Forum on Tracking Detector Mechanics 2026

from Monday, June 1, 2026 (3:00 PM) to Friday, June 5, 2026 (1:20 PM)
Hotel Hermitage (Maria Luisa)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jun 1, 2026
Jun 2, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
Jun 4, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
AM
8:30 AM
Forum Session 2 - Eric Anderssen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (US)) Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB)) (until 12:30 PM)
8:30 AM The iVTX for the Belle II VTX upgrade project - Julien BONIS Mr Dominic Howgill (University of London (GB))  
8:50 AM The outer vertex of the Belle II VTX upgrade project - Ms Margherita Rovini (INFN Pisa) Maurizio Massa (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
9:10 AM Mechanics for the VELO Upgrade 2  
9:30 AM Developments in 3D printed substrates for cooling of the LHCb VELO Upgrade II modules - Yutaro Takahashi (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
9:50 AM The upgrade of the silicon tracking detector at AMS-02 - Mr Xuhao Yuan (Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China)  
10:15 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:35 AM ATLAS ITk Global Mechanics: Design Overview and Lessons Learned During Construction - Todd Claybaugh (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
11:00 AM The electrical isolation challenges of the module-to-cell interface in the ATLAS ITk Pixel Outer Barrel. - Diego Alvarez Feito (CERN)  
11:30 AM Joining and manufacturing processes for detector cooling applications - Thomas Demaziere (CERN)  
11:50 AM Quality Control of CO2 Detector Circuits for the CMS Phase II Upgrades at CERN - Derek Jan Langedijk (CERN)  
12:10 PM Vascular networks embedded in carbon composites: material characterisation and compatibility studies - Roberto Prieto Garcia (CERN)  
8:25 AM
Forum Session 4 - Paolo Petagna (CERN) Bart Verlaat (CERN) (until 12:35 PM)
8:30 AM Commissioning Status and Performance of 2PACL CO₂ Cooling Systems for the ATLAS and CMS Phase-2 Detector Upgrades - Youri Penders  
8:50 AM Early results from the Surface Storage - Viren Bhanot (CERN)  
9:10 AM Lessons learned from ATLAS and CMS 2PACL CO2 cooling systems installation for both mechanics and controls. - Jerome Daguin (CERN) Lukasz Zwalinski (CERN)  
9:40 AM Thermal and Pressure Drop Testing Campaigns of CO₂ Detector Transfer Lines for the CMS experiment - Levent Kilinc (CERN)  
10:05 AM --- Group Photo & Coffee Break ---
10:35 AM Experimental testing of a TBPX cooling manifold: validation of the capillary design methodology - Mr Lorenzo Bistoni (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT)) Pier Filippo Cianchetta (CERN)  
11:00 AM A Predictive Model for Dryout Onset in Milli Scale CO₂ Two Phase Cooling Channels - Dr Joe Dawe (University of Bath (GB))  
11:20 AM Experimental investigation of saturation temperature and pipe roughness effects on CO2 microchannel flow boiling for detector cooling - Gian Marco Cioffi (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT) and CERN) Giacomo Antonini (Università degli Studi di Perugia and CERN)  
8:30 AM
DRD8 Session 2 - Cristiano Turrioni (INFN, Sezione di Perugia (IT)) Nicola Pacifico (CERN) Sushrut Rajendra Karmarkar (Purdue University (US)) (until 12:30 PM)
8:30 AM Introduction WP2 - Cristiano Turrioni (INFN, Sezione di Perugia (IT)) Nicola Pacifico (CERN) Sushrut Rajendra Karmarkar (Purdue University (US))  
8:40 AM Performance Targets for Multi-Functional Structures in Future Tracking Detectors - Giorgio Vallone (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
9:00 AM Ultra-light mechanics for a large-area silicon tracker at FCC-ee - Giada Bonini (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
9:20 AM Prototyping and qualification of ultra-light ladders for the CMS TBPX L1 upgrade in preparation for a future replacement - Pier Filippo Cianchetta (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
9:40 AM Innovative mechanical structures via Additive Manifacturing - Giorgio Chiarelli (INFN Sezione di Pisa,)  
10:00 AM Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Extremely Low Material Budget Carbon Fiber Triangular Truss - Dr Xiaohui Qian (IHEP.CAS)  
10:20 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:40 AM Development of a material knowledge base for High Energy Physics Experiments - Nicola Pacifico (CERN)  
11:00 AM Active vibration control of detector structures - Finn Barber (University of Oxford)  
11:20 AM Mechanical Performance of Carbon Fibre Composites After Proton Irradiation: Tensile Testing of Unidirectional and Woven Laminates - Todd Slater (University of Oxford (GB))  
11:40 AM Measuring Electrical Resistivity of the CMS TFPX Carbon Fiber Support Structures - Christine Angela McLean (The State University of New York SUNY (US))  
