QuarkNet Workshop (Purdue University Northwest)

18 Jun 2018, 09:00 → 22 Jun 2018, 16:00 US/Central

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Neeti Parashar (Purdue University Northwest (US)), James William Dolen (Purdue University Northwest (US)), Tongguang Cheng (Purdue University Northwest (US))

Monday 18 June

09:00 → 09:30 Meet and Greet:: GYTE 158

Meeting Room: Schwarz 239

09:30 → 09:40 Welcome Remarks

Speaker: Dr. Purna Das
Head, Department of Chemistry and Physics

09:40 → 10:00 QuarkNet Overview

Speaker: Dr. Neeti Parashar
Professor of Physics, QuarkNet Faculty Mentor

10:00 → 10:30 Standard Model of Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory

Speaker: Dr. Aaron Warren
Associate Professor of Physics, QuarkNet Coordinator

10:30 → 11:15 PNW QuarkNet Center Lead Teachers

Speakers: Larry Hautzinger, Adam Erler
Munster High School & Hammond Academy of Science and Technology

11:15 → 11:30 PNW QuarkNet Center High School Interns

11:30 → 12:30 Lunch

12:30 → 13:30 CMS Overview

Speaker: Dr.Neeti Parashar
Professor of Physics, QuarkNet Faculty Mentor

13:30 → 14:30 Cloud Chambers: What are they??

Tuesday 19 June

09:00 → 10:00 How to detect particles in CMS? (TODAY'S MEETING ROOM: Gyte 158)

Speakers: Sheila Silva Do Amaral (Purdue University Northwest), Tongguang Cheng (Purdue University Northwest (US))

10:00 → 11:30 CMS Data Analysis

11:30 → 12:30 Lunch

12:30 → 14:00 CMS Data Analysis

14:00 → 15:30 Presentation of Data Analysis

15:30 → 16:00 Some cool knowledge

Convener: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US))

Wednesday 20 June

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome Remarks: Welcome Remarks (TODAY'S MEETING ROOM: Gyte 158)

Speaker: Dr. Chris Holford
Dean, College of Engineering and Sciences

09:10 → 09:40 Nailing Cosmic Rays

Convener: Neeti Parashar (Purdue University Northwest (US))

09:40 → 11:30 Cosmic Ray detector Setup and Data Taking

11:30 → 12:30 Lunch

12:30 → 15:00 Cosmic Ray Data Analysis Continued

Thursday 21 June

09:00 → 16:00 Fermilab Tour

Friday 22 June

09:00 → 10:00 The Mu2e Experiment: (TODAY'S MEETING ROOM: Gyte 158)

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Jones
Associate Professor of Physics
Purdue University

10:00 → 11:00 Next Steps

Speaker: Dr. Neeti Parashar
Professor of Physics, QuarkNet Faculty Mentor

Convener: Neeti Parashar (Purdue University Northwest (US))

11:00 → 12:00 Lunch

12:00 → 14:00 Wrap-up & Discussion