Summer 2023 USPAS Session

University Sponsor:

Michigan State University

Location & Dates:

Melville, Long Island, New York
June 5 - 16, 2023

Deadline Dates:

Scholarship applications & supporting docs: February 21
Non-scholarship applications: March 14

Courses run in parallel so students may take one 2-week full course OR two 1-week half courses. Each two-week course is eligible for 3 units of credit from Michigan State University.

June 5 - 16, 2023

Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergrad level)
Instructors: Eric Prebys, UC Davis; Elvin Harms and Nino Chelidze, Fermilab; Amber Johnson, University of Maryland
TAs: Medani Sangroula, Brookhaven National Lab; Gareth May and John Rogers, Texas A&M University
This class is full and the waiting list is full.

Accelerator Physics
Instructors: Georg Hoffstaetter de Torquat, Cornell University and Brookhaven National Lab; David Sagan, Cornell University
TAs: Matt Signorelli and Ningdong Wang, Cornell University
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.
Microwave Measurements and Beam Instrumentation Laboratory
Instructors: Lawrence Doolittle, Gang Huang, Tianhuan Luo, Yilun Xu and Shreeharshini Dharanesh Murthy, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Wencan Xu, Brookhaven National Lab
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.
RF Cavity, Component and System for Accelerators
Instructors: Alireza Nassiri, Geoff Waldschmidt, Yawei Yang and Branko Popovic, Argonne National Laboratory
TAs: Adam Gleichman and John Wieland, Michigan State University
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.

Students successfully completing two 1-week half courses will earn 3 units of credit from Michigan State University. Credit will not be awarded for taking only one 1-week half course.

June 5 - 9, 2023

Mechanical Alignment
Instructors: Georg Gassner and Michael Gaydosh, SLAC
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.

Laser Physics and Engineering for Accelerator Applications
Instructors: Shukui Zhang, Jefferson Lab; Sergio Carbajo, SLAC; Patrick Inacker, Brookhaven National Lab
TA: Linh Nguyen, Brookhaven National Lab
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.
Physics and Engineering of Rings and Undulators for FELs and Light Sources
Instructors: Timur Shaftan and Oleg Chubar, Brookhaven National Lab
TA: Dolan Falconer, Reveam and Georgia Tech
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.

June 12 - 16, 2023

Vibrational Aspects of Accelerators
Instructors: Jeremiah Holzbauer, Fermilab; Paolo Neri, University of Pisa; Adam Wixson, Fermilab
This class is limited to 15 students
Vacuum Science and Technology for Particle Accelerators
Instructors: Yulin Li, Cornell University; Xianhong Liu, SLAC
TAs: Alex Chen, Fermilab; Gregg McElwee, Cornell University
This class is full. Please contact uspas@fnal.gov to have your name added to the waiting list.
Unifying Physics of Accelerators, Lasers and Plasma – Synergy and Bridges
Instructors: Andrei Seryi, Jefferson Lab; Marlene Turner, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
TA: Ganesh Tiwari, Brookhaven National Lab
This class is limited to 15 students

Class sizes are limited. Priority will be given to those who enroll for a grade or for university credit. Auditors will be considered for admission on a space-available basis. Those unwilling or unable to enroll for a grade/credit (including international students not already in the U.S.) will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Attendees must be 18 years or older.

We will not have a Computer Lab with shared PCs so all participants are required to bring their own portable computer to access online course notes and computer resources. This can be a laptop or a tablet with a sufficiently large screen and keyboard. Windows, Mac, and Linux-based systems that are wifi capable and have a standard web browser and mouse are all acceptable. You should have privileges for software installs. If you are unable to bring a computer, please contact uspas@fnal.gov ASAP to request a laptop loan. Very limited IT support and spare loaner laptops will be available during the session.

U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens living in the U.S. may enroll for 3 credits from Michigan State University. International participants living outside the U.S. may apply to attend the program and may request financial sponsorship but they may not earn credit from Michigan State University. 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.

The Registration Fee is $1,500.00 if your Application Form is received before March 14; after March 14, the fee is $1,600.00. The Registration Fee is $1,000.00 for participants attending only one week of the program. Please note: you do not have to pay the Registration Fee by March 14 - you must send in an Application Form before March 14. Information on how and when to pay the Registration Fee will be sent to non-scholarship students upon acceptance into the program.

A group block of hotel sleeping rooms will be available for $147.00 plus tax (currently 11.625%) per night and a double room (shared by 2 people) will be $73.50 plus tax (currently 11.625%) per person per night. Sleeping rooms reserved via the link we email in your acceptance packet are also entitled to free in-room wifi access and free parking. Rooms may be reserved at our rate 3 days before and 3 days after the School dates based on hotel availability.

The USPAS provides breakfasts and dinners to students and teaching teams during the dates of the school. Please see General Information for more details.

Scholarships

University and college students and postdocs within 5 years of graduation may request financial support. To be considered for any of these merit-based awards you must check the relevant application form boxes and submit supporting documents including: a cover letter explaining why the USPAS is important to your career and describing prior research experience, work with or as a user of particle accelerators; your CV/resume; one letter of recommendation.

If you submitted these documents for the summer 2022 or winter 2023 sessions you do not need to resubmit them for this application. We retain supporting documents for one year.

Students receiving any scholarship are expected to fully participate in all aspects of the course and must take their course for a grade/credit. Students receiving housing support must share their hotel room with another student. Scholarships are open to both U.S. and non-U.S. residents. Consideration will be given to balancing class sizes. Multiple awards are possible.

Scholarship requests and supporting documents are due by February 21, 2023. This deadline will be strictly enforced. Please email your supporting documents to uspas@fnal.gov

1. USPAS Scholarship

Covers the registration fee (includes 2 meals per day) or shared housing or both. This award does not cover travel.

2. USPAS's Sekazi K. Mtingwa Scholarship

Covers the registration fee (includes 2 meals per day), lunch, shared housing and most travel expenses.

The Sekazi K. Mtingwa Scholarship supports the increased participation of identities (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indians and Alaskan Natives) that are historically underrepresented in the study and workforce of Accelerator Science and Engineering (AS&E). Eligible scholarship recipients are actively-enrolled Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) students historically underrepresented in AS&E. This scholarship is available to matriculated undergraduate and graduate students and covers your registration fee (includes 2 meals per day), lunches, shared housing and most travel expenses to and from the school session. More information on the Mtingwa Scholarships can be found at https://uspas.fnal.gov/about/about-mtingwa-scholarship.shtml

3. APS Division of Physics of Beams Travel Awards

Covers travel to and from the session. Reimbursable for actual expenses up to a limit.

The Division of Physics of Beams of the American Physical Society is offering a limited number of travel expense scholarships to USPAS students. Applicants must be members of the APS DPB unit (student membership is free for the first year). Typical travel award amounts will be $600.00 with the possibility of larger awards for higher cost points of origin. You can enroll for DPB membership at https://www.aps.org/membership/ and more details on eligibility and the selection criteria can be found at DPB Scholarship Details.

Deadline for scholarship applications & supporting documents: February 21, 2023
Please email your supporting documents to uspas@fnal.gov

Deadline for non-scholarship applications: March 14, 2023

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