1. Experience of a HiSparc participant Floor Terra

2. Who am I Former school: St. Michael college Former school: St. Michael college VWO - Natuur en techniek & Natuur en gezondheid VWO - Natuur en techniek & Natuur en gezondheid First Year Batchelor Natuur en Sterrenkunde UvA First Year Batchelor Natuur en Sterrenkunde UvA Former school: St. Michael college Former school: St. Michael college VWO - Natuur en techniek & Natuur en gezondheid VWO - Natuur en techniek & Natuur en gezondheid First Year Batchelor Natuur en Sterrenkunde UvA First Year Batchelor Natuur en Sterrenkunde UvA

3. How did it all start Begin 2003: physics teacher approached me Begin 2003: physics teacher approached me Fall 2003: Start of the construction Fall 2003: Start of the construction Begin 2003: physics teacher approached me Begin 2003: physics teacher approached me Fall 2003: Start of the construction Fall 2003: Start of the construction

4. The construction Cleaning the scintillation material Cleaning the scintillation material Wrapping the scintillation material Wrapping the scintillation material Polishing the scintillation material Polishing the scintillation material Gluing the light conductors Gluing the light conductors Gluing the photomultipliers Gluing the photomultipliers Testing and calibrating Testing and calibrating Cleaning the scintillation material Cleaning the scintillation material Wrapping the scintillation material Wrapping the scintillation material Polishing the scintillation material Polishing the scintillation material Gluing the light conductors Gluing the light conductors Gluing the photomultipliers Gluing the photomultipliers Testing and calibrating Testing and calibrating

5. Cleaning and wrapping

6. Polishing

7. Gluing

8. Testing

9. Calibrating

10. Profielwerkstuk 2004-2005 2004-2005 Stefan Stoop and I Stefan Stoop and I Coincidences Coincidences Data analysis Data analysis Data plotting tool Data plotting tool 2004-2005 2004-2005 Stefan Stoop and I Stefan Stoop and I Coincidences Coincidences Data analysis Data analysis Data plotting tool Data plotting tool

11. HiSparc data plotter

12. No more Microsoft Excel for data plotting No more Microsoft Excel for data plotting Easy and fast way to generate plots from the HiSparc data Easy and fast way to generate plots from the HiSparc data Works under Mac OS X, Linux, *BSD and windows Works under Mac OS X, Linux, *BSD and windows No more Microsoft Excel for data plotting No more Microsoft Excel for data plotting Easy and fast way to generate plots from the HiSparc data Easy and fast way to generate plots from the HiSparc data Works under Mac OS X, Linux, *BSD and windows Works under Mac OS X, Linux, *BSD and windows