Michigan State University (2025)

USPAS sponsored by Michigan State University
held in Knoxville, TN
January 27 - February 7, 2025

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University Credit Courses:

January 27 - February 7, 2025 two-week full courses

• Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergrad level)
  Instructors: Simon C. Leemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Thomas Schietinger, Paul Scherrer Institute; Ryan Lindberg, Argonne National Lab
  TA: Liam Pocher, University of Maryland; John Rogers, National MagLab; John Wieland, Michigan State University
  


• Accelerator Physics
  Instructors: S. Alex Bogacz, Jefferson Lab; Geoff Krafft, Old Dominion University and Jefferson Lab; Subashini De Silva, Old Dominion University and Isurumali Neththikumara, Jefferson Lab
  Grader: Cannon Coats, Texas A&M University
  
  
• RF Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators
  Instructors: Sergey Belomestnykh, Fermilab; Silvia Verdu Andres and Paolo Berrutti, Brookhaven National Lab
  TA: Vijay Chouhan, Fermilab
  

January 27 - 31, 2025 one-week half courses

• Project Management for Scientists and Engineers
  Instructors: Kem Robinson, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Emeritus; Michael Geelhoed, Fermilab; Kasey Lund, Nusano
  


• Python Programming and Applications for Accelerator Science and Engineering
  Instructors: Jeff Eldred and Adam Watts, Fermilab
  TA: Brandon Cathey, Oak Ridge National Lab
  
  
• Colliders for High Energy and Nuclear Physics
  Instructors: Vladimir Shiltsev, Northern Illinois University and Vadim Ptitsyn and Chuyu Liu, Brookhaven National Lab
  
  
• Accelerator Power Electronics Engineering
  Instructors: James Sebek, SLAC National Accelerator Lab; Paul Bellomo, ret. SLAC National Accelerator Lab (remote); Yugang Tan, Oak Ridge National Lab
  TA: Jared Walden, SNS Oak Ridge National Lab
  
  
• Superconducting Accelerator Magnets
  Instructors: Paolo Ferracin, Maxim Marchevsky and Soren Prestemon, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Ezio Todesco, CERN (remote)
  TAs: Marek Mosat and Yufan Yan, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  
  

February 3 - 7, 2025 one-week half courses

• Strategic Management of Research Labs
  Instructors: William Barletta, MIT; Mei Bai, SLAC National Accelerator Lab; Robert Zwaska, Fermilab
  TA: Michael Geelhoed, Fermilab
  
  
• Optimization and Machine Learning for Accelerators
  Instructors: Remi Lehe, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Auralee Edelen and Ryan Roussel, SLAC National Accelerator Lab
  Grader: J.P. Gonzalez Aguilera, University of Chicago; River Robles, Stanford University/SLAC
  
  
• Collider Interaction Regions for High Energy and Nuclear Physics Applications
  Instructors: Michael Sullivan, SLAC National Accelerator Lab; Yulia Furletova, Jefferson Lab; Dali Georgobiani, Fermilab; and Nikolai Mokhov, ret. Fermilab (remote)
  
  
• Pulsed Power Engineering
  Instructors: Craig Burkhart, SLAC National Accelerator Lab; William Waldron, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Chris C. Jensen, Fermilab
  TA: Jared Walden, SNS Oak Ridge National Lab
  Guest Lecturers: Tony Beukers, SLAC National Accelerator Lab; Chris Pappas, SNS Oak Ridge National Lab (retired); and Jared Walden, SNS Oak Ridge National Lab
  
  
• Cryogenic Engineering
  Instructors: John Weisend, European Spallation Source; Grzegorz Tatkowsk and Ram Dhuley, Fermilab