March 28, 2008

HBCU Faculty, NSLS Staff Collaborate to Develop Synchrotron Curriculum

Professors from the NSLS Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) User Consortium met on March 28 to further the involvement of HBCU students and faculty at the NSLS. In addition to planning for the second annual HBCU-NSLS workshop and touring the experiment floor, the group developed the framework for a National Science Foundation proposal to create a new curriculum that emphasizes synchrotron research and instrumentation for HBCUs. They also heard about a related graduate program that will host students at the NSLS while they work toward a master’s degree in instrumentation at Stony Brook University. The meeting was organized by the NSLS and Brookhaven’s Office of Educational Programs.

NSLS control room operator Gary Weiner talks to the HBCU User Consortium professors during their tour of the experiment floor.

Southern University professor, Elhag Shaban, shows the HBCU group a detector he worked on as part of the Faculty and Student Teams summer program at the NSLS.

The HBCU User Consortium professors explore the NSLS experiment floor.

The HBCU professors with NSLS biophysicist and tour guide, Lisa Miller.

ARTICLE BY: Kendra Snyder