Many people and organizations are contributing to the IMACS project:

Funding and Support

• Kazuo Inamori, Kyocera International Inc.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington
• National Science Foundation (Long Camera)
• University of Toronto, Canada (Short Camera)
• University of Durham, UK (Integral Field Unit)

Project leadership

• Alan Dressler, Principal Investigator
• Bruce Bigelow, Project Manager and Lead Mechanical Engineer
• Brian Sutin, Instrument Scientist

Conceptual Design

• Steve Shectman
• Alan Dressler
• Harland Epps, UCO/Lick Observatory
• Brian Sutin
• Bruce Bigelow

Optical Engineering

• Brian Sutin

Mechanical Engineering

• Bruce Bigelow
• Tyson Hare
• Steve Gunnels, Paragon Engineering, Tehachapi, CA
• Gerry Luppino, GL Scientific, Honolulu, HI
• Alan Schier, J.A. Schier and Co., La Crescenta, CA
• Tim Bond (now at IfA, U. Hawaii)

Detector System Engineering

• Greg Burley
• Ian Thomson
• Gerry Luppino, GL Scientific
• Alan Bagish

Software Engineering

• Christoph Birk, OCIW
• Greg Bredthauer, Consultant
• Ken Clardy, OCIW

Electronic Engineering

• Alan Bagish
• Dave Carr
• Jorge Estrada
• Joe Asa

Mechanical Fabrication

• Robert Storts
• Vincent Kowal
• Jerson Castillo
• Richard Guerrero (consult.)

Drafting

• Richard Cleary
• Julie Meyers (consult.)
• Mary Poteete, Pacific Jet Services

Administrative Support

• Jeanette Stone, purchasing
• Sharon Kelly, purchasing

Outside Sources contributing:

Optical Materials

• Ohara Corp. (optical glasses)
• Corning/Optovac (CaF2)
• Dynasil (fused silica)
• Corning Glass Works (fused silica)
• Schott Glassworks (CaF2)

Optical Coatings

• Cleveland Crystals Inc. (field lens Sol-Gel coating)
• Newport Thin Films Lab (collimator AR coatings)
• Spectrum Thin Films Lab (collimator, camera AR coatings)

Optics Fabrication

• Brashears LP (field lens)
• Custom Scientific (filters, imaging mirrors)
• Harold Johnson Optical Labs (grisms)
• Thermo/RGL (gratings, grisms)
• Tucson Optical Research Corp. (collim., long cam., short cam. spherical optics)
• Tinsley Labs (short camera aspheres)

CCD Detectors

• SITe CCDs (8), thinned, backside illuminated, 2K X 4K, 15-micron pixels

Guide Cameras

• Canon Lens U.S.A. optics
• EEV CCD-47, frame-transfer, 1K X 2K, 13 micron pixels

Material Testing

• Orange County Material Test Laboratories, Anaheim, Ca

Sub-systems, Fabrication and Finishing

• Ace Metal Spinning, Los Angeles, Ca (slit mask prototypes)
• Advanced Recording Technologies, Escondido, Ca (laser cutting development)
• BNL Precision Machining, Inc., Westlake Village, Ca (collimator test cell)
• California Hydroforming, City of Industry, Ca (slit masks)
• CNC Industries, Chino, Ca. (mask server parts)
• Composite Horizons, Covina, Ca (slit mask materials)
• ConvergentPrima, Sturbridge, Ma (slit mask cutting laser system)
• Danco Machine, Santa Clara, Ca, (collimator barrel)
• J.S. Foster Corp., Saanichton, B.C. Canada (filter server parts)
• Kinetic Composites, Oceanside, Ca (slit mask materials, optical baffles)
• Laserod, Gardena, Ca, (laser cutting development)
• Martinez and Turek, Rialto, Ca. (opto-mechanics, structures)
• Monitor Plating, Pasadena, Ca. (anodizing)
• Precision Plastics Corp., Mountain View, CA (baffle spacers)
• Rettig Machine, Redlands, Ca (mask server, carriage, misc.)