Mr. Greg Ames Profile

Greg Ames

President at Blue Line Engineering

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

Control of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope primary mirror array with the segment alignment maintenance system

Povilas Palunas, James Fowler, John Booth, George Damm, Greg Ames

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552410

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Control systems, Calibration, Sensor calibration, Temperature metrology, Image quality, Process control

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2003 Paper

Hobby-Eberly Telescope segment alignment maintenance system

Mark Adams, Povilas Palunas, John Booth, James Fowler, Marsha Wolf, Gregory Ames, John Rakoczy, Edward Montgomery

Proceedings Volume 4837, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458006

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Control systems, Image segmentation, Simulation of CCA and DLA aggregates, Image quality, Calibration, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2003 Paper

Primary mirror figure maintenance of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope using the segment alignment maintenance system

John Rakoczy, Drew Hall, Richard Howard, William Ly, John Weir, Edward Montgomery, Mark Adams, John Booth, James Fowler, Gregory Ames

Proceedings Volume 4837, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456734

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Control systems, Telescopes, Temperature metrology, Space telescopes, Calibration, Image segmentation, Image quality, Optical spheres

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2002 Paper

Demonstration of a segment alignment maintenance system on a seven-segment subarray of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope

John Rakoczy, Drew Hall, Richard Howard, John Weir, Edward Montgomery, Gregory Ames, Tim Danielson, Phil Zercher

Proceedings Volume 4494, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454780

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Control systems, Image segmentation, Process control, Signal processing, Simulation of CCA and DLA aggregates, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2000 Paper

Development of the segment alignment maintenance system (SAMS) for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope

John Booth, Mark Adams, Gregory Ames, James Fowler, Edward Montgomery, John Rakoczy

Proceedings Volume 4003, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391509

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Telescopes, Image segmentation, Control systems, Space telescopes, Telecommunications, Actuators, Digital signal processing, Process control

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 1995 Paper

PAMELA: phase I testing and verification on a 0.5 meter diameter telescope with a 36 segment adaptive primary mirror

Gregory Ames, Richard Howard, Jeffrey Lindner, Edward Montgomery, Alan Patterson, John Rakoczy, Glenn Zeiders, Henry Waites

Proceedings Volume 2376, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208202

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Telescopes, Actuators, Calibration, Control systems, Space telescopes, Phased arrays, Wavefronts, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 31 May 1994 Paper

PAMELA: progress report on a 0.5-m-diam telescope with a 36-segment adaptive primary mirror

Anthony Gleckler, Gregory Ames, David Markason, Skip Radau, Henry Waites

Proceedings Volume 2201, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176125

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Actuators, Control systems, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Astronomy, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1994 Paper

Precision active mirror technology development

Gregory Ames, A. Lee Widener

Proceedings Volume 2121, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174180

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Silicon, Telescopes, Process control, Signal processing, Digital signal processing, Space telescopes, Silicon carbide, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1994 Paper

Methods of hierarchical control for a segmented active mirror

Albert Lazzarini, Gregory Ames, Edward Conklin

Proceedings Volume 2121, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174179

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Spatial frequencies, Actuators, Optical components, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Space telescopes, Wavefronts, Local area networks

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Proceedings Article | 13 January 1992 Paper

PAMELA: control of a segmented mirror via wavefront tilt and segment piston sensing

Anthony Gleckler, David Markason, Gregory Ames

Proceedings Volume 1543, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51180

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Actuators, Control systems, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Optical components, Image segmentation, Wavefront sensors, Segmented mirrors, Adaptive optics

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