Phase Retrieval & Imaging Science – The Institute of Optics
Fun
May /11/2023 – Disc Golf at Ellison
Natalia, Joseph, Melanie Xue, Jim, Antony Georgiadis, Sparrow, and Nico [Photo by Sparrow’s Dad]
February /14/2023 – Disc Golf at Shadow Pines
Sparrow, Antony Georgiadis, Jim and Joseph It can be nice in Rochester in the dead of winter (see Feb/23/2017)
June /11/2021 – Disc Golf at Parma
Joseph, Jim, Sparrow and Heri.
Sept/02/2019 – Labor Day Barbecue
Left-to-right: Jaime Cardenas, Matt, Maria Schnitzler, Jim, Patty, Joseph, and Janet Hrdina
Feb/21/2019 – Rock Climbing at Rock Ventures
Left to right: Jim, Joseph, Scott, Jess, Hannah, Aaron, Patty, Kelsey, and Scott
Apr/25/2017 – The James Webb Space Telescope
Completely assembled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and was to be shipped the following week to Johnson Space Center in Houston for further testing. This is a “selfie” from an observation deck just a few yards from it. (You can only see 12 of the 18 gold-plated hexagonal mirror segments here since the other 6 are in the folded-back position, like it will be when they put it into a rocket to launch it in October 2018). It’s huge!
Feb/23/2017 – Disc Golf at Basil Marella Park
It can be nice in Rochester in the dead of winter Jim, Scott, Aaron, and Matt
Jan/03/2013 – Bristol Mountain
Alex & Maria, Zack & Lindsay, Jim, and Matt
Sept/30/2012 – At the induction into the National Academy of Engineering
Aaron & Abbie (Tippie) Watnik, Tom Zielinski, Patty, Jim, and Matt Bolcar
Oct/9/2012 – Cryo-vac chamber at Johnson Space Center (JSC)James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)where NASA will test the assembled James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Oct/9/2012 – NASA’s JWST Product Integrity Team (PIT) at the JSC test chamber
Prof. Hidekazu Mimura (Visiting Scientist — Professor at U. Tokyo), Jim, Zack, Abhishek and Dustin – (photo by Tom Zielinski) Hidekazu, Tom, Zack, Abhishek and Dustin
11/2010 – Moving
So how does one move a 2,000-lb, 12-ft x 4-ft x 18-in thick optical table from the 5th floor of one building into the 4th floor of another? — very carefully
Mar/23/2007 – Rock Climbing
Dec/15/2006 – Disc Golf
Manuel, Tom, Nathan, and Jim catch some sunny March weather in Rochester.
Mar/2/2006 – At Ball Aerospace
Jim and Matt Bolcar join Ball Aerospace and NASA researchers, posing in front of the test bed for wavefront sensing and control for the future James Webb Space Telescope. Jim is standing in the center, with the jaunty clean-room cap. Where’s Matt? (answer below) (Photo courtesy of NASA)
Feb/16/2006 – Rock Climbing at Rock Ventures
Back (left to right): Emily, Dan, Tom, Matt, Julianna, Greg, Nate, Kathleen; Front: Young-Sang, Seul-Byul, Seung-Whan, Jim
Aug/2005–JWST
Group visiting a full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope in Rochester, NY,. Left to right: Sapna, Greg, Tom, Nathan, Matt, Brad (honorary group member), Brijesh, Jim & Sam
Sept/2005 – Where’s Waldo ? Can you find Matt Bolcar in the picture below?
NASA JWST workers, Goddard Space Flight Center
Apr/2005 – Disc Golf 2
Disc golf outing in April 2005 (80 degrees F, sun shining in Rochester in April!). L/R: Sapna Shroff, Greg Brady, Jim Fienup, Matt Bolcar, Tom Zielinski, Nathan Clark
June/2004 – Disc Golf 1
L/R: Jim Fienup, Matt Bolcar, Nathan Clark, Abbie Tippie, Andrew Berger (Photo by Nathan Clark)
(Anwer to first “Where’s Matt?”: front row, third from right) (Answer to second “Where’s Matt?”: middle right area)
Rock Climbing
Dan and Kathleen clipping in.Emily and Nathan belay for Greg and Tom.Greg as SpidermanThe “wall” in “wall-ninja” is superfluous.Matt getting to know the climbing wall.Mrs. Fienup belaying Prof. FienupTom attacks the corner.Nathan reaching for chalk.Almost to the top.Sean chimneys up, but not too high.
Disc Golf
Abbie driving.Andrew Berger boldly going where no Optics Professor has gone before, trying to retreive an errant disc.Prof. Berger tosses.Jim putting. “cha-ching”Matt driving.
Lab Renovation
Jim DePinto and Sam Thurman deciding what to do about remodeling one of the labs.Q: How do you get a 12-foot x 4-foot table out of you lab? A: Out the window:Q: What do you do then? A: Lower it very carefully.
