NationalHighMagneticFieldLaboratory.pptVIP

National High MagneticField Laboratory No, we don’t cause weird weather! Mag Lab supported by… National Science Foundation State of Florida Individual investigator grants (NIH, DOE, NSF, NASA, NSSA) A brief history… August, 1990: NSF awards National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to FSU Effort led by the late Jack Crow A brief history… National magnet lab had been housed at the Frances Bitter Lab at MIT The award to FSU was quite controversial at the time! A brief history… 1990-1994: Lab’s main campus – a 330,000-square-foot complex – constructed in Tallahassee October, 1994: Magnet Lab dedicated; Vice President Al Gore is the keynote speaker A brief history… 2000: Al Gore returns to Tallahassee under very different circumstances! Magnet Lab’s three sites Florida State University University of Florida Los Alamos National Lab Education Outreach Work with more than 7,000 K-12 students Tour 2,000 K-12 students Tour 1,000 from general public Host community groups and meetings Talk to groups like yours! Education Outreach Magnet academy: Open admissions policy. No pop quizzes! Science for English majors! Education Outreach Java tutorials: from alternating current to mass spectra… Education Outreach Fact or fiction: Answers to the sometimes silly questions Education Outreach Research experiences for undergraduates Research experiences for teachers Education Outreach REU participants just can’t stay away! Education Outreach Partnership with the Women in Math, Science Engineering program Personnel Personnel Employ more than 350 faculty, staff and students Process $1 million per week in income International work force Personnel 107 graduate students at FSU branch 46 postdoctoral associates Open House More than 4,600 attendees from the Southeast in 2008! Demonstrations Hands-on activities Geared toward all ages Annual event Why high magnetic fields? Among current work at the lab, researchers are: Unlocking the mysteries of superconductors that