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Welcome to FRIB

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) is a world-class research and training center, hosting the most powerful rare isotope accelerator. MSU operates FRIB as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB allows MSU graduate students to engage in groundbreaking research in tandem with their coursework. Open the doors to discovery with the newest and most advanced rare isotope research facility and the world's most powerful rare isotope accelerator. Apply and inquire through FRIB’s graduate studies page at frib.msu.edu/grad.

29 Apr

Development of a Novel Energy Loss Optical Scintillation System for Heavy-Ion Particle Identification

29 April 2025 - 1:30 PM
1200 FRIB Laboratory
FRIB Graduate Research Assistant

Sean David Dziubinski

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Committee: Steven Lidia (chairperson), Marco Cortesi, Alexandra Gade, Sean Liddick, Nathan Whitehorn. Thesis is available @ https://pa.msu.edu/graduate-program/current-graduate-students/draft-dissertations-for-review.aspx - Select student name
30 Apr

Towards Electric Field and Atom Number Upgrades for a Higher Sensitivity Search for the Atomic Electric Dipole Moment of Radium-225

30 April 2025 - 11:00 AM
1200 FRIB Laboratory
FRIB Graduate Research Assistant

Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron

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Committee: Jaideep Singh (Chairperson), Tyler Cocker, Yue Hao, Heiko Hergert, Kei Minamisono. Thesis is available @ https://pa.msu.edu/graduate-program/current-graduate-students/draft-dissertations-for-review.aspx
11 May

Nuclear Science Summer School

11 May 2025 - 8:30 AM
1221A and 1221B FRIB Laboratory
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The Nuclear Science Summer School (NS3) is a summer school that introduces undergraduate student participants to the fields of nuclear science and nuclear astrophysics. NS3 is hosted by FRIB on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU). The school will offer lectures and activities covering selected nuclear science and astrophysics topics.
13 May

NUCLEI and MESOSCOPIC Physics (NMP25)

13 May 2025 - 9:00 AM
1200 FRIB Laboratory and Online via Zoom
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NMP25 can be an effective stage for experts to interact and exchange ideas on a diverse set of topics, and lead to cross-disciplinary collaborations. This will be the seventh meeting in the series, which began in 2004. The main goal of this series is to bring together scientists studying a broad range of objects of mesoscopic nature that display common features and can be explored using similar approaches. Currently, research on strongly correlated many-body systems and topological states of matter is blossoming, due to many experimental breakthroughs, theoretical developments, and enormous computational progress. Closely related is also quantum computing, an area of fast-increasing interest and importance. Consequently, one can take advantage of these connections and of the progress made in different physical contexts. NMP25 will provide a unique and exciting platform for experts in a broad range of areas to interact and exchange ideas on a diverse set of topics. We hope that the resulting interactions will lead to inspiring cross-disciplinary collaborations.
20 Jul

Physics of Atomic Nuclei (PAN)

20 July 2025 - 8:00 AM
1221A and 1221B FRIB Laboratory
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PAN introduces participants to the fundamentals of the extremely small domain of atomic nuclei and its connection to the extremely large domain of astrophysics and cosmology.

The PAN @ Michigan State Experience

  • Learn about research in one of the top rare-isotope laboratories in the world.
  • Get introduced to the fascinating fields of astrophysics, precision measurement, and nuclear science.
  • Perform your own nuclear physics experiments.
  • Meet researchers who are exploring a wide array of questions.
  • Discover the surprising array of career opportunities in science.
  • Experience the atmosphere of college life.
  • Participants in the 2024 program get free room and board on campus (if required).