2026 DRD1 Gaseous Detectors School

from Wednesday, 8 July 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 17 July 2026 (18:00)
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), Michigan State University (MSU)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
8 Jul 2026
9 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
11 Jul 2026
12 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026
14 Jul 2026
15 Jul 2026
16 Jul 2026
17 Jul 2026
AM
09:00 Welcome and Introduction to FRIB safety rules  
10:00 Introduction to Gaseous Detectors - Fabio Sauli  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Gaseous Detector Physics - Fabio Sauli  
09:00 --- Overview FRIB and lab visit ---
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Wire-Based Detectors - Junjie Zhu (University of Michigan)  
09:00 MPGD Technologies - Nilanga Kumara Liyanage (The Virginia of University)  
10:00 Signal Induction - Werner Riegler (CERN)  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Gaseous Detector Stability - Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))  
09:00 Simulations - Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT)) Antonello Pellecchia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 --- Lunch ---
09:00 --- Social Event ---
09:00 Time Projection Chamber (TPC) - David Nygren  
10:00 Electronics Readout technologies - Giordano Cerizza (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams @ Michigan State University)  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Gas properties and systems - Marcello Abbrescia (Bari Physics Department and INFN)  
09:00 RPC Technlogy - Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
10:00 Detector for Heavy-ion Diagnostics/PID - Elena Rocco (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 MPGD applications in HEP - Klaus Dehmelt (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)  
09:00 Wire-Based Detector applications in HEP  
10:00 M(RPC) applications in HEP - Dr Alexandre Camsonne  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Optical Readouts - Dinesh Loomba  
09:00 --- Laboratory Section 7 ---
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 --- Laboratory Section 7 ---
09:00 Applications to neutrino and rare event search - Sven Vahsen (University of Hawaii (US))  
10:00 Application to Nuclear physics - Yassid Ayyad (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Application beyond fundamental research - Guy Garty (Columbia University)  
PM
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Laboratory Section 1 ---
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Laboratory Section 2 ---
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Laboratory Section 3 ---
18:00 --- Visit MSU Abrams Planetarium ---
12:30 Simulations - Antonello Pellecchia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT))  
14:30 Simulations - Antonello Pellecchia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT))  
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Laboratory Section 4 ---
18:00 --- Student Poster Section ---
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Laboratory Section 5 ---
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Laboratory Section 6 ---
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 --- Laboratory Section 8 ---
18:30 --- Social Dinner ---
12:30 Q&A, section and discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Group Work and Report ---