What is SuperCDMS? The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is a
collaboration of 18 institutions from the U.S., Canada, and
Spain. Our experiment, named SuperCDMS, is currently located in
the Soudan Iron Mine in Soudan, MN. We go deep under the earth
to shield ourselves from cosmic-ray radiation so that we can use
our detector technology to "listen" for the passage of dark
matter through the earth. Dark matter is currently believed to
be a non-luminous form of matter which makes up 85% of the
matter in the universe. Southern Methodist University is a
member of the collaboration. Please find here more information
about the experiment. Opportunities at SMU Prof. Jodi Cooley is
the Principal Investigator for the SMU SCDMS group. She is a
member of the CDMS, SuperCDMS, and GEODM collaborations, all of
which employ solid-state cryogenic dark matter technology. SMU
is involved in several key aspects of these current and future
experiments, including: data analysis and analysis leadership,
background characterization and r