Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices(CAMD)

This summer was great! How great? Here are some photos of what one of our REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) did this summer. Also in frame are Dr. P. Sprunger and Dr. O.K...I mean Dr. O. Kilzilkaya.

This was the little silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) that failed inside that large power supply last week. It does does not have a diagnostic on it. It had no means to quickly find it. It took 3 guys, 3 days, and a bit of determination to find the little part.

For everyone in Baton Rouge and beyond, if you are reading the CAMD page, recommend it to others and check back. We are trying to keep up with posts between operations and maintenance and angry user teams who feed us donuts and confections. The trend keeps our typically invisible lab in the territory of, "Oh, I heard of you guys." and "You're lab is sooo cool. Geaux Tigers!" We may not collide subatomic particles, we don't score touchdowns on Saturdays, but we do some pretty terrific stuff.

Tuesday morning at LSU CAMD brings us a little work on rebuilding the current connectors on the superconducting wavelength shifter. This bird's eye view let's you see a little of the complexity of the one of the "turrets" that sits atop the cryostat.