Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
DeMeritt Hall, room 112
Speaker:
Dr. James
W. Beletic,
Ph.D.Chief
Scientific Officer - Teledyne Digital Imaging
Topic:
This talk presents the scientific
motivation of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), technical challenges and
solutions, space orbit, observing cadence, and the infrared focal plane arrays
that are the “eyes” of the observatory. Technical performance and scientific
images will be presented. The talk is designed to be accessible to a
general public
audience.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Beletic is the
Chief Scientific Officer for Teledyne Digital Imaging, focusing his efforts on
space missions. In this role, he is
responsible for engaging current and prospective space customers to grow
Teledyne’s business across the full suite of Teledyne’s imaging
technologies. During 2013-2023, Dr.
Beletic was the President of Teledyne Imaging Sensors, which is a world leader
in the development and production of high performance infrared focal plane
arrays (FPAs).
Teledyne’s FPAs are operating in instrumentation at every major ground-based telescope, most space astronomy missions (including JWST), and leading Earth and planetary science missions. Teledyne’s FPAs are serving an increasing role in space defense missions.
This talk is open to the public and Dr. Beletic will hand out goodies to the audience after the presentation. More about your host, Space Tech Hub.
