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Randy,
<br /> I agree with Ward. At the moment it is completely unclear to me how an experimental group can participate in LaSigma. As such, I cannot ask my contacts at Materials centers and nanocenters throughout the world if they would be interested in visiting students. More to the point, without a clear sense of what our students hope to accomplish, for example what materials systems will be explored with the experimental tools at these places, I cannot approach these contacts to see if they are willing and able to host students.
<br /> This appears to me to be a 'cart before the horse' request.
<br />John
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<br /><font size="2"><b>On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:10:01 -0600, Ward Plummer wrote</b>
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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Randy, There are a lot of places that will take
“our” students but I am very confused about what “our”
students will be doing or learning. My read at the present is that they
will be advancing computer codes and or theoretical procedures. If I
am correct than what will the students do at ORNL and especially at SNS.
So I have the same problem as Les does I do not know what we want so that I can
describe our program to another laboratory. If you give us a paragraph
about “our students” and LA-SiGMA I am willing to contact both the
Institute of Physics in Beijing and Nanjing University. Both of these
institutions are part of the dual degree program and have promised to send
students to LSU to participate in LA-SiGMA.
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On 1/28/11 5:22 AM, "Les Butler" <<a href="http://www.phys.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/openwebmail/lbutler@lsu.edu">lbutler@lsu.edu</a>> wrote:
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</span></font><blockquote><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Consider ORNL. There are some programs at
ORNL, for example, programs to encourage new users for experimentation at the
neutron sources, that will support students and faculty. A contact person
is Al Ekkebus. If you detail the kind of internships you want,
specifically, fraction expt vs computation, I volunteer to contact Al.
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Les
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On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Randall Hall wrote:
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We need to identify national and international locations that are
willing to take our students for extended internships. The parameters for the
internships should be, I think,
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1-3 month stay with 3 months the optimal time period (1 semester)
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LA-SiGMA pays the salary and travel expenses
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If the local site can contribute to local housing, per diem, and other local
items, they so do.
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The EEWD committee is aware of some of the potential relationships, but this
message is a request for you to send this info to Leigh and I. We have
begun discussion with PNNL, but have not started serious conversations with
other places. We look forward to hearing from you.
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rwh
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