SO Instrumentation School IX. Opto-mechanical systems and mechanical design of IR instrumentation

This course has been designed to provide the necessary concepts to tackle an opto-mecanichal project. The theoretical fundamentals, the appropiate design strategies and the manufacturing, assembly and testing aspects are also illustrated with several study cases of real systems, explained in detail from beginning to end. A specific module dedicated to infrared instrumentation will be imparted, in which the cryogenics and vacuum technology play a significant role. The course will be given by Manuel Maldonado who is the head of Fractal's Mechanical Engineering area. He has been working for seven years in the GRANTECAN instrumentation group, where he was in charge of the mechanigal design, integration and testing of instruments for the GTC telescope. In 2008 he joined Fractal, where he is responsible of the mechanical and opto-mechanical designs and integration tasks. Manuel also teaches the course of opto-mechanics in the "Master in Space Science and Technology" at the University of País Vasco, from 2010 to the current academic year and for two years he gave the course "Mechanics" at the International School of Instrumentation IScAI. Schedule:      7th, 8th, 14th and 16th of February from 9:30h to 14:30h     11th and 18th of February from 9:30h to 14:00h.