Facilitators: Brent Stratton (stratton@pppl.gov), Greg Tchilinguirian (gtchilin@pppl.gov)
You can view slides describing findings from recent DOE SC user facility visits here.
Do you have a comments or suggestions about NSTX-U User Groups and User Facility Improvements? If so, please enter your comments using the Google form here.
To view your comments/recommendations and those of others, see the responses here.
Brent and Greg are facilitators to kick off this process - but we want/need your ideas and contributions to this process and are seeking volunteers to lead efforts of interest and have NSTX-U users ultimately lead these efforts.
Depending on the level of interest in these activities, a group e-mail list can be formed.
Working Group Charges:
1. Get user/potential user input on the utility of having an NSTX-U User Group
2. Develop, prioritize, time-phase a list of user group topics for WG - examples:
User Group structure, governance, charter, executive committee, need for existence
User interfaces to facility: user status, training, proposal submission, review, scheduling, ....
Diagnostic documentation, implementation and modification workflow, impacts of QAPD and ASO
Data analysis tool development and prioritization
Outreach to broader community to describe / inform NSTX-U mission, capabilities, opportunities
TBD, i.e. any topic the users think is important for users!
3. Begin one or more WG sub-tasks / sub-groups to address WG topics
Tasks: Organize meetings and reports to address above charges
Due dates:
Charge 1 - June 1, 2018 - Use charge 2 as a guide, report to NSTX-U directorship
Charge 2 - August 3, 2018 - Report to Research Team on list from Charge 2
Charge 3 - sub-groups, tasks, due-dates TBD