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Stanford Graduate Student Orientation 2015 SLAC Session - Introduction

Stanford Graduate Student Orientation 2015 SLAC Session - Introduction. Aaron Roodman, PPA faculty chair Bill Weis, PS faculty chair. The Stanford Physics Community. School of Humanities & Sciences. School of SLAC. A complex structure, but also means more opportunities.

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Stanford Graduate Student Orientation 2015 SLAC Session - Introduction

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  1. Stanford Graduate Student Orientation 2015SLAC Session - Introduction Aaron Roodman, PPA faculty chair Bill Weis, PS faculty chair

  2. The Stanford Physics Community School of Humanities & Sciences School of SLAC A complex structure, but also means more opportunities. You can choose faculty advisors from 4 departments SLAC as a national lab and also an academic school is unique to Stanford/SLAC 1st year rotations may help you steer through the maze… Particle Physics & Astrophysics (PPA) KIPAC Physics Department Accelerator Applied Physics Department Photon Science SLAC Dean is Director Chi-Chang Kao

  3. Resources at SLAC • The vast resources of a national lab available to you to take advantage of for your own education • Accelerator facilities • Computing and software expertise • Engineering expertise • Schools, Workshops, Meetings, Talks • Marguerite shuttles operate 7:30am~8:30pm between campus and SLAC ~every 20min during week days.

  4. Research at SLAC • The diverse research activities at SLAC are summarized at https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/research • Astrophysics and cosmology • Elementary particle physics • Accelerator Research • Biology • Environmental Science • Materials, Chemistry & Energy Sciences

  5. SLAC Contacts and Information • SLAC PPA faculty: • Chair: Prof. Aaron Roodman • Graduate Student Program: Prof. Ariel Schwartzman • Graduate Student Support: Adrienne Higashi • List of Faculty: https://ppa.slac.stanford.edu/ppa-faculty • Research information: • PPA student info: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/gen/grad/ • SLAC Photon Science faculty: • Chair: Prof. Bill Weis • List of faculty http://home.slac.stanford.edu/photonScienceFaculty.html • Research information: • https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/about/organization/photon-science.aspx

  6. SLAC Orientation Program Stanford Graduate Student Orientation 2015 - Intro/PPA TimeProgram/PresentationSpeaker 9:00--9:20 Introduction Aaron Roodman Bill Weis 9:20—9:45 Accelerator Physics Zhirong Huang 9:45—10:05 LCLS Bill White 10:05--10:25 SSRL Mike Toney 10:25—10:40 Break 10:40—11:00  Photon Science Davis Reis 11:00—11:20 Particle Physics Theory Alex Friedland 11:20—11:40 Particle Physics Experiment John Jaros 11:40—12:00 Particle-Astrophysics & Cosmology Dan Akerib 12:00--14:00 ROB patio/hallway Lunch + Poster session **   Conversations between students and faculty/staff 14:00—15:30 Tours: a) Accelerator: Klystron gallery / FACET / NLCTA b) Photon Science: LCLS / SSRL 14:30—17:00 Open office/lab

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