The Cockcroft Institute

Devoted to the development and construction of particle accelerators and intense sources of radiation for pure and applied research.

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October 16, 2024

New lecturer joins the Cockcroft Institute

Dr Andrea Santamaria Garcia will join the Cockcroft Institute as a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in early 2025. Andrea specialises in machine learning applied to particle accelerators, with the aim of improving the performance of existing accelerators and…
October 14, 2024

The Cockcroft Institute celebrates its 20th anniversary

The Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday the 20th September 2024 at Daresbury Laboratory. Approximately twenty years ago, accelerator science was re-established in UK universities and this initiative led to the creation of…
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The Cockcroft Institute is a partnership between the universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, devoted to the development and construction of particle accelerators and intense sources of radiation for pure and applied research.

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