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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#2780B1">‘Continued support for the Electron-Ion Collider construction project’…is very encouraging, particularly in these uncertain
times.<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">” </span></i></strong></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#2780B1">A Message from EIC Project Director Jim Yeck</span></strong><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">This is a short update on our efforts to move the EIC project into the final design and construction phase. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The US Department of Energy (DOE) scheduled a focused status review of the EIC project on August 5-7, 2025. It is important that the review is a success, and we are following a
schedule to prepare for the review and ensure that we can properly address the questions enumerated in the review charge. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">A major step in the preparation for the review was a Red Team review in late May. The committee provided feedback on our project delivery strategy, including the scope of the subprojects
and plans for science during commissioning, and advice on many related topics. They supported plans for subprojects and encouraged us to design targets to press for a construction start for the first subproject in 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The funding picture for fiscal year (FY) 2026 will remain uncertain for some time. The President’s Budget Request for DOE in FY2026 is described in a document released a few days
ago, “<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.energy.gov_sites_default_files_2025-2D05_doe-2Dfy-2D2026-2Dbib-2Dv2.pdf&d=DwMFAg&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=d0KG5O9luo0FhuYP-_C2VbpBNln9iudksZOBnX13nypLFx5Y3VKB85tQJ8VLc-jR&m=R9EfT7LgJAga2_9JyZMhq-fnLiMHdnojfCIlTso4zUGHi6CcJ_kR9YxsAB_7fdVb&s=ya5ZR9_F5FpGo4xcSNez9E4N0pZFPQ7MnKVwpWi2Yrk&e="><u><span style="color:#2780B1">Budget in Brief</span></u></a>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Notably, the document includes the following statement: “Continued support for the Electron-Ion Collider construction project.” This statement is very encouraging, particularly in
these uncertain times. Unfortunately, there is a 4% decrease in the request for the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics relative to actual FY2024 funding. We continue to evaluate the implications of different funding scenarios and remain committed to our project
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Thank you for your efforts to move the EIC into final design and construction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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an external immigration attorney from Fragomen law offices, to update staff and provide important guidance on current immigration requirements. To review the content of the webinar, please see the pdf provided below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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through these uncertainties,” said Margie Goodsell, Manager, Office of International Services, Joint Appointments, in the Office of International Services. “Please know that we are closely monitoring these visa/immigration situations and will share any confirmed
updates as they become available. We appreciate your understanding and careful attention.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Brookhaven Lab Office of International Services is charged with the responsibility of compliance
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">Hi Alex. Please tell us your job title and group:</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Mechanical Design Engineer, Triple-I Group/pfRICH Lead Engineer, Jefferson Lab</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">My job is to:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">design sub-detectors, like the proximity-focusing ring-imaging Cherenkov (pfRICH) detector, and work with the team that integrates these sub-detectors into the larger
detector system.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">Why is this important to the EIC? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Well, designing detectors is key because we’re trying to bring new technologies into tried-and-true designs. RICH-style detectors have been around for a while and are great at identifying
the particles that pass through them. But the ePIC detector for the EIC is totally new, so we have to adapt those existing designs to meet our specific space and performance needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The integration part is crucial, too, because nothing can be designed in isolation. Every component
interacts with others, so we have to think through every detail. As a team, we focus on how to install, support, and remove each piece while making sure nothing conflicts with the rest of the system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">From a technical perspective, I’d say it’s the steep learning curve. Every day, I’m learning new ways to apply different mechanical designs and techniques to tackle problems. Getting
to work with much more experienced engineers has been an amazing opportunity for me as we keep pushing the designs forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">On a bigger picture level, it’s super exciting to be part of such an international team. I get to
collaborate with physicists and engineers from all over the world—different labs, top universities, you name it—every single day. Honestly, I don’t think there are many jobs out there that offer that kind of global interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">What is challenging for you and your group right now? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">To be honest, one of the biggest challenges for me — and for a lot of the teams I work with — is the distance and keeping communication consistent and productive. If it were up to
me, I’d love to have more face-to-face time with the people I work with daily, especially those putting in the hard work to design the ePIC detector. But, of course, we live in a digital world, so that kind of thing isn’t always easy to pull off. That said,
I’m lucky that the project supports me whenever I feel it’s crucial to be on-site during a key moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">I jumped right in when I started—within no time, I was working on EIC-related projects and leading the design of pfRICH’s predecessor, the mRICH (modular ring-imaging
Cherenkov). I actually ended up being the main engineer in charge of two competing designs and got to present both, which was a wild and rewarding experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">I still think of myself as early in my Mechanical Engineering career, but this isn’t my first rodeo.
