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PhD student impressions

This overview captures the journey of Zdenko van Kesteren, a PhD student at NIKHEF, who began his research in January 2005 on the ATLAS project at CERN. A pioneer of the new bachelor/master in particle physics program, Zdenko reflects on his experiences, including a four-month project on a Water Cherenkov muon detector, participation in CERN's summer schools, and his graduation focused on B-field sensors. He emphasizes the importance of education, engaging in topical lectures, supervising undergraduates, and contributing to the ATLAS collaboration.

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PhD student impressions

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  1. PhD student impressions Zdenko van Kesteren RECFA 23-09-2005

  2. Introduction • Started Ph.D january 2005, working on ATLAS @ CERN • One of the first graduates on new bachelor/master particle physics (joint NIKHEF, UvA, UU, VU program) RECFA 2005

  3. Water Cherenkov muon detector 4 months project RECFA 2005

  4. CERN summerschool RECFA 2005

  5. Graduation on B-field sensors RECFA 2005

  6. After graduation: Ph.D at NIKHEF Education never ends... • Topical lectures 3 days • Gravitation, Monte Carlo, loop calculations, … • BDN summerschool2 weeks • At this very moment: Texel summerschool • Give education • Supervising undergraduate students RECFA 2005

  7. Research & service tasks Service tasks • Cabling MDTchambers at CERN Research – NIKHEF good environment • Software • Muonspectrometer and tracking • Threshold to make contribution to large software framework high • Physics at ATLAS • Single top analysis RECFA 2005

  8. Conclusions • Master program at NIKHEF excellent dive into particle physics • Master and Ph.D at NIKHEF good opportunity to work at a large-scale experiment such as ATLAS RECFA 2005

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