Mr. David T. Finley Profile

David T. Finley

Product Line Manager, Optical Telescopes at CPI SATCOM & Antenna Technologies

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Incentive contracts for development projects

David Finley, Byron Smith, B. DeGroff

Proceedings Volume 8449, 84490S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926803

KEYWORDS: Visibility, Telescopes, Observatories, Mars, Roads, Control systems, Systems modeling, Systems engineering, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

The Discovery Channel Telescope: early integration

Byron Smith, Tomas Chylek, Bill DeGroff, David Finley, Jeffrey Hall, Paul Lotz, Brad McCreight, Alexander Venetiou

Proceedings Volume 7733, 77330A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858046

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Domes, Software development, Cameras, Interfaces, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

Design of the Discovery Channel Telescope mount

David Finley, Chuck Squires, Brad McCreight, Byron Smith, Tomas Chylek, Alexander Venetiou

Proceedings Volume 7012, 70124I (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790210

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Computer programming, Optical instrument design, Interfaces, Observatories, Assembly equipment, Space telescopes, Actuators, Head

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2006 Paper

The concept design of the Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope mount

David Finley, Edward Reese, Kerstan Hermann, Al Gienger, Thomas Sebring

Proceedings Volume 6267, 62672P (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672144

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Computer programming, Control systems, Radio telescopes, Optical instrument design, Interfaces, Reflectors, Radio optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

Equivalent static vs. response spectrum: a comparison of two methods

David Finley, Ricky Cribbs

Proceedings Volume 5495, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552172

KEYWORDS: Spectrum analysis, Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Optical telescopes, Structural design, Software development, Computer hardware, Astronomical telescopes, Space telescopes, Structural analysis

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

The concept design of the Discovery Channel Telescope mount

David Porter, Thomas Sebring, Byron Smith, David Finley, Fred Baine, Kerstan Hermann

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552343

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Actuators, Mirrors, Computer aided design, Finite element methods, Astronomical telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Control systems design, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2000 Paper

High-performance mount for the SOAR telescope project

Kerstan Hermann, David Finley, Al Gienger

Proceedings Volume 4004, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393907

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Servomechanisms, Optical instrument design, Fluctuations and noise, Computer programming, Image quality, Adaptive optics, Teeth, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 1994 Paper

In-orbit performance of the spectrometers of the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

William Boyd, Patrick Jelinsky, David Finley, Jean Dupuis, M. Abbott, C. Christian, Roger Malina

Proceedings Volume 2280, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.186819

KEYWORDS: Spectrometers, Sensors, Calibration, Extreme ultraviolet, Distortion, Information operations, Atmospheric modeling, Stars, Spectral resolution, Airglow

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 1991 Paper

Results from the calibration of the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer instruments

Barry Welsh, Patrick Jelinsky, Peter Vedder, John Vallerga, David Finley, Roger Malina

Proceedings Volume 1343, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23190

KEYWORDS: Extreme ultraviolet, Scanners, Telescopes, Calibration, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Mirrors, Optical filters, Stars, Extreme ultraviolet lithography

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Conference Committee Involvement (1)

Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy V

1 July 2012 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

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