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University of Minnesota Duluth

July 2, 2009



NAME:
University of Minnesota Duluth

HOME TOWN:
Duluth, Minnesota

MASCOT:
Bulldog

SCHOOL COLORS:
Maroon and gold

PARTICLE PHYSICS COLLABORATIONS:
MINOS, MINERvA, NOvA and HALO.

EXPERIMENTS AT FERMILAB:
MINOS, MINERvA and NOvA.

SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS AT FERMILAB:
Two professors and about a dozen master's and undergraduate students

COLLABORATING AT FERMILAB SINCE:
2000

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
MINOS detectors construction and operation, MINOS cosmic ray and neutrino cross-sections analyses, MINERvA test beam and NOvA DAQ.

RESEARCH FOCUS:
Neutrino detection, particle astrophysics and neutrino interactions.

WHAT SETS PARTICLE PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH APART?
Being a primarily undergraduate institution doing experimental high-energy physics. Younger students get a lot of experience and make valuable contributions before they even get to a Ph.D. program.

FUNDING AGENCY:
National Science Foundation

FAVORITE NATIONAL LABORATORY:
Fermilab


Left to right: Ryan Trogstad, Cody Rude, Rik Gran, Alec Habig, Jordan Heaton and Emily Draeger in the electronics laboratory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Photo by Brett Groehler.