Transcript US Particle Accelerator School: A Vital Resource for the

US Particle Accelerator School:
A Vital Resource
for the
Office of Science & NSF
Presentation to HEPAP AARD Sub-panel
William Barletta
USPAS Director
16 February 2006
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USPAS Vision & Mission
“USPAS is an essential partner of
U. S. universities & national laboratories
in training the next generation
of accelerator scientists and technologists for the
challenging accelerators of the future.”
The US Particle Accelerator School provides
graduate-level educational programs in the science of
beams and their associated accelerator technologies
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Why USPAS is critical to SC & NSF
The next 10 years will see operation of challenging machines:
SNS, LHC, X-ray FELs, laser-driven accelerators & ILC
Well-trained accelerator physicists & engineers are essential to a
rich & productive future in accelerator based science
USPAS trains more early career scientists & engineers than ever
It is an opportunity to mentor and counsel not just teach
USPAS is a growing contributor to the education of accelerator
scientists and technologists internationally
International outreach directly benefits DOE & NSF laboratories
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USPAS charter for educational stewardship
from Office of Science & NSF
 Founded & nurtured under HEP auspices
 Letter from the four Energy Research AD’s allows &
encourages national laboratory sponsorship & support (1992)
 Governing Board of sponsoring partners oversees USPAS
 7 SC laboratories (FNAL, ANL, BNL, JLAB, LBNL, ORNL, SLAC)
 2 NNSA laboratories (LANL, LLNL)
 2 NSF funded universities (Cornell, MSU)
 Sponsoring partners provide programmatic support
 Partner contribution - $25 k/yr
 Partner institutions support all teaching costs
 HEP directly funds USPAS Office at FNAL
We greatly appreciate the strong and continuing support of HEP
USPAS needs greater visibility with non-HEP communities
Orbach suggests periodic reports to BESAC, NSAC, etc.
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USPAS Organization & Governance
 National Graduate School
 Governance & support by a consortium of 9 DOE national
laboratories plus 2 NSF University laboratories
 Board of Governors with elected Chair
 Organized under an MOU & By-laws
 Program Advisory Committee
 USPAS Director
 Appointed by BOG
 Funded by DOE/HEP
 Staff Office at Fermilab (Managing Institution)
 Funded by DOE/HEP by FY2000 agreement
 Fiduciary administration by Fermilab
I hope that the Sub-panel will recommend SC’s
continuation of the support agreements
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USPAS Operations
 Started in 1981 with seminar style presentations
 Since 1987 USPAS is organized like a university course
program (academic courses for credit)
 2 schools annually hosted at different US universities
 Typical attendance per school ~ 130 students
 Scholarship support available for matriculated graduate students
 33 university style schools with >2800 students
 Also ten Joint Schools with CERN & KEK
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USPAS approach stresses academic rigor
 Goal:
Provide education & training in accelerator physics
and technology
 Method:
University courses with homework, exams and
university credit from host universities
 Means:
Lectures & “hands-on”laboratory courses & activities
 Typical school program:
~ 4 two-week courses on main subjects
~8 one week courses, mostly technology and highly
specialized subjects
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USPAS Session Format and Logistics
Typically:
 Have school at a hotel
 Hotel usually provides complementary meeting rooms
 (based on # of sleeping rooms)
 Breakfast & dinner provided
 Supported students share a room
 We rent computers (PCs, printers, network)
 We provide textbooks as requested by instructors
 Get expensive instrumentation (3 network analyzers etc.)
