AARD All-Hands June 29 th , 2010

1. AARD All-HandsJune 29th, 2010

2. Topics for Discussion • ARD Strategic Plan • ARD Organizational Changes • Safety, Brown Bag Seminars, making AARD’s work more publicly accessible • AOB

4. ARD’s Five Objectives • Maintain the world’s leading x-ray FEL program with innovation and new concepts • Be the world leader in high power rf systems and high gradient normal conducting rf linacs • Be a world leader in the advanced accelerator R&D program, with a focus on e+/e- • Support the ongoing accelerator-based program of the laboratory • Have a renowned accelerator education program training future leaders in the field

5. Maintain the world’s leading x-ray FEL program with innovation and new concepts • Strong FEL theory and design program • Beam injector improvement • High brightness beam development • Timing/synchronization/diagnostics • Compact and/or high rate FELs • (X-ray beam handling, with LCLS Division)

6. Be the world leader in high power rf systems and high gradient normal conducting rf linacs • Pursue additional options for collaboration on x-band technology • Demonstrate x-band capabilities • Industrialize rf components • Maintain research excellence and develop concepts when ready • Expand SCRF power source expertise to support a future ERL or CW SCRF FEL • Develop accelerator technology to support high gradient linacs

7. Bea a world leader in advanced accelerator R&D program with a focus on e+/e- • Maintain world leading experimental effort in AARD • Broaden collaborations on AARD • High gradient beam driven concepts • Laser acceleration • High gradient microwave acceleration • Beam physics and Accelerator Technology

8. Support the ongoing accelerator-based program of the laboratory • Assist in maximizing LCLS performance • Contribute to LCLS-II design • SPEAR-3, PEP-X, and storage rings • Contribute to LHC and Project-X • Participate in future e+/e- colliding beam accelerators • Maintain core competencies

9. Have a renowned accelerator education program training future leaders in the field • Establish ARD committee on education • Attract new graduate students • Attract new undergraduate students • Attract excellent postdocs and staff • Increase engagement of SLAC staff in educational programs • Establish international relationships to attract students and fellows

10. AARD-Specific Organizational Changes • Advanced Electronics“Feedback and Dynamics” • Has become a separate group within AARD • FEL Physics Group formed within Beam Physics • Ron Ruth has joined this group • AARD Deputy Head  Bob Noble • ARD Lead for Accelerator Education  Ron Ruth • ARD Division-wide safety coordinator  Joe Kenny (20%)

11. Matrixed employees

12. Other Items • Keep your training up to date—it is your responsibility to maintain your training. If you have problems getting the training you need, let me know. • AARD Brown Bag series • The series will restart this summer—participate! • A chance for the four AARD groups to share progress and issues • Especially valuable for new students • Update the posters in our hallway • Please work with Joan and Naomi to post your latest conference posters in the hallway • New Sharepoint website is up and awaits your input: https://slacportal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/ard_public/aard/Pages/Default.aspx Summer Intern Scott Wey

13. Congratulations & Welcome • Joel England named a W. K. H. Panofsky Fellow! • Themis Mastoridis named a finalist for the Toohig Fellowship! • Rachik Laouar (EcoleCentrale de Lille) will be part of AARD as a visiting scientist June-December • Incoming Stanford graduate students (July 1st): • Derek Mendez (UT-Austin) to Applied Physics • Ihsan Amimul (Sun Micr.) to Electrical Engineering • Incoming Postdoctoral researchers • Michael Litos (Boston U) arrives July 14th • Ziran Wu (U of A) arrives August 2nd

14. Open Discussion • Other concerns?