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<title>EIC Newsletter: Issue 8 (September/October 2025)</title>
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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">First, Brookhaven Lab held a Director’s Review of Injector Operations and RHIC Removals & Repurposing (R&R) July 8-10 in preparation for the Department of Energy (DOE) review scheduled
for September 8-10, 2025. The September review team is charged with evaluating the plans and budget for operations and for transitioning the facility from RHIC operations to EIC construction. The results of the review will bring us one step closer to fully
identifying the comprehensive scope and needed funding to deliver the EIC facility at Brookhaven.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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valuable. They commended us on our progress since the last review in November and for our excellent review organization and presentations. We are currently responding to their list of recommendations. The closeout slides have been archived on the
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Our main areas of focus over the next few months will include refining our key performance parameters across the subprojects, mapping out our subproject strategy to clearly demonstrate
our ability to meet the Mission Need, and optimizing the project organization to include the subprojects. A comprehensive DOE status review has been confirmed for March 10-12, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">As we approach the end of the fiscal year (FY), our budget remains uncertain. The House Mark of the President’s Budget Request was encouraging with a proposal of $135M Total Estimated
Costs and $3M Other Project Costs for EIC in FY26. However, it also included a 4% decrease overall for the Office of Nuclear Physics. We continue to analyze and plan for various scenarios to prepare for an update for FY26. <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 Energy Systems Acquisition Advisory Board approval for the $66.8M CD-3B long-lead procurement package has been paused pending clarity of these issues. However, we remain ready
to proceed and continue to push ahead with plans to start construction 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">Thank you for all your efforts in moving the EIC forward. I hope you find time to enjoy the last days of the summer season!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">On June 5 and 6, 2025, leaders of the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bnl.gov_eic_&d=DwMGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=d0KG5O9luo0FhuYP-_C2VbpBNln9iudksZOBnX13nypLFx5Y3VKB85tQJ8VLc-jR&m=HnGApd70miBNicXnxII_v0NWs3f9-G34uRdXOC9wOpE8tCld8Y_JthCQk7yzX3iz&s=IaPxySvW2mN1FYiDtkTS_OP9hGT1l5V2l2ukPL3DAFE&e="><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">Electron-Ion Collider</span></u></a> (EIC) project — a first-of-its-kind particle
collider with promise to answer some of humanity’s most pressing questions about the nature of matter — advanced collaborative plans with a group of strategic international partners. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">While the facility, to be built at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory in partnership with DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility,
is primarily funded by DOE, global partners will be crucial to its success. <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 June meeting of the project's Resource Review Board, held in Prague, Czech Republic, included representatives from Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea,
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">To date, the EICUG boasts 1,556 members from 41 countries and 307 institutions. Of these, 1,031 are experimental scientists, 282 are theoretical scientists, 125 are accelerator scientists,
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">This year's special prize is a Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science (CFNS) Bjorken Travel Fellowship, which supports travel to CFNS for a workshop and/or summer school. Congratulations
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<a href="https://indico.jlab.org/event/934/"><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">EIC User Group & ePIC Joint Collaboration Meeting (14-July 18, 2025): Overview · Jefferson Lab Indico</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">On Sunday, August 3, 2025, more than 30 staff from the EIC Directorate and Collider-Accelerator Department joined forces at Building 1005, home of the EIC Project, for the Lab's
annual physics-focused Open House Summer Sunday event. A record 1,600 guests passed through the main gate to tour facilities and attend events. <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 800 guests visited Building 1005, where the normally quiet lobby and parking lot were transformed into a carnival-like atmosphere. Streams of guests spilled out of bright orange
busses and trickled towards tents surrounded by laughter, gasps, and the steady clicking of the prize wheel.<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 setup was nice, with aspects of the machine and detector well represented,” said Alex Jentsch, a staff scientist in the Detector Systems group who presented
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tunnel using a VR demo he'd designed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">"Splitting up the displays made it easy for us to delineate the challenges faced by the machine and detector, how they intersect, and also where they diverge and why we have different
sets of experts responsible for each,” said Jentsch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Viewers donning VR goggles immediately whoosh into the belly of a cavernous tunnel. In the foreground, the Electron Storage Ring seems to hover like a beam itself, narrow and resolute,
periodically swallowed up by massive 49.2-megahertz radiofrequency (RF) cavities and quadrupole magnets. The tunnel stretches in both directions, beckoning. <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">“This demo shows off a small section of the complex EIC, letting the viewer feel the sheer scale of
