U.S. Particle Accelerator School
Winter 2019 USPAS Session
Sponsors:Northern Illinois University and UT-Battelle |
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Location & Dates:Knoxville, TennesseeJanuary 21 - February 1, 2019 |
Housing and Registration deadline is Dec. 3, 2018 |
Courses run in parallel so students may take one two-week full course OR two one-week half courses. The Accelerator Fundamentals course carries 3 undergraduate-level credits; each two-week course pair is eligible for 3 units of graduate-level credit from Northern Illinois University.
January 21 - February 1, 2019
- Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergraduate level)
Instructors: Sarah Cousineau, UT Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Lab; Jeff Holmes, Nick Evans and Kiersten Ruisard, Oak Ridge National Lab - Accelerator Physics
Instructors: Stephen Peggs, Brookhaven National Lab and Todd Satogata, Jefferson Lab
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.
- Applied Electromagnetism: Magnet and RF Cavity Design
Instructors: Jeremiah Holzbauer, Karie Badgley and Paolo Berrutti, Fermilab
Students successfully completing one half course each week will earn 3 units of graduate credit from Northern Illinois University.
January 21 - 25, 2019
- High-Power Targets for Accelerators
Instructors: Bernie Riemer; Drew Winder; Erik Iverson; Franz Gallmeier, Oak Ridge National Lab; Pat Hurh and Kavin Ammigan, Fermilab
- Storage Rings for Precision Physics Applications -- Muon g-2
Instructors: Michael Syphers, Northern Illinois University and Fermilab; Diktys Stratakis, Fermilab; David Rubin, Cornell University
- Physics and Engineering of Undulators for Storage Ring and FEL Light Sources
Instructors: Efim Gluskin and Vadim Sajaev, Argonne National Laboratory
- Beam-Based Diagnostics
Instructors: Christoph Steier, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; James Safranek and Xiaobiao Huang, SLAC National Accelerator Lab
- Wakefields and Collective Beam Instabilities
Instructors: Gennady Stupakov and Panagiotis Baxevanis, SLAC National Accelerator Lab
January 28 - February 1, 2019
- Neutrino Beams
Instructors: Bob Zwaska and Laura Fields, Fermilab
- Integrable Particle Dynamics in Accelerators
Instructors: Sergei Nagaitsev and Timofey Zolkin, Fermilab
- Principles of Superconducting Linear Accelerators
Instructors: Sang-Ho Kim and Marc Doleans, Oak Ridge National Lab
- Design and Engineering of Modern Beam Diagnostics
Instructors: Manfred Wendt, CERN; Silvia Zorzetti and Randy Thurman-Keup, Fermilab
- EPICS Control Systems
Instructors: Kay Kasemir, John Sinclair and Klemen Vodopivec, Oak Ridge National Lab
Participation is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. International participants not currently residing in the U.S. may apply to attend the program and may request financial sponsorship but they may not earn credit from Northern Illinois University. Note: International students requesting a scholarship who are NOT from U.S. visa-waiver countries must already be in possession of a visa that is valid for the entire period of the USPAS session. A copy of your visa must be faxed (630-840-8500) to the USPAS before September 14, 2018.
The Registration Fee is $1,700.00 if your Application Form is received before September 14, 2018; after September 14, 2018 the fee is $1,800.00. The Registration Fee is $1,200.00 for participants attending only one week of the program. Please note: you do not have to pay the Registration Fee by September 14, 2018, you must send in an Application Form before September 14, 2018.
Single hotel rooms are available for $97.00 plus 17.25% tax per night and a double hotel room (shared by 2 people) will be $48.50 plus 17.25% tax per person per night. Rooms may be reserved at our rate 3 days before and after the program dates, based on hotel availability.
Application deadline for scholarship requests and our lower registration fee: September 14, 2018