Dr. Paul T. Finley Profile

Dr. Paul T. Finley

Cryogenic Engineer at BAE Systems Inc

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Actuator usage and fault tolerance of the James Webb Space Telescope optical element mirror actuators

A. Barto, D. Acton, P. Finley, B. Gallagher, B. Hardy, J. Knight, P. Lightsey

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84422I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924596

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Failure analysis, Telescopes, Shape memory alloys, James Webb Space Telescope, Tolerancing, Cryogenics, Image segmentation, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2005 Paper

Spitzer cryogenic telescope assembly performance update

Paul Finley

Proceedings Volume 5883, 588302 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623454

KEYWORDS: Helium, Telescopes, Cryogenics, Space telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Solar cells, Infrared radiation, Temperature metrology, Aerospace engineering, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Flight cooling performance of the Spitzer Space Telescope cryogenic telescope assembly

Paul Finley, Richard Hopkins, Russell Schweickart

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550547

KEYWORDS: Helium, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Cryogenics, Temperature metrology, Virtual colonoscopy, Infrared telescopes, Space operations, Data modeling, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Optimizing cryogen utilization on Spitzer Space Telescope

Charles Lawrence, Paul Finley

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551949

KEYWORDS: Helium, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Cryogenics, Liquids, Temperature metrology, Space operations, Mirrors, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

Operating SIRTF for maximum lifetime

Charles Lawrence, Peter Eisenhardt, Jan Emming, Paul Finley, Thomas Gautier, George Helou, Richard Hopkins, Gregory Johnson, Jocelyn Keene, Johnny Kwok, Jeff Lee, Stephen Nieczkoski, Thomas Roellig, Russell Schweickart

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461953

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Helium, Infrared telescopes, Space telescopes, Liquids, Thermal modeling, Aerospace engineering, Cryogenics, Thermography, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

Thermal performance verification of the SIRTF cryogenic telescope assembly

Paul Finley, Rodney Oonk, Russell Schweickart

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461640

KEYWORDS: Helium, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Data modeling, Virtual colonoscopy, Transducers, Cryogenics, Thermal modeling, Space operations, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

Cryogenic/thermal system for the SIRTF cryogenic telescope assembly

Richard Hopkins, Paul Finley, Russell Schweickart, Stephen Volz

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461788

KEYWORDS: Helium, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Space operations, Solar cells, Observatories, Cryogenics, Assembly equipment, Thermal modeling, Mathematical modeling

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