the machine and the parts that go into it,” said Fahey. “I was glad I could finally show off a project that I’ve had in my back pocket for around a year. VR can be important for demonstrating technologies that don’t exist yet, as it does a much better job
at demonstrating layout and scale compared to seeing it on a flat screen.”<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 team of volunteers assisted Jentsch and Fahey, and, like all the volunteers working the event, constantly conversed with a diverse array of guests. <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 really enjoyed being able to have a wide range of people to talk to, all with different levels of understanding. It makes you think quickly on what analogies to use to describe
something, and what to focus on," said Jentsch. "For example, with those who were not ‘science’ people, I used analogies to describe the goals of what we are trying to do using ‘everyday’ objects. However, we also had a group of engineering undergrad students
who had a solid understanding of programming, AI, etc. that enabled some deep discussion about the technology, applications, and even the data acquisition system for ePIC. That scope of discussion made the day very enjoyable.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">After visiting all of the stations, guests could try their hand at the prize wheel, where they had to answer an EIC, RHIC, or Lab-related question to win EIC “merch.” <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 was fun to engage guests by encouraging their participation and helping them learn more about EIC through interactive and enjoyable questions," said Donna Rassner, an EIC administrative
assistant who helped manage the wheel and a selfie station. "Guests had the opportunity to see and learn about EIC’s vision in progress. They showed a lot of interest in what we do.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“We were lucky with weather, and it was a fantastic experience," said Wu. “There were amazing questions and evidence of strong curiosity about what we do at the Lab.” <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 story for 2025 is: When I told a high school kid we accelerate these particles from low energy to high energy in the same ring, he immediately asked, 'Then do you need to adjust
the timing of when it passes the acceleration device?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Editor’s note: This story is a part of a series of profiles highlighting the scientists, engineers, and other professionals who are helping to design the Electron-Ion Collider,
a next-generation nuclear physics research facility being built at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory in partnership with DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) and collaborators around the world.</span></i><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">Jennifer Maceiko is a mechanical engineer who works as a senior piping designer in the Design & Documentation group in the EIC Directorate at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Maceiko
uses specialized software to create detailed designs of the piping systems that will deliver coolants, such as liquid helium and liquid nitrogen, to key components throughout the EIC accelerator. These coolants, and the “cryogenic” systems of pipes that transport
them, are necessary to keep magnets and other accelerator components at the temperatures required for optimal operations. That includes the extremely low temperatures that allow superconducting radiofrequency cavities and magnets to carry the very high currents
needed to accelerate and steer particle beams. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">What do you do in this role?</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">I serve as the link between the EIC’s cryogenic engineers and technicians, translating their designs into reality by modeling and laying out piping routes and cryogenic equipment
using specialized software. Cryogenics involves producing and using materials at extremely low temperatures, below -238 degrees Fahrenheit, where unique properties like superconductivity emerge. I create 2D and 3D layouts for the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
(AGS) experiment hall and the upcoming EIC. The cryogenic team provides 2D piping and instrumentation diagrams showing new and existing equipment. I translate these into a 2D floor plan to visualize equipment placement and potential piping routes. Once the
design is finalized, I develop 3D models and collaborate with technicians on fabrication and installation, producing the final construction drawings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">Why is this important to the EIC? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">In recent years, my work has focused on the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) testing facility at AGS, and more recently on the EIC cryogenic piping systems. Since SRF cavities
must be tested before installation, a dedicated testing facility is essential. Cryogenics play a critical role in the EIC, as superconducting magnets and radiofrequency cavities must be cooled below -452 degrees Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvin) to achieve superconductivity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">What is the most exciting part of your job?</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">Everything about my job excites me. I get to design, model, and problem-solve every day. Having the construction site on campus is a huge advantage, as I can walk to the testing
facility to collaborate directly with other engineers and technicians. I never had that kind of access in previous roles, and it’s one of the most rewarding aspects of this job. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">What is most challenging? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">The biggest challenge I face is resisting the urge to get involved in everything Brookhaven Lab offers. With so many clubs, lectures, volunteer opportunities, and training programs,
I’ve had to learn to pace myself and set limits. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">Did you always know what you wanted to do? Why did you pick your field of study? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </span><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:#333333">Not at all — I originally wanted to be an FBI agent. That changed in 11th grade when I fell in love
