Synergy at the forefront of Scientific research

Manmohan Dash, 22/08/2009

“Synergy can create a world class research center and a Scientific laboratory with a sparkling beginning”

About me

• I am a native of this place and I have spent the splendid time of my youth in this city-village of India

• I have never stayed more than 3 years at any one place continuously so my chance of staying at this place is 2 years since I have already spent 1 year to-date

• I want to change this pattern and spend here good amount of my professional time

Some more about me

• In 2001 while I was a MSc student at Utkal I was offered to go to the US to pursue research and much in my life after that I have been doing only research and travel, I often hate to say that “I am a researcher and a traveler”

• I joined Virginia Tech in 2001

About Virginia Tech

• Virginia Tech is a top rank University in USA

Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA• 9 colleges and graduate school• 60 bachelor's degree programs• 140 master's and doctoral degree

programs

Some more facts

• 30,000+ full-time students• 16:1 student-faculty ratio• Main campus includes more than 125

buildings, 2,600 acres, and an airport• Computing and communications complex for

worldwide information access• Ranked 42nd in university research in the

United States• Has adjacent corporate research center

• In 2002 I joined the “High Energy Accelerator Research Organization” or KEK in short, near Tokyo, Japan

• This laboratory is a famous international laboratory and it is more famous now as 2008 Nobel prize was awarded to Prof. Kobayashi who is from KEK.

• If Synergy joins research programs at this laboratory and expands to a size of 10/15 personnel on a permanent basis, who knows Synergy might be proud one day, for a Nobel prize…

Belle Collaboration, KEK

• The research collaboration at KEK lab in Japan where I worked since 2002 is an international research group known as belle [for the “b” quark]

• There are nearly 400 researchers from 14 countries and nearly 50 universities/laboratories/colleges/organization, it has scope of work for qualified physicists and engineers if they join through a suitable group…

Here is the policy of joining Belle

If you are enthusiastic about the physics potential of KEKB and are interested in joining the BELLE collaboration,

• please write an application letter to one of the spokespersons.

• The letter should include;• 1) Statement of interests;• 2) Self-introduction;• 3) Area to which the institution would

like to contribute;

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• 4) Amount of manpower, equipment to be committed;

• 5) Current commitments and future plans;• 6) Names of references (preferably the

members of the BELLE Collaboration)• or recommendation letters;• 7) Special requests or comments, if any;• 8) e-mail address, telephone no., FAX no.

of the contact person; and• 9) e-mail addresses of individuals.

Belle web-site

Here is the web-site of belle for general purpose access, Scientific material access is classified

http://belle.kek.jp

If someone needs to know more about belle write me an email at mdash@vt.edu and I will reply to the best of my knowledge

What if Synergy joins belle

• Belle is a high pace international collaboration with world standard policies and strict action-reaction patterns, international politics which can swing both ways. Its best to rely on someone who has been a long time member.

• Researchers often need a great deal of independence once they have been hired

• Its really effective when the size of the group is about 7/8 people at the least with 2/3 active faculties [active at belle research], 2/3 postdoctoral and 2/3 graduate students [PhD students]

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• The great thing about doing scientific research is plenty of manpower is available in the national/international scenario. They need to be hired with a purpose. Here our purpose is “belle” and only belle. Once people set into the research mode say 2 years in the line they can be rolled into teaching as well…this is beneficial for an engineering college set-up, this works in a feed back, research and teaching working together.

• I have also contacted other experiments, e.g. an experiment in Italy. I have contacted a world-class researcher from Columbia University [this is one of the great universities in the USA, famous worldwide], She is involved in an experiment known as the Dark-matter experiment, this is at the forefront of science and “technology for science” and if Synergy can make a start-up Synergy is going to be probably the first of its kind to be on the international map of Scientific research, often making world news. Belle makes international news every now and then. Now think of synergy’s and its researchers name in the news…

My credentials• I have had more than 300 publications from

belle in internationally reputed journal in my field

• I had twice been an invited speaker to international conferences in my field of research [among numerous participations in international conferences]

• I have performed new measurements at KEK, Japan

• I am known and supported by many senior and experienced people and I have made friends with many from widely ranging spheres.

“Synergy” appears in prestigious international

journals17J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana18Kanagawa University, Yokohama

19Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe20Korea University, Seoul21Kyungpook National University, Taegu22École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne

23Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana24University of Maribor, Maribor25University of Melbourne, School of Physics, Victoria 301026Nagoya University, Nagoya

(Not yet:) Synergy Institute of Technology, Dhenkanal28National Central University, Chung-li29National United University, Miao Li30Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei31H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow

32Nippon Dental University, Niigata

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What I propose• Make a serious start-up cell in fundamental

research, Call it the “Research Division”• [involve other fields, basic sciences as well as

engineering fields, Virginia Tech has one of the best electrical engineering departments, one of the best chemistry department as well, I will give necessary guidance to anybody who is serious about research]

• Make it exclusively research oriented. [I can take one or two bright engineering undergrads to Japan to do some short term project for 3 months or so]

Expansion

• Plan to expand soon say into another 5/6 research personnel, we can figure out a good program and call for recruitment on international web-sites, there would be many to join for the program once basic facilities, accommodations and definitive work environment is available

• A good and dynamic web-site [I can help to some degree for the content] If the lab is active the web-site will attract many researchers…

• I have many ideas for expansion and I can not come up with all at once, It will take time and good thinking and if we can put them in perspective by regular discussions like this I think it will be beneficial…

• If such a program is successful Synergy will be a great leader in scientific research, quality of its undergrad education and can open a big laboratory in the naturally scenic Dhenkanal [I have already prepared a vision statement and contacted a few people] I can always gather support from many people around the world once some seed funding is in place.

• As I said I know many people some of them may be willing to join such endeavors…