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)
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