National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

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National High MagneticField Laboratory

• No, we dont cause weird weather!

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Mag Lab supported by

• National Science Foundation
• State of Florida
• Individual investigator grants (NIH, DOE, NSF,
  NASA, NSSA)

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A brief history

• August, 1990 NSF awards National High Magnetic
  Field Laboratory to FSU
• Effort led by the late Jack Crow

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A brief history

• National magnet lab had been housed at the
  Frances Bitter Lab at MIT
• The award to FSU was quite controversial at the
  time!

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A brief history

• 1990-1994 Labs main campus a
  330,000-square-foot complex constructed in
  Tallahassee
• October, 1994 Magnet Lab dedicated Vice
  President Al Gore is the keynote speaker

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A brief history

• 2000 Al Gore returns to Tallahassee under very
  different circumstances!

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Magnet Labs three sites

• Florida State University
• University of Florida
• Los Alamos National Lab

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Education Outreach

• Work with more than 7,000 K-12 students
• Tour 2,000 K-12 students
• Tour 1,000 from general public
• Host community groups and meetings
• Talk to groups like yours!

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Education Outreach

• Magnet academy Open admissions policy. No pop
  quizzes!
• Science for English majors!

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Education Outreach

• Java tutorials from alternating current to mass
  spectra

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Education Outreach

• Fact or fiction Answers to the sometimes silly
  questions

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Education Outreach

• Research experiences for undergraduates
• Research experiences for teachers

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Education Outreach

• REU participants just cant stay away!

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Education Outreach

• Partnership with the Women in Math, Science
  Engineering program

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Personnel
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Personnel

• Employ more than 350 faculty, staff and
  students
• Process 1 million per week in income
• International work force

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Personnel

• 107 graduate students at FSU branch
• 46 postdoctoral associates

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Open House

• More than 4,600 attendees from the Southeast in
  2008!
• Demonstrations
• Hands-on activities
• Geared toward all ages
• Annual event

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Why high magnetic fields?

• The micro-electronics revolution could have just
  as easily been called the micro-magnetics
  revolution.
• Gregory S. Boebinger, director,
• National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

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Among current work at the lab, researchers are

• Unlocking the mysteries of superconductors that
  have the potential to revolutionize the electric
  power industry
• Improving contrast agents for magnetic resonance
  images to make MRI in high definition for more
  effective medical diagnosis

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Among current work at the lab, researchers are

• Analyzing chemical compounds in crude oil to cut
  refining and drilling costs and reduce air
  pollution
• Studying the tiny magnetic fields carried by
  electrons, their spins, that could one day lead
  to advanced quantum computers

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Among current work at the lab, researchers are

• Searching the world for naturally occurring
  chemicals in plants and animals, materials that
  might one day be used in new medicines and
  eco-friendly manufacturing

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Among current work at the lab, researchers are

• Studying human proteins and the way they work in
  cells, aimed at developing a new generation of
  drugs to attack the many illnesses caused by
  viruses

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Why high magnetic fields?
All technologies to store information, and many
of the technologies to read and write
information, result from a very clear
understanding of magnetism and magnetic materials

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High-field research

• Electric lights
• Computers
• Motors
• iPod earbuds!
• MRI technology

High-speed rail relies on magnet technology
All came about as a result of magnet-related
research
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NSF Charge

• To provide the highest magnetic fields and
  necessary services for scientific research
  conducted by users from a wide range of
  disciplines, including physics, chemistry,
  materials science, engineering, biology, and
  geology

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NSF Charge

• To advance magnet technology and U.S.
  competitiveness
• To enhance science education at all levels

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Lab fulfills charge

• User facilities and services
• Advancement of magnet and magnet materials
  technology
• Multi-disciplinary research environment
• In-house research program
• Educational outreach to address national needs in
  science, research and technology

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User facilities

• Free to qualified users, who apply through
  competitive process, as long as results are
  reported and published
• Available to industry and private sector for
  proprietary research for a fee (user covers
  operational costs)

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User support services

• Staffed by accomplished Ph.D. scientists
• Assist users operating magnets, collecting data,
  interpreting results
• Frequent authors and co-authors
• Supervise and train graduate students

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User facilities - FSU

• DC field program
• ICR program
• NMR program
• EMR program

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User facilities - UF

• Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and
  Spectroscopy (AMRIS)
• High B/T Facility

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User facilities - LANL

• Pulsed Field Facility

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Magnet technology

• World record magnets for strength of field and
  bore size
• Lab magnet technology used by 4 of the 5 major
  magnet laboratories world wide
• One-of-a-kind magnets designed, built and
  operated in Tallahassee
• Pulsed magnets made by lab engineers in Los Alamos

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Budget

• 60 percent comes from core grant from the
  National Science Foundation
• 22 percent comes from individual investigator
  grants (NSF, NIH, DOE, NNSA, NASA)
• 18 percent funded by the state of Florida.

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About electricity

• Monthly electric bill runs between 300,000 and
  535,000 a month! During peak usage, Mag Lab
  consumes 7 of the City of Tallahassees
  electricity
• Work with city to balance consumption

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Economic impact

• For every 1 the state invests in lab, 5.50 is
  generated in the Florida economy
• Lab brings between 800 and 1,000 visiting
  scientists from around the world to Tallahassee
  each year 20 percent international
• Accounted for more than 3,000 hotel room nights
  in 2005 half of visitors stay for more than a
  week

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Check us out online!
www.magnet.fsu.edu