Welcome to TRIUMF!
It's been a few years since my last blog post, but I intend on bringing my blog back to life this year and thought I should start with my current adventure: a week at TRIUMF as part of the CAP Excellence in Teaching Physics Award! Arriving here this morning, I was greeted by Jesse Abney, the Program Manager for Outreach & Engagement. He took me on a quick tour of the facility and got me set up with keycard and dosimeter so that I can further explore TRIUMF throughout the week. Seeing this facility and starting to learn about how it works was an incredible experience! TRIUMF has a rich history in Canada, having been formed in 1968 and the cyclotron first firing up at the end of 1974. Today, TRIUMF has been repurposed many times over to find new cutting-edge purposes with this extraordinary physics machine. There are now a wide variety of research and industry experiments taking place, from precise measurements of isotopes to curing cancer to quantum mate...