Projects

Project Research theme Status
Laser tomography adaptive optics subsystem for GMT
Current
Giant Magellan Telescope Integral-Field Spectrograph (GMTIFS)
Current
Freezing-out atmospheric blurring with Lucky Imaging
Current
Veloce Rosso
Current
GMTIFS: 3DHD instrumentation for Astronomy
Current
Site monitoring at Mount Stromlo
Current
Ground Layer Adaptive Optics system for the 8-metre Subaru Telescope in Hawaii
Potential, Current
Opening the dynamic infrared sky with DREAMS
Potential, Current
Double stars observations at Mount Stromlo Observatory for satellite laser communications
Potential, Current
Greenhouse Gas Monitor
Current
Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for deep space optical communications: The Moon and beyond.
Potential, Current
Australian Plasma Thruster
Current
SkyMapper camera
Completed
Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI)
Completed
Gemini Near-Infrared Integral-Field Spectrometer (NIFS)
Completed
Adaptive Optics Demonstrator for space debris tracking
Completed
Control and Data Reduction for GHOST
Completed
Adaptive Optics for Space Debris Tracking and Pushing
Completed
Adaptive Optics for Satellite Imaging
Completed
RSAA Telescope Automation and Remote Observing System (TAROS)
Completed
Antarctic Broadband program
Completed
AITC Adaptive Optics Test Bench
Potential
Ground Layer Adaptive Optics system for the 8-metre Subaru Telescope in Hawaii
Potential, Current
Opening the dynamic infrared sky with DREAMS
Potential, Current
Dockerising optical sensors and correctors
Potential
3D printed optical translation stage
Potential
LLMs for systems engineering
Potential
Reinforcement learning for phasing giant telescopes
Potential
Investigating Spatial Light Modulators and Pyramid Wavefront Sensing
Potential
Precision astrometric reference source for optical calibration
Potential
Simulating integral field spectrograph images for MAVIS
Potential
Meta-surface lenslet arrays for adaptive optics
Potential
Adaptive vibration cancellation in adaptive optics
Potential
Double stars observations at Mount Stromlo Observatory for satellite laser communications
Potential, Current
Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for deep space optical communications: The Moon and beyond.
Potential, Current
3D printed water-cooled deformable mirror for high power lasers.
Potential
Exploring the Ultraviolet Extinction Landscape: A Mission Concept for Probing Interstellar Medium Composition in the Milky Way and Local Group Galaxies
Potential