SIST and GEM 2016: Final Talks

Tuesday 16 Aug 2016, 08:00 → 18:30 US/Central

Curia II (Fermilab)

Elliott McCrory (Fermilab), Sandra Charles (Fermilab)

The final talks for the 2016 programs of the Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST, http://sist.fnal.gov) and the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Sciences (GEM, http://www.gemfellowship.org/). Supervisors of the interns are strongly encouraged to attend at least their intern's talk, and hopefully one or two more.

08:00 → 08:55 Preparation Time

If you need to test your talk on the local computer, or if you want to have some coffee and bagels, Elliott will be there at 0800 for these things.

08:55 → 09:00 Welcome and Introduction

Please be in place by 8:55 AM for the beginning of the session. Ms. Charles and I will have a few words to say about the day.

Speaker: Dr Elliott McCrory (Fermilab)

09:00 → 09:18 Preliminary Results from CONNIE-100 Science Array.

Supervisor: Juan Estrada CONNIE-100 currently sits 30 meters from a 3.8 GW nuclear reactor in Angra, Brazil with the expectation of detecting coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. To do this, there must be a solid understanding of the background radiation. This article presents some of the first results of the experiment regarding background radiation rates.

Speaker: Israel Chavarria

Paper preliminary-results-connie.pdf

Slides SIST-final.pptx

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09:18 → 09:36 SRF LINAC Simulation

Supervisors: Mohamed Hassan and Paolo Berrutti Simulating the acceleration of protons traveling through the field of a superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity to determine the number of cavities required for acceleration is quite complex. This paper describes a simplified model based on the actual PIP – II linac design. It does not take into account transverse RF field and particle dynamics. This means that only the component of the field along the axis of propagation of the particle is considered in the simulation. The simulation describes the exchange of energy between the cavity fields and a single particle as it passes through the cavities. I wrote a program to perform a numerical integration on the cavity field to determine the NTTF curve which shows the energy gained by the particle for any particular β. The number of cavities for acceleration is calculated from the relationship between the Kinetic energy of the beam and the NTTF curve. Even though transverse RF fields are not considered, the result of the simulation is within a reasonable range of the real number of cavities used for the acceleration.

Speaker: Olaniyi Nafiu (Howard University)

document Final_Internship_Report.pdf

Slides Final_Internship_Report.pdf Final_Internship_Report.pptx

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09:36 → 09:54 From Test Stand to M-Test: The Detector Design Process

Supervisor: Mandy Rominsky This summer I worked for 12 weeks at Fermilab Test Beam Facility (FTBF) under the supervision of Mandy Rominsky. I was presented with two main tasks for the summer. Firstly, I built and tested a cosmic ray stand with various electronics, instrumentation, and software components. Secondly, I aided in the installation and development of MIDAS, a data acquisition system that will include the monitoring and data records for every aspect of the test beam facility�s MTEST beam.

Speaker: Megan Szubert (Illinois Institute of Technology/Lewis University)

Paper From_Test_Stand_to_MTEST.pdf

Slides final_presentation.pptx

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09:54 → 10:12 Muon Ring Tagging, Blue Block Documentation, and More!

Supervisor: Maurice Ball

Speaker: Mr Malik Blackman

document fermilab.docx

Slides PRESENTATION!!!.pptx

10:12 → 10:30 Morning Break

10:30 → 10:48 Applications of Unit-Testing for GENIE

Supervisor: Gabriel Perdue Introduce the concept of Unit Tests and shows both how one can apply this to the GENIE Program and what is in store for the future of this concept.

Speaker: Mr James Jones (Harvard University)

document Application_of_Unit_Tests_for_GENIE.pdf

Slides Application_of_Unit_Tests_Final.pdf Application_of_Unit_Tests_Final.pptx

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10:48 → 11:06 Search for dark matter using mono-Higgs events in the four lepton final state at CMS

Supervisor: Pushpa Bhat Analyzing the missing transverse energy associated with Higgs production to search for dark matter. This is done using the object oriented software ROOT which was developed by CERN.

Speaker: Mr Jairrin Dickens (Florida A and M University)

Slides Jairrin's_Presentation.pptx

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11:06 → 11:24 Characterization of the Front-End Electronics for the Pixel-Strip Module of the Phase 2 CMS Tracker

Supervisor: Anadi Canepa

Speaker: Mr Christian Leefmans

Paper Leefmans_Characterization_of_the_Front-End_Electronics_for_the_Pixel-Strip_Module_of_the_Phase_2_CMS_Tracker.pdf

Slides

• Leefmans_Characterization_of_the_Front_End_Electronics_for_the_Pixel_Strip_Module_of_the_Phase_2_CMS_Tracker__.key
• Leefmans_Characterization_of_the_Front_End_Electronics_for_the_Pixel_Strip_Module_of_the_Phase_2_CMS_Tracker__.pdf
• Leefmans_Characterization_of_the_Front_End_Electronics_for_the_Pixel_Strip_Module_of_the_Phase_2_CMS_Tracker__.pptx

11:24 → 11:42 Particle Classification in LArIAT using Convolutional Neural Networks

Supervisor: Jen Raaf

Speaker: Mr Samuel Borer (University of Maine)

Paper LArIAT_Project_(Borer).pdf

Slides Fermilab_Presentation.pptx

11:42 → 12:00 NOvA Medium Energy Target Assembly

Supervisors: Chris Kelly and Bob Zwaska This presentation will aim to give insight into the NOvA. It will explain the distinction between NOvA and NuMI and explain how NuMI's target and horn system operates. It will also explain in detail the assembly and design process of NuMI medium energy targets.

