3rd DRD8 Collaboration Meeting

Wednesday, 25 February 2026 - 09:00
CERN (32/1-A24)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
25 Feb 2026
AM
09:00 Introduction - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)  
09:20
Workpackage 2 - Cristiano Turrioni (INFN, Sezione di Perugia (IT)) Sushrut Rajendra Karmarkar (Purdue University (US)) Nicola Pacifico (CERN) (until 10:50)
09:20 Introduction to WP2 Projects - Cristiano Turrioni (INFN, Sezione di Perugia (IT)) Nicola Pacifico (CERN) Sushrut Rajendra Karmarkar (Purdue University (US)) Adam Dominic Lowe  
09:30 Update on lightweight structures for LHCb - Todd Slater (University of Oxford (GB))  
09:50 R&D at Brick Klin Composites - Adam Dominic Lowe  
10:10 Thermal Modelling and Experiemntal Validation for CMS TBPX Light Ladders - Pier Filippo Cianchetta (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT)) Cristiano Turrioni (INFN, Sezione di Perugia (IT))  
10:30 Database Development Updates - Nicola Pacifico (CERN)  
10:50 --- Coffee break ---
11:10
Work Package 3 - Bart Verlaat (CERN) Oscar Augusto De Aguiar Francisco (The University of Manchester (GB)) (until 12:50)
11:10 Introduction to WP3 - Bart Verlaat (CERN) Oscar Augusto De Aguiar Francisco (The University of Manchester (GB))  
11:15 Silicon microchannels R&D - Javier Fernandez-Tejero (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC) (ES))  
11:35 R&T on microchannel cooling - Mr Pierre Delebecque (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Damien Colombet  
11:55 LTCC ceramics - Federico Zangari (CERN, Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
12:15 Krypton cooling - Bart Verlaat (CERN) Luca Contiero Luca Contiero (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (NO))  
12:35 sCO2 cooling (will be presented in the afternoon after the coffee break) - Ms Camila Pedano-Medina (University of Applied Sciences (DE))  
PM
12:40 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Work Package 1 - Corrado Gargiulo (CERN) Fabrizio Palla Fabrizio Palla (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) (until 16:05)
14:00 Introduction - Fabrizio Palla (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) Corrado Gargiulo (CERN)  
14:05 Curved sensor mechanics R&D - Bartlomiej Adam Markiel (CERN) Corrado Gargiulo (CERN)  
14:15 Alignment requirements and status of HW R&D - Todor Georgiev Todorov (University of Freiburg (DE)) Leonard Watrelot (CERN)  
14:35 Tilted sensor mechanics R&D - Gherardo Ammirabile (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)) Dr Andrea Moggi (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
14:45 Lightweight beam pipes R&D - Manuela Boscolo (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
15:05 Status of robotic systems - Francesco Mazzei (CERN)  
15:20 Straw tracker progress - Junjie Zhu (University of Michigan (US))  
15:35 Status of wire chamber mechanics - Muhammad Saiel  
15:50 --- Coffee Break ---
16:10
Work Package 4 - Diego Alvarez Feito (CERN) (until 17:30)
16:10 Introduction WP4 - Diego Alvarez Feito (CERN)  
16:15 Improving the relationship between engineering (CAD) and simulation (Geant4) - Prof. Stewart Takashi Boogert (The University of Manchester (GB))  
16:50 Project 4.1: Market Survey - Hardware - Vinay Vinay Kumar Jakanachary (LifeLab Foundation for Education Innovation and Research (IN))  
17:05 Project 4.1: Market Survey - Software - Mridul Krishan Bhatia (LifeLab Foundation for Education Innovation and Research (IN))  
17:30 Closeout - Burkhard Schmidt (CERN)