Before this, I spent nearly ten years handling contracts for the Department of Defense. Before that, I was a certified automotive technician. So yeah—I’ve lived a few different lives, and each one’s added something unique to how I work and solve problems today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">It might be a case of “the blind leading the blind,” but if there’s one piece of advice I’d offer, it’s to dive in with an open mind and a real willingness to learn. No one walks
in knowing everything, and that’s okay. What matters most is being curious, asking questions, and staying humble enough to admit when you don’t know something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">There’s a lot to be gained just from listening—especially to the folks who’ve been doing this for
a while. Their experience is invaluable, and chances are, they’ve been exactly where you are now. Don’t be afraid to reach out or ask for help. We’re lucky to work alongside some truly outstanding people, and more often than not, they’re just a message or
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">Dive in with an open mind and a real willingness to learn. No one walks in knowing everything, and that’s okay. What matters most is being curious, asking questions,
and staying humble enough to admit when you don’t know something.</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">That is some good advice that applies to all of us, I think. And what are some non-work facts about you?</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">I have two kids; my son is nearly three and my daughter is 6. I am always up to learn new things.
I grew up in Kentucky and love my ‘Cats [aka Wildcats, the team for the University of Kentucky]. My hobbies typically revolve around making or fixing things.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">Finally, what excites you about the EIC?</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">To be fair, I don’t fully grasp all the complex physics behind the detector, but I do understand the bigger picture. Every time we create a new tool to look deeper into the universe,
we uncover things we never knew existed. That kind of discovery pushes the boundaries of what we know and opens the door to entirely new questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">I’m genuinely proud to be a part of that effort. Even if my role is just a small piece of a much larger puzzle, it still matters. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">There’s something deeply fulfilling about contributing to something that helps move science—and society—a little further forward. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">That’s where my excitement comes from: the idea that what we’re building today might help shape how we understand the world tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#156082">Indeed. Thank you, Alex, for your time and contributions to this project. </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">To nominate someone (or yourself!) for the EIC Staff Profile, please email
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Abhay Deshpande has been named Brookhaven Lab's Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for Nuclear and Particle Physics (NPP), effective May 15. Abhay has been interim ALD for NPP since July 2024,
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Abhay's research involves studying the structure and dynamics of quarks and gluons inside protons and nuclei to understand Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Over the past four decades, Abhay has been involved in or led nuclear and particle physics experiments at multiple labs in the U.S. and Europe. He was one of the earliest proponents
of the EIC (starting in the late 1990s). He has been a leader in developing the EIC science case and in initiating and organizing the users' community and detector collaborations around this project. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Abhay received his master's in physics from Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, India) in 1987, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in experimental high-energy particle physics
in 1994. He became a Fellow of the RIKEN-BNL Research Center at Brookhaven in 2000. He moved to Stony Brook University as assistant professor in 2004, was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2008, professor in 2013, and finally distinguished professor
— the State University of New York's highest professorship — in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“The photo was taken during a very, very unique and exiting trip to the Galapagos in November 2022,” said Aschenauer. “The Galapagos are fascinating islands [where you can] you swim
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">EIC Open House</span></strong> will be held on
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">To see the Lab's line-up of all Open House Summer Sunday events, please visit
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<u>Important reminders:</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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- Exercise caution and yield to oncoming traffic when driving through the roundabout due to increased traffic. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Tyler McCroskey
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Kathleen Nora </span></strong>(Supervisor: V. Ranjbar)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Tucker Stanton </span></strong>(Supervisor: V. Ranjbar)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ethan Wofse </span></strong>(Supervisor: T. Russo)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Jacob Guerrero </span></strong>(Supervisor: T. Russo)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Santos Matos-De Los </span>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Robert Desjardins </span>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">David Kaufman </span></strong>(Supervisor: B. Brenton)<br>
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Whether or not you are a mentor for a summer student, whether you work in science, engineering, the trades, or support operations, all BNL staff should role model the Lab's core safety values as outlined in the
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more information about SCoR, visit the<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bnl.gov_safety_research_&d=DwMFAg&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=d0KG5O9luo0FhuYP-_C2VbpBNln9iudksZOBnX13nypLFx5Y3VKB85tQJ8VLc-jR&m=R9EfT7LgJAga2_9JyZMhq-fnLiMHdnojfCIlTso4zUGHi6CcJ_kR9YxsAB_7fdVb&s=bMuV9maS2o2nCVSDZtt_0Bw2av_GZm6fXt3rtl0jt7E&e="><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5"> SCoR website</span></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Robert Andersen</span></strong> to the EIC Team!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">About 30 EIC Directorate staff attended the EIC Happy Hour on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at the Great South Bay Brewery in Ronkonkoma, NY, situated right across from the Long Island
Rail Road station – and won big for their efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Besides using their expertise to help launch one of the world's most exciting and complex scientific projects, the EIC staff in attendance showed their trivial, that is, trivia prowess
by sweeping the bar's Trivia Bingo contest – and winning an iPad! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Emily Plassmann-Yaniv, of the EIC Design Engineering Group, was the lucky winner of the popular tablet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“These have been very worthwhile events,” said Rich Muscolino, Deputy Division Director of EIC Technical Systems, who began organizing this monthly social event about a year ago
with Warren Halbig, also Deputy Division Director of EIC Technical Systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The events are no host, meaning patrons pay for their own beverages and food while enjoying the company of their peers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“There’s typically been great attendance with good conversations,” said Halbig. “We’ve only received positive feedback.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Tammy Dellaiacono, Technical Systems Administrative Assistant, and Kristine Lenza, Technical Systems Administrative Support, work with Muscolino and Halbig to schedule each event
