco, T. & Esposito, S.

  29/01/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• K-band testing and progressing to conceptual design phase of the Subaru/ULTIMATE multiple integral field unit instrument

  Zafar, T. & Hopkins, A.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Other

• A general use, portable, full-range vacuum pumping station with leak detector

  Schwab, C., Downes, J., Ellis, S., Mildren, R., Kane, D., Carman, R., Twamley, J., Volz, T., Coutts, D. W. & McDermid, R.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Other

• Mauna Kea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Systems Engineering

  Lawrence, J.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Other

• Tripling the scientific productivity of Macquarie’s Huntsman Telescope facility

  Spitler, L., De Marco, O., McDermid, R., Lawrence, J., Owers, M., Dawson, J., Zucker, D. & Kotachery, D.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Other

• The Origin of Galactic Positrons

  Ellis, S. & Collins, M.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/20

  Project: Other

• Siding Spring Observatory Services- AAO_SSO Services: Order 1

  Lawrence, J. & Lidman, C.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• 4MOST: AESOP: the 4MOST fiber positioner

  Lawrence, J.

  1/07/18 → 31/12/21

  Project: Other

• GHO: Gemini High-Resolution Optical Spectrograph (GHOS)

  Lawrence, J.

  1/07/18 → 3/02/20

  Project: Other

• TAIPAN Spectrograph and Positioner for the UKST

  Colless, M., Lawrence, J. & Hopkins, A.

  1/07/18 → 1/03/21

  Project: Research

• Australian Astronomical Optics Consortium Agreement

  Casali, M., Cerneaz, N., Colless, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Webster, R. & Luo, S.

  1/07/18 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• Doubling the power of a unique astronomical survey facility

  Colless, M., Da Cunha, E., Mackey, D., Croom, S., Blake, C., Taylor, E. N., Drinkwater, M. J., DAVIS, T., Brough, S., Wright, D., Driver, S. P., Brown, M., Norris, R. & Hopkins, A.

  1/01/18 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• SBS: Subaru Nasmyth Beam Switcher Preliminary Design

  Lawrence, J.

  11/12/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research