Course Overview & Schedule 

The 2025 course will focus on the Space Optics Instrument Design process. All aspects and fields, important for the development of a successful optical payload will be addressed and its field interaction will be illustrated. This will help young engineers working as an optical-, mechanical-, thermal-, AIT-, PA-engineer or manager to broaden their view and to better understand the interaction of the different areas and the complexity of the optical payload development. The course will be organised into two parallel classes with the same content.

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SOIDT - Design 2025 Curriculum

• Calibration and L1 processing for hyperspectral imagers- Antje Ludewig (KNMI)

• Space Optical System Requirements Definition – Jose Lorenzo Alvarez (ESA)

• Space Environment – Dominic Doyle (Formerly ESA)

• Optical CAD Instrument Modelling and Analysis – Flurin Heren (Ansys, Zemax)

• Introduction to Imaging Optical systems – Roland Geyl (Geyl Optical Consulting)

• System Budget Development – Tibor Agocs (ESA)

• Spectrometer Design – Bernd Harnisch (SOIDT Organization)

• Mechanical Engineering – Jean-Christophe Salvignol (ESA)

• Instrument Thermal Design and Analysis – Romain Peyrou-Lauga (ESA)

• Optical Coating Design – Angela Piegari (Consultant)

• Straylight Analysis and Control – Volker Kirschner (ESA)

• Performance Verification – Maurice Te Plate (ESA)

• Instrument Calibration – Ralf Snel (TNO)

• Complex Procurement – Luca Maresi (ESA)

• Product Assurance for Optical Instruments – Jorge Fiebrich (ESA)

• Hands-on activity – Building a Spectrometer – Volker Kirschner (ESA), Bernd Harnisch (SOIDT Organization)