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MONOPTEC was founded in 1989 to license the Fixed Shutter Dome, (FSD), an observatory and telescope enclosure, to institutions, manufacturers, and individuals. MONOPTEC is owned by Ethan Cliffton, Inventor of the FSD.
MONOPTEC will work closely with licensees, engineers, and manufacturers in the development of applications for the FSD. Our experience and access to experts in astronomy, aerospace and defense will be brought to bear on production design issues as they arise.
MONOPTEC is prepared to respond to your needs for observatory and telescope enclosures and space and satellite tracking stations with immediacy and intensity.
 Ethan Cliffton, CEO - MONOPTEC |
Ethan
Cliffton won The Rolex Awards For Enterprise, 1993, for his design of
the FSD and has been involved as an architect, consultant and designer
in some of the most technically demanding projects to be found. He has
contributed to design of the enclosure for the world's most powerful electron
microscope, the Atomic Resolution Microscope in Berkeley, the world's
largest telescope, the Keck on Mauna Kea, the International Space Station
in LEO, and the Mars Base in Candor Chasma. He has served as a consultant
for the remodeling of the NASA IRTF and UKIRT observatories.
For
more information please contact, Ethan Cliffton at:
E-Mail: monoptecfsd@monoptec.com,
or
MONOPTEC CORPORATION
PO Box 21050
Oakland, CA 94620
Tel: 415/264-6519
Fax: 510/420-8444
Webmaster: Vala Cliffton