Mr. Joseph Brent Knight Profile

Joseph Brent Knight

Engineer at NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Habitable-zone observatory (HabEx) baseline 4-m telescope design and predicted performance

H. Philip Stahl, Gary Kuan, William Arnold, Mike Baysinger, Thomas Brooks, Jay Garcia, J. Brent Knight

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114433C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562879

KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Observatories, Telescope design, Telescopes, Astrophysics, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Planetary systems, Stars, Diffraction

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SPIE Journal Paper | 17 August 2020 Open Access

Habitable-Zone Exoplanet Observatory baseline 4-m telescope: systems-engineering design process and predicted structural thermal optical performance

H. Philip Stahl, Gary Kuan, William Arnold, Thomas Brooks, J. Brent Knight, Stefan Martin

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 03, 034004, (August 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.3.034004

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Exoplanets, James Webb Space Telescope, Coronagraphy, Wavefronts, Zerodur, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Dynamic analyses of the proposed habitable exoplanet astrophysics facility

J. Brent Knight, H. Philip Stahl, Thomas Brooks

Proceedings Volume 11103, 111030F (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530385

KEYWORDS: Finite element methods, Astrophysics, Mirrors, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Systems modeling, Space telescopes, Infrared telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation

Habitable-zone exoplanet observatory (HabEx) baseline 4-m telescope design and predicted performance

H. Philip Stahl, Gary Kuan, William Arnold, Michael Baysinger, Thomas Brooks, Velibor Cormarkovic, Jacqueline Davis, Jay Garcia, J. Brent Knight, Stefan Martin, Navtej Saini, Hao Tang, Juan Villalvazo

Proceedings Volume 11115, 111150U (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528331

KEYWORDS: Telescope design, Telescopes, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Planetary systems, Stars, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2018 Presentation + Paper

Advanced mirror technology development (AMTD) II modal test of a 1.5-m ultra-low expansion slumped mirror

J. Brent Knight, H. Philip Stahl, Frank Tsai, Adam Burt, Andy Singleton, Ron Hunt, Rusty Parks, Alex McCool, Brendan Sontag

Proceedings Volume 10742, 1074203 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320334

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Finite element methods, Shape analysis, Space mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Space telescopes, Mirror structures

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Initial jitter analysis of Lynx, a proposed future large astrophysics facility

J. Brent Knight, Jessica Gaskin, Alex Dominguez, Jay Garcia

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069951 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313831

KEYWORDS: Finite element methods, Mirrors, Astrophysics, Cryocoolers, Structural design, Space telescopes, Space operations, Error analysis, X-rays, Structural dynamics

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Proceedings Article | 6 September 2017 Paper

Dynamic/jitter assessment of multiple potential HabEx structural designs

J. Brent Knight, H. Philip Stahl, Andy Singleton, Ron Hunt, Melissa Therrell, Kate Caldwell, Jay Garcia, Mike Baysinger

Proceedings Volume 10374, 1037402 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274325

KEYWORDS: Structural design, Mirrors, Space telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Off axis mirrors, Error analysis, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 September 2015 Paper

AMTD: Advanced Mirror Technology Development in mechanical stability

J. Knight

Proceedings Volume 9577, 957704 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189312

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space operations, Finite element methods, Space telescopes, Data modeling, James Webb Space Telescope, Structural design, Structural dynamics, Interfaces, Space mirrors

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