from Agilent
 Pay hosting university ~$240 per credit student
 Students may ask hosting university for transcript
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USPAS University-Style Schools Cumulative
Numbers & Averages, 1987-`06
 Course Statistics
 Total Number of Programs
33
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Total Number of Courses
~ 220
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Total Number of Students
> 2800
 Total Number of Attendances
~ 4100
 Total Number of Working Days/ Program
10
 Average Attendance per Program
~130
 Average Number of Courses /Program
8
 Average Number of Teachers & Support / Course
2.1
 Average Percentage of Credit Students
 Credit Student Workload during Course
~ 60 %
8 hr/day
 Current level of university students
~ 50 %
 International collaborative schools
10
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USPAS Degree Program
Masters Degree in
Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology
from
Indiana University & USPAS
So far: 4 graduates
Requirements: 30 Credit Hours: with grade point average of B or above
* IU/USPAS Courses
* Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism courses
(transferred to IU from previous university or if taken at USPAS
program, one course will count for both requirements)
* Master's Thesis (3 - 9 credits)
* Final Examination or oral defense of thesis
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We develop the USPAS curriculum to
meet SC and NSF needs
USPAS Program Committee meets annually
 Goal: Align curriculum with evolving accelerator-based science
 Goal: Align curriculum with needs of sponsoring institutions
Representatives from the sponsoring labs plus universities
plus USPAS director
The agenda is simple:
 Review past schools and successes
 Recommend courses & possible instructors for next four schools.
Final program & instructors are set by USPAS director
with the approval of the Governing Board
Host university approves courses & gives instructors
temporary appointments
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Relevance: Course offerings cover all areas
of interest to the DOE & NSF
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Sample of session curriculum
S-2005 USPAS at Cornell June 20 - July 1
Two Weeks
Accelerator Fundamentals Yannis Papaphilippou
Accelerator Physics
Waldo Mackay (BNL)
RF Systems
J. Sebek (SLAC/SSRL)
Computational Methods in
K. Ko (SLAC)
Electromagnetism
One Week
RF Engineering and Signal
John Fox (SLAC)
Processing
J. Tanabe (LBNL
Magnet Engineering
(emeritus)
Laser Physics and Optics J. Chaloupka (College of
Technology
W&M)
Beam Halos in Charged
T. Wangler (LANL
Particle Accelerators
emeritus)
Accelerators in Medical
Applications
Precision Alignment
Techniques
J. Flanz (MIT)
R. Ruland (SLAC)
Recirculating Linac ERL
G. Krafft (JLAB)
Wakefields and
Impedances
R. Jones (SLAC)
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USPAS Initiative:
Curricula w. organizing themes
Confirmed lecturers in black
W-2007 USPAS at TAMU
Them e - Linear Colliders
Introductory Lecture on the ILC
Barry Barish (Caltech)
Two Weeks
Accelerator Fundamentals
Stuart Henderson & Sarah
Cousineau ORNL)
Accelerator Physics
Alex Chao, SY Lee, Georg
Hoffstatter, Uli Weilands
Microwave Measurements Laboratory
R. Pasquinelli & David
McGinnis (FNAL)
or Computational Accelerator Physics
Alex Dragt & Rob Ryne or
Panegiotis Spentzouris
One Week
Large Scale Metrology of Accelerators
Robert Ruland and Catherine
LeCocq, SLAC
Physics Tolerances & Justification
T. Shea (SNS)
Collective effects & wakefields
R. Jones (Cockcroft)
Emittance Preservation: Theory &
Practicalities
Nick Walker (Desy), or
Peter Tenenbaum (SLAC)
Andrei Seryi & Tom
Markiewicz (SLAC)
Damping ring design & physics issues A. Wolski (Cockcroft)
Beam delivery & IR design
EPICS Control Systems
Andrew Johnson (ANL) &
Robert Dalesio
Vacuum Systems in accelerators
L. Bertollini (LLNL)
Design of Accelerator Systems
P. McIntyre (TAMU)
Managing Science In Research
Laboratories
William Barletta
(FNAL/USPAS/MIT)
Such sessions must also balance demand for fundamental training in
accelerator science and engineering
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Who teaches?
Sources of support for USPAS instructors
OTHER
12%
BES
25%
NNSA + DOD
9%
BER + NIH
2%
NSF
8%
FES
3%
NP
8%
HEP
33%
Instructors also benefit from their teaching experience
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Which DOE& NSH programs do USPAS
students work for?
