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Meeting Minutes May 18, 2012

Present

Betty, Dan, Mike, Rachel, Bec, Suwat, Jon, Jack, Bill, Chris

Group Business

  • Zibi is out of town
  • Student from Hong Kong is here—hi, Chris!
  • Yingxun coming Sunday–ImQMD, Rachel and Dan to talk to him, make requests for calculations
  • Giuseppe is coming May 24-26
  • REU student coming in June – work on TPC
  • when submitting proposals and papers: make sure that everyone on the author/collaborator list gets a copy
  • Equipment to buy: Jack wants a nice multimeter. Rachel wants nice bins for storing flanges. Betty sent a big list of things to buy to Bill.
  • Lab Watch: Rachel this week. Lab is okay, still waiting on the eyewash. Jack is next week.
  • Checklist is on back of N111 door.
  • Check the Lab Watch schedule on wiki (see Rachel's email)
  • “Corner of safety” where eyewash/source box/flammables/electric box are located
  • Miniball cover: Rachel and Michael figure out a way to make more light-tight
  • Undergrads learning to solder!

Upcoming Experiments

  • Bill will talk to Isobe about resources and people to work on RIKEN experiment
  • PAC meets this weekend, should find out about proposed experiments soon

Stuff for Storage (Rachel)

  • Ship, cabinet, or junk? A fun game of ancient artifacts

Samurai TPC (Jon)

  • Overview of how a TPC works
  • Design, prototypes. Some machining and measuring going on now
  • Outside frame and top plate made. TAMU machining some parts and shipping to here for assembly

Next Week

  • Zibi will discuss analysis methods
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