Speaker: Mr Zac Espinosa (Stanford University)

Paper Fermilab_2016_Espinosa.pdf

Slides abstract.txt Presentation_Espinosa.pptx

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 13:48 Modeling Quark Compositeness at CMS

Supervisor: Lenny Spiegel

Speaker: Amanda Farah (University of Pennsylvania)

Paper AmandaFarah_ModelingQuarkCompositenessAtCMS_2016.pdf

Slides afarah_FinalPresentation_8-16.pdf afarah_FinalPresentation_8-16.pptx

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13:48 → 14:06 A Tale of Two Uncertainties: Analyzing P_T Bias and its Effects on the Dimuon Mass Spectrum

Supervisor: Pushpa Bhat When taking cosmic or collision data, it is important to evaluate the uncertainty associated with the detector's measurements. My project investigated the potential bias in the CMS when taking transverse momentum, or p_T, measurements and examined how this bias would propagate into uncertainty in the dimuon invariant mass spectrum.

Speaker: Tamra Nebabu (Fermilab)

Paper SIST_thesis.pdf

Slides TamraNebabu_FinalPresentation_(with_Backup_slides).pdf

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14:06 → 14:24 Analysis of Beam Emittance for the Booster at Injection and Extraction

Supervisor: Chandra Bhat

Speaker: Mr Demetrius Andrews

Paper AndrewsDemetrius-SIST_paper.docx

Slides SIST_Presentation_2016.pptx

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14:24 → 14:42 Exploring Silicon Molds in Nondestructive Surface Finish Testing

Supervisor: Katsuya Yonehara

Speaker: Mr Juan Takase (Northwestern University)

Slides Exploring_Silicon_Molds_in_Nondestructive_Surface_Finish_Testing.pptx presentation.pdf

14:42 → 15:00 Afternoon Break

15:00 → 15:18 Beholder: Automated Scanning and Detection System

Supervisor: Jason Ormes An overview of the Beholder automated cyber security scanning and detection system. Will consist of an overview of the detection and blocking network followed by a live demonstration of the dashboard constructed by Brandon White.

Speaker: Mr Brandon White (Northern IL Univ)

document CSCI390_paper_fermilab_(1).pdf

Slides beholder_slides.pptx

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15:18 → 15:36 Investigation of Emittance Analysis Methods Using the MuCool Test Area Beamline

Supervisor: Carol Johnstone Emittance is an important metric in beamline physics that helps us to predict and analyze the beam's behavior and properties. Using the MuCool Test Area beamline, we are able to diagnose this parameter with the use of multiwire profile monitors. The emittance is typically defined as the area of the elliptic envelope of particles in phase space; however it is suspected that when subjected to nonlinearities, this shape is no longer elliptical. This analysis aimed to investigate this resulting shape as well as explore methodologies for doing so and determine limitations of certain models.

Speaker: Ms Alicia Casacchia

Paper investigation-emittance-analysis.pdf

Slides Oral_Presentation.pdf

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15:36 → 15:54 Withdrawn

Speaker: Ms Elohi Gonzales

Slides Main_Injector_Quadrupole_Installer_Design.pptx

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15:54 → 16:12 Diamond Detector: Measuring Beam Intensity

Supervisor: Caron Johnstone and Adam Watts There are several ways of measuring beam intensity. One of those ways is through the use of an instrumentation device called a Diamond Detector. With the purpose of looking for a replacement for the current method in measuring beam intensity, which involves using SEMs, the Diamond Detector offers a less expensive and more effective way of measuring beam intensity, and perhaps the ability to measure the microbunch structure of the beam because of the fast time-of-flight measurement capabilities that the Diamond Detector has.

Speaker: Mr Erik Dagoberto Torres Garcia

Paper Diamond_Detector_Paper.pdf

Slides Diamond_Detector_Presentation.pptx

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16:12 → 16:30 Design and selection process of the ADC Tranmission system

This talk will detail the design and selection process of the ADC Tranmission system performed by Mauricio Villa during the summer of 2016. Villa is a GEM intern.

Speaker: Mauricio Villa (Duke University)

document Abstract.txt

Slides GEM_Villa.pdf GEM_Villa.pptx

16:30 → 17:30 Close Out (Private)

This will be a private (SIST, GEM and the SIST Committee only) session in which we can discuss what went well and what did not go so well.

Speaker: Dr Elliott McCrory (Fermilab)