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        Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
        Optische Instrumente
        c/o  Martin M. Roth
        An der Sternwarte 16
        D-14482 Potsdam
        Germany 

        phone: +49 - 331-7499-313 (-248)
        fax:   +49 - 331-7499-436 (-322)
23/09/03 

           Euro3D Reseach Training Network presented in Brussels on WGL Event for members of the European Commission, see AIP press release.
 
12/08/02

           First appointment of young researcher in the framework of the Euro3D Research Training Network at AIP :
           Sebastian Sanchez new team member in Potsdam
 
02/07/02

           Kick-off Meeting of the Euro3D Research Training Network at the IAC, Tenerife.
            See   group photo 
 
01/06/02

           Lise Christensen is becoming a new team member to work on her dissertation
            within the ULTROS Collaboration
 
01/05/02

           Preliminary Job Advertisement for 10 Postdoc Positions within the Euro3D
           Research Training Network
 
01/04/02
Start of he ULTROS Project with funding from the BMBF Verbundforschung.

          This project is a collaboration with the University of Potsdam, aiming  for the development
          of faint object 3D spectroscopy on the basis of the nod-shuffle technique.
 
07/03/02
           Flexure Tests at Telescope Simulator in AIP Integration Hall reveal very high stability

           of Field Optics Module (smaller than 0.1 arcsec flexure for slews of +/-45 degrees elevation)

17/01/02
           MPIA  in Heidelberg and AIP  sign agreement to offer PMAS as a common user instrument
            on a shared risk basis at the  Calar Alto  3.5m Telescope. This agreement is valid for a period
            of three years, starting on July 1, 2002.

30/10/01
           PMAS passes successfully science verification run at the Calar Alto 3.5m Telescope during
           6 nights (October 23 -28), see collection of  pictures.

29/05/01
           PMAS First Light at the Calar Alto 3.5m Telescope

02/03/01
       Susanne Markert , 9th grade student at the Evangelisches Gymnasium Herrmannswerder,
           has spent 2 weeks of her Betriebspraktikum in the Optical Instrumentation Group at AIP.

19/02/00
           2nd OPTICON 3D Spectroscopy Working Group Meeting at AIP on February 19 and 20, 2001.

19/12/01
           AIP is now hosting the OPTICON 3D Spectroscopy Working Group Homepage, see
           http://www.aip.de/Euro3D

07/12/00
The PMAS Team has become a member of the OPTICON 3D Spectroscopy Working Group, first Meeting organized by ESO on December 7/8, 2000, in Garching.
01/10/00
Staff arrival and departure:

         Jürgen Schmoll has finished his Ph.D. project and moves on to a postdoc position in Durham.
         Petra Böhm is now member of the OptI Team, please visit her homepage.
 
20/06/00
FIRST (artificial) LIGHT for the PMAS Fiber-Spectrograph ! The Fiber-Spectrograph has been mounted onto the AIP Telescope Simulator and extensive tests have been undertaken to verify the spectrograph performance and image quality. Follow this link for results of the optical performance tests.
13/03/00
The Optical Instrumentation Group moved into the new building for research and technology at the AIP. This building features amongst the offices, three optical laboratories, an electronic and a detector lab, a Faraday cage, a test and integration hall, a telescope simulator and the workshop. (see OptI Facilities ) Please note that some phone numbers might have changed. (see OptI Group Members)
01/10/99
New colleague welcomed in the PMAS team: Andreas Kelz arrived as postdoc from down under, having finished his Ph.D. at the University of Sydney.
12/02/99
New pictures of PMAS spectrograph optics at Zeiss, see http://www.aip.de/groups/opti/mmr/NEWS/news990212.html
08/02/99
First pictures of PMAS spectrograph optics during assembly at Carl Zeiss Jena available, see http://www.aip.de/groups/opti/mmr/NEWS/news990208.html
01/02/99
Postdoc position available, see http://www.aip.de/groups/opti/mmr/NEWS/news990201.html
14/12/98
Zeiss has scheduled acceptance tests of spectrograph optics for February 1999.
04/12/98
Pictures from casting of fiber spectrograph housing at Fuellner und Partner (Stahnsdorf), see http://www.aip.de/groups/opti/mmr/NEWS/news981204.html
01/09/98
Thomas Becker has started to work in the team as PhD student. Currently, his main subjects are observations and data reduction using the MPFS instrument at the SAO 6m Telescope.
17/07/98
Delivery of spectrograph optics delayed at Zeiss until end of 1998.
12/06/98
PhD student position available, contact M. Roth
09/03/98
Uwe Nickel is leaving the team for a permanent position in the industry.
20/02/98
Ute Tripphahn has been welcomed as a new team member. She will be responsible for support tasks.
17/12/97
Design review with Zeiss at AIP.
03/11/97
New PMAS Team member: Thomas Fechner.
 Thomas is responsible for the instrument control software development within the EPICS environment and will concentrate on the CCD data acquisition package.
01/10/97
Jochen Luetche has left the team by the end of September for finishing his Diploma Thesis at TU Berlin. Good luck Jochen, and thanks for your contributions to the PMAS project !
02/09/97
Position available for realtime control software engineer, contact M. Roth
29/07/97
PMAS Fiber Spectrograph Phase-2 started with Kick-Off Meeting at Carl Zeiss Jena
25/07/97
Tender for manufacture of spectrograph lenses won by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
24/07/97
PMAS Team passes successfully Predesign Review
06/06/97
Date for PMAS Predesign Review fixed : July 24, 1997 at AIP
28/05/97
Today the project has been given access to EPICS for the development of instrument control and data acquisition software.
26/05/97
Call for Tender issued for fabrication of fiber spectrograph optics
01/04/97
Postdoc position available: Instrument Scientist

          starting April 1, 1997, contact M. Roth
 
26/03/97
Financial Support for PMAS granted by Verbundforschung:

          The PMAS project has now obtained substantial financial support from the BMBF Ver-
          bundforschung as was confirmed by DESY (through which Verbundforschung projects
          are operated) in a letter dating March 24, 1997. The grant covers costs for parts of the
          hardware and 2 positions (1 scientist, 1 engineer).
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