NAME:
University of Virginia

HOME TOWN:
Charlottesville, Va.

MASCOT:
Cavalier

SCHOOL COLORS:
Orange and blue

PARTICLE PHYSICS COLLABORATIONS:
CDF, DZero, CMS, Mu2e, NOvA, HyperCP, KTeV

EXPERIMENTS AT FERMILAB:
CDF, DZero, Mu2e, NOvA, HyperCP, KTeV

SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS AT FERMILAB:
Four professors, two emeriti, one research scientist, one postdoc, four graduate students, two 2009 Ph.D.s, and four undergraduates.

COLLABORATING AT FERMILAB SINCE:
1988

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
Construction and operation of DZero Level 2 and CTT trigger systems; one postdoc served as DZero Run Coordinator. Design and implementation of NOvA DAQ subsystems, detector controls, power distribution and monitoring systems; construction of NOvA near-detector prototype. Construction of HyperCP calorimeter; one professor served as HyperCP spokesman. Calibration of KTeV calorimeter; commissioning and operations of trigger and TRD systems. Observation of largest CP violation yet observed as well as first in a kinematic distribution in KL→ππee mode.

RESEARCH FOCUS:
CP violation and neutrino mixing, electroweak and Higgs physics, QCD.

WHAT SETS PARTICLE PHYSICS AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA APART?
Worldwide research efforts centered at a historic university in a unique and lovely sylvan setting.

FUNDING AGENCY:
Department of Energy

FAVORITE NATIONAL LABORATORY:
Fermilab