STFC Nuclear Physics Cross Community Team

A team of skilled engineering staff exists to support the UK nuclear physics community. This team is supported through the STFC consolidated grants scheme and managed by the STFC cross-community management committee. The team contributes from inception to delivery of new projects with responsibility for costing, specification, scheduling, design and realisation of new projects as well as ongoing support of existing projects in collaboration with the UK community. The members of the team are recognised internationally as experts in their field. Expertise is provided in the key areas of: Mechanical design and engineering; Computing hardware; Detector array design and assembly; Electronics (High-speed analogue and digital pulse processing, digitisers and FPGAs); Software (data acquisition; GUI production; system integration; general support for universities and local facilities); Whole system design; Project management and leadership; Target preparation (a unique facility in the UK); and technical support.

Nuclear Physics Cross Community Management Committee

In order to monitor and manage this resource STFC set-up a cross-community management committee.

Members

Carlo Bruno (Chairperson)

M. Labiche
A Laird
K Livingston
R D Herzberg
K Flanagan
D Doherty

Terms of Reference

to review requests for cross-community post personnel prior to the submission of grant applications to STFC panels
to provide input to the NPGP on the planned future usage and requirements for this resource as requested
to ensure that institutions with cross-community posts have guidance on priorities as and when the need arises
to monitor usage of cross-community staff time and provide reports to the Nuclear Physics Forum, Heads of Groups and STFC
to discuss succession planning/continuation of posts

The membership will include:

• Liverpool representative
• Daresbury representative
• Manchester representative
• One NPGP member
• Three community members.

STFC will attend the meetings of the committee.