with physics and decided to pursue engineering. As an undergrad, I triple-majored in mathematics, physics, and pre-engineering before transferring to Stony Brook University to focus on mechanical engineering with the goal of designing roller coasters. I graduated
with my Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering in 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">What did you do before joining Brookhaven Lab? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">Before joining Brookhaven Lab in 2023, I worked as a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanical designer on major New York City projects, including Moynihan Station, One
Vanderbilt and its observation deck, One Madison Avenue, and Columbia Business School. Earlier in my career, while finding my niche, I explored different industries — designing testing equipment for the Air Force and Navy, trade show exhibits, and high-end
jewelry stores. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">What is some advice you would give to those starting in your field? What do you wish you had known earlier? </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">Don’t be afraid to move between jobs and industries. Exploring different paths was one of the best decisions I made. It ultimately led me to piping design and to my role here at
Brookhaven Lab. Each step added valuable experience I wouldn’t have gained otherwise. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">What do you do when you’re not at work? How do you unwind?</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E"> </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:#333333">Outside of work, I run a small cookie and brownie business in memory of my dad, who always loved my baking. On weekends, I’m busy creating new recipes, packaging, and delivering
orders. I also stay active by pitching for the Upton Isotopes — my softball team in the Lab’s softball league — and doing body combat, boxing, hiking, and cycling. Recently, I’ve become a regular moviegoer, and I also enjoy gaming with friends and family.
When it’s time to truly unwind, I watch sitcom reruns, build Legos, and relax with my two dachshunds, Noodles and Daisy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">Finally, what excites you about the EIC</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1C5B7E">? </span><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:#333333">What excites me most about the EIC is being part of something truly groundbreaking — the first of
its kind. It’s history in the making. I’m especially excited to watch it come to life, step by step, and to see how the project evolves from the initial design to the final build. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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:#333333">Bill Wahl to Lead the Electron-Ion Collider Facility Portfolio</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:#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:#333333">After completing a thorough search, I am pleased to announce that Bill Wahl, currently manager of
IR SC Magnets for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Project, has agreed to assume responsibility for the EIC Portfolio program as EIC Portfolio Manager, reporting to me as Deputy Director for Operations. <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">Last year, Erik Johnson from National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) agreed to assume interim
responsibility for organizing the Labwide portfolio effort required to realize the EIC facility and determining how that could be managed as a coherent program. Erik’s substantial project experience, deep understanding of Laboratory capabilities, and strategic
insight came at exactly the right time, as Brookhaven prepares to transition the EIC project into its construction phase. With Erik’s work to organize the external dependencies now nearing completion, he has decided this is the right time to return to his
role at NSLS-II and pass the torch to a new leader who will guide the execution phase of the EIC portfolio.<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">Bill’s career spans over 40 years, including 26 years in the MRI industry as well as time in the U.S.
Navy. Bill joined the Lab in 2011 and has been in key leadership roles since, mostly on large DOE projects including NSLS-II, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera, the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay detector, and, most recently, the EIC Project. <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">In addition to his project experience, Bill spent several years as a Directorate Chief Operating Officer,
where he developed considerable understanding and appreciation for Lab capabilities and worked closely with many of the organizations that will support the Portfolio program. Bill has made significant contributions since joining the EIC Project two years ago,
moving full-time to the project last year to manage superconducting magnet production as part of the EIC Executive Management Team led by Associate Laboratory Director and Project Director for the Electron-Ion Collider Jim Yeck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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him as he transitions in order to ensure continued progress in the areas he has been leading. <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">Please join me in thanking Erik for the invaluable work he has done over this past year, and in welcoming
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Jens Dilling was appointed as the Jefferson Lab Director and Chair to the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Advisory Board Committee. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">John Young was appointed as the new EIC Federal Project Director. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Brookhaven National Laboratory Director’s Review of Injector Operations and Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Removals & Repurposing (R&R) was held July 8-10, 2025, with participation
