Glen Cole, TMT lead optical fabrication engineer, explains the technical steps involved in the integration of the glass segment with the new segment support design, prior to carrying out the optical test validation. The assembly tool is seen in the background. TIO Board members are looking over the safety perimeter of the spherical segment, which is guarded under a piece of protective black foam.
Akamai interns from TMT and UC Santa Cruz surrounded by their mentors at TMT project office in Pasadena for the 2018 internship symposium on Tuesday 14 August, 2018.
Representatives from TMT’s MICHI team, including Professor Chris Packham (UTSA & NAOJ), Mitsuhiko Honda (Kurume University, Japan), Professor Gregory Herczeg (PKU, China), Professor Lei Hao (SHAO, China), representatives of TMT-China office and Chinese Astronomers and engineers
Keoki, Olivia and Erica, TMT Akamai interns for 2018 on their first day at TMT office are welcome by their mentors.
From left: Sujit Punnadi, Saadna Dabake, Neeraj Gupta, Jimmy Johnson., Abhijit Jadhav , Avinash Hirekerur , Meenal Gharpure, Ajay Singh
The meeting involved members from the TMT project office, the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and the TCS contractors Honeywell Automation India Ltd. From left: Sujit Punnadi, Ajay Singh, Meenal Gharpure, Jimmy Johnson, Neeraj Gupta, Sachin Dhawade.
TMT-Honeywell team photo for TCS quarterly review meeting at Honeywell software company in Pune, India.
Members of the TMT project office, the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and the TCS contractors Honeywell Automation India Ltd. visited the telescopes facilities on Maunakea, Hawaii. From left: Abhijit Jadhav, Sachin Dhawade, , Neeraj Gupta, Mark Sirota, Jimmy Johnson, Vinod Khairnar, Hiroshi Terada, Sujit Punnadi.
From left: Saadna Dabake, Meenal Gharpure, Neeraj Gupta, Sujit Punnadi, Abhijit Jadhav, Jimmy Johnson, Avinash Hirekerur , Ajay Singh
Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting participants at the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory project office. Image Credit: TMT International Observatory
Group picture of TMT Science Forum 2017, held at the campus of Infosys in Mysore, India, November 2017.
TMT Science community and International Science Development Teams (ISDTs) brainstorming on instrument concepts beyond TMT first-light. Dr. Srianand Raghunathan and Dr. Christophe Dumas -Science Organizing Committee chair and the Forum Local Organizing Committee.