Facility for Rare Isotope Beams – Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) operates the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics. Hosting the most powerful heavy-ion accelerator, FRIB enables scientists to make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions and societal applications. MSU’s nuclear physics graduate program is top-ranked nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report, and about 15% of the nation’s nuclear science PhD holders are educated at MSU. The MSU Cryogenic Initiative is a partnership between FRIB and MSU’s College of Engineering to educate and train the next generation in cryogenic engineering through classroom education and training on leading technologies at FRIB.