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COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN CMS EXPERIMENT AT CERN
Colombia joined CMS in March 2006
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Colombia
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Colombia
Total Population: 44 million
Total Area : 1 138 914 sq km
Main Cities: Bogota (capital), Cali, Medellin
Highest Altitude: 5 775 m
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Main export products
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BOGOTA
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Universidad de los Andes -Colombia
• 11450 undergraduate students
• 2718 postgraduate students
• 83 Doctoral students
• 28 undergraduate programs
• 22 master programs
• 5 PhD programs : Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics.
Founded in 1948
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QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
400-500 RANKING
UNIANDES IS THE ONLY COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE TOP 500
UNIANDES IS COMMITTED TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
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Physics Department• Founded in 1978
• 25 full time professors, 23 with PhD, 2 with MSc.
Areas of research:
1. Condensed matter theory
2. Particle Physics
3. Quantum mechanics and Information theory
4. Astronomy
5. Biophysics
6. Geophysics
Students Enrrolled in 2009:• 175 undergraduate students
• 33 MSc students
• 8 PhD students
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Our physics students:
• 255 undergraduate students have already graduated from our department:- 69 have obtained PhD degrees from other universities
- 64 are working towards their PhDs in other universities - 40 are full time university professors - 79 have obtained MSc degrees - 22 are pursuing MsC degrees
• 60 students have obtained their MSc degree from our department. 20 of them working in the High Energy Physics group.
• 3 students have obtained a PhD degree from our department. 1 in Experimental High Energy Physics.
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History of the HEP group
1. 1988-1992 collaboration with E710 experiment at Fermilab.
2. 1991 started collaboration with D0 experiment Fermilab: - B physics group, - QCD group
3. 1993 started collaboration with E811 experiment at Fermilab.
4. Jefferson Lab Collaboration: Photo fission of heavy nuclei, Vector meson photoproduction
5. Started collaboration in CMS in March 2006. Participating in CMS RPC group.
20 years participating in High Energy Physics experiments:
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Welcome
Bien venidos