Colleagues:

I’ll be presenting my tutorial “Optomechanical Analysis” at SPIE’s Optics and Photonics Symposium.  The time and date are:

28 August 2007
830 AM to 530 PM
Marriott Marina Hotel, San Diego and
San Diego Convention Center (next door to the hotel)

I’ll be discussing and comparing various methods to evaluate the mechanical engineers’ impacts on the optical instruments and systems they design and analyze.  You may read the abstract and sign-up for the course by clicking on the following web-site:

http://spie.org/x1139.xml?course_id=E0783533

I’ll also be hosting a meeting of the Optomechanical/Instrument Technical Group that same evening, the 28th, 8 to 10 PM.  Larry Stepp will be our feature speaker and will discuss the mechanical challenges of the Thirty Meter Telescope project, of which he is the Telescope Department Head.  Following Larry we’ll get an up-date from Rob Bernier on how he implemented some of your suggestions from last year’s meeting on metrology challenges in the JWST project at Tinsley.

Then, on Wednesday the 29th and Thrusday the 30th I and some of our colleagues will chair sessions of our biennial conference, “New Developments in Optomechanics.”  We’ll have over 30 oral presentations during the days and almost a dozen poser papers Wednesday evening.

It ought to be a great time!  I hope to see you all there.

Al H.
7-19-07

Colleagues:

This is a final reminder:  I’ll be presenting my tutorial “Optomechanical Analysis” at the SPIE’s Orlando conference on Defense and Security.  The time and date are,

12 April 2007
830 AM to 530 PM
Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center

In it I’ll be discussing and comparing various methods to evaluate the mechanical engineer’s impact on the optical instruments and systems.  You may read the abstract and sign-up for the course by clicking the following web-site:

http://spie.org/Conferences/Programs/07/dss/shortcourses/index.cfm?fuseaction=shortcoursedetail&course=SC781

I’ll also be Exhibiting at Booth No. 1307.  I’ll be passing out complimentary demonstration copies of my Ivory Optomechanical Modeling Tools as long as they last.  Please drop by and say “Hello.”

I hope to see you all there.

Al Hatheway
3-21-07

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome all to the grand year of 2007!  This is also the 20th anniversary of SPIE’s Optomechanical/Instrument International Technical Group.

On August 20, 1987, we had our first gathering during SPIE’s Annual Meeting in San Diego.  That first meeting was chaired by Roger Reiss and the agenda included Roger, Bill Barnes Jr., Paul Yoder, Dan Vukobratovich, Don O’Shea, Warren Smith and myself.  The assembly elected Roger to be the first chairman of the Group and we decide to organize our own conferences dedicated to the arts of optomechanical engineering and instrument design.  We’ve been presenting them every-other year (and sometimes more frequently) ever since.

This summer we will be presenting our biennial conference (see the attachment).  This is the perfect opportunity to get the acclaim you deserve for all your hard work and to network with the best pool of technical talent in our industry.

We are also planning an informative evening meeting that should stimulate conversation and a lot of good ideas.  Last year we stirred-up the metrology activities at SSG-Tinsley.  Who knows what trouble we’ll get you into this August?

I plan to renew old friendships, stir-up some new ideas, meet new people and have a great time.  Just what this great year, 2007, ought to be all about!

Here’s to hoping to see you all there.

Al Hatheway
1-2-07

P.S. – Be sure to get your abstracts in early!