Dr. Trenton Brendel Profile

Dr. Trenton Brendel

Optical Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Area of Expertise:

Stray Light Analysis , Optical Design , Optical Testing , Education , Optics Outreach

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Publications (16)

Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Contamination control for the Aspera FUV SmallSat

Nicole Melso, Aafaque Khan, Hannah Tanquary, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Sooseong Park, Sumedha Uppnor, Carlos Vargas, Haeun Chung, Tom Mcmahon, Keri Hoadley, Erika Hamden, Jason Corliss, Bill Verts, Simran Agarwal, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joe Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Heejoo Choi, Lauren Corlies, Fernando Coronado, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Dave Hamara, Walt Harris, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Miriam Keppler, Nazende ipek Kerkeser, John Kidd, DaeWook Kim, Jessica Li, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017698

KEYWORDS: Contamination, Vacuum chambers, Contamination control, Humidity, Vacuum, Far ultraviolet

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Aspera payload design overview: UV SmallSat mission to detect and map warm-hot halo gas around the nearby galaxies

Haeun Chung, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Tom McMahon, Hannah Tanquary, Aafaque Khan, Fernando Coronado, Bill Verts, Nicole Melso, Heejoo Choi, Simran Agarwal, Jason Corliss, Keri Hoadley, Miriam Keppler, Dave Hamara, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Ramona Augustin, Mateo Batkis, Peter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joseph Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Lauren Corlies, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Walter Harris, John Hennessy, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Nazende Ipek Kerkeser, John Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica Li, Adrian Martin, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Sooseong Park, Ryan Pecha, Manuel Quijada, L. Rodriguez de Marcos, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Sumedha Uppnor, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309302 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017274

KEYWORDS: Optical gratings, Microchannel plates, Spectrographs, Optical coatings, Optical alignment, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Optical alignment of contamination-sensitive far-ultraviolet spectrographs for Aspera SmallSat mission

Aafaque Khan, Erika Hamden, Haeun Chung, Heejoo Choi, Daewook Kim, Nicole Melso, Keri Hoadley, Carlos Vargas, Daniel Truong, Elijah Garcia, Bill Verts, Fernando Coronado, Jamison Noenickx, Jason Corliss, Hannah Tanquary, Tom McMahon, Dave Hamara, Simran Agarwal, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joe Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Lauren Corlies, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Walter Harris, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Miriam Keppler, Nazende Ipek Kerkeser, John Kidd, Jessica Li, Gabe Noriega, Sooseong Park, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznic, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Sumedha Uppnor, Jacob Vider, Ellie Wolcott, Naomi Yescas, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130930A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020822

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet astronomy, 3D metrology, Far ultraviolet, Optical alignment, Computer generated holography, Tolerancing, Prototyping, Microchannel plates, Vacuum, Contamination, Spectrographs

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SPIE Journal Paper | 5 August 2024 Open Access

Open Access

FIREBall-2 UV balloon telescope in-flight calibration system

Jessica Li, Nazende Kerkeser, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Olivia Jones, Erika Hamden, Trenton Brendel, Haeun Chung, Vincent Picouet, David Schiminovich, Drew Miles, Keri Hoadley, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Meghna Sitaram, Zeren Lin, Harrison Bradley, D. Martin, Marty Crabill, Fernando Cruz Aguirre, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Nicolas Bray, Greyson Davis, Xihan Deng, Fabien Harmand, Catherine Hourtolle, Gillian Kyne, Nicole Melso, Johan Montel, Shouleh Nikzad, Alain Peus, Julie Richard, Jared Termini, Jean-Noel Valdivia, David Valls-Gabaud, Didier Vibert, Matthew Werneken

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 03, 035002, (August 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.3.035002

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Camera shutters, Spectrographs, Zinc, Ultraviolet radiation, Balloons, Telescopes, Ultraviolet telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Development of a data reduction pipeline for the Aspera SmallSat mission

Miriam Keppler, Haeun Chung, Aafaque Khan, Carl Hergenrother, Carlos Vargas, Jacob Chambers, Jacob Vider, Sanford Selznick, Giulia Ghidoli, Hannah Tanquary, Erika Hamden, J. Christopher Howk, Simran Agarwal, Ramona Augustin, Peter Behroozi, Joe Burchett, Heejoo Choi, Lauren Corlies, Jason Corliss, Fernando Coronado, Greyson Davis, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Elijah Garcia, Alfred Goodwin, Dave Hamara, Walt Harris, Keri Hoadley, John Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica Li, Tom McMahon, Nicole Melso, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Siegmund Oswald, Daniel Truong, Sumedha Uppnor, Bill Verts, Ellie Wollcott, Naomi Yescas, Dennis Zaritsky, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131011Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017883

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Microchannel plates, Device simulation, Space operations, Image processing, Data processing, Extragalactic astronomy, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 4 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Scattering properties of black pigments: implications for detecting faint sources near the moon using ground-based telescopes

Luke Mayer, Byeongjoon Jeong, Trenton Brendel, Roberto Furfaro, Vishnu Reddy, Daewook Kim

Proceedings Volume 12677, 126770B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673551

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stray light, Solid modeling, Bidirectional reflectance transmission function, Light scattering, Reflection, Ray tracing, Computer aided design, Scattering, Pigments

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2023 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Poke: an open-source, ray-based physical optics platform

Jaren Ashcraft, Ewan Douglas, Daewook Kim, A. J. Riggs, Ramya Anche, Trent Brendel, Kevin Derby, Brandon Dube, Quinn Jarecki, Emory Jenkins, Kian Milani

