2024 Summer Students
Italian program
at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
and at other US Laboratories
July 29th - September 27th, 2024
The Deadline for application has been extended to April 1,
2024
The University of Pisa will organize a three-day Workshop at the
Department of Physics in July 2024
to introduce the selected Summer Students to the Fermilab endeavours.
Similar initiatives were organized in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Workshop "Fermilab 2021 Summer Students School at LNF" (Monday, August 2, 2021 - Wednesday, August 4, 2021)
Workshop "Summer Students at Fermilab and other US Laboratories" (Monday, July 18, 2022 - Thursday, July 21, 2022)
Workshop "Summer Students at Fermilab and other US Laboratories" (Monday, July 24, 2023 - Wednesday, July 26, 2023)
Program
The Italian Summer Student program at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
(Fermilab,
Video)
started in 1983 within the rapidly-growing collaboration
among the
University of Pisa,
the National Institute of Nuclear Physics of Italy
(INFN) and
Fermilab. In the first year
3 undergraduate physics students
from the University of Pisa worked for 3 months at the construction
of the
Collider Detector at Fermilab
(CDF).
In the following 40 years, with altogether over
600
physics and engineering students employed
in all Fermilab Divisions,
the program has become part of the extensive
Fermilab educational effort.
The Training Programs of the 2023 Summer Students Program are available at the Link
(Day 1,
Day 2).
The Training Programs of the
2022 Summer Students
Program are available at the Link
(Day 1,
Day 2,
Day 3).
The Training Programs of the Summer Students Program of the years
2012 - 2022 are available at the Link
(2012 -
2022).
The Program is run by the
Cultural Association of Italians at Fermilab
(CAIF),
which is the local chapter of
the Italian Scientists and Scholars North America Foundation
(ISSNAF),
under the sponsorship of
the US Department of Energy
(DOE),
the National Institute of Nuclear Physics
(INFN),
the University of Pisa
(UNIPI),
and the Italian Embassy
in Washington.
Student grants are secured also by the
Italian Space Agency
(ASI)
for students to be trained in US space enters.
The original program has been recently
extended to train students at US research institutions
other than Fermilab. These have included
the DOE Argonne National Laboratory,
and several
US space science Laboratories.
Space science internships for the year 2024 are announced in the following
(ASI-Caif opening 2024).
Private companies
operating in the field of
research and development are looking with interest
at this educational program.
The program was recently presented at the Conferences
Lepton
Photon 2021,
Ichep 2022,
EPS 2023.
To spread more broadly the beneficial effects of joining Fermilab
research activities among EU students
the University of Pisa has included this program among its educational
Summer Schools since the year 2015.
Accordingly, as of that year
applicants can choose to enroll as
University of Pisa students
for the 9 weeks duration of the
Summer School.
Upon successful completion of the training,
the University of Pisa will grant them 6 "CFU" credits (see paragraph below
on "Credits").
The University of Pisa provided an additional financial support to the students
(UNIPI Special Teaching Projects, 2022
and UNIPI Special Teaching Projects, 2023).
The University of Pisa Summer School is also part of the Outreach programs
of a number of European Projects and Regione Toscana Projects:
MUSE
- "Muon campus in US and Europe
contribution"
(Grant Agreement 690835, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015),
NEWS
- "New windows on the universe and technological advancements
from trilateral EU-US-Japan collaboration"
(Grant Agreement 734303, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016),
INTENSE - "INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier,
from new physics to spin-offs. A cooperative Europe - United States - Japan effort"
(Grant Agreement 822185, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018),
INTENSE - "INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier.
A cooperative Europe - United States effort"
(Grant Agreement 822199, H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019),
PROBES - "PROBES of new physics and technological advancements from particle and
gravitational wave physics experiments. A cooperative Europe - United States - Asia effort"
(Grant Agreement 101003460, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020),
SENSE -
"Search for New Physics and technological advancements from neutrino
experiments at the high intensity frontier. A cooperative Europe - United States - Brazil - Russia effort"
(Grant Agreement 101081478, HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01),
PICO -
"Physics for all"
(Grant Agreement in preparation, HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01),
PRIMIS - "PRedIctive MaIntenance in hoStile environment"
(POR CREO FESR 2014-2020).
IRMA - "Innovative Radiation Monitor for contAiners at port customs gates"
(POR CREO FESR 2014-2020).
SNIFFER - "Development of Innovative Radiation Detectors
to Search for Nuclear Materials Dispersed in International Commercial Transports"
(FSC FAS 2021).
Target
The Summer School is oriented for
Master Degree students or Master Graduate within 1 year since graduation
in Physics, Applied Physics, Medical Physics, Engineering,
Computing Science, Chemistry and Materials Science.
