MRS for subatomic physics at the University of Victoria

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This grant request is for the continued salary support of a highly-skilled individual based at the University of Victoria who is an essential resource for subatomic physics and accelerator physics projects in Canada. The detector technologist has made crucial contributions to flagship Canadian subatomic and accelerator physics projects, and his expertise is needed to maintain existing detector systems and to help develop new systems, in collaboration with subatomic physicists across Canada. Research programs that have benefited include ATLAS, T2K, Belle-II, ALTAIR/STARCaL, International Linear Collider, and ARIEL. The MRS at UVic leverages resource investments from TRIUMF (3 staff) and the University of Victoria (administrative assistance) as part of the Victoria Subatomic Physics and Accelerator Research Centre (VISPA).The proponents of this MRS resource and the MRS resources at Carleton and Queen's University operate with the assistance of a common prioritization board. The board facilitates access to the MRS facilities by reviewing new requests for use of the facilities provided by the MRS funds. The board assesses these requests based on standard NSERC criteria. The MRS managers at the institutes will use this advice to assign manpower as it becomes available as on-going tasks are completed. The Board is also given information about the progress and status of on-going work undertaken by the MRS employees. The Board currently includes the following members: Kevin Graham (Carleton), Dean Karlen (U Vic), Tom Mattison (UBC), Brigitte Vachon (McGill), Mark Boulay (Queens), Blair Jamieson (Winnipeg), Akira Konaka (TRIUMF), and Michael Roney (IPP). The board meets when necessary and at least once per year by phone/video and communicates by email in order to respond to requests for access to MRS resources.