Global Benefits: the LBNF/DUNE Project

LBNF/DUNE is an international mega-science project hosted by the Department of Energy’s Fermilab. http://www.fnal.gov/dune It will send a beam of tiny particles called neutrinos 1,300 kilometers straight through the earth from Fermilab to the Sanford Underground Research Facility. It will help solve some of the deepest mysteries of the universe and boost innovation while training young people around the world in science, engineering and computing. Scientists and engineers at universities and laboratories are working hand-in-hand with companies to design electronics, build hardware and develop computer programs for the project. LBNF and DUNE will create jobs as well as demand for materials, products and services. Students in dozens of countries around the world will start their careers in science and engineering with this project, and then transfer their knowledge into industry, medicine, computer science and many other fields.