TRAINING, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND GUEST SPEAKERS
NUCLEAR AND RADIOCHEMISTRY SUMMER SCHOOL - 2009

** You can find a schedule of guest lectures on the CHE-361 syllabus

Date Time Activity

Week One

Saturday
June, 13
All Day Students Arrive on site and check into dorms
Sunday
June, 14
TBD Students will coordinate with TA’s to do grocery runs
4:30pm BBQ at Ferrieri’s house
Monday
June, 15
8:30-10:30 Bldg 490 Conference Room - Welcome Breakfast, Program Overview, Lecture Orientation, Registration, General Tour of BNL
10:30-12:00 Van tour of BNL facilities (Elaine Lowenstein)
12:00-1:15 Opportunity to get BNL Photo ID’s (Building 400)
1:15-2:00 BNL Library Tour (Michiko Tanaka)
4:30-5:30 Bldg 801 Classroom - Building Orientation and key handout,
Bike Sign-out
Tuesday
June, 16
9:00-12:00 Rad Worker Training Part 2 (location TBD)
MUST COMPLETE PART 1 PRIOR TO PART 2!
Wednesday
June, 17
1:30-3:30 Benchtop Dispersibles Training (Bldg 938)
3:30-4:30 Lab orientation and RWP signing (Bldg 801, 2-31)
Thursday
June, 18

 

 

Friday
June, 20
12:00-2:00 Group Lunch at Kurin Restaurant
2:30-3:30 Special Topic: Carbon-14 Dating - Gar Harbottle
3:45-4:45 Discussion of Special Topics Term paper
Saturday
June, 20
7:30
pickup at dorms

NYC Trip #1: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Week Two
Sunday
June, 21

 

Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to beach if anyone is interested
Monday
June, 22

 

 

Tuesday
June, 23
1:00- 5:00 Trip to Stony Brook. Student ID's, Library Orientation, Topic Research
Wednesday
June, 24
   
Thursday
June, 25

 

 

Friday
June, 26
3:00-4:00 Special Topic: Dirty Bombs - Steve Musolino
4:00-5:30 Pizza after seminar
Saturday
June, 27
7:45
pickup at dorms
NYC Trip #2: Group Tickets for the Museum of Modern Art and Empire State Building
Week Three
Sunday
June, 28

 

Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to SBU Library if anyone is interested
Monday
June, 29

 

 

Tuesday
June, 30

 

 

Wednesday
July, 1

 

 

Thursday
July, 2
2:00-3:30 Tour of BNL RHIC
Friday
July, 3
 
Saturday
July, 4
2:00-5:00 Holiday - BBQ and volleyball at Dr. F’s
Week Four
Sunday
July, 5

 

Open Day - TA’s will provide transportation to SBU Library if anyone is interested.
Monday
July, 6
8:30-11:00 Instrumentation in Environmental Sciences
(Breakfast provided)

Michael Ketterer (N Arizona State University)
Lucian Wielopolski (BNL, Environmental Sciences)
Tuesday
July, 7
8:30-12:00 Isotopes in Nature as Environmental Probes
(801, classroom-breakfast and lunch provided)

Huan Feng (Monclair State University)
Laodong Guo (U. Southern Mississippi)
2:00-4:00 Environmental Remediation
AJ Francis (BNL, Environmental Sciences)
Lynn Frascesconi (Hunter College)
Wednesday
July, 8
8:30-11:00 Challenges in Isotope Production
(801, classroom-breakfast provided)

Len Mausner (BNL, Isotope Production Group):
David Schlyer (BNL, Medical Dept)
11:00-12:00 Tour of BLIP Facilities
Thursday
July, 9
8:30-12:00 Basics in Radiochemistry (Bldg 801, classroom-breakfast and lunch provided)
Mike Kilbourn (U Michigan): Fluorine-18
Paul Benny (Washington State University):Radiometals
Jacob Hooker (BNL, Medical Dept): Carbon-11
2:00-4:00 Dimitri Medvedev (BNL, Medical Dept): Nanoparticles
Paul Vaska (BNL, Medical Dept): PET instrumentation
Friday
July, 10
7:30
pickup at dorms
Field Trip to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: hosted by John Huhm
Saturday
June, 11
4:30 BBQ hamburgers/hot dogs at Dr. F’s and
Long Island Ducks Baseball Game
Week Five
Sunday
July, 12

 

Open Day
Monday
July, 13
 
Tuesday
July, 14
2:00-3:00 Special Topics Seminar: Radiotracers in Plant Biology - Richard Ferrieri
Wednesday
July, 15
1:30
Departure at dorms
Field Trip to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Thursday
July, 16
3:00-4:00 Special Topics Seminar: Nucleosynthesis - Minfang Yeh
Friday
July, 17
2:00-3:00 Special Topics Seminar: Solar Neutrino Research - Dick Hahn
3:15 Group NCSS Photo (outside Bldg 801)
3:30-4:30 Special Topics: Stories of the Manhatten Project -
Gerhardt Freidlander
5:30-8:30 Special catered dinner at Dr. F’s
Saturday
July, 18
  Open Day
Week Six
Sunday
July, 19
  Open Day
Monday
July, 20
12:00-2:00 Group Lunch at Kirin Restaurant
3:00-4:00 Special Topic: Workshop on Applying to Graduate School -
Jolie Cizewski
Tues.
July 21
2:00-4:00 NSLS Tour (Jeff Fitts)
Wednesday
July 22
1:00-4:00 Pack student shipping boxes, clean classroom, turn in bikes, One-on-One sessions with Dr. F to review individual student performance and grades
4:00-5:00 Bike return to classroom and hand in keys
Thursday
July, 23
8:30-4:00 Student Oral Presentations – BLD 490 (breakfast and lunch provided)
Friday
July, 24
8:30-4:30 Career Opportunities Symposium – BLD 490 (breakfast and lunch provided)
5:30-7:30 Dinner and Award Presentations - Berkner Hall
Saturday
July, 25
TBD Students return home


If you have a question that is not addressed in these pages, please send an email to rferrieri@bnl.gov.