Brandon Chalifoux
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Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Degrees
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Figure correction of thin plate and shell substrates using stress generated by ion implantation
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Ion implantation for figure correction of high-resolution x-ray telescope mirrors
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
Interests
Teaching
Optomechanical engineeringOptical fabrication and testingX-ray optics
Research
Optics for space systemsPrecision optical alignmentFabrication of accurate thin optical surfaces
Courses
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 421 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 421 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 421 (Fall 2021)
OPTI 521 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 521 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 521 (Fall 2021)
Optomechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 423 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 423 (Spring 2022)
OPTI 423 (Spring 2021)
Directed Research
OPTI 492 (Spring 2022)
Intro Optomech Engr Lab
OPTI 521L (Fall 2023)
Optimechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 523 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 523 (Spring 2022)
OPTI 523 (Spring 2021)
Independent Study
OPTI 599 (Spring 2023)
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 792 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 792 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 792 (Spring 2021)
OPTI 792 (Fall 2020)
Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Summer I 2023)
OPTI 909 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 909 (Spring 2022)
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 910 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 910 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 910 (Spring 2022)
OPTI 910 (Fall 2021)
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2022)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2021)
Selected Publications
Proceedings Publications
- Chalifoux, B. D., & Arnold, I. J. (2022). Adjustable height glass spacers for bonding and aligning x-ray mirror stacks. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 12181.
- Esparza, M. A., Laverty, K. A., Chalifoux, B. D., & Kim, D. (2022, November). Ultrafast laser stress figuring using on-machine differential deflectometry. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineers.
- Esparza, M. A., Laverty, K., Chalifoux, B. D., & Kim, D. (2022). Differential phase measuring deflectometry for on-machine metrology of ultrafast laser stress figuring. In Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV, 12221.
- Laverty, K. A., Esparza, M. A., Arnold, I. J., Kim, D., & Chalifoux, B. D. (2022). Strategies for improving ultrafast laser stress figuring range and resolution. In Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV, 12221.
- Laverty, K. A., Esparza, M. A., Kim, D., & Chalifoux, B. D. (2022, November). Strategies for improving ultrafast laser stress figuring range and resolution. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering.
- Wisniewski, H. J., Arnold, I. J., Heilmann, R. K., Schattenburg, M. L., & Chalifoux, B. D. (2022). Axial shift mapping metrology for x-ray telescope mirrors. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 12181.
- Wisniewski, H. J., Chalifoux, B. D., Arnold, I. J., Schattenburg, M. L., & Heilmann, R. K. (2022, November). Axial shift mapping for absolute metrology of X-ray telescope mirrors. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering.
- Schattenburg, M. L., Heilmann, R. K., Marshall, H. L., Chalifoux, B. D., & Kara, E. (2020). A diffraction-limited Wolter nested-shell telescope concept with pico-radian resolution. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 11444.
Awards
- American Society of Precision Engineering Early Career Award
- American Society of Precision Engineering, Fall 2022
- Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship
- NASA, Summer I 2022