Michael McCaughan

SRF Operations at Jefferson Lab

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

About

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=TnLNaNkAAAAJ

Experience

  • Jefferson Lab (17 yrs 5 mos)
    • Facility Manager: SRF Cryomodule Test Facility
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • SRF Operations: Test & Measurement Engineer II
      Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Bolster and maintain the energy reach of particle accelerators at Jefferson Lab and collaborators around the world to explore new physics frontiers.

    • Facility Manager: UITF Particle Accelerator
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

      The UITF (Upgraded Injector Test Facility) is a ~10 MeV research accelerator with a flexible design housed at Jefferson Laboratory. It is presently configured for electron production via a photo-gun, acceleration with a High-Q Superconducting Radiofrequency pair of Niobium cavities, and beam delivery to a cryogenic target of an experimental design.

  • Radford University ()
    • Radford University Planetarium Operator
      Oct 2004 - May 2007 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Operation of the Radford University Planetarium including star tours appropriate to the season, guided planetarium shows, and occasional operation of the Selu Observatory.

    • Labratory Assistant - Department of Chemistry and Physics
      Sep 2004 - Apr 2007 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Preparation of materials for laboratory experimentation, supervision of the labs while students learned (including answering questions, explanations, etc.), cleanup, and frequently grading both in varied subjects of chemistry and physics. Courses served: • General Physics, Algebra based (Physics 111/112) - Fall 2005 - Spring 2007 • General Chemistry (Chemistry 101/102) - Fall 2004 - Summer 2005 • Chemistry of Life [Nursing Chemistry] (Chemistry 120) - Fall 2004 - Summer 2005 • Modern Physics (Physics 305) - Fall 2006 • Geophysics (Physics 406) - Spring 2007

    • Tutor - Learning and Resource Center (LARC)
      Oct 2005 - Dec 2005 · 3 mos

      Upon demand - and by appointment - tutor students in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Mathematics (through Calculus).

  • Radford University Greenhouse Caretaker at Radford University
    Oct 2003 - May 2004 · 8 mos

    Care, watering, and planting responsibilities related to the specimen collection maintained in the Biology Department Greenhouse. Specimens included a variety of succulents, cacti, orchids, and a number of more mundane specimens (though there was a Banana Tree).