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2021 Domestic High-Energy Single-Event Effects (SEE) Testing Users Meeting

Presentation Materials for the 2021 Domestic High Energy SEE Testing Users’ Meeting
Date: April 13, 2021
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  1. Opening Remarks a. (5 minutes) Dr. Bhavya Lal (NASA - Acting Chief of Staff)
     
  2. Welcome
    1. (15 minutes) Technical Collaboration Developed through a Shared Need
      Dr. Jon Ahlbin (MDA) and Dr. Jonny Pellish (NASA)
       
  3. Keynote 1
    1. (30 or 45 minutes) Why high energy heavy ion facilities exist and their future
      Dr. Tim Hallman (Associate Director of the Office of Science for Nuclear Physics)
       
  4. Keynote 2
    1. (15 minutes) European perspective on high energy heavy ion facilities and their future
      Dr. Anastasia Pesce (European Space Agency - Head of the Radiation Hardness Assurance and Component Analysis Section)
       
  5. Session 1: Why do we need high energy SEE test facilities?
    1. (20 minutes) Accurate environment simulation– track structure and environment coverage
      Dr. Robert Reed (Vanderbilt University)
       
    2. (20 minutes) Future semiconductor, packaging, and system technology challenges for SEE
      Mr. Ken LaBel (JHU/APL)
       
    3. (20 minutes) Test efficiency – multiple simultaneous device test scenarios / return on investment
      Mr. Tom Turflinger (Aerospace Corp)
       
    4. (20 minutes) System level testing and why NSRL
      Mr. Russ Graves (NGC)
       
    5. (15 minutes) Session 1 Q&A
       
  6. Break/Working Lunch
    1. (60 min total; 20 min for folks to get lunch, 30 to brief, 10 Q&A minutes) 
      Virtual networking opportunity w AoA briefing and status
      Dr. Jacob Calkins (DTRA)
       
  7. Session 2: Where can you test domestically (present and future potential)?
    1. (25 minutes) NSRL
      Dr. Adam Rusek (BNL)
       
    2. (15 minutes) AGS
      Dr. Kevin Brown (BNL)
       
    3. (15 minutes) LBNL/SLAAC Booster
      Dr. Larry Phair (LBNL)
       
    4. (15 minutes) MSU K1200 and FRIB
      Dr. Andreas Stolz (MSU)
       
    5. (10 minutes) Session 2 Q&A
       
  8. Session 3: Test realities
    1. (20 minutes) The need for modeling and high energy
      Dr. Mike Alles (Vanderbilt University)
       
    2. (20 minutes) Variable Depth Bragg Peak (VDBP)
      Dr. Steve Buchner (NRL)
        
    3. (5 minutes) Session 3 Q&A
       
  9. (30 minutes) Panel 1: A conversation with users and facilities – return on investment (ROI) of high energy
     
  10. Closing remarks and path forward
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