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an improved route for U.S. experimental
manpower pipeline? The Boston Junior
Physics Semester at ATLAS, CMS,
University of Geneva ½ of BU juniors abroad
(12 of all students) cf. 17 intl
students physics curriculum most demandingdid
not allow jr semester abroad internship in a
major lab for most undergrad physics majors
an unmet goal here, and everywhere
else every summer since 2005 BU ugrads in CMS
test beam at CERN pix ATLAS CMS ugrads
hands-on work, senior theses in Boston
experiencing infectious thrill of real science,
transformative e.g. some of my summer
undergrad alums George Gollin,
Mike Levi, Rene Ong, Wesley Smith now pilot
program starts January 18, thru the summer
partnering w/UniGE for classes, mentoring by BU
physicists at CERN
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BU summer 2008 HF team above the HF-
detector Undergrads Matt Carleton and
Stijn Blyweert (no pix), graduate students Andrew
Clough and Phil Lawson
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Insert Picture of ATLAS Students constructing
muon chambers
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how to satisfy course requirements while at
CERN? now have courses at UniGe by
collaborators, verified equivalent by BU
physics EM II Prof. Martin Pohl (Chair)
ATLAS QM I Prof. Alain Blondel T2K and
ATLAS (lectures must be in FR, questions, TAs,
problem sessions, exams in EN) internships
mentored by BU researchers, monitored by
Heister C/Root for LHC Experimentalists Heist
er Carrera Directed Research CERN on Atlas
or CMS with 11 BU residents UniGe on
T2K with Fanny Dufour, BU SK PhD BUs Geneva
Satellite Campus housing, offices, non-Physics
classes 1 block from the Jet dEau In
tensive Physics French during orientation month,
and after Maison BU (apts) 66 BU interns at
UN, WHO, now CERN pix House Master Phil
Lawson, BU PhD candidate on CMS
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a few potential LHC neutrino physics projects
mentors ATLAS Harrington/Yan
muon chamber data quality monitoring
and endcap alignment CMS Bose/Car
rera trigger validation new
menus for higher L with collision
data Herring SiPM evaluation and
development Heister/Lawson/ m
aintenance and DQM of DCC II (practiced last 2
summers) Lazic Shifters at P5
(practiced this summer w/Steve Olsens student)
T2K Dufour/Blondel
Analysis of near detector events
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Ashley Testing SiPMs at MGH Irradiation
Facility
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schedule, time allocation? Month 1 Months
2-5 Summer Months 67 ¼ CERN orientation ½
Directed Research Directed Research ¼ Physics
Computation ¼ EM CERN Summer School
Lectures ½ Intensive French ¼ QM
NSF/CERN Program (0), UROP (2k each), or
research group funds (4k each) they may need
DOE supplemental summer funding upon return to
BU next fall? senior theses/work for
distinction on BU DOE projects funding
0 additional cost for students, except 3
who lose 2k work-study financial aid! BU
physics mentors enlightened self-interest of
multiplying their hands prep now?
intro to their research group here
Ashley pix ATLAS MDT test chamber (Ahlen,
Nation), work on alignment (Harrington) advanced
Lab muon telescope, fast electronics,
sources weekly tutorial in PY French 1st
semester French (Prof. Dan Weiner)
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Pilot Program started 14 applicants qualified
(gt3.0 grade average, stable, etc.) 7
unanticipated scheduling conflicts FR PY/AS
electives 7 on their way January
17th let me introduce some members of
the inaugural BU junior team, present today
pic of Carleton in front of CMS, 2006
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an improved route for U.S. experimental
manpower pipeline? With funding for sciences
cut in U.S., and with much moving to centralized
national labs, fewer opportunities for hands-on
training of young researchers in universities BU
is helping to fill the void left by the
emigration of high energy experiments to other
countries by creating programs to train and
inspire young scientists who will someday become
Americas leading researchers Insert
Group Photo of Students