Friday Flyer - April 17, 2015

Spotlight on Dan Karmgard:

You may know Dan - or you may not. Dan Karmgard is a QuarkNet PI who is not always seen in the national QuarkNet collaboration but fills some important roles. After service in the Air Force, Dan got a B.S. in Physics from UCLA and an Ph.D. from Florida State. As a graduate student, Dan worked with Randy Ruchti, one of the original QuarkNet PIs, on the DZero experiment at Fermilab. Upon graduation, he continued work on DZero and, later, CMS as a Notre Dame physicist. When Randy went for his first stint at NSF, Dan stepped in as QuarkNet PI. Dan is a vital mentor for the Notre Dame QuarkNet center, leading its extensive student and teacher research program each summer as well as the weekly teacher meetings during the school year. He is also a mentor for the Virtual Center, helping to guide their efforts and, of course, keep them updated on CMS. All the while Dan gives the staff advice on understanding particle physics and invents interesting software and apparatus for QuarkNet. 

Physics Experiment Roundup: LHC Restart

Resources: Our Flat Universe from Symmetry

Just for Fun: The Four Forces from xkcd

QuarkNet Staff Teachers:
Ken Cecire: kcecire@nd.edu
Bob Peterson: rspete@fnal.gov