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The QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame

The QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame. Randy Ruchti Department of Physics University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana. Fermilab. Geographic Region: Michiana. Notre Dame QuarkNet Center. Vision

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The QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame

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  1. The QuarkNet Centerat Notre Dame Randy Ruchti Department of Physics University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana

  2. Fermilab Geographic Region: Michiana R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  3. Notre Dame QuarkNet Center • Vision • A community of researchers including faculty,technical staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduatestudents and high school teachers,high school students. • Location • - Just south of ND’s campus at 929 N Eddy St, South Bend • - Fully functional research lab. • - Houses offices, lab spaces, and student experimental areas. R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  4. ND QuarkNet Center • Physicists (Mentors) • Jim Bishop • Dan Karmgard • Randy Ruchti • Mitch Wayne • QuarkNet Staff • Pat Mooney • Beth Beiersdorf • CMS/DØ Staff • Barry Baumbaugh • Jeff Marchant • Mike McKenna • Mark Vigneault • Administrative Assistance • Jennifer Maddox • Sharon Clark • Lead Teachers • LeRoy Castle, La Porte • Dale Wiand, Adams • Associate Teachers • Ken Andert, LaLumiere • Ken Andrzewski, Marion • Jeff Chorny, LakeShore • Helene Douerty, St. Joseph • Ed Fidler, LaLumiere • Tom Guthrie, Penn • Maggie Jensen, Gavit • Kevin Johnston, Jimtown • Monica Konrath, Oregon-Davis • Tom Loughran, Trinity • Rick Roberts, Clay • Gerry Van Laecke, Clay • Student Teacher • Bob LeBlanc, Notre Dame R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  5. QuarkNet Staff and Teachers R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  6. Student/Teacher Involvement R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  7. ND QuarkNet Summer 2000 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  8. Notre Dame Center Summer Activity • Associate Teacher Institute (1-3 weeks) • 12+ Teachers involved • Research Experience for Teachers (8 Weeks) • 12 Teachers involved • DØ, CMS, Detector Development (SBIR), Cosmic Ray Detectors • Research Experience for High School Students (8 Weeks) • 13-15 Students involved each summer. • DØ Central Fiber Tracker • CMS HCAL Readout Boxes/Optical Decoding • Lectures, Tours, Scientific Discussions, Social Gatherings R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  9. DØ Central Fiber Tracker Active targets based on Ce(3+) coherent fiber-optic plates with image intensifiers PS/3HF organic scintillator Multi-clad optical fibers Visible Light Photon Counters SBIR New scintillators and waveshifters CMS HCAL Optical readout and decoding of the sampling calorimeters for barrel, endcap and outer barrel subdetectors. Multi-clad optical fibers Hybrid photodiodes Cosmic Ray Detectors Based on Tb(3+) coherent fiber-optic plates with image intensifiers NASM- Smithsonian, CERN SX5 visitors gallery, Fermilab, Snowmass 2001 Program Derived from Detector R&D R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  10. 1st Shift Lunch 2nd Shift Summer Student Research R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  11. DØ CFT Effort R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  12. The DØ Upgrade CFT R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  13. DØ Fiber Waveguides R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  14. DØ Central Fiber Tracker “Student involvement at its best”   Joe Martin and Amy DeCelles are QuarkNet students of Patrick Mooney at Trinity High School in South Bend, Indiana. His group of students, most of them seniors at various high schools in an around South Bend, recently visited Fermilab to learn more about the laboratory and to see the 40-foot-high DZero detector. Every morning at 7:30 a.m., five days a week, students of our QuarkNet group are on shift at a science lab near Notre Dame to prepare optical for use in waveguides as part of Fermilab's DZero detector," Martin said. "In the afternoon we have lectures on related physics aspects and how DZero will use the fibers we assembled. In addition to earning some money, we learn a lot." "We get spools with 