which averages about 30 people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“Every event feels like an opportunity to connect with someone new,” said Dellaiacono, who helps locate new and interesting watering holes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">About eight EIC Happy Hours have occurred since they kicked off and have continued to attract attendees keen on interaction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“Happy Hours are always a lot of fun because you get to catch up with friends and colleagues that you don’t normally see,” said Kentaro Matsushima of the EIC Mechanical Engineering
Group. “The conversations are livelier, and it’s nice to be able to chat and laugh about what’s going on in everyone’s lives. Groups change throughout the night, so you get to experience a lot of different crowds!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">Happy Hours are always a lot of fun because you get to catch up with friends and colleagues that you don’t normally see."</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“It is important for staff to participate. [This event] promotes networking and provides opportunities for relaxation and social interaction beyond the typical work environment,”
said Dellaiacono. “It provides stress relief and a chance to relax after a busy day.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The next EIC Happy Hour is tentatively scheduled for June 26. If you'd like to attend the next event,
be on the lookout for a calendar invite in Outlook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Administration, Kevin Mernick, C-AD RF (blue shirt), Thea Vijaya Kumar, EIC Infrastructure (front), Tammy Dellaiacono, EIC Administration, Kentaro Matsushima, EIC Mechanical Engineering, Racquel Lovelace, EIC Magnet Systems, Vera Shmakova, EIC Detector Systems,
Emily Plassmann-Yaniv, EIC Design Engineering. (Photo courtesy of K. Matsushima)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">The EIC Happy Hour meets at local, vibrant microbreweries around the Long Island Suffolk region, including Long Island
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Advisory Committee (PAC). The PAC is chaired by <strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thomas Glasmacher</span></strong>, Director of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, and includes a handful of experts. This meeting will help the project
prepare for the DOE Independent Project Review on Aug. 5-7, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">EIC received DOE approval to award three
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">CD-3A long-lead procurement
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Elmie Peoples-Evans</span></strong>, who is the project manager for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) upgrade project, chaired the review. The committee agreed that the design satisfies global and performance
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Marty Fallier,</span></strong> who led construction work for the NSLS-II and is now retired,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Peggy Caradonna</span></strong> from the BNL Modernization Project Office,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Steve Cannella </span></strong>from BNL Campus Development,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Elaine McClusky</span></strong>, who's retired from Fermilab and was the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility project manager,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Kent Hedin</span></strong>, who led the civil construction at the European Spallation Source in Sweden, and members of the
<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Department of Energy</span></strong>. The committee discussed transitioning to construction, understanding design changes to the injector, and infrastructure scope. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The <strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">ePIC Detector envelope</span></strong> was updated and shared, along with the new beam pipe design, with the
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Tim Alba</span></strong>, Brookhaven Site Office, has taken on this role as EIC Deputy Federal Project Director. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo10">
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">George Mahler</span></strong> provided a tour of the refurbished APS (now EIC) magnets in Bldg. 725. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Barry Barish</span></strong>, Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at Caltech, President’s Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics at Stony Brook University, and a leading expert on gravitational waves,
touched on the EIC during his April 25 talk at BNL on “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Early Universe.” Barish shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Brookhaven Lab mechanical engineer Jonathan Bellon designed and built this life cycle fixture to test a radiofrequency bridge for the #ElectronIonCollider. </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The 591 MHz design verification component cavity on the tuning bench, where the cavity is, compresses along the beam axis and the frequency, displacement, and applied load are measured simultaneously. (Image courtesy of D. Savransky)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Understanding the fundamental structure of visible matter is a central goal of modern nuclear physics. At the heart of this effort is the imaging program at the future Electron-Ion
Collider (EIC), which will provide unprecedented access to the internal landscape of protons, neutrons, and nuclei. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">In this talk, I will introduce the core concepts behind imaging and explain how the EIC will enable us to achieve the finest-scale pictures of nuclear matter, with profound implications
for our understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">I will also discuss the contributions and insights gained from current experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), which have already advanced this effort through
similar imaging techniques. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Finally, I will highlight the key differences between the RHIC and EIC programs and explore the major advantages the EIC brings to this next frontier in nuclear science.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dr. Zhoudunming (Kong) Tu is an Associate Scientist in the Physics Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and an Associate Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">As an experimental nuclear and particle physicist, he plays an active role in the exclusive physics program at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), contributing to both the scientific
goals and the development of the next-generation Cherenkov detector for the ePIC experiment. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">He is also involved in physics analyses within the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). His research focuses on Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), with a particular
emphasis on color confinement—the mechanism that binds quarks and gluons within hadrons.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">In addition to his experimental work, Dr. Tu is engaged in phenomenology, contributing to the emerging field of quantum information science in nuclear physics, including studies
of quantum entanglement within the proton. He joined BNL as a Goldhaber Fellow in 2018 after completing his Ph.D. in heavy-ion physics on the CMS experiment at Rice University. Since 2021, he has served as a staff scientist in the Physics Department at BNL.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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