Consulting

From Proposal to Pre-Launch

• Optical Design & Analysis
• Opto-mechanical Design & Packaging
• Sollid & 3D Model Generation
•  Engineering Drawing Generation for Component Fab
• Vendor Management
• Prototype & Optical System Build
• Testing & Calibration

Think Outside the Box

• Be Innovative to find simple yet elegant solutions
• Apply early design goals of producibility & cost control
• Achieve performance within budget & schedule
• Success oriented on leading-edge, high- tech projects
• Quick response flexibility

Proven Track Record Since 1984

• Imaging & non-imaging
• Up to 1/2 m reflective; 2 and 3-mirror telescopes
• Down to 5 mm refractive lenses
• Zoom lenses
• Catadioptric optics
• UV, Vis, NIR
• Fiber optics
• High power Excimer laser optics
• High NA star tracker optics

 GOE  was established in 2009 by F. Tony Ghaemi who received his degrees from  SDSU: BS in Chemical Physics, MS in Physics (optics concentration). His  early career began in the field of biomedical optics as R&D optical  engineer refining intra-ocular (IOL) lenses. He spent the next 13 years  in design, build and test of high precision space-qualified optical  systems ranging from half-meter size reflective telescopes to small  refractive optical systems used on NASA space exploration missions. In  2001 he joined Malin Space Science  Systems (MSSS) as lead optics  engineer spending over 7 years handling various responsibilities from  proposal to delivery of science cameras for NASA's Mars and Moon  exploratory missions. Responsibilities included optical design and  analysis; opto-mechanical design; components supplier management (optics  & mechanical); sub-contract award & management of optical  systems; optical testing; system calibration.  

•  Design and build of four science camera lenses (MC34, MC100, MAHLI & MARDI) for the Mars Curiosity (aka Mars Science Lab) rover - performed under contract to MSSS 
•  Design guidance and build of MastCam-Z camera lenses (flight & spare units), and design and build of WATSON camera lens for the Perseverance (aka Mars 2020) rover - performed under contract to MSSS
•  Design, build and test of multiple camera lenses (flight & engineering  units) for navigation cameras on NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating  Polar Exploration Rover) - performed under contract to NASA's Ames  Research Center