Proceedings Volume 12664, 1266404 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678001

KEYWORDS: Ray tracing, Polarization, Diffraction, Modeling, Thin films, Interfaces, Simulations, Design and modelling, Wavefronts, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2023 Presentation

Presentation

FIREBall-2 UV balloon telescope in-flight calibration system

Jessica Li, Nazende Kerkeser, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Erika Hamden, David Schiminovich, Haeun Chung, Vincent Picouet, Drew Miles, Keri Hoadley, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Harrison Bradley, Olivia Jones, D. Christopher Martin, Marty Crabill, Trenton Brendel, Shouleh Nikzad, Nicolas Bray, Johan Montel, Gillian Kyne, Zeren Lin, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Alain Peus, Didier Vibert, Nicole Melso, David Valls-Gabaud

Proceedings Volume 12678, 1267804 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676583

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Ultraviolet telescopes, Ultraviolet radiation, Telescopes, Balloons, Zinc, Spectrographs, Emission wavelengths, Camera shutters, Sensors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 25 November 2022 Open Access

Open Access

Balloon-borne FIREBall-2 ultraviolet spectrograph stray light control based on nonsequential reverse modeling of on-sky data

Trenton Brendel, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Heejoo Choi, Daewook Kim, Erika Hamden, Vincent Picouet, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, David Schiminovich, Shouleh Nikzad, Jean Evrard, Nicolas Bray, Johan Montel, Keri Hoadley, Drew Miles, Gillian Kyne, Jessica Li, Zeren Lin, Haeun Chung, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Marty Crabill, Charles-Antoine Chevrier, Alain Peus, Ignacio Cevallos-Aleman, Olivia Jones, Harrison Bradley, Naz Ipek Kerkeser, Matthew Werneken, Didier Vibert, Nicole Melso, David Valls-Gabaud

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 04, 048001, (November 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.4.048001

KEYWORDS: Baffles, Stray light, Sensors, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Balloons, Ultraviolet radiation, Stray light control, Tongue, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Open Access

Open Access

Paper

The practical optics workshop: educating the optical engineers of tomorrow

Jaren N. Ashcraft, Trenton Brendel, Simran Agarwal, Joel Berkson, Alexander Hedglen, Hyukmo Kang, Yanqi Zhang, Heejoo Choi, Daewook Kim

Proceedings Volume 12213, 122130H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632801

KEYWORDS: Optics education, Education and training, Optical design, Optical engineering, Optical design software

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Proceedings Article | 6 September 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Commissioning a laser metrology truss for active optics on the Large Binocular Telescope

Andrew Rakich, Heejoo Choi, Christian Veillet, John Hill, Olga Kuhn, Matthieu Bec, Yang Zhang, Trenton Brendel, Breann Sitarski, William Schoenell

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629904

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Kinematics, Collimators, Active optics, Image quality, Collimation, Metrology, Thermal modeling, Laser metrology

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

FIREBall-2(022): challenges, progress, and the road ahead to flight

Keri Hoadley, Chris Martin, Erika Hamden, David Schiminovich, Shouleh Nikzad, Jean Evrard, Bruno Milliard, David Valls-Gabaud, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Haeun Chung, Jessica Li, Trenton Brendel, Carlos Vargas, Nicole Melso, Zeren Lin, Marty Crabill, Drew Miles, Gillian Kyne, Vincent Picouet, Ignacio Cevallos, Barbara Santiago, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Didier Vibert, Nicolas Bray, Catherine Hourtolle, Frédéri Mirc, Johan Montel, Jared Termini

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218109 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629052

KEYWORDS: Roads, Galactic astronomy, Ultraviolet radiation, Space operations, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Ultraviolet telescopes, Ultraviolet detectors, Spectrographs, Space telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Balloon-borne FIREBall-2 UV spectrograph stray light control based on non-sequential reverse modeling of on-sky data

Trenton Brendel, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Heejoo Choi, Daewook Kim, Erika Hamden

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121823L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631704

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Sensors, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Light scattering, Ultraviolet radiation, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Aspera: the UV SmallSat telescope to detect and map the warm-hot gas phase in nearby galaxy halos

Haeun Chung, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Tom McMahon, Kerry Gonzales, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Hop Bailey, Peter Behroozi, Trenton Brendel, Heejoo Choi, Tom Connors, Lauren Corlies, Jason Corliss, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, David Dolana, Ewan Douglas, John Guzman, Dave Hamara, Walt Harris, Karl Harshman, Carl Hergenrother, Keri Hoadley, John Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica Li, Manny Montoya, Corwynn Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Michael Ward, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 11819, 1181903 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593001

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Microchannel plates, Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Ultraviolet radiation, Target detection, Signal detection, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

A laser-truss based optical alignment system on LBT

Andrew Rakich, Heejoo Choi, Christian Veillet, John Hill, Matthieu Bec, Yang Zhang, Trenton Brendel, Breann Sitarski, Michael Gardiner, Dae Wook Kim, Stephanie Rodriguez

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114450R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558013

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Laser systems engineering, Optical alignment, Metrology, Laser metrology, Cameras, Kinematics, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Implementation of a laser-truss based telescope metrology system at the Large Binocular Telescope

Stephanie Rodriguez, Andrew Rakich, John Hill, Olga Kuhn, Trenton Brendel, Christian Veillet, Dae Wook Kim, Heejoo Choi

Proceedings Volume 11487, 114870E (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576438

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Kinematics, Metrology, Collimation, Image quality, Control systems

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