from the EIC. The RHIC team is working to address committee recommendations in preparation for the Department of Energy (DOE) review in September 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Brookhaven Lab awarded another CD-3A-related contract for a Long-Lead Procurement (LLP) item: HSR Beam Position Monitor (BPM) Buttons. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Brookhaven Site Office (BHSO) completed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) update review and provided the EIC project with the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The update
addresses changes to the electron injector after the original EIC NEPA determination was made. The FONSI supports the continued development of the design and plans for construction of the EIC facility as intended.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">June 5 and 6, 2025, leaders of the EIC project advanced collaborative plans for the detector by solidifying commitments with strategic partners at the project's Resource Review Board (RRB) meeting
in Prague, Czech Republic. In-kind contributions (IKC) for the detector were in near-final review for the UK/STFC, Italy/INFN, France/CEA (solenoid magnet), and Korea/KBSI. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Accelerator team held a successful workshop on the electron injector conventional facilities. The project team met with the A&E firm to discuss requirements and identify elements to optimize
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">EIC Technical Director Sergei Nagaitsev led the Accelerator Collaboration (AC) satellite event at IPAC’25 on June 4, 2025, at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taiwan, which garnered
interest from Taiwan and Korea (see photo below). Follow-up meetings were held in June with Korea and Taiwan to pursue accelerator IKCs, as well as with the UK’s Lancaster University. The EIC AC also presented at the North American Particle Accelerator Conference
on August 10-15, 2025, hosting a satellite event on working group updates and EIC-Future Circular Collider synergies. The EIC AC submitted input to the European Strategy for Particle Physics.<br>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The 10th Detector Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting was held June 11-13, 2025, to evaluate technical readiness of all ePIC detector subsystems and their integration toward baselining. All charge
questions were answered with yes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">On Aug. 11, the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) met with the EIC leadership team to strengthen U.S.-Korea research collaboration and explore future cooperation opportunities. KBSI serves
as the lead coordinating institution in Korea for collaboration on the EIC; their visit entailed technical discussion and strategic planning for EIC partnership. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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very important project for the U.S. and the world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Abhay Deshpande, EIC science director, Jim Yeck, EIC project director, and Elke Aschenauer, EIC co-associate director experimental program, during her site-wide visit to the Lab. EIC's leadership highlighted evidence of the productive and strong partnership
between the EIC and SBU, such as the Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science and EIC-SBU collaboration-generated components critical for the accelerator and ePIC
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">On August 28, 2025, Deputy to Division Director, EIC Infrastructure, Dirul Nasser wowed the audience at the Small Business Vendor Day in the new Science and User Support Center (SUSC). <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">“Participating in this event provided an opportunity for the EIC Infrastructure team to spread the word about our upcoming construction plans as the project transitions to the construction
phase in 2026," said Nasser. "It also allowed us to talk with vendors to learn about their capabilities and how they can partner with Brookhaven Lab in the construction of the EIC.”</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:#333333">Nasser provided a riveting overview of the EIC, which later drew a packed crowd into the EIC's breakout session. Vendors from across the NYS tristate area peppered Nasser and EIC
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structural steel work, electrical and ventilation installation, and underground utility construction, to name a few. Commodity suppliers are also sought for industrial pipe and fittings, concrete and steel products, air conditioning equipment, switchgear and
cables, and bolts/nuts/screws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting Celebrates Past and Looks to the Future - bnl.gov</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to recap nuclear physics successes, hear the latest happenings, and …<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 above photo shows the first finished, full-size test coil for the B1pF prototype using test copper-only
Rutherford cable on its winding mandrel in Building 902. This is a prototype for the eventual large aperture, high field, superconducting dipole magnet, B1pF, that will be used in the interaction region of the EIC for steering the hadron beam. Using copper
is cost-effective and avoids wasting superconductor such as niobium titanium. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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between electrons and protons/heavy ions. Its precise performance will maintain beam stability and alignment at the interaction point, which is essential for accurate particle physics experiments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Do not pay directly for membership/subscription fees; requests for reimbursement of professional membership fees will no longer be processed, effective Oct. 1, 2025. For more information, visit this Monday Memo
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Over 50 EIC staff are relocating from buildings 815, 750, 911, and 1005S to Bldg. 817. The groups transitioning to Bldg. 817 are:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Cindy Galdamez, Procurement Liaison Manager (PLE)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Maggie Haviland, PLE<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Danielle Morris, EIC Recruiter<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">The groups staying in Bldg. 911 are Radiofrequency Systems, Magnet Systems (on the second floor of the south wing), and half of Design & Documentation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Floor plans will become available on the EIC Collection site for reference. Those transitioning should contact
