Michael Beamesderfer
Goddard Space Flight Center
9 Papers
39 Citations
Michael Beamesderfer is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Shutter & James Webb Space Telescope. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 9 publications.
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Microshutter Array System for James Webb Space Telescope
Mary Li,Tomoko Adachi,Christine A. Allen,Sachidananda Babu,Sateesh Bajikar,Michael Beamesderfer,Ruth Bradley,Nick Costen,Kevin L. Denis,Audrey J. Ewin,D. Franz,L. Hess,R. Hu,Kamili Jackson,Murzy D. Jhabvala,Dan Kelly,Todd King,Gunther Kletetschka,Alexander Kutyrev,Bernard A. Lynch,S. E. Meyer,T. C. Miller,Samuel H. Moseley,Vilem Mikula,Brent Mott,Lance Oh,James Pontius,D. Rapchun,C. Ray,Scott Schwinger,Peter K. Shu,Robert F. Silverberg,Wayne Smith,Steve Snodgrass,D. Sohl,Leroy Sparr,Rosalind Steptoe-Jackson,R. J. Thate,F. Wang,Liqin L. Wang,Yun Zheng,Chris Zincke +41 more
TL;DR: In this paper, micro-shutter arrays (MSAs) are designed for the selective transmission of light from objects in space with high efficiency and high contrast for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission.
Cryogenic characterization and testing of magnetically-actuated microshutter arrays for the James Webb Space Telescope
Todd King,Gunther Kletetschka,Gunther Kletetschka,Muzariatu A. Jah,Michael Beamesderfer,Mary Li,Liqin Wang,Samuel H. Moseley,Leroy Sparr,Murzy D. Jhabvala,Alexander Kutyrev,Robert F. Silverberg,D. Rapchun,Yun Zheng,D. S. Schwinger,George M. Voellmer +15 more
TL;DR: The magnetic rotisserie has proven to be an excellent tool for rapid characterization of two-dimensional MEMS microshutter arrays (MSA) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Complex MEMS device: microshutter array system for space applications
Mary J. Li,Tomoko Adachi,Christine A. Allen,Sachi Babu,Sateesh Bajikar,Michael Beamesderfer,Ruth Bradley,Kevin L. Denis,Nick Costen,Audrey J. Ewin,D. Franz,Larry Hess,Ron Hu,Kamili Jackson,Murzy D. Jhabvala,Dan Kelly,Todd King,Gunther Kletetschka,Alexander Kutyrev,Barney Lynch,Timothy M. Miller,Harvey Moseley,Vilem Mikula,Brent Mott,Lance Oh,James Pontius,Dave Rapchun,Chris Ray,Knute Ray,Eric Schulte,Scott Schwinger,Peter K. Shu,Robert F. Silverberg,Wayne Smith,Steve Snodgrass,D. Sohl,Leroy Sparr,Rosalind Steptoe-Jackson,Veronica Valeriano,Liqin Wang,Yun Zheng,Chris Zincke +41 more
- 27 Apr 2007
TL;DR: In this paper, a micro-shutter array (MSAs) was developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for use as an aperture array for a Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NirSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the next generation of space telescope after Hubble spacecraft retires.
Cryogenic Characterization and Testing of Magnetically-Actuated Microshutter Arrays for the James Webb Space Telescope
Todd King,Gunther Kletetschka,Muzariatu A. Jah,M. Li,Murzy D. Jhabvala,Liqin Wang,Michael Beamesderfer,Alexander Kutyrev,Robert F. Silverberg,D. Rapchun,D. S. Schwinger +10 more
- 01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The magnetic rotisserie has proven to be an excellent tool for rapid characterization of two-dimensional MEMS microshutter arrays (MSA) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as mentioned in this paper.
MEMS Microshutter Arrays for James Webb Space Telescope
Mary J. Li,Tomoko Adachi,Christine A. Allen,Sachi Babu,Sateesh Bajikar,Michael Beamesderfer,Ruth Bradley,Kevin L. Denis,Nick Costen,Audrey J. Ewin,David Franz,Larry Hess,Ron Hu,Kamili Jackson,Murzy D. Jhabvala,Dan Kelly,Todd King,Gunther Kletetschka,Alexander Kutyrev,Barney Lynch,Timothy M. Miller,Harvey Moseley,Vilem Mikula,Brent Mott,Lance Oh,James Pontius,D. Rapchun,Chris Ray,Eric Schulte,Scott Schwinger,Peter K. Shu,Robert F. Silverberg,Wayne Smith,Steve Snodgrass,D. Sohl,Leroy Sparr,Rosalind Steptoe-Jackson,Valeriano Veronica,Liqin Wang,Yun Zheng,Chris Zincke +40 more
- 01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Two-dimensional MEMS microshutter arrays are being developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for use in the near-infrared region on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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