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Professor Ulmer divides his time between instrumentation development and astrophysical studies. His astrophysical studies have mainly centered around clusters of galaxies and pulsars. Currently he is analyzing data from the space-based Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) on the Crab Pulsar.
Prof. Ulmer's studies of clusters of galaxies have been concentrated on a survey of x-ray clusters, called SHARC. He has been developing technology to extend the operating range of x-ray mirrors up to 100 keV. This has lead to a contract to develop the technology for NASA's Lynx project. Ulmer is a member of the Constellation X Hard-X-Ray Telescope Team. He is also working on developing UV solar blind detectors based on wide-band-gap semiconductors made with GaN. He has organized a team which has developed an innovative and unique design for studying transient phenomena in the hard x-ray sky.
Education/Academic qualification
Physics, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
… → 1970
BA, Johns Hopkins University
… → 1965
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Multiple Undergraduate Research Projects
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
4/10/20 → 4/9/22
Project: Research project
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Correcting and Coating Thin Walled X-ray Optics via a Combination of Controlled Film Deposition and Magnetic Smart Materials
Ulmer, M. P., Cao, J. & Chung, Y.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1/11/17 → 1/10/20
Project: Research project
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Further Development of Aperture: A Precise Extremely large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements
Ulmer, M. P., Cao, J. & Chung, Y.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
7/1/16 → 9/30/18
Project: Research project
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A Novel Near-Infrared Camera System for Breakthroughs in Astrophysics and Beyond
7/1/15 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
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Aperture: A Precise Extremely large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements
Ulmer, M. P., Cao, J. & Chung, Y.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
7/1/15 → 3/31/16
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Stable membrane candidate for deployable membrane space telescopes
Baturalp, T. B., Rodriguez, L., Coverstone, V. L., Coppejans, R., Cao, J., Chung, Y. W., Buchholz, D. B. & Ulmer, M. P., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 6, 3, 034001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The prospects for applying magnetic smart materials combined with shape memory alloys to produce correctable and deployable space telescopes
Ulmer, M. P., Jalilvand, M., Marks, N. A., Buchholz, D. B., Fujishima, B., Guerra, N., Cao, J., Chung, Y. W., Baturalp, T. B., Coverstone, V. L., Stagon, S. P., De Vita, G., Dugard, J. H. & Vaidyanathan, R., 2020, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation IV. Navarro, R. & Geyl, R. (eds.). SPIE, 114511X. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 11451).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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When shot-noise-limited photodetectors disobey Poisson statistics
Rabinowitz, J., Rezaei, M., Park, M. S., Tan, C. L., Ulmer, M. & Mohseni, H., Jun 1 2020, In: Optics Letters. 45, 11, p. 3009-3012 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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InGaAs based heterojunction phototransistors: Viable solution for high-speed and low-noise short wave infrared imaging
Rezaei, M., Park, M. S., Rabinowitz, C., Tan, C. L., Wheaton, S., Ulmer, M. & Mohseni, H., Apr 22 2019, In: Applied Physics Letters. 114, 16, 161101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Progress toward controlling the shape of Si mirrors coated with a magnetic smart material
Ulmer, M. P., Jalilvanda, M., Buchholz, D. B., Matthews, D. J., Cao, J., Fujishima, B., Marks, N., Cao, J. & Chung, Y. W., 2019, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX. O'Dell, S. L. & Pareschi, G. (eds.). SPIE, 1111918. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 11119).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution