Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2023
Volume 68, Number 6
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Apr 15-18)
Virtual (Apr 24-26); Time Zone: Central Time
Session B06: Crisis and Big ScienceInvited Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FHP Chair: Paul Halpern, Saint Joseph's University Room: MG Salon F - 3rd Floor |
Saturday, April 15, 2023 10:45AM - 11:21AM |
B06.00001: The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory Invited Speaker: Robert P Crease
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Saturday, April 15, 2023 11:21AM - 11:57AM |
B06.00002: Why Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste? Big Science Funding Lessons Invited Speaker: Catherine L Westfall Funding particle accelerators is rarely easy; in fact, quite often difficulties in obtaining funding provoke an existential crises. In the hope that history understood can be the prologue for a brighter future, this talk will provide an historical analysis of funding crises. All the accelerator projects considered come from the U.S. national laboratory system, but examples are drawn from projects of various scales from different physics subfields at different times. Particularly suggestive is the comparison of the particle physics project, the Superconducting Supercollider, which had a multi-billion dollar budget before being cancelled in 1993, and the $6 million Intense Pulsed Neutron Source which was used for condensed matter physics and other material science experiments from 1981 to 2008. The talk will trace common patterns, highlight typical problems, and offer lessons for future big science planning. |
Saturday, April 15, 2023 11:57AM - 12:33PM |
B06.00003: Launching the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University: Opportunities, Challenges, and then - Science Invited Speaker: Thomas Glasmacher In May 2022, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) commenced its science program affording its user group of 1,600 scientists discovery opportunities with rare isotopes. Designed and established by Michigan State University in support of the mission of the Office of Nuclear Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), a team of scientists, engineers, technicians, administrators, crafts, and contractors delivered the FRIB project safely, on budget, and a few months ahead of schedule. I will present in 30 minutes an overview of this 14-year endeavor, from writing the proposal in 2008, to design, civil and technical construction, commissioning, and transition to user operation, followed by first experiments and results in 2022. And I will share some of the opportunities and challenges we encountered along the way. |
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