Session III: Spring 2018

March – May, 2018

The link under “Topic” is the slides for this talk.  The link under “Speakers” is the photographs during this session.

Date Topic Speaker Tours
Mar 10 Introduction to Science at Fermilab Dan Hooper, Astrophysics Department, University of Chicago Wilson Hall and Accelerator Division
Mar 17 Special Relativity Elliott McCrory, Fermilab Accelerator Division Accelerator Division and Wilson Hall
Mar 24 Cosmology Ting Li, Fermilab Particle Physics Division Group 1 – Magnets
Group 2 – DZero1
Group 3 – SRF
Group 4 – SiDET
Mar 31 Easter Weekend – No class
Apr 7 Particle Physics Cecilia Gerber, Physics Department, University of Illinois at Chicago Group 1 – DZero1
Group 2 – GCC
Group 3 – Magnets
Group 4 – SRF
Apr 14 Particle Accelerators Cindy Joe, Fermilab Neutrino Division Group 1 – SiDET
Group 2 – Magnets
Group 3 – GCC
Group 4 – Neutrino
Apr 21 Neutrinos

Link to YouTube Video shown during lecture

Leo Aliaga, Fermilab Scientific Computing Division Group 1 – SRF
Group 2 – SiDET
Group 3 – Neutrino
Group 4 – Magnets
Apr 28 Energy and Climate Elisabeth Moyer, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago Group 1 – Neutrino
Group 2 – SRF
Group 3 – DZero1
Group 4 – GCC
May 5 Particle Physics Detectors Mandy Rominsky, Fermilab Particle Physics Division Group 1 – GCC
Group 2 – Neutrino
Group 3 – SiDET
Group 4 – DZero1
May 12 Physics and society

Parents’ Session

Pushpa Bhat, Fermilab Director’s Office

Sowjanya Gollapinni, UT Knoxville

No tours: Graduation Ceremony.

Family and friends are welcome to attend.

1 The DZero tour lasts a lot longer than the other tours. Expect to be back at Wilson Hall by about 12:30 PM.

All lectures begin promptly at 9:00 AM.  We recommend you arrive at Fermilab no later than 8:45 AM.

Registration is closed.


2018-19? We will have two sessions with eleven lectures per session.  The dates are tentatively set as follows:

  • Fall Session: September 29 through December 15, 2018
  • Spring Session: February 2 through April 13, 2019

The Spring session might move one or two weeks earlier – Stay tuned.