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Wedge Factor measurements were performed for the wedges that are used at the Neutron Therapy Facility for cancer neutron therapy. Wedge factors enable the calculation of the amount of beam that is necessary to deliver the required dose for treatments that use wedges. For the measurements an ionization chamber was positioned at different depths in a polyethylene phantom...

 

-- Angelica Perez-Andujar, SIST 2003

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miniboone detector

Summer Internships in
Science and Technology

The Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST) program focuses on giving opportunities in science and technology to undergraduate college students currently enrolled in four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Internships are offered to students majoring in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. These internships offer a chance for approximately fifteen college students to work with Fermilab scientists or engineers on a project within the context of laboratory research.

The twelve-week program consists of a work assignment, an academic lecture series, and a final report that the intern presents orally to the Fermilab staff and submits to the Laboratory in writing. (Check out the presentations and papers from last year and previous years. There are no grades or quizzes. The SIST Committee will follow the intern's progress to help ensure his/her maximum benefit from the program.

About Fermilab

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Scientists and Engineers at Fermilab carry out research in particle physics and astrophysics. Fermilab's fundamental research advances our understanding of the nature of the universe, from the subatomic world to the big bang...

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Celebrating 42 years!

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2012 marks our 42nd year!!! The SIST program is the oldest operating internship program of its kind in the National Laboratory System.

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