KOSMOS Design Review Outline

Revised June 17, 2010

This consists of 2 sections: the agenda, and a table containing the presentations listed on the agenda, a summary of content, and a list of supporting documents required.

August 2

830 am:Welcome and Introductions [Pogge; presenters] 15 min

845 am:Background: ReSTAR [Sprayberry] 25 min

910 am:OSMOS: Description, history and performance [Martini] 45 min

955 am:Project Management Overview [Elias] 25 min

1020 am:Break

1035 am:KOSMOS re-design considerations [Elias] 45 min

1120 am:KOSMOS Optical Design [Zhelem] 60 min

1220 pm:Lunch

120 pm:Mechanical Design [Derwent] 60 min

220 pm:Spectrograph Electrical Design [Pappalardo] 20 min

240 pm:Spectrograph Software Design [Pogge] 20 min

300 pm:Break

315 pm:Detector System [Hunten] 40 min

355 pm:System Software Design [Daly] 60 min

455 pm:COSMOS status [Elias] 20 min

August 3

830 am:Integration, Test and Commissioning [Martini] 45 min

915 am:Budget and Schedule; Contingency and Risk [Elias] 70 min

1025 am:Break

1040 am:Review panel initial deliberations

1200 pm:Lunch

100 pm: Review panel resumes

200 pm:Debrief

~300 pm:Review ends [note last flights to Chicago and DFW are 550 and 705 pm respectively]

KOSMOS Review Content

Date/Time / Topic / Detailed Content / Supporting Documents
Aug 2,
845 am / ReSTAR / Overview of purpose of RESTAR committee
Review of relevant recommendations
Proposal and NSF review outcome and actual funding
Summary of currently funded NOAO activities / ReSTAR committee report
910 am / OSMOS / Science drivers for OSMOS
Description of the instrument
Description of performance & current status
Summary of actual cost and schedule vs. original plan; discussion of significant deviations / OSMOS website
955 am / Project Management / Management and project structure
Performance tracking and reporting / Org chart
WBS chart
Monthly reports?
ReSTAR Execution Plan?
1035 am / KOSMOS Re-design / Desire to minimize re-design effort
Science drivers, as derived from RESTAR, NOAO staff, and UC input
Adapting to the 4-m telescopes (larger primary; different mechanical interfaces; ADC limitations; calibration issue; rotator/guider characteristics; physical constraints of Cass cage)
Operational considerations: software and detector system choices; handling; possible duplication in south
Detector selection / SRD
FPRD
ICD listing
1120 am / Optical Design / Optical design description (e.g. # lenses, approx size)
Main characteristics (e.g. FOV, output field, scale)
Image quality (mono and polychromatic)
Performance (throughput) incl. data on lenses and coatings
Parasitic light analysis
Tolerance analysis (for lenses and for assemblies)
Thermal performance
Alignment and testing plan (incl. required fixtures)
Disperser designs, including illustration of field-angle dependence for VPH grisms
Procurement schedule; melt selection / Zemax file
Optical design report
120 pm / Mechanical Design / Description of mechanical design for KOSMOS incl. conceptual model; summary of changes including shutter, possible focus stage changes
Flexure, stability, and reliability estimates
Detailed design of the telescope interface incl. utilities
Detailed design of the Dewar interface
Plan for coordination of fabrication and delivery; assembly and testing
Schedule for remaining design tasks
Schedule for fabrication up to delivery
Budgets for purchased parts; crate, shipping / Mechanical Design Report
220 pm / Spectrograph Electrical / Description of OSMOS IEB
Budget and schedule / Electronic Design Report
240 pm / Spectrograph Software / IEB software description [example ICD needed from NOAO soon]
ICD for NOAO software [needed in June] / ICD
Software Design Reports
315 pm / Detector System / Architecture overview
Detector characteristics
Torrent controller status incl. software
Costs and schedule
Plan for integration prior to delivery / ICD?
Relevant review materials?
355 pm / System Software / Overview
Integration with IEB software
Plan for integration with detector system
Plan for integration with NOAO facility software (incl. data archive)
Budget and schedule / Same as Spectrograph SW
455 pm / COSMOS Status / Funding status
Plans for delta review (if funded)
Work to be done prior to delta review; summary of known differences between CTIO & KPNO
Changes to project structure
Aug 3,
830 am / Integration/Test/Commissioning / Plan for integration and testing
Commissioning plan
915 am / Budget/ Schedule/ Contingency/ Risk / Schedule
Budget (including mechanical fab estimates)
Contingency estimation and management
Summary of major risk items and mitigation / MS Project chart
Fabrication Cost Estimates