Emilio Castaño Graff, PhD

Education

B.S., M.S., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (Aeronautics)

Athermalization process for mass-produced imaging systems, with no net manufacturing cost increase.
Camera pose and distortion calibration for single and multi-camera systems at both consumer and industrial levels.
Design of various laser interferometers for fluid flow measurement.
Development of ultra-high-precision camera-based 3D point trackers used in flow and strain measurement.

Full automation of a two-story-tall wind tunnel with camera control, data broadcasting, network remote control, and "cruise control" (speed control feeding back from pitot-static tube) to maintain speeds or Reynolds number over long runs and varying temperatures.
Practical optimization; corrected customer's PID controller for high-slew-speed telescope mounts and reduced tracking error by 100x; implemented a data structure to speed up point tracking by 1000x.
Frameworks and tools for esoteric machine learning research.
"Lab" tools to facilitate optical alignment, mechanical testing, and metrology.

Submersible two-component force balance using off-the-shelf load cells, with calibration rig, electronics, and acquisition software for erosion research.
Various optomechanical bits; from lens mounting to alignment stages to full systems, including an airborne bathymetry LIDAR with stringent stability requirements.
Wind tunnel models with complex geometry, usually stuffed to the gills with plumbing and/or cabling.
Fixtures for testing and manufacturing of various components.

21 issued patents; 1,433 citations, h-index 19