<a href="mailto:blydenburgh@bnl.gov"><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">Tracy Blydenburgh</span></u></a> for building issues, access, or concerns. Contact
<a href="mailto:EICITD@bnl.gov"><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">EICITD@bnl.gov</span></u></a> for ITD issues and requests. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Over the next few weeks, furniture will be delivered, and in the next few months, the conference rooms will be equipped with updated AV systems. To reserve one of the three conference
rooms in Bldg. 817, please contact one of the admins or check the following Outlook calendars: Bldg. 817, Large Conference Room (Room 4); Bldg. 817, Small Conference Room (Room 36); Bldg. 817, Technical Systems Conference Room (Room 71).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“Bringing as many of these technical teams together under one roof is fantastic, as it will significantly enhance collaboration and coordination,” said Technical Systems Division
Assistant Tammy Dellaiacono. “It’s a pleasure to see the people you work with gathered in the same building.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:aaponte@bnl.gov"><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">aaponte@bnl.gov</span></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Alexei Blednykh is the Pre-Operations Project System Manager at Brookhaven National Lab for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). In this capacity, Alexei leads
several key areas of the project, including the development and management of the work breakdown structure, preparation of commissioning planning documents, and the formulation of a strategic plan to increase beam intensity for the future collider. With a
strong background in accelerator physics, Alexei provides technical guidance for EIC Accelerator Physics and R&D, focusing on detailed impedance analysis and collective effects. He collaborates extensively with engineering and technical teams including RF,
diagnostics, vacuum, and detector. His expertise extends beyond the EIC, having established productive collaborations with several other leading accelerator facilities worldwide. Blednykh defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Technical University of Berlin in 2003.
Since 2004, Alexei has worked at Brookhaven Lab as an accelerator physicist. Alexei supports the EIC Accelerator Physics, R&D programs, Impedance, and the Collective Effects Analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">“Radiation-Transport Simulations for Machine Protection at the Electron-Ion Collider”</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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<h4 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Abstract<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Radiation-transport simulations (RTS) underpin modern machine protection by linking beam induced radiation losses and optics to actionable engineering outputs— e.g. power density
in superconducting coils, component heat load, Total Ionising Dose, Radiation to Electronics (SEE rates etc. This seminar outlines a general RTS workflow and how it applies to the EIC: (1) source-term description of beam losses (2) faithful geometry/optics
transfer from CAD/MAD-X into RTS frameworks; (3) Scoring design and variance-reduction for mixed radiation fields; and (4) uncertainty quantification and operationalization. <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 recurring thread is magnet-quench protection: how RTS informs coil power-density limits, how such limits are validated (drawing on LHC experience where simulated energy deposition
and BLM signals from dedicated studies were used to benchmark quench thresholds), and how these results propagate into interlock logic and commissioning set-points. <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">Use-cases for the EIC include establishing margins for dumps and protective masks/apertures, guiding
R2E layouts and local shielding and feeding RTS outputs into design reviews and run-readiness criteria. The emphasis is methodological and decision-oriented—highlighting patterns, pitfalls, and validation strategies that matter for high-availability operation—rather
than a catalogue of completed studies. Attendees will leave with a pragmatic template for integrating RTS into protection engineering across the EIC lifecycle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">“The HERA Lepton Proton Collider and Its Relevance for 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">August 26, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Sponsored by Associate Lab Director John Hill and 2025 ACoP Sponsor Timur Shaftan, the symposium will showcase the breadth of BNL’s particle accelerator portfolio, highlight collaboration,
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Keynote talk</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> <strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">from industry
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Networking Poster Session: “It Takes a Village” </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:#212121">S</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">hare your contributions to R&D, operations, and particle accelerator–related projects with
the Lab community and inspire others with your work. We’re seeking posters that highlight collaboration, multidisciplinary efforts, exceptional performance, and innovative ideas. The best poster will receive an award. To make participation easier, you may
reuse posters from other events, bring equipment for display, or share printed photos and slides.<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">For questions, contact Silvia Verdú-Andrés, Chair, ACoP Organizing Committee, at
<a href="mailto:sverdu@bnl.gov"><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">sverdu@bnl.gov</span></u></a>, or William Li, Administrator, ACoP Organizing Committee, at
<a href="mailto:wli4@bnl.gov"><u><span style="color:#2C8FC5">wli4@bnl.gov</span></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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