Physics students will be trained in the research groups working on
Fermilab initiatives
(Mu2e,
Muon g-2,
NOvA,
MicroBooNE,
LAriAT, ICARUS, SBND, DUNE), or in the Fermilab groups involved
with the
CMS,
experiment at CERN or with the
Muon Collider Collaboration,
or in the theory group,
or in the Fermilab groups involved in Quantum Computing
(SQMS).
The internships of Engineering, Computing Science, Chemistry and Materials Science students
take place in the Fermilab
Accelerator Division
(AD),
in the Techical Division
(TD),
in the Scientific Computing Division (CD),
or in groups involved in technogical and applied research at other laboratories
and universities within the US.
Each student is assigned to a supervisor who is
responsabile of her/his training program.
After a month of stay, students must give
a mid-term oral presentation to show adequate progress
of their research program.
A final oral presentation and a detailed written report
must be presented at the conclusion
of the program. In some cases of mutual interest,
the 9-week internship can be extendedby by several months to allow
students to complete a Master Degree Thesis.
We have tried to keep an
online record
of the summer students' training programs. There is no better description
of the research opportunities offered by our program than reading the
training programs of recent years.
Organizing Committee
- Prof. Eng. Emanuela Barzi, PhD, Fermilab Senior Scientist,
FNAL, leader of the
Superconducting Strand and Cable Research Group of the TD
- Dr. Eng. Marco Mambelli, PhD, Fermilab Senior Software Developer,
FNAL
- Prof. Giorgio Bellettini, Emeritus,
Department of Physics,
University of Pisa
and
INFN - Pisa
- Prof. Simone Donati, PhD,
Department of Physics,
University of Pisa
and
INFN - Pisa
School Coordinator
- Prof. Simone Donati
Teaching Staff
The Supervisors are an international and multidisciplinary staff of physicists, engineers
and computing scientistis of Fermilab, of Italian Universities and of INFN, that is expanded
each year.
This is a list of collaborators and possible contact persons for information in some Italian
Universities and INFN Departments.
- Prof. Nicola De Filippis, nicola.defilippis@ba.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica,
Universita' di Bari, Politecnico di Bari
- Dr. Laura Patrizii, laura.patrizii@bo.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Bologna
- Prof. Catia Petta, catia.petta@ct.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Catania
- Dr. Stefano Miscetti, stefano.miscetti@lnf.infn.it,
INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
- Dr. Ivano Sarra, ivano.sarra@lnf.infn.it,
INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
- Dr. Lea Di Noto, LeaDiNoto@ge.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Genova
- Prof. Gianluca Valentini, gianluca.valentini@polimi.it,
Politecnico di Milano
- Dr. Antonio Gioiosa, antonio.gioiosa@gmail.com,
Universita' degli Studi del Molise
- Prof. Michele Iacovacci, iacovacci@na.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
- Prof. Francesco Di Capua, francesco.dicapua@unina.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
- Prof. Daniele Gibin, daniele.gibini@pd.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Padova
- Dr. Christian Farnese, christian.farnese@pd.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' degli Studi di Padova
- Dr. Alberto Guglielmi, alberto.guglielmi@pd.infn.it,
INFN Padova
- Dr.ssa Patrizia Azzi, patrizia.azzi@pd.infn.it,
INFN Padova
- Prof. Alessandro Menegolli, alessandro.menegolli@unipv.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica,
Universita' di Pavia
- Dr. Marco Incagli, marco.incagli@pi.infn.it,
INFN - Sezione di Pisa
- Prof. Domizia Orestano, domizia.orestano@uniroma3.it,
Department of Mathematics and Physics University
Roma III
- Dr. Fabio Anulli, fabio.anulli@roma1.infn.it,
INFN - Sezione di Roma
- Dr. Marco Rescigno, marco.rescigno@roma1.infn.it,
INFN - Sezione di Roma
- Prof. Cesare Bini, cesare.bini@roma1.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita' di Roma
- Prof. Antonio Di Domenico, antonio.didomenico@roma1.infn.it,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapiena Universita' di Roma
- Dr. Francesco Massaro, f.massaro@unito.it,
Department of Physics University of Torino,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Dr. Luca Latronico, luca.latronico@to.infn.it,
INFN Sezione di Torino
Esperimento Fermi-LAT
- Prof. Stefano Argiro', stefano.argiro@to.infn.it,
Departmento of Physics, University and INFN Sezione di Torino
- Prof. Giovanni Cantatore, giovanni.cantatore@ts.infn.it,
University of Trieste and INFN Trieste
- Prof. Massimo Lazzaroni, massimo.lazzaroni@unimi.it,
University of Milano and INFN Milano
- Dr. Maurizio Bonesini, maurizio.bonesini@mib.infn.it,
University of Milano Bicocca and INFN Milano Bicocca
- Prof. Luca Tomassetti, luca.tomassetti@fe.infn.it,
University of Ferrara and INFN Ferrara