Accelerator and Materials
Research Group
GOALS
1) To provide state-of-the-art
ion beam analysis capabilities in support of research and educational programs
both within the Texas A&M University System as well as other Texas
Institutions.
2) To provide state-of-the-art
ion beam analysis to solve problems for Industry.
3) To provide Texas A&M
University System students with research and educational opportunities
in ion-atom collisions and other accelerator based fields of endevor.
4) To improve science
education by providing quality research and educational opportunities for
Texas high school teachers and students.
HISTORY
We are located in Stephenville,
Texas (60 miles SW of Dallas/Ft. Worth and 120 miles North of Austin).
Tarleton State University is a member institution of the Texas A&M
University System.
In the past, our research has
been performed at numerous other accelerator facilities including the University
of North Texas, United States Military Academy, SEDD and WMRD of the U.S.
Army Research Laboratory, and Naval
Surface Warfare Center at Carderock (see bottom four pictures of our
main web page).
A new accelerator facility will be composed of an HVEC
AN-400 single ended Van de Graaff and an NEC 1 MV tandem pelletron accelerator
(see the top four pictures) thata is presently at the California Institue
of Technology. The new facility is located in TSU's new science building
and is scheduled to be operational by November 2001.
DIRECTOR
The accelerator and materials research group is directed
by Dr. Daniel
K. Marble.