NNSA + DOD
7%
NSF
4%
BES
26%
OFES
2%
NP
20%
HEP
41%
(Estimate from historical funding of and attendance from sponsoring laboratories)
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Session attendance remains high
Number of students
Sessions 1997 - 2006
110
The ASU school lost several students at the last minute due to visa problems
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Participation by non-US students
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1
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China
1
Colombia
1
England
7
Germany
3
Italy
12
Slovenia
1
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1
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12
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Total foreign
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Steady increase of students from Europe & Asia demonstrates preference
for an academically rigorous school
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30%
Attendance by Women
25%
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Example of student diversity:
Winter 2005 session
Breakdown by Education
PhD
Grad student
Masters
Bachelors
Undergrad
44
63
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Breakdown by Source
Laboratories 81
Universities
79
Military
5
Government
0
Industry
9
Other Students Statistics
For credit
Women
Foreign
105
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Student & University feedback improves
our planning of future sessions
Student Survey
Course Name:
USPAS Office Evaluation Form
1) Are you taking this course for credit?
Y
or
N
2) On the basis of the following characteris tics, how do you rate this course?
Poor
Fair
Good
Very
Good
Excellent
-content, emphasis
-student material provided
-homework problems
-computer simulations (if applicable)
As part of an ongoing assessment of the USPAS organizat ion, please complete the following
evaluation. Be frank in your answers and your comments. Your honesty is essential to our success. If
you need mo re space for comments and suggestions please use the reverse side.
1) In your direct contact with USPAS staff, and in your general observations, how would you
rate overall performance.
3) Com pare the level of difficulty of this course with other university courses you have taken:
More difficult ______
Equal difficulty _____ Less difficult _____
Poor
Effectiveness of Instructors
4) On the basis of the following characteris tics, how do you rate the performance of the
instructors for this course?
Poor
Fair
Good
Very
Good
Fair
Good
Very
Good
Excellent
- Support
- Response
- Attitude
Excellent
2) How would you rate the USPAS Of fice performa nce comp ared with other such organizations?
-teaching effectiveness
-classroom performance
-attitude toward students
Unfavorably
Comparable
Superior
5) Com pare the quality of instructors for this course with other university instructors:
Better ______
Equal _____
Worse _____
3) Please provide brief comments on USPAS strengths and deficiences. Include suggestions for
imp rovement.
6) Did your background adequately prepare you for this course?
Not at all
Only Slightly
Somewhat
7) Rate the value of this course for your current job:
Will have no
Unimportant
Slightly Important
Impact
8) Rate the value of this course for your future career:
Will have no
Unimportant
Slightly Important
Impact
For the Most Part
Somewhat
Important
Somewhat
Important
Very Much So
Very
Important
4) How would you rate the teaching conditions? (audio-visual, computer equipment/software,
lab equipme nt, etc)
Very
Important
5) Additional comments:
9) What courses would you like to see in the future?
10) Suggestions or comm ents on this course or on the USPAS in general:
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We have successfully managed USPAS
session economics
250
Program cost
UCB MIT
UCLA
2.5
UCSB
# of students
2.0
Cost per school k$
200
150
1.5
100
1.0
50
0.5
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0.0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Cost per student has remained roughly constant for past eight years
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USPAS Initiative:
Provide more “hands-on” training
 Present practice
 Experimental component of Accelerator Fundamentals course
 Experimental course in Microwave Measurements
 Periodic schools where there is a machine with a flexible schedule
 Stanford, UWisconsin, Duke, MSU, U.Md, Vanderbuilt
 Our initiative for new DOE & NSF funding
 2 month internships at labs  Interns selected by course instructors
 Instructors serve as mentors to the interns
 ~ $200 k would provide ~20 student internships
 Improved experiments for Fundamentals course
 < $50 k for experiments fabricated at university shops
 Asst. Sec. Orbach was very supportive of this idea
 Recommended briefings to all Ads as next step
 Recommend 30 min presentation about USPAS to all SC advisory committees
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Thank you for this opportunity to brief you
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