2024 September 30 - October 4
- David Boboltz
- Bret Goodrich
- Robert Tawa
DKIST General
Operational Status
DKIST is in week 2 of science observing period OCP 2.9
Events
Personnel
Congratulations to James Hoag on his promoted to Mechanical Engineering Group Lead (Engineering Manager).
SciOps and OpsTools team
Accomplishments
The Cycle 3 Time Allocation Committee selected scientific proposals recommended for observation during Cycle 3. The final TAC report was sent to the DKIST Director for approval.
Preparation for the Cycle 3 Experiment Generation process in Jira and Confluence.
The Chief SOS hiring process is in the final stage.
Preparation for release of an updated Experiment Architect tool for usage during the Cycle 3 Experiment Generation process.
Co-observing with Parker Solar Probe during its perihelion encounter E21 and co-observing with Solar Orbiter during its remote sensing window RSW#17.
TechOps team
Accomplishments
OCP2.9 direct support by ETechs & Engineers in DE role. Troubleshooting support from EE’s for PLC and thermal issues.
Starting major recruitment drive / focus as with recent resignations and retirements TechOps has 8 empty positions and is in various stages of recruitment for 7 of them.
Performance Review cycle in full swing.
Summit EV chargers installation ongoing.
Bids received and contractor selected for the DKIST PV Project, DLNR permitting process starting with UH.
HazMat / excess material sorting and prep for appropriate disposal.
InstOps team
Accomplishments
Supported OCP 2.9 instrument operations
Performed the Infrared camera startup meeting in Boulder to develop management documents and lab system schedule.
Signed an IR detector delivery amendment with Raytheon. Short-wave IR detectors due in November.
Continued to ITAR-proof the 1st floor Boulder lab.
Scott Gregory visited to install and align the MCAO mechanical and optical assemblies in the lab.
Had the M9b kickoff meeting with Zygo. Mechanical design meeting scheduled for November.
MCAO and M9b tables are ready for shipping to the summit
November-January instrument tasks have been scheduled.
Data Center team
Accomplishments
Updated the portal to move Proposal ID and Target type into basic filters
Added support for dithered data to the DL-NIRSP trial pipeline
Deployed a new host based storage mechanism for postgres databases
EHS team
Accomplishments
EHS conducted the monthly safety briefing 10/1. This month’s topic was Fire Response and Extinguisher Use.…
For those unable to attend please see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14iGyFR-JG0-5RqZTchoD-tom4ayTgdFf/view?usp=sharing