Experiences in EIC R&D Program RD6: Tracking & PID Consortium TK Hemmick for the EIC Tracking/PID Consortium Shift Crew 2 Shift Crew 1 BNL Florida Tech Stony Brook University Thomas Jefferson Lab University of Virginia Yale University New members: LLNL, WIS, Temple Note: Photo shows Beam Shifters only! RD6 History & Test Beam May 2012: RD6 Initial Proposal: Sector Test. October 2013: Sector Test Completed: 19 gas-detector stations, 13,824 channels. 2 Future Efforts: Test beam program cuts across institutions and prior affiliations: BNL/Jlab/RHIC/Cebaf/LHC/more Consortia are efficient ways to: Share resources Share knowledge Form Community. 3 Thomas Ullrich