Research Group Members of OPAL

Current Group Members

Scott Teare, Professor of Electrical Engineering

• Adam Hime, MS EE Candidate

• Nancy Canafax, MS ME Candidate

• David Park, MS EE Candidate

• Allen Woo, MS EE Candidate

Past Undergraduate Group Members

• Reina Villegas

• Kelsea Cronin

• Nathaniel Miller

• Ryan Schwingle

• Peter de Simone

OPAL Graduates at New Mexico Tech

Doctor of Philosophy

Denis Oesh, PhD Physics 2005.

Dissertation: Imaging a Laser Guide Star with thermal and Coating Variations in the Primary Mirror.

Master of Science

Collin S. Smith, MS Electrical Engineering 2016.

Thesis: Optimization of Grating Profiles for the X-Ray Talbot-Lau Interferometer.

Bryana L. (Baird) Woo, MS Electrical Engineering 2016.

Thesis: Control Matrix Design for Reduced Wavefront Error.

Morgan H. Tompkins, MS Materials Engineering 2016.

Thesis: Titanium Oxysulfate as a Colorimetric Sensor for Peroxide-Based Energetic Materials.

Matthew I. Landavazo, MS Electrical Engineering 2016.

Thesis: Simulations of Group Delay Feedback for Optical Stellar Interferometers.

Ted Schuler-Sandy, MS Electrical Engineering 2010.

Thesis: An Adaptive Optics Corrector System for a Pulsed Infrared Laser.

Joshua Shapiro, MS Electrical Engineering 2009.

Thesis: Smart Instrumentation for Control of a Diode Pumped Alkali Laser.

Brianna Klein, MS Electrical Engineering 2009.

Thesis: Jerk Detection in the Ranque-Hilsch Tube.

Stephen Bracht, MS Electrical Engineering 2006.

Thesis: Characterization of Flash Memory Devices in a Radiation Environment.

Chunquiang Sun, MS Electrical Engineering 2006.

Thesis: Long Period Fiber Grating Fabrication Based on CO2 Laser Irradiation.

Jonathan R. Andrews, MS Electrical Engineering 2005.

Thesis: Multiple Wavefront Sensor Characterization with Dynamic Aberration Control.

Dale Neimeier, MS Physics 2003.

Thesis: Optical Strength of Atmospheric Turbulence.

How we got here...

• Dr. Teare's PhD is in Physics (1991), advised by Dr. Charles W. Fischer at U. of Guelph, Canada;

• Dr. Fischer's PhD is in Electrical Engineering (1971), advised by Dr. Ling Yun Wei at U. of Waterloo, Canada;

• Dr. Wei's PhD is in Physics (1958), advised by Dr. John Bardeen at U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;

• Dr. Bardeen's PhD is in Physics (1936), Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 &1972, advised by Dr. Eugene Paul Wigner at Princeton ;

• Dr. Wigner's PhD is in Chemical Engineering (1925), Nobel Prize in Physics 1963, advised by Dr. Michael Polanyi at Technische Hochschule Berlin ;

• Dr. Polanyi received his PhD in Chemistry (1917) from Budapest University.

(Revised 8-9-16)