User Summer School

If you are an advanced graduate student, postdoctoral associate or early career investigator looking to gain practical measurement experience, the MagLab User Summer School will help you develop skills you can use in your home laboratory and in user facilities worldwide.

Overview

The weeklong summer school features tutorials on measurement techniques, practical exercises and plenary talks from experts in the field of condensed matter physics.

Save the date

The 2024 User Summer School scheduled to take place May 13-17 has been cancelled. Please check back for more information on new dates soon.

This experience is designed to provide a “technique toolkit” to early career scientists that includes:

Noise types and theory; noise suppression techniques
Transport techniques
Magnetometry: AC, torque, vibrating sample magnetometer, SQUID
Heat capacity measurements
Magneto-optics
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy
Ultrasound spectroscopy
High-pressure methods
NMR techniques for chemistry, biology and condensed matter
Electron paramagnetic resonance (electron spin resonance)
Cryogenic techniques
Measurements at ultra-low temperatures
The nuts and bolts of data acquisition

Details

Important Information

The 2024 User Summer School scheduled to take place May 13-17 has been cancelled. Please check back for more information on new dates soon.

Dates

Online application opens: February 2024
Last date to apply for User Summer School: March 29 at 5 p.m. EST
Acceptance notification to applicants: April 8, 2024

Cost

The cost of summer school is $500 and includes:

Housing from Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18
Travel between the hotel and MagLab during the week
Most meals

Safety

Name badges will be provided when you arrive at the MagLab on Monday, May 13. You must display your name badge during the entire week to identify yourself as a Summer School participant.

The MagLab does not allow "open-toed shoes" in lab spaces. You MUST wear close-toed shoes (no flip-flops or sandals). In addition, if you have any implants (like knee replacements or metal pins) or medical devices that you rely upon (such as pacemakers or insulin pumps), let us know as soon as possible.

Accommodations

Housing will be provided for out-of-town students at Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee Capitol - University.

Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee Capitol - University
824 Railroad Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32310
(850) 692-7150

Housing will be provided for out-of-town students at Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee Capitol - University.

Students do not need to make their own reservations. The MagLab will reserve and assign rooms for students.

Check in will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 12.

Check out is 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 18.

The MagLab will provide transportation to/from the MagLab for students traveling without their own transportation during their stay.

Please visit Hampton Inn & Suites Tallahassee Capitol - University website for additional information on the hotel's amenities.

Application

The registration application will take you a few minutes to complete. Please have the following information ready before you begin:

Your Institution information
Field of study
Expected graduation date/year
Title of your Ph.D. Thesis (if known)
Name of your academic advisor/professor
Short description of your current work
Short description of your educational/career goals
A letter of recommendation to upload

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Contacts

Renee Luallen

User Summer School Videos

View our collection of 16 training videos for MagLab users, covering everything from noise suppression to visible optics.

Last modified on 13 May 2024