	Class	Prepare for class (DL students submit electronically)
Week 1
F 1/14	Course introduction Review Objectives from 521 Review Final Exam from 521 Assign Problem 1 Engineering Design Guidelines
Week 2
M 1/17	Martin Luther King Jr Holiday - no classes
W 1/19	Engineering design and analysis using finite element methods
F 1/21	Requirements for Problem 1 Discuss IR materials Discuss windows and seals	Requirements for Problem 1.
Week 3
M 1/24	Discuss issues from 521	Design and analysis for Problems 6 and 8 from 521 final exam
W 1/26	Discuss design and analysis for vacuum window.	Preliminary design for Problem 1
F 1/28	Assign Problem 2 Assign Problem 3 Zemax File for Problems 2 and 3: 523P2.zmx Lens Prescription for Problems 2 and 3: 523P2.pdf Continue discussion from 521 Final Exam	Design and analysis for Problems 6 and 8 from 521 final exam
Week 4
M 1/31	Discuss issues for lens mounts, boundary conditions for finite element modeling	Requirements for Problems 2 and 3
W 2/2	Window mounting	Final design for Problem 1
F 2/4	Assign Problem 4 (VeroGray Data Sheet) Lens mounts: seats and retainers Mounting of Optical Components	Preliminary design for Problem 2
Week 5
M 2/7	Finite Element modeling of flexures	Requirements Problem 4
W 2/9	Mounting of Optical Components	Preliminary design for Problem 3 (Submit Problem 1 Final report to optomech@optics.arizona.edu)
F 2/11
Week 6
M 2/14	Tour of UA Machine Shop I	Lathe Mill Grinding Quality Control Solar panel mold
W 2/16	Lens barrel design in Solid Works
F 2/18	Demonstration of lens alignment and CMM metrology	Rotary table alignment demo Some reference demo from 421/521 lab
Week 7
M 2/21		Final design for Problem 2
W 2/23		Preliminary design for Problem 4: Flexure design
F 2/25	Tour of UA Machine Shop II	Example drawing for problem 3 video 1; video 2; video 3
Week 8
M 2/28	Lens mounts, issues with machining and alignment	Optomechanical design for IR null test (pdf) tolerance of IR null test (pdf)
W 3/2
F 3/4		Final design for Problem 3
Week 9
M 3/7	Assign Problem 5 Mirror mounts
W 3/9	Post-processing of finite element analysis	Requirements Review for Problem 5 Problem 3 Final report due
F 3/11	Mount sensitivity analysis Surface Analyzer Version 0.4	Project Plan for independent projects
	Spring Break March 12-20
Week 10
M 3/21
W 3/23	Mirror mounts, finite element	Preliminary design for Problem 5
F 3/25	Flexures	Final design for Problem 4 Turn in your Flexure design for prototype print
Week 12
M 3/28		Independent Projects: Requirements Reviews (Garrett)
W 3/30		Independent Projects: Requirements Reviews (Laura, Ben)
F 4/1		Independent Projects: Requirements Reviews (Eduardo, Michael)
Week 13
M 4/4	Post-processing data from Solid Works (Won Hyun Park)	Status review Garrett, Laura
W 4/6	Industrial Affiliates: No class
F 4/8		Final design for Problem 5
Week 14
M 4/11	Parametric modeling in Solid Works (Please download new version of surface analyzer)	Status review (Ben, Eduardo, Michael)
W 4/13	No Class: Tour of optics shop	Shop tour video 1 Shop tour video 2 Shop tour video 3 Shop tour video 4
F 4/15		Independent Projects: Preliminary Design Review (Garrett)
Week 15
M 4/18		Independent Projects: Preliminary Design Reviews (Laura, Ben)
W 4/20		Independent Projects: Preliminary Design Reviews (Eduardo, Michael)
F 4/22
Week 16
M 4/25
W 4/27		Independent Projects: Final Design Reviews (Garrett)
F 4/29		Independent Projects: Final Design Reviews (Laura, Ben)
Week 17
M 5/2
W 5/4		Independent Projects: Final Design Reviews (Eduardo, Michael)

References

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