2020-1-5-LeadershipReports

Jan 1 2020 Report - Dec 23 - Jan 17 Director - Todd Satogata

Todd Satogata

  Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
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  Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
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Alex Bogacz

  Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3) 
     - Vacation & Holidays
     -	Lecture preparation for USPAS’20
  Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - Invention disclosures - review
     -	Teaching Accelerator Physics course at USPAS’20

Rui Li

  Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - Holiday vacations
     - Recap and planning for works
  Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17) 
     - Finish writing up the technote on uneven bunch spectra
     - Study literature about impact of uneven bunch fill on coupled bunch instability behavior
     - Schedule and planning for the next JLEIC impedance meeting

Edy Nissen

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - Sick leave
     - Working on my preproposal for COMBINE
   Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - I am documenting the DODGE (DESIREE experiment) program
     - Working on the redesign of COMBINE

Chris Tennant

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - Shutdown/vacation
     - Administrative tasks (excessing desktop, spec'ing new laptop, answering e-mails, etc.)
     - Collected and sent Cheng-Ying CCR lattice material for collaborative work
   Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - Possible visit to CNU robotics lab
     - Start tracking distributions from Fay through CCR and evaluate performance
     - Prepping for AI presentation to DOE (meet with people about proposed projects)

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Accelerator R & D - Yuhong Zhang

Yuhong Zhang

  Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - shutdown/vacation
  Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
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Max Bruker

  Previous (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     -	Vacation
     - Had a first look at some data from the IMP experiment
  Next (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - Plan and perform IMP data analysis
     - Tentatively: DC electron cooler discussion at Fermilab

Fanglei Lin

  Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
       - Holiday break
  Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
       - Work on simulations of spin transparency experiment
       - Work on the storage ring cooler project
       - Work on teaching material for the Spin@USPAS class

Bhawin Dhital

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - Learning python and data science with python. Took some online courses on python.
     - Preparing slides on ` beam cooling ' for coming USPAS .
   Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - Working with stability in a two energy storage ring cooler with ` Radiation on'.
     - Working on generalized formula for stability in a two - energy storage ring cooler.
     - Going to USPAS ( Jan 13 - Jan 24) San Diego, CA as a TA for "Accelerator Physics".

Vasiliy Morozov

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
     -Attended the EIC Ion Collider Research and Development Project (11/16 - 11/30/19)
   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
     -Attended the EICUG Yellow Reports - Kick-off Meeting (12/11 - 12/13/19)

Amy Sy

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3):
     - Preparing Early Career Award pre-proposal for submission.
     - DTL phase optimization in H- ion linac in TRACK.
   Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - Continued work on getting the DTL portion of the ion linac working in PyORBIT.
     - Schottky signal analysis for latest IMP experiment as necessary.

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Computational Physics - Yves Roblin
Yves Roblin

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
     - CEBAF:
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     - JLEIC:
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     - OTHER
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   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
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Randi Gamage

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
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   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
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River Huang

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
     - Continue working on EIC project
   Next two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
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Isurumali Neththikumara

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
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   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
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Dennis Turner

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
     - Attended Accelerator AI projects meeting.
     - Addressed High Level Apps OPS-PRs generated during ops
         - eDT
         - DogCalc
         - QTSnyder
         - ArcSteer
     - Discussed with Tief a new RF cresting method using SLMs.
         - AIPINJ
             - Reconciled elegant deck with Alicia's GPT model.
     - 12GeV PRAB
         - Revised Optics Tuning section.
         - Completed first draft of Pathlength section.
     - Continued QTSnyder upgrade.
     - Attended BTeam, Injector Upgrade Modeling, AI Lunch meetings.
     - Took a few sick days for doctor appointments and such.
   Next two weeks (Dec 6 - Dec 20)
     - Provide Optics On-Call support through the end of the run.
     - Begin working with Tief on new cresting method with SLM.
     - Finish QTSnyder upgrade and write ATLis for testing.
     - Continue work on Injector upgrade elegant deck.
     - Continue work on assigned sections of the 12GeV PRAB paper.
     - Attend BTeam, Injector Upgrade, AI lunch, 12GeV PRAB meetings.
     - Continue exploring ML with Keras and TensorFlow, particularly for use at CEBAF.

He Zhang

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)     
     - Revised JSPEC for better management of the code. 
     - Calculated the IBS rate for new lattices from Vasiliy.
     - Ao Liu, A scientist from Euclid Techlab, want to apply for an SBIR project on space charge effects and he wish Ji Qiang and I can join.
       Discussed with them and helped to write an LOI. 
   Next two weeks (Jan 6 - Jan 17) 
     - FOA Quarterly report.
     - Set up turn-by-turn tracking for IMP experiment and ion beam edge cooling. 
 

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Diagnostic Development - Kevin Jordan

Kevin Jordan

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
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   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
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Joe Gubeli

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - Isotope Experiment – Helped with the two day run to the 1G dump.
     - Halo monitor – Conducted the Halo Monitor experiment in the LERF.
     - ARDDOT – Was able to install and run the Beamenizer on a Windows 10 machine.
   Next two weeks (Nov 11 - Nov 22)
     - Isotope Experiment – Help with the two day run to the 1X line.
     - ARDDOT – Start work on the other CEBAF SLMs

Michael Tiefenback

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
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   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
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CASA Fellows
LERF - Steve Benson

   Previous two weeks (Nov 25 - Dec 6)
     - Assisted in run to the 1G dump with CW beam. Unfortunately we could not run beam.
     -	Reviewed SBIR
     - Reviewed IPAC 2020 abstracts
     -	Looked over new Phase II SBIRs
     - Met with diagnostics team to derive a plan for replacing the beam-a-nizer frame grabber at the LERF
     -	Met with the magnet group and came up with a strategy for the kicker coils for RF merge test
     -	Continued gathering documents for the ERR punch list
     -	Planned for another run to the 1G dump
   Next two weeks (Dec 9 - Dec 20)
     - Assist with the run to the 1G dump
     -	Certify User Lab 4 in the LERF
     -	Host Michael Famiano for Acc. seminar (with Joe Grames)
     -	Move excess equipment out of the LERF

Andrew Hutton

   Previous two weeks (Dec 23 - Jan 3)
     - Before Christmas, I developed a scaling for the AWA-ANL defection cavity for JLEIC straight merger.  I managed to find a parameter set 
       that would enable the straight merger cavity to be a room-temperature copper cavity, rather than an SRF cavity.  But it is a bit of a 
       brute, so may not be the optimum.  
     - After Christmas, I returned to AccApp 2020 preparations.  I have already evaluated the Abstracts, now I am trying to develop a layout
       for each Session I am responsible for (4).  
     - Jan 3, I am hosting Courtney Washington for a visit to the isotope irradiation area in the LERF vault.  I promised her that I would
       invite her once she turned 18, which happened in November.  
   Next two weeks Jan 6 - Jan 17)
     - I will complete the AccApp 202 preparations.  
     - I have to prepare the first draft of the Quarterly Report for the Isotope Program.  In addition, Doug Wells and I have a conference call
       with Ethan Balkin, the DOE Isotope Program Manager, to discuss the relative importance of Copper64 when mixed with Copper 67.  
     - I leave for Vienna on January 9, returning on January 16, but will not come to the lab on January 17.