Brandon D Chalifoux
- Assistant Professor, Optical Sciences
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- Assistant Professor, Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering
Contact
- (520) 621-4929
- Grand Challenges Research Buil, Rm. 021
- Tucson, AZ 85719
- bchal@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Figure correction of thin plate and shell substrates using stress generated by ion implantation
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Ion implantation for figure correction of high-resolution x-ray telescope mirrors
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
Awards
- American Society of Precision Engineering Early Career Award
- American Society of Precision Engineering, Fall 2022
- Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship
- NASA, Summer 2022
Interests
Research
Optics for space systemsPrecision optical alignmentFabrication of accurate thin optical surfaces
Teaching
Optomechanical engineeringOptical fabrication and testingX-ray optics
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Fall 2025) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 421 (Fall 2025) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 521 (Fall 2025) -
Optical Dsgn+Instrumnt I
OPTI 502 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Independent Study
OPTI 599 (Summer I 2025) -
Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Summer I 2025) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Spring 2025) -
Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Spring 2025) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Spring 2025) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Fall 2024) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Fall 2024) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 421 (Fall 2024) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 521 (Fall 2024) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Thesis
OPTI 910 (Summer I 2024) -
Directed Research
OPTI 492 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Spring 2024) -
Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Spring 2024) -
Optimechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 523 (Spring 2024) -
Optomechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 423 (Spring 2024) -
Thesis
AME 910 (Spring 2024) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Spring 2024) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Fall 2023) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Fall 2023) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 421 (Fall 2023) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 521 (Fall 2023) -
Intro Optomech Engr Lab
OPTI 521L (Fall 2023) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Summer I 2023) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
OPTI 599 (Spring 2023) -
Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Spring 2023) -
Optimechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 523 (Spring 2023) -
Optomechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 423 (Spring 2023) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Spring 2023) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Fall 2022) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Fall 2022) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 421 (Fall 2022) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 521 (Fall 2022) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Directed Research
OPTI 492 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Spring 2022) -
Master's Report
OPTI 909 (Spring 2022) -
Optimechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 523 (Spring 2022) -
Optomechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 423 (Spring 2022) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Fall 2021) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 421 (Fall 2021) -
Intro Opto-Mech Engr
OPTI 521 (Fall 2021) -
Thesis
OPTI 910 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Spring 2021) -
Optimechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 523 (Spring 2021) -
Optomechan Dsgn+Analysis
OPTI 423 (Spring 2021) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Fall 2020)
Scholarly Contributions
Proceedings Publications
- Chalifoux, B. D., & Arnold, I. J. (2022). Adjustable height glass spacers for bonding and aligning x-ray mirror stacks. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 12181.
- Esparza, M. A., Laverty, K. A., Chalifoux, B. D., & Kim, D. (2022, November). Ultrafast laser stress figuring using on-machine differential deflectometry. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineers.
- Esparza, M. A., Laverty, K., Chalifoux, B. D., & Kim, D. (2022). Differential phase measuring deflectometry for on-machine metrology of ultrafast laser stress figuring. In Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV, 12221.
- Laverty, K. A., Esparza, M. A., Arnold, I. J., Kim, D., & Chalifoux, B. D. (2022). Strategies for improving ultrafast laser stress figuring range and resolution. In Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV, 12221.
- Laverty, K. A., Esparza, M. A., Kim, D., & Chalifoux, B. D. (2022, November). Strategies for improving ultrafast laser stress figuring range and resolution. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering.
- Wisniewski, H. J., Arnold, I. J., Heilmann, R. K., Schattenburg, M. L., & Chalifoux, B. D. (2022). Axial shift mapping metrology for x-ray telescope mirrors. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 12181.
- Wisniewski, H. J., Chalifoux, B. D., Arnold, I. J., Schattenburg, M. L., & Heilmann, R. K. (2022, November). Axial shift mapping for absolute metrology of X-ray telescope mirrors. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering.
- Schattenburg, M. L., Heilmann, R. K., Marshall, H. L., Chalifoux, B. D., & Kara, E. (2020). A diffraction-limited Wolter nested-shell telescope concept with pico-radian resolution. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 11444.
