Principle Investigator

Jonathan D. Ellis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Optics

Hopeman 215 (Office)
Goergen 531 (Lab)
585-287-1136

Interests: Instrumentation, Metrology, Optical Interferometry, Precision Engineering, Machine Design

Graduate Students

Ethan Burnham-Fay
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Solid Mechanics, Opto-mechanical Design, Precision Engineering, Metrology



Chen Wang
Electrical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Data Acquisition, Signal Processing, Embedded Processing, FPGA Development, Virtual Instruments

Steven Gillmer
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Optical Interferometry, Opto-Mechanical System Design, Precision Engineering, Metrology, Mechanical System Analysis



Richard Smith
Optics

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Optical interferometry, optical fibers, high-powered fiber lasers




Dennis Briggs
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Optical Manufacturing, Dwell Time Modeling, Mechanical System Analysis



Minhao Zhu
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Optical Interferometry, Metrology, Precision Engineering



Xiangzhi Yu
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Optical Interferometry, Metrology, Precision Engineering



Daniel Brooks
Optics

Goergen 504
585-275-6511

Interests: Laser systems and optomechanical design



Undergraduate Students

Michael Echter
Mechanical Engineering

Goergen 217
585-275-3949

Interests: Stability of Quantum Locked Superconductors, Precision Engineering



Andrew Keene
Mechanical Engineering

Goergen 217
585-275-3949

Interests: Opto-mechanical System Design, Mechanical System Analysis



Jane Thompson
Mechanical Engineering

Goergen 217
585-275-3949

Interests: Fibers and fiber couplings, Inertial Confinement Fusion, Precision Engineering



Samantha Echaves
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Computational Modeling, Fluid and Thermal Analysis



Nicolas Brown
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: --



Former Students

Christopher Roll
Mechanical Engineering

Hopeman 403
585-275-9343

Interests: Precision Engineering, Opto-mechanics