Mr. Hector Swett Profile

Hector Swett

at GMTO Corp

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Latest developments for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) control system

Martí Pi, Marianne Cox, José M. Filgueira, Jordi Molgó, Divya Thanasekaran, William Schoenell, Hector Swett, José Soto, Chien Peng, Chris Contaxis

Proceedings Volume 12189, 1218917 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630614

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Observatories, Safety, Telescopes, Mirrors, Actuators, Interfaces, Software development, Prototyping, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Progress summary of the Giant Magellan Telescope primary mirror off-axis segment active optics control system risk reduction effort: the Test Cell

Barbara Fischer, Trupti Ranka, Francisco Aguayo, David Ashby, Marianne Cox, Austin Everman, John Ford, Tomas Krasuski, Gary Muller, Wylie Rosenthal, David Schwartz, José Soto, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran, Abhijit Wadhavkar

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121823G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630155

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Control systems, Mirrors, Calibration, Active optics, Telescopes, Prototyping, Off axis mirrors, Electronics, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The GMT site, enclosure, and facilities: 2020 design and construction update

Bruce Bigelow, Gustavo Arriagada, Robert Turner, Christopher Madden, Francisco Meza, Hector Swett, Bahram Talison, Patricio Verdello, Eduardo Villar, Miroslav Vulinovic

Proceedings Volume 11445, 1144508 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560856

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Large telescopes, Lanthanum, Computer architecture, Computational fluid dynamics, Observatories, Buildings

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Device control software design for the active support system of GMT primary mirror segments

Divya Thanasekaran, Jordi Molgó, José Filgueira, Alfonso Roman, Marianne Cox, William Schoenell, Pierre Kurkdjian, Charles Plubell, Tomas Krasuski, José Soto, Hector Swett, Chien Peng, Trupti Ranka, David Ashby, Barbara Fischer, Martí Pi

Proceedings Volume 11452, 114523B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562919

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Mirrors, Actuators, Off axis mirrors, Observatories, Computer architecture, Software frameworks, Feature extraction, Communication engineering, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The purpose, plan, and progress of the Giant Magellan Telescope primary mirror off-axis segment test cell

Barbara Fischer, Trupti Ranka, Francisco Aguayo, Dave Ashby, Erich Bugueno, Austin Everman, John Ford, Zaven Kechichian, Kurt Kenagy, Tomas Krasuski, Gary Muller, Wylie Rosenthal, David Schwartz, Jose Soto, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran, Abhijit Wadhavkar

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114451H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561694

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Off axis mirrors, Actuators, Collimation, Active optics, Convection, Control systems, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Status of the observatory control system for the GMT

Martí Pi, José Filgueira, Marianne Cox, Chien Peng, José Soto, Alfonso Román, Jordi Molgó, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran

Proceedings Volume 10707, 1070705 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2315850

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Software development, Observatories, Telescopes, Connectors, Interfaces, Computer architecture, Data modeling, Prototyping, Model-based design

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

GMT M1 subsystem: status, design and testing

Francisco Aguayo, Dave Ashby, Erich Bugueno, Barbara Fischer, John Ford, Peter Gray, Michael Gusick, Anthony Hebert, Zaven Kechichian, Trupti Ranka, Dev Sharma, Jose Soto, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran, Frank Tian, Abhijit Wadhavkar

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070036 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312937

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Control systems, Telescopes, Fluctuations and noise, Interfaces, Sensors, Control systems design, Prototyping, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

Gemini base facility operations environmental monitoring: key systems and tools for the remote operator

Martin Cordova, Andrew Serio, Francisco Meza, Gustavo Arriagada, Hector Swett, Jesse Ball, Paul Collins, Neal Masuda, Javier Fuentes

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99101X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231708

KEYWORDS: Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Photonic integrated circuits, Safety, Electronics, Observatories, Space telescopes, Large telescopes, Optical instrument design

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