Project Descriptions
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Berkeley National Laboratory Requesting applications from science or engineering faculty members at institutions serving students underrepresented in science, engineering, mathematics and technology. Broad-based, multi-disciplined studies of elementary particle and nuclear physics, astrophysics and accelerator technology. Project Description Within the Physics Division (http://wwwphysics.lbl.gov/physdiv/pdprogram.html) there are many programs to study Elementary Particles and Astrophysics. The ATLAS Group has major responsibility for the construction of silicon and pixel detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The SNAP Group is designing a ccd-based telescope to be put in space to study dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe. The BaBar Group is acquiring and analyzing data from the SLAC PEP-II storage rings to elucidate CP violation and the Baryon asymmetry of the universe.The Nuclear Science Division (http://www.lbl.gov/nsd/programs/programs.html) engages in basic research in nuclear physics and chemistry. The studies are aimed at understanding the structure and interactions of nuclei and the forces of nature as manifested in nuclear matter. Overarching themes are the study of nuclei under extreme conditions at the limits of angular momentum, spin, shape, atomic number, neutron number, density, and temperature), and using the nucleus as a laboratory. Some of our principal experiments are STAR at the Brookhaven RHIC storage ring (to study the quark gluon plasma state of matter) and the cosmic ray experiments SNO and KAMLAND (to study the properties of neutrinos). The Accelerator & Fusion Research Division (http://www-afrd.lbl.gov/)
studies and applies the physics of beams - of ions, electrons, and light
- and advances the related technologies. The results are applied worldwide
in fields as diverse as cancer treatment and the quest for fusion energy. Applicants Responsibilities and Relationship to Project Applicants and their students will receive support under the Department of Energy Faculty and Student Team (FaST) program to work collaboratively with a research group at Berkeley Lab for 10 weeks during the summer. Faculty and students team members will be assigned to the same research group and typically faculty participants will provide mentorship and/or advising support to the undergraduate student team members while at the Lab. Applicants are encouraged to contact Berkeley Lab investigators offering FaST opportunities during the application process. Following the summer appointment, it is anticipated that the faculty participants will establish a ongoing collaborative relationship with Berkeley Lab investigators and assist in recruiting undergraduate students from their campus for DOE internship programs.Qualifications of Ideal Candidate
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