Public Abstract

DE-SC0020375: ERNEST COURANT TRAINEESHIP IN ACCELERATOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Award Status: Active

Institution: Research Foundation for the State University of New York d/b/a RFSUNY - Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
UEI: M746VC6XMNH9
DUNS: 804878247

Most Recent Award Date: 06/06/2024
Number of Support Periods: 6
PM: Li, Derun

Current Budget Period: 09/01/2024 - 07/31/2025
Current Project Period: 09/01/2024 - 07/31/2029
PI: Litvinenko, Vladimir

Supplement Budget Period: N/A

Public Abstract

ERNEST COURANT TRAINEESHIP IN ACCELERATOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING Prof. V.N Litvinenko, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University (PI) Prof. T. Hemmick, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University (co-PI) Prof. N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University (co-PI) Dr. Mark Palmer, Director, Accelerator Test Facility, Collider Accelerator Department, BNL (co-PI) Dr. S. Belomestnykh, Chief Technical Officer, Technical Division Head, FNAL (co-PI) This proposal is submitted by Stony Brook (SBU) University in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). We propose to continue our successful workforce development (ECT traineeship) program in Accelerator Science and Engineering based on our already well-established educational centers – the Center for Accelerator Science and Education (CASE) at SBU and BNL with unprecedented access to large and medium accelerators, superconducting RF accelerators and related research, high power RF system engineering and large liquid helium cryogenic systems at BNL and FNAL. While taking advantage of currently available courses in Accelerator Science and Engineering at CASE (including USPAS), we are extending the curriculum of the center to cover all necessary aspects of the four areas identified as the DOE Mission Critical Workforce Needs in Accelerator Science and Engineering: (a) Physics of large accelerators and systems engineering; (b) Superconducting radiofrequency accelerator physics and engineering; (c) Radiofrequency power system engineering and (d) Cryogenic systems engineering (especially liquid helium systems). Students in the traineeship program who complete the necessary courses (12 or more credits in accelerator science and engineering) and a thesis are issued a Certificate in Accelerator Science and Engineering. The program aims to graduate up to 6 students per year by the end of this funding period. This will result in twelve students participating in the program every year. We plan to graduate 66% of our students with Master of Science/Master of Engineering (MS/ME) or Master of Scientific Instrumentation (MSI) degrees, and 34% of our students with PhD degrees in Accelerator Science and Engineering. Each student will have two advisors who specialize in an accelerator physics or engineering topic relevant to the student’s thesis work; an academic advisor at SBU and a lab-based advisor at BNL or FNAL. During their two-year tenure in the program, students are expected to focus for two semesters on completing necessary courses from the compendium offered at all involved institutions. Remote learning facilities will enable the students to partake in classes that are not at their home institution. During the other two semesters and the two summers, each student is expected to focus on practical laboratory work. The proposed traineeship will involve the efforts of about fifty participants from our four collaborating institutions – professors, scientist and engineers will participate in teaching, curriculum development and supervising graduate students. We also propose an outreach program to promote enrolment into the traineeship program. It will include outreach programs in schools, popular lectures to graduate and undergraduate students and, most importantly, an internship summer program at BNL for US undergraduate students. Our proposed traineeship is named after famous accelerator physicist, Dr. Ernest Courant, the father of modern accelerator theory. Dr. Ernest Courant, who is celebrating his 100s birthday this year, worked at BNL since 1948 and also taught accelerator physics at SBU. Dr. Courant’s family graciously gave us permission using Dr. Ernest Courant name for this traineeship.

ERNEST COURANT TRAINEESHIP IN ACCELERATOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Prof. V.N Litvinenko, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University (PI)

Prof. T. Hemmick, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University (co-PI)

Prof. N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University (co-PI)

Dr. Mark Palmer, Director, Accelerator Test Facility, Collider Accelerator Department, BNL (co-PI)

Dr. S. Belomestnykh, Chief Technical Officer, Technical Division Head, FNAL (co-PI)

This proposal is submitted by Stony Brook (SBU) University in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). We propose to continue our successful workforce development (ECT traineeship) program in Accelerator Science and Engineering based on our already well-established educational centers – the Center for Accelerator Science and Education (CASE) at SBU and BNL with unprecedented access to large and medium accelerators, superconducting RF accelerators and related research, high power RF system engineering and large liquid helium cryogenic systems at BNL and FNAL. While taking advantage of currently available courses in Accelerator Science and Engineering at CASE (including USPAS), we are extending the curriculum of the center to cover all necessary aspects of the four areas identified as the DOE Mission Critical Workforce Needs in Accelerator Science and Engineering: (a) Physics of large accelerators and systems engineering; (b) Superconducting radiofrequency accelerator physics and engineering; (c) Radiofrequency power system engineering and (d) Cryogenic systems engineering (especially liquid helium systems).

Students in the traineeship program who complete the necessary courses (12 or more credits in accelerator science and engineering) and a thesis are issued a Certificate in Accelerator Science and Engineering. The program aims to graduate up to 6 students per year by the end of this funding period. This will result in twelve students participating in the program every year.

We plan to graduate 66% of our students with Master of Science/Master of Engineering (MS/ME) or Master of Scientific Instrumentation (MSI) degrees, and 34% of our students with PhD degrees in Accelerator Science and Engineering. Each student will have two advisors who specialize in an accelerator physics or engineering topic relevant to the student’s thesis work; an academic advisor at SBU and a lab-based advisor at BNL or FNAL. During their two-year tenure in the program, students are expected to focus for two semesters on completing necessary courses from the compendium offered at all involved institutions. Remote learning facilities will enable the students to partake in classes that are not at their home institution. During the other two semesters and the two summers, each student is expected to focus on practical laboratory work.

The proposed traineeship will involve the efforts of about fifty participants from our four collaborating institutions – professors, scientist and engineers will participate in teaching, curriculum development and supervising graduate students. We also propose an outreach program to promote enrolment into the traineeship program. It will include outreach programs in schools, popular lectures to graduate and undergraduate students and, most importantly, an internship summer program at BNL for US undergraduate students.

Our proposed traineeship is named after famous accelerator physicist, Dr. Ernest Courant, the father of modern accelerator theory. Dr. Ernest Courant, who is celebrating his 100s birthday this year, worked at BNL since 1948 and also taught accelerator physics at SBU. Dr. Courant’s family graciously gave us permission using Dr. Ernest Courant name for this traineeship.