1 TUNL: Nuclear Physics Education provided by C.R. Howell

2 TUNL: Features of Graduate Education Research experience  Students participate in most aspects of their thesis project: from concept through interpretation and dissemination of results  Technical hands-on experience with research and accelerator technologies  project leadership (including organizing research collaboration and interacting with technical support staff) Rich expert and mentor environment 18 faculty members from Duke Univ., NC State Univ. and UNC-Chapel Hill 10 postdocs 8 research scientists Expanded academic opportunities  Students can enroll in courses at any of the Triangle universities  University transit bus runs between Duke and UNC Atmosphere encourages peer interactions 44 graduate students from the consortium universities Graduate-student led activities:  TUNL informal lunch talks (TILT)  Special topics sessions, e.g., nuclear structure  Data analysis lectures by graduate students and postdoc

3 TUNL: Graduate Education Statistics About 7% (5 out of 70 annually) of the nation’s PhDs in experimental nuclear physics are educated at TUNL 267 Ph.D. degrees awarded since 1954 Number of PhD recipients (2007 – 2012) = 35 Current number of graduate students = 44

4 TUNL: Graduate Profiles NameInstitution Ph.D. Degree Awarded Employment Area Employer Type John CesarattoUNC2011ResearchAcademic Mary KiddDuke2010FacultyAcademic Xin QianDuke2010ResearchAcademic Franklin DuBoseNC State2009Nuclear SafetyGovernment Matthew KiserDuke2008Nuclear SecurityIndustry Carrie FitzgeraldUNC2002FacultyAcademic Kevin D. VealUNC1998Nuclear SecurityGovernment

John Cesaratto John Cesaratto adjusting beam intensity from the ECR source he designed and constructed at TUNL’s Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics. 2005: BS in Physics, John Carroll Univ., Cleveland, OH 2011: PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, thesis project at TUNL’s Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics on measurement of nuclear reaction rates important to understanding elemental variations in globular cluster stars – present: Toohig Fellow in Accelerator Science at SLAC with the LHC Accelerator Research Program.

6 Mary Kidd 2004: BS in Physics Tennessee Technology University 2010: PhD, Duke University, thesis project on two-neutrino double beta decay measurements 2010 – 2012: Postdoc, Los Alamos National Laboratory 2012 – present: Assistant Professor of Physics, Tennessee Technology University Mary Kidd filling High-purity Germanium detectors with liquid nitrogen at TUNL.

7 Xin Qian 2003: BS in Physics, Beijing University 2010: PhD, Duke University, thesis project on study of neutron transversity using a polarized 3 He target at JLab. Winner of the JLab Thesis Prize in – present: Robert A. Millikan Fellow in Experimental Physics and Astronomy, Caltech. Xin Qian working on wire chambers for the Bigbite spectrometer at JLab. This spectrometer was used in the measurements for his thesis project.

8 Franklin DuBose 2001: BS in Physics, Morehouse College 2001: MS in Physics, Clark Atlanta University 2009: PhD, North Carolina State University, thesis project on neutron EDM measurement, 2009 – present: Manager, Environmental Bioassay Laboratory at Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC

9 Matthew Kiser 2002: BS in Physics and Mathematics, King College 2008: PhD, Duke University, thesis project on plant physiology studies with radioisotopes in the tandem lab at TUNL, 2008 – present: Senior Scientist, Remote Sensing Laboratory at Joint Base Andrews, MD (National Security Technologies, LLC). Dr. Matthew Kiser receiving the Secretary of Energy Achievement Award from Secretary Chu (for contributions during the NNSA response to the Fukushima Dai'ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident).

10 Carrie Fitzgerald 1996: BS in Physics, Stetson University 2002: PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, thesis project in nuclear astrophysics at LENA 2002 – 2005: National Research Council Associateship, Space Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory 2005 – 2009: Senior Scientist, National Security Technologies Remote Sensing Laboratory at Joint Base Andrews in MD 2009 – 2012: Assistant Professor of Physics, Montgomery College – Rockville, MD Campus 2012 – present: Associate Professor of Physics, Montgomery College – Rockville, MD Campus

11 Kevin D. Veal 1993: BS in Physics, Mississippi State University 1998: Ph.D., Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, thesis on “Analyzing Powers of ( 6 Li,d) Reactions and the D-State of 6 Li” : Los Alamos National Lab, Safeguards Science and Technology Directorate (N-1) : Temporary assignment to NNSA Headquarters in Washington as Technical Adviser, Office of International Safeguards (NA- 243) and the Office of Dismantlement and Transparency (NA-241) Leading technical representative on US delegation to 6-Party Talks seeking an end to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program present: Acting Director of the Office of Nuclear Safeguards and Security within DOE/NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Dr. Kevin Veal accompanying Sung Kim, the chief Korea expert for the U.S. State Department at 6-Party Talks. Photo is courtesy of China's Xinhua news agency.

12 TUNL: Undergraduate Education James Madison University North Carolina A&T State University (HBCU in Greensboro, NC) North Carolina Central University (HBCU in Durham, NC) North Georgia College and State University Penn State Altoona Tennessee Technological University Univ. Connecticut, Avery Pt. InstitutionNumber Duke9 NC State2 UNC20 Other12 Total43 Undergraduate students conducting research at TUNL: 2011 Associated Universities (primarily undergraduate serving) NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): present  Supports 8 students for 10-week research experience at TUNL

13 TUNL Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Summer 2012 Row 1 (L to R): Wolfe Greene (Univ. Evansville), Olivia Miller (East Tenn. State Univ.), Anna Hughes (RPI), Irene Zawisza (Moravian Coll.), Ashley Huff (FSU), Barbara Fisher (Richard Stockton Coll.) Row 2 (L to R): Neal Anderson (Univ. MI), Peter Koufalis (Kutztown Univ.), Joshua Bradt (Univ. Rochester), Nikki Sanford (High Point Univ.) Row 3 (L to R): Ronald Malone (Gettysburg Coll.), Anthony Charles (UVA), Quesly Daniel (Florida A&M Univ.), Nathan Tripp (Grand Valley State Univ.)

14 TUNL Science outreach Nuclear Science Merit Badge of the Boy Scouts of America Boy Scout Troop 101 of Asheville, NC Troops learn about radiation through hands-on activities in the Tandem Lab Troops tour the HI  S facility