Big Dish Telescope Credits
(*WKU Students)
- Family of Jewell Hurt - TVRO donation (2014)
- Stacy Hicks* - acquisition (2014), transportation (2016), and RTL-SDR signal processing (2017, PHYS 318)
- Steven Gibson, N8FYK - general project management, research, and oversight (2014 - present)
- Mike Carini - Bell Observatory site consultation and access (2014 - present)
- John Gibson, NO8V - miscellaneous technical consultation (2014 - present)
- Mark Bunce, N8QHN - remote assessment + technical documentation (2015)
- Jason Boyles - inspection, transportation, and assessment (2016)
- Jerry Hicks - moving consultation and preparation (2016)
- Trason Carter* - transportation (2016) and initial mechanical analysis (2017)
- Joshua Stewart*, Rebecca Brown*, Benjamin Thornberry* - transportation (2016)
- Phillip Wilkerson, KM4LVC* - mechanical and electronic assessment, dish patching, and initial modeling (2016 - 2017)
- Henry Cantrell, W4HTB - technical and operational support, equipment loans (2016 - present)
- Clarissa Roe*, Jason Wilson - cement consultation (2016 - 2017)
- Doug Harper - advisor on SDR and control interface (2017 - present, PHYS 318) and hardware redesign (2018, ME 400+412; 2019-2020, ENGR 490+491; 2022, ENGR 490)
- Patrick Stewart* - RTL-SDR signal processing (2017, PHYS 318)
- Albert Lederer - LabVIEW interfacing support for RTL-SDR (2017)
- Seth Harper*, Noah Anderson* - linear actuator control interface and board design (2017, PHYS 318)
- Chris Byrne - advisor and funding proposer (2017 - present)
- Joel Lenoir, KK4ROB - advisor and instructor on hardware redesign (2018, ME 400+412; 2019-2020, ENGR 490+491; 2022, ENGR 490)
- Luke Goodaker*, Grant Taylor*, Lane Wilson* - hardware and control system redesign (2018, ME 400 Team 1 + ME 412 Joint Team)
- Lateef Alnesafi*, Dylan Lacefield*, Ricky Stevens*, Samuel Rapini* - hardware and control system redesign (2018, ME 400 Team 2 + ME 412 Joint Team)
- Mickey McClellan*, Courtney Smith* - Airspy SDR signal processing (2018, PHYS 318)
- Nihad Ferhatovic*, David Hall* - remote pointing control interface (2018, PHYS 318)
- David Laney - telescope mount research and consultation (2018, ME 400)
- Devon Loomis* - pan-tilt motor control model interface and board design (2018)
- Greg Arbuckle, Brian Janes - pan-tilt motor control model component 3-D printing and oversight (2019)
- Kyle Moss - pan-tilt motor control model assembly and board printing (2019)
- Andrew Riley*, Marcus Todd* - system controller (2019, PHYS 318)
- Lauren Cooper* - SDR/data acquisition + vertical axis assembly (2019, PHYS 318, ENGR 491)
- Jacob Dobler* - SDR/data acquisition (2019, PHYS 318)
- Lincoln Curry* - motion controller (2019, PHYS 318)
- Caleb Dillingham* - motion controller and supplementary motor control support (2019, PHYS 318, 2020)
- Gordon Smith - oversight of vertical and horizontal axis assemby and redesign teams (2019-2020 ENGR 490+491)
- Wade Decker - machining of vertical axis components and assistance with assembly (2019-2020, ENGR 491)
- Christopher Adams*, Connor Powell*, Jarret Sippola*, Maxwell Sweet* - vertical axis assembly (2019, ENGR 491)
- Parker Stewart*, Tanner Whatley*, Brianna Rech*, Mahran Al-Mahri* - design of horizontal axis assembly, motion stops, cabling, and dish mount (2020, ENGR 490)
- Micah Thornton* - axis encoder mount design, vertical axis (2020, PHYS 318)
- Jared Parker* - myRIO interface to SDRPlay receiver unit (2020, PHYS 318)
- Landon Owens*, Carlos Gomez* - axis encoder myRIO interface programming (2020, PHYS 318)
- Isaiah Beauchamp* - receiver tests (2021)
- Lars Hebenstiel* - bias-tee enclosure consultation (2022)
- Lucy Hubbs*, Nicholas Palmer*, Bowen Stovall*, Boston Wimmer* - horizontal axis and dish mount refinement (2022, ENGR 490)
- Paul Woosley - WKU Agriculture & Research Education Center (AREC) site consultation and access (2022 - present)
- Richard Strout, WA4VJK - assistance with L-band feed fabrication (2022)
- Noah Burchett*
- Horizontal axis design final revisions and parts ordering (2023, ENGR 490)
- Robert Atchley - mechanical systems integration support (2023)
- Omar Mansour* - Horizontal axis assembly and mechanical systems integration (2023)
- WKU Sponsored Programs - Research and Creative Activities Program (RCAP) - financial support (2016 - 2018)
- Carol Martin Gatton Academy - Research Supplies Grant (RSG) - financial support (2017)
- WKU School of Engineering and Appied Sciences - Industrial Partnership Innovation Fund - financial and technical support (2018)
- WKU Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement - WKU Sisterhood Grant - financial support (2019 - 2024)
- National Science Foundation - Major Research Instrumentation Program - financial support (2021 - 2024)
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