DNP 2022

The members of the MoNA collaboration were happy to get back into in-person conference mode at DNP-2022! This year's DNP was held in New Orleans, October 27-30. The MoNA Collaboration was well represented with several students participating in the CEU poster session and others giving oral presentations. This included twelve undergraduate students from seven institutions and four graduate students from Michigan State University. Students and faculty gather for a group picture, and Henry Webb of Augustana College poses with his poster.

CAARI 2022

MoNA graduate student Nico Mendez and PI Thomas Baumann attended the 26th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research & Industry (CAARI 2022) from October 30 to November 3, 2022 in Denton, Texas. The application and detector focused conference brings together scientists, engineers, professors, physicians, and students from all over the world who use particle accelerators in their research and industrial applications. Nico showed “Simulations of the Multi-layer Active target for MoNA Experiments (MAME) with Garfield++” and Thomas talked about the “Next Generation Fast Neutron Detector With High Position Resolution” in their contributed presentations. It was 20 years earlier that Thomas introduced “MoNA The Modular Neutron Array at the NSCL” at this conference!

MoNA welcomes two new PIs

The Collaboration is honored to welcome Adriana Banu from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia) and Belen Monteagudo from Hope College (Holland, Michigan) as the group's newest PIs.