NAME:
Indiana University South Bend
HOME TOWN: South Bend, Indiana
MASCOT: The Titans
SCHOOL COLORS: Cream and Crimson
PARTICLE PHYSICS COLLABORATIONS: COUPP, PICASSO
EXPERIMENTS AT FERMILAB:
COUPP
SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS AT FERMILAB:
7
COLLABORATING AT FERMILAB SINCE:
2004
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
Acoustic sensor and preamp R&D and production. Encapsulation of various detector components for deployment in bubble chamber. Radon emanation and diffusion measurements.
PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH FOCUS:
Search for WIMP dark matter (COUPP and PICASSO experiments).
WHAT SETS PARTICLE PHYSICS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND APART?
All of the best work is done by undergraduate students. We designed and built the sensors used to do the first-ever acoustic particle identification, distinguishing neutrons from alphas.
FUNDING AGENCY:
National Science Foundation
FAVORITE NATIONAL LABORATORY:
Fermilab
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Front row, from left: Joshua Behnke; Phil Mark, applied math; Andrea Vollrath, local science teacher. Rear row, from left: Andrea Palenchar, physics major; Edward Behnke, engineer and physics bachelor of science; Ilan Levine, professor. Not pictured: Brendan Sweeney, physics major.
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