2,500 meters of fibers, and we check, bundle and shield them. Then we send the fibers to Fermilab, where they put connectors on the endings and install the fibers in the detector," DeCelles said. "It is our responsibility to identify fibers that do not work and replace them." The QuarkNet program seems to be well on its way to achieving its goals, stimulating interest in science among high school students. Will they consider studying physics when they start college next year? DeCelles and her peer students didn't hesitate. "Absolutely!" they said. They'd been caught in the QuarkNet. FermiNews, Vol.23 No.13 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  15. CMS at CERN/LHC R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  16. CMS HCAL Subsystem Locations R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  17. Overview of RBX Placement R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  18. ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  19. ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  20. ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  21. ODU for CMS/HCAL R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  22. Cosmic Ray Detectors B. Baumbaugh at the opening of the new gallery Explore the Universe, National Air and Space Museum R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  23. AcademicCredit • Academic Structure • 3-8 week summer research • PHYS 598Q (teachers) 1-3 credits • PHYS 098Q (students) 1-3 credits • academic year research • PHYS 598R (teachers) 1 credit • PHYS 098R (students) 1 credit • discussion sections, laboratory activity, field trips, seminars R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  24. Directions 2001-2002 • Annual Kickoff Meeting – September • Weekly Meetings on Mondays: 16:30–18:00 at the QuarkNet Center • Reunion – November at Fermilab • AAPT – January in Philadelphia • Science Alive – February in South Bend • HASTI – February in Indianapolis • IN-AAPT – April in Indianapolis • BRISC – April in San Francisco • QN Summer Institute – 1 Week - June at Notre Dame • Modeling Workshop – 3 Weeks - July at Notre Dame • RET and REHS – 8 Weeks - June to August at Notre Dame • AAPT – August in Boise • Beam Testing for CMS – June to August at CERN • Data Taking for DØ – All Year R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  25. Kickoff Meeting 9-29-01 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  26. Science Alive – Outreach to the South Bend Community R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  27. Directions – Summer 2002 • RET – Research Experiences for Teachers (regional) • Astrophysics, Biophysics, HEP-CMS, HEP-D0, HEP-Det R&D, Nuclear • 8 weeks • Modeling Workshop (national) in association with Arizona State University • Mechanics, Modern Physics • 3 weeks • Participants from QuarkNet Centers around the country • REHS – Research Experiences for HS Students (Pilot Program) • Principally CMS HCAL • 8 weeks R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  28. REHSS Pilot ProgramStudent Researchers • 1999 • David Dickerson (Indiana University) • Daniel Saddawi-Konefka (Northwestern) • 2000 • Ravi Bhavsar (Purdue) • Robert Bourke (Michigan) • Michael Busk (Notre Dame) • Zachary Clark (Purdue) • J. Patrick Davenport (Taylor) • Amy DeCelles (U Chicago) • Andrew Evers (HS Senior) • Noopor Garg (HS Senior) • Joseph Martin (HS Senior) • Sheila May (U of Southern California) • Gregory Outlaw (U of Miami) • Robert Ribeiro (HS-senior) • Jenny Tristano (U Chicago) • Kara Whitaker (Notre Dame) • Roger Wiltfong (HS-senior) • 2001 • Kevin Alby (SB Adams) • Patricia Brewer (Trinity) • Jasmine Cashbaugh (St. Joseph) • Nicholas Erdman (Lakeshore, MI) • Andrew Evers (Jimtown) • Mark Gromski (SB LaSalle) • John Higgins (LaLumiere) • Kristyn Kapetanovic (Gavit) • Jon Lawson (Trinity) • Eric Martin (LaLumiere) • Julia Novak (Gavit) • Eugenia Tanner (SB LaSalle) • Daniel Vanderkam (St. Joseph) • Roger Wiltfong (SB Riley) • Tim Winter (Lakeshore, MI) R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  29. How Many High School Students Impacted? • Summer Research Experience – 30 • Academic Year Research Experience – 1 • Science Alive - 25 • QuarkNet Lab Tours – 45 • Fermilab Tours – 100 • School Visitations by Mentors – 350 • Teacher classrooms - 400 R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

  30. The ND QuarkNet Center R. Ruchti, QuarkNet Review, Dec 2001

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