AOIM2024 Conference

HartSCI attended the International Workshop on Adaptive Optics For Industry and Medicine, AOIM2024, conference in Padua, Italy March 12 – 15, 2024. Dr. Michael Hart briefed the group on the capabilities of our adaptive optics systems. During his briefing he also ran a live demonstration of one of our ClearStar AO+ systems located at our lab in Tucson, AZ, opening and closing the control loop remotely from Italy in real-time over the web!

Dr Michael Hart Visits with friends and colleagues during the AOIM2024 conference

Pictured left to right:

Prof. Gordon Love: Head of Computing at Leeds University; AO scientist formerly of Durham University, UK.

Prof. Roberto Ragazzoni: Director, Astronomical Observatory, The University of Padua, Italy. Inventor of several WFS types used in Adaptive Optics systems.

Dr. Michael Hart: President of HartSCI; Associate Professor Emeritus, The University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences.

Dr Sergio Restaino: Acting Division Superintendent and Head of Radio, IR and Optical Sensors, Remote Sensing Division, U.S. Naval Research Lab.