**[Assignment/Training Plan]{.underline}**

April 25, 2001

for

**[Zhongxiu Liu]{.underline}**

**[Description of Assignment & Training Objective]{.underline}**

Trainee will partake in the assembly and testing of the 144 larger
ME-234/2 End Cap Muon Cathode Strip Chambers being manufactured in
building MP-9 at Fermilab. These chambers are to be packaged and sent to
UCLA and UF where electronic will be added. They, in turn, will ship
these chambers to CERN to be assembled as part of the End Cap Muon
Detector for the Large Hadron Collider Experiment. It is expected that
Mr. Liu will develop the skills and knowledge of how to build these
chambers so that he can return back to IHEP in Beijing, China, and
participate in the assembly and testing of 148 smaller but very similar
ME-1/2, and ME-1/3 chambers. He will also be expected to train others to
gain similar knowledge. Parts and tooling for this manufacturing effort
are being supplied by Fermilab or are being manufactured by IHEP in
accordance with Engineering Drawings supplied by Fermilab. These
chambers once assembled and tested, will in turn be sent to CERN where
they will be installed into the Detector. The overall manufacturing
responsibilities that IHEP has accepted are contained in an approved MOU
agreement between the End Cap Muon System project management and IHEP
management.

[Skills to be Learned and Relationship to Physics Program]{.underline}

It is intended that the trainee will develop the skills necessary to
partake in the successful building of End Cap Muon Cathode Strip
Chambers at IHEP such that the fully assembled and tested electronically
integrated chambers:

1\. Comply with the pre-determined design and performance specifications

> 2\. Were manufactured, packaged, and shipped in an approved,
> efficient, safe manner
>
> in accordance with defined manufacturing process specifications
> (Travellers).
>
> 3\. Are built using high quality and workmanship techniques, in
> accordance with
>
> Cost and Schedule Requirements

4\. Are capable of performing their desired function at CERN

**[Activities Planned to Develop Skills]{.underline}**

Working alongside trained Fermilab, MP-9 technicians and a shop floor
supervisor, the trainee will be given the opportunity to participate in
all aspects of Cathode Strip Chamber assembly and testing including but
not limited to the below mentioned process steps. The trainee will use
the process Travellers as a guide toward completing his assigned work
activities:

1\. Machined Panel Cleaning

2\. Gap Bar and Wire Fixation Bar Cleaning and Gluing

3\. Anode Panel Winding, Gluing, Soldering, and Clean-up

4\. Anode and Cathode Panel Component Hand Soldering

5\. Final Assembly of Panels and Frame

6\. Chamber Testing and Evaluation

7\. Chamber Packaging

[Evaluation of Skills Learned]{.underline}

All aspects of the work of the trainee will be constantly monitored to
see if the knowledge and experiences that he has been exposed to are
reflected in the results of his work output. At this point in the
production process the Fermilab team at MP-9 has successfully a built a
continuum of highly satisfactory chambers. It is expected that this
success will continue in a like manner with the participation of this
trainee. The final test of the success of the training process in
general will be the success that IHEP is able to achieve in the
production of the chambers for which they are responsible.