12:00 PM Low Mass Carbon Composites with Integrated Thermal Pathways - Sushrut Rajendra Karmarkar (Purdue University (US))  
8:30 AM
DRD8 Session 4 - Diego Alvarez Feito (CERN) Corrado Gargiulo (CERN) (until 10:30 AM)
8:30 AM Introduction to WP4 and WP1 Project 2 - Corrado Gargiulo (CERN) Diego Alvarez Feito (CERN)  
8:40 AM Robotic Radiation Survey and Localization Technology for The Experimental Hall - Haoyu Shi (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
9:00 AM Mobile Mesh Networks - Paolo Francesco Scaramuzzino  
9:20 AM Adaptive Robotic Intelligence for the Sustainable Lifecycle and Automated Decommissioning of Future Tracking Systems - Carolin Benjamins (RWTH Aachen)  
9:40 AM Learning from Demonstration for Robotic Disassembly - Carolin Benjamins (RWTH Aachen)  
10:00 AM Looking ahead - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)  
10:20 AM Farewell - Fabrizio Palla  
10:30 AM
DRD8 Collaboration Board (until 12:00 PM)
10:30 AM Indico Link to the agenda  
PM
3:00 PM
Forum Session 1 - Fabrizio Palla (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) Burkhard Schmidt (CERN) (until 7:00 PM)
3:00 PM Welcome and Organizational Information - Fabrizio Palla (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
3:15 PM Integration of the low-mass, vacuum-operating CBM Micro Vertex Detector - Franz Matejcek (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Kernphysik)  
3:35 PM Production-phase assembly, integration and metrology of the CBM Silicon Tracking System - Maksym Teklishyn  
3:55 PM CHeT: A Cylindrical Helical scintillating-fiber Tracker for MuEDM Experiment - Daniele Pasciuto (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))  
4:15 PM Mechanical Design of the muEDM TPC - Daniele Pasciuto (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))  
4:30 PM Next forum advertisement  
4:35 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:55 PM Mechanical Design and Stability Systems of the MUonE Tracking Detector - Anna Driutti (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
5:20 PM Mu3e helium cooling – system performance, humidity control, and optimization for future operation - Dr Thomas Theodor Rudzki (Physikalisches Institut Heidelberg)  
5:40 PM Ultra-Light Mechanical Support Structures for the Mu3e Outer Pixel Tracker - Ashley Ellen McDougall (The University of Oxford)  
6:00 PM A Straw Tube Tracker (STT) for the DUNE Near Detector Complex - Saverio Mameli (INFN Pisa (IT))  
6:30 PM Full-scale thermo-mechanical prototypes for the ePIC OB stave and studies of active vibration damping in airflow-cooled detector structures - Georg Viehhauser (University of Oxford (GB))  
7:00 PM --- Welcome reception ---
12:30 PM --- lunch ---
3:00 PM
Forum Poster Session (until 3:30 PM)
3:00 PM Phase 2 automatic commissioning using auto scan - Loic Davoine (CERN)  
3:00 PM Thermal Performance and Radiation Tolerance of Adhesives for the CMS Phase-2 Pixel Barrel Mechanics - Andrei Starodumov (Rudjer Boskovic Institute (HR))  
3:05 PM CMS capillaries production for LHC High Luminosity upgrade - Konrad Wladyslaw Szczyrbak (Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology (PL)) Arianna Eugeni (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
3:05 PM Manufacturing of tool based interposers for the ATLAS Inner Tracker Modules - Mr Sören Ahrens (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
3:10 PM Thermal Quality Control of TB2S Ladders for the CMS Phase-2 Tracker Upgrade - Pier Filippo Cianchetta (CERN) Mr Lorenzo Bistoni (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
3:15 PM Mighty-SciFi Cryo Demonstrator for LHCb Upgrade II - Gauri Napoletano (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
3:15 PM Vibration mitigation: cantilever spring blades for vertical seismic attenuation in GW interferometers - Leonardo Lucchesi (INFN Pisa)  
3:25 PM CMS Phase 2 Tracker Service Channel: Thermal Performance and Simulation Results - Bartosz Grygiel (CERN)  
3:25 PM Conceiving an anti-vibration mechanical system on the experience of the Superattenuator for Gravitational Waves detectors: present and future performance - Dr Franco Frasconi (INFN Pisa)  
3:30 PM
Forum Session 3 - Antti Onnela (CERN) Andreas Werner Jung (Purdue University (US)) (until 7:30 PM)
3:30 PM All hands on deck at DESY - Building the ATLAS and CMS end-caps for the Phase-2 Upgrade - Jan-Hendrik Arling (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
4:00 PM Carbon Composite Support Wheel for HL-LHC CMS Tracker TB2S Detector - Philippe Lenoir (CERN) Marc KRAUTH  
4:30 PM CMS Phase 2 Tracker Barrel Pixel: Mechanic Assembly and Integration, tools and QC - Daniele Benvenuti (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
5:00 PM HL-LHC CMS Outer Tracker Endcap Double Disks (TEDDs): The First Experience of Integration and Test of Silicon Modules on “Dee” Structures - Semra Turkcapar (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))  
5:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
5:50 PM Composite Design, Manufacturing and FEA modelling lessons from the Inner Tracker Support Tube for HL-CMS - Sushrut Rajendra Karmarkar (Purdue University (US))  
6:10 PM Repair Campaign of the CMS Barrel Timing Layer - Tracker Support Tube, the BTST - Pierre Rose (CERN)  
6:30 PM Thermal studies of the CMS Endcap Timing Layer cooling system - Mihailo Lukovic (CERN)  
7:00 PM The CMS TEPX detector for the Phase-2 Inner Tracker Upgrade: Thermal Performance and Simulation Results - Yann Herpin (University of Zurich (CH))  
8:00 PM --- Social Dinner ---
12:35 PM --- lunch ---
3:00 PM
Presentations from Companies (until 3:30 PM)
3:30 PM
DRD8 Session 1 - Fabrizio Palla (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) Burkhard Schmidt (CERN) Corrado Gargiulo (CERN) (until 8:00 PM)
3:30 PM Introduction DRD8 - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)  
3:40 PM Introduction WP1 - Fabrizio Palla (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
3:50 PM Status of the FCC-ee MDI full-scale mockup - Manuela Boscolo (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)) Dr Andrea Moggi (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
4:10 PM Ultra-thin beam pipes for FCC-ee - Francesco Fransesini (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
4:30 PM Structural Design and Thermal Performance Study of CEPC Beam Pipe Based on an Aluminum Tube Substitution Scheme - Xiaoyan Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
4:50 PM Large-Scale Curved Sensor Mechanics and Integration for Future Vertex Detectors - Bartlomiej Adam Markiel (CERN)  
5:10 PM Experimental studies for an air cooling system for the FCC-ee inner vertex - Gherardo Ammirabile (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
5:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
5:50 PM Mechanical and Integration aspects of the FCC-SEED vertex detector concept - Jeremy Andrea (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
6:10 PM Overview of the Mighty Tracker Challenges: Material Budget, Tight Envelopes, Installation - Ksenia Solovieva (University of Freiburg (DE))  
6:30 PM Lightweight hardware alignment system requirements and prototyping - Todor Georgiev Todorov (University of Freiburg (DE))  
6:50 PM The LHCb Mighty Tracker: Thermo-mechanical design and prototype testing. - Mr Bilal Ganie (University of Manchester)  
7:10 PM New construction techniques for a fully carbon fiber DCH prototype - Salvatore Maggiore (INFN Lecce e Universita del Salento (IT)) Alessandro Miccoli (INFN Lecce e Universita del Salento (IT))  
12:30 PM --- lunch ---
2:45 PM
DRD8 Poster Session (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM
DRD8 Session 3 - Oscar Augusto De Aguiar Francisco (The University of Manchester (GB)) Bart Verlaat (CERN) Paolo Petagna (CERN) (until 7:00 PM)
3:15 PM Introduction WP 3 - Bart Verlaat (CERN) Oscar Augusto De Aguiar Francisco (The University of Manchester (GB))  
3:25 PM Silicon Microchannel Cooling - From Performance Characterization to Detector Applications - Jan-Hendrik Arling (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
3:40 PM Monolithic integration of cooling microchannels in all-silicon ladders for vertex detectors - Javier Fernandez-Tejero (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC) (ES))  
3:55 PM Studies on the structural resistance of Silicon microchannels - Simone Coelli (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
4:10 PM Design Strategies to Improve CO₂ Boiling Heat Transfer in Silicon Microchannel Heat Sinks - Anze Sitar  
4:25 PM Recent Developments in Microchannel Cooling and Interconnection Technologies - Bianca Raciti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
4:40 PM Nanofibre-Enhanced Thin Heat Pipes for Thermal Management of Silicon Pixel Detectors (HENAPIX project): Concept, Fabrication Approach and Preliminary Numerical Results - Alessandro Mariotti (Università & INFN Pisa (IT))  
4:55 PM --- Coffee Break ---
5:15 PM Liquid CO2 Jet Impingement Cooling - Benjamin Edward Pulver (Purdue University)  
5:30 PM New Members to DRD8: An Overview of Experimental Capabilities and Infrastructure at the University of Bath - Prof. Carl Sangan (University of Bath (GB))  
5:45 PM AM4CMS – Additive Manufacture for Cooling Manifold Structures: Project Initiation - Alexander Lunt (University of Bath (GB))  
6:00 PM Warm CO2 cooling in compact geometries: sub- and supercritical regimes - Ms Camila Pedano-Medina (CERN)  
6:20 PM A new compressor-ejector cycle concept for detector cooling for both Krypton and CO2. - Bart Verlaat (CERN)  
6:40 PM Research on Krypton cooling for applications between -55°C and -140°C - Bart Verlaat (CERN)  
7:00 PM
Farewell event (until 8:00 PM)
12:00 PM --- lunch ---
1:00 PM --- Bus departure to Roma FCO airport ---