User Summer School

If you are an advanced graduate student, postdoctoral associate or early career investigator looking to gain practical measurement experience, the MagLab User Summer School will help you develop skills you can use in your home laboratory and in user facilities worldwide.

Overview

The weeklong summer school features tutorials on measurement techniques, practical exercises and plenary talks from experts in the field of condensed matter physics.

Save the date

The 2025 User Summer School scheduled to take place May 12-16.

We are accepting a maximum of 24 students for summer school.

Apply for the 2025 the User Summer School Workshop

This experience is designed to provide a “technique toolkit” to early career scientists that includes:

Noise types and theory; noise suppression techniques
Transport techniques
Magnetometry: AC, torque, vibrating sample magnetometer, SQUID
Heat capacity measurements
Magneto-optics
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy
Ultrasound spectroscopy
High-pressure methods
NMR techniques for chemistry, biology and condensed matter
Electron paramagnetic resonance (electron spin resonance)
Cryogenic techniques
Measurements at ultra-low temperatures
The nuts and bolts of data acquisition

Details

Important Information

The 2025 User Summer School scheduled to take place May 12-16, 2025.

We are accepting a maximum of 24 students for summer school.

Dates

Online application opens: February 2025
Last date to apply for User Summer School: March 28 at 5 p.m. EST
Acceptance notification to applicants: April 8, 2025

Cost

The cost of summer school is $500 and includes:

Housing from Sunday, May 11 to Saturday, May 17
Travel between the hotel and MagLab during the week
Most meals

Safety

Name badges will be provided when you arrive at the MagLab on Monday, May 12. You must display your name badge during the entire week to identify yourself as a Summer School participant.

The MagLab does not allow "open-toed shoes" in lab spaces. You MUST wear close-toed shoes (no flip-flops or sandals). In addition, if you have any implants (like knee replacements or metal pins) or medical devices that you rely upon (such as pacemakers or insulin pumps), let us know as soon as possible.

Contacts

Renee Luallen

User Summer School Videos

View our collection of 16 training videos for MagLab users, covering everything from noise suppression to visible optics.

Last modified on 20 February 2025