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Past Technical Talks

2005
Month	Date	Speaker	Title
JAN	24	Dr. Bruce Atwood Ohio State University	"The Large Binocular Telescope and Her Aluminization System"
JUL	19	Dr. Doug Simons Associate Director of Instrumentation Gemini North	"Next-Generation Astronomy Detector Technology: A Review of the Recent Workshop in Italy"

2004
Month	Date	Speaker	Title
APRIL	27	Peter Gray (Gemini)	“*Overview of Gemini Engineering”*
APRIL	29	Colin Aspin (Gemini) Severin Gaudet (CADC) David Bohlender (CADC)	“*The Gemini Science Archive: Current Status and Future Plans”*
JUNE	15	Chris Clemens (UCN) Adam Crain (UCN) Manuel Lazo (Gemini)	“The Goodman Spectrograph for SOAR” “Remote Observing on SOAR with the Goodman Spectrograph” “Hokupa'a – 85 to Gemini South”
SEP	8	Mark Chun (University of Hawaii)	“*Hokupa'a – 85 Commissioning”*
OCT	4	Dr. Alistair Walker (CTIO) John Peoples (Fermilab-DECam) Nicholas Suntzeff (CTIO) Chris Smith (CTIO) Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab-DECam) Peter Limon (Fermilab-DECam) Greg Derylo (Fermilab-DECam) French Leger (Fermilab-DECam) Del Allspach (Fermilab-DECam) Todd Moore (Fermilab-DECam)	“Introduction” “The DEC Project and How it is Organized” “Science with the DEC” “Data Management and the Archive” “The Instrument, Goals for the Week” “System Integration Plans” “Focal Plane Design, Camera Vessel, Procedures” “PF Cage Design & Procedures” “Cooling System, Power, Procedures” “DAQ-DES Plans for Modified Monsoon”
NOV	29	Richard Wilson University of Durham	*"SLODAR Turbulence Profiling"* (Presentation available in PDF format)

2003
Month	Date	Speaker	Title
JULY	8	Pedro Gigoux	“*EPICS and Its Use in Gemini”*
		Manuel Lazo	“*Instrument Labs in Gemini South”*
		Sandrine Thomas	“*Centroid Mesurements in a Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor”*
		Andrés Montané Rodolfo Cardemil Fabián Collao	Numerically Controlled Milling of Metal Mirrors”

2002
Month	Date	Speaker	Title
MAY	13	Gabriel Pérez (Gemini)	Primary Mirror Support; Mechanical Concepts
		Pablo Díaz (Gemini)	Maintscape: Gemini Maintenance Program”
		Michael Warner (CTIO/SOAR)	“*Test on the Hawaii II Array for ISPI”*
		Germán Schumacher (CTIO/SOAR) Mike Ashe (CTIO/SOAR)	“*A Topic Relating to the Use of LabView in SOAR”*
		Hugo Schwarz (CTIO) David Walker (CTIO)	“*TASCA – The Tololo All-Sky Camera)*

2001
Month	Date	Speaker	Title
MAY	14	Gustavo Arriagada	“*The Gemini Coating Chamber”*
		Eduardo Mondaca	“*Tip-Tilt Servo System, Centroid Measurements”*
		Rolando Rogers	“*Commissioning of Gemini Mount Control System”*
		Patricio Schurter	“*The SOAR Optical Imager”*
		Roger Smith	“*High Speed Aperture Photometry with Standard CCDs”*

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