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Academics:
1976 - University of Nebraska, Omaha - Physics
1981 - University of Arizona, Tucson - ECE – Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Background:
16 years experience programming servo and real-time control
systems. Fluent in C, Fortran and 80x86 assembly languages. Fluent in
DOS, Linux, UNIX, Windows NT and Windows 95/98 and Vxworks operating
systems. Familiar with IPX and TCP/IP networking protocols and
programming.
Active member of the Center for Backyard Astrophysics - a group of
amateur and professional astronomers providing photometry to Columbia
University's Cataclysmic Variable Observation program. Own and operate
CBA West Observatory - a semi-automated facility consisting of a 14" computer
controlled telescope and astronomical grade CCD camera. Author and co-author
of more than 15 scientific papers .
Personal:
Status:
Born March 7th, 1958 - Big Springs, Texas.
Married with 4 children ages 8 to 20.
Health - Excellent (FAA Class III Medical).
Interests:
Astronomy, Astrophotography,
& Photography
Flying (Licensed Private Pilot - SEL/Instrument)
Computer programming.
Contact Information:
Voice: 520.621.3648
Fax: 520.621.3398
Email: dharvey@as.arizona.edu
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Current Employment:
1981- Present
University of Arizona, Steward
Observatory.
Senior Systems Programmer
Responsible for design, implementation, and
maintenance of telescope control system software on all Steward
Observatory telescopes including the 90" equatorial reflector on
Kitt Peak, 1.5 Meter Alt-AZ VATT telescope on mount Graham, the
61" equatorial reflector on Mount Bigelow, the 24" Schmidt
Telescope on Mount Bigelow and the 60" reflector on Mount Lemmon.
Work involves knowledge of servo systems, astronomical instrumentation
and mathematics and computer programming under various development
environments from PC-DOS to WindRiver Vxworks
1990 - Present
COMSOFT, Tucson Arizona
CEO and Design Engineer
Owner of COMSOFT a software consulting company
specializing in Telescope control system and satellite tracking
software. To date COMSOFT has been involved in over 40, telescope
control system installations worldwide. Projects range from telescope
and dome control for small private observatories to retrofits of
telescope control systems on large Equatorial and Alt-azimuth
telescopes run by major Universities and Government institutions. A
few of the larger projects COMSOFT has been and is involved
with include:
- Smithsonian Observatory’s 60" Equatorial Reflector on mount
Hopkins.
- Smithsonian Observatory’s 48" Equatorial Reflector on mount
Hopkins.
- University of Massachusetts’s 50" 2MASS Equatorial
Reflectors on Mount Hopkins and at CTIO
- Yerkes Observatory’s 1 meter Equatorial Reflector.
- Yale University’s 0.9 Meter Equatorial Reflector at CTIO
- CHARA’s interferometric array of 1 meter Alt-AZ reflectors on
Mount Wilson.
- University of Louisiana’s 24" and 12" Equatorial
Reflectors in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
- SPIREX Alt-AZ infrared telescope at the South Pole.
- University of South Korea’s 30" and 24" Equatorial
Telescopes in Seoul.
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