Nov. 28, 2012 PIP-University Collaboration 1

PIP-University Collaboration• We have been asked to identify areas of PIP and other accelerator projects

that could benefit from collaboration with universities This was initially a response to PIP FY13 cuts Easiest way is to just transfer a whole lot of money This has now been extended to all Proton Source and MI/RR – not PIP exclusive

• Three types of assistance are under consideration: Machining, technical, academic

• Goals: Save money Finish earlier Do more

• What this program will not do: We will not ship lab money to universities to pay for people which would

otherwise employ Fermilab people While we may pay for shop work, it will only be done if there is a cost

advantage and our shops continue to be busy

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Model• Previous model – mid ‘00s

One liaison on lab side (Prebys)• Projects in Linac, Booster, Main Injector

One liaison on experimental side (Michael)• Activity form MINOS & MiniBooNE institutions

• Model for this process still being developed We are generating a list of projects now – need your help 2nd floor will have a meeting with experiment spokespersons and

advertise the list

• Need there to be mutual benefit PIP: Inexpensive machining and technical/academic help Universities: business for their shops, topics for students and technicians

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Types of Work• Machining

University shops are available at low- or no-cost This work would displace work that would otherwise be done at our shops or

farmed outside• As long as our shops stay fully subscribed

• Technical Some universities have full-time technicians on staff

• They may be willing to send these people to Fermilab (at no cost) full-time for extended periods of time

This work would accelerate jobs where we are short-handed• Academic

Universities have offered graduate students or postdocs for extended periods at half- or full-time effort

These jobs can be of a wide variety – need not to be specifically scientific• Universities view this as a way to get hardware experience for their students• Jobs can be operational, scientific, technical, etc.• Ultimately, their scientific interest is getting more protons to their experiments

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Examples - Machining• Basic – support stands, racks

• Precise, but straightforward – CNC machining to good drawings (cone castings), waveguides

• Detailed work: cavities, magnets, vacuum systems

• Anything that may have been farmed out to an outside shop should be open game

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Examples - Technical• Simple jobs that require some quality: stuffing

boards, making cables

• Assisting on complicated projects: cavity refurbishment, tuner refurbishment

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Examples - Academic• Physics projects: optics, simulations, laser-notchers,

dampers

• Operations projects: tuning, commissioning, optimization

• Instrumentation/hardware: cavity monitoring, application development,

• Pie-in-the-sky: AI tuning, speculative instrumentation

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Summary• We will proceed with this collaboration effort to help PIP

(proton delivery) Help: Machining, Technical, Academic Goals: Save $, do earlier, do more

• Immediate task is developing a comprehensive list of projects Need help from everyone – I would like to hear from all L4

managers, even if it is to say they have no topics Projects can arise as time goes ahead Info needed: description, type of effort, discussion of resources or

effort• We expect interaction with the experiments in December

Some machining projects could start immediately if there are burning needs

Other items would likely start next year