On June 20-21, more than 500 Fermilab scientific users came together for the 51st annual Fermilab Users Meeting. Speakers discussed the lab’s neutrino, muon, collider and astronomical physics programs.
It also marked the Tevatron analyses finale from CDF and DZero. Researchers presented on the technology side of research, future physics machines and quantum computing. The Users Executive Committee and the Fermilab Student and Postdoc Association gave updates about their activities. And there were sessions on diversity and inclusion and science communication.
The annual Users Meeting poster session was held on the second floor of Wilson Hall.
The meeting concluded with a talk by award-winning theoretical physicist Sylvester James Gates of Brown University, whose lecture was titled “A Vision of Science and Culture.”
Browse the photos below to relive the popular annual event.
- Users Executive Committee Chair and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Professor Sowjanya Gollapinni reports on the latest developments from the committee. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab Deputy Director Joe Lykken gives the Director's Report. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Sarah Tuttle of the University of Washington presents her talk, "Equity & Inclusion: Ab ovo usque ad mala (Or, Soup to Nuts: How we create inclusive communities)." Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab scientist Wes Ketchum gives an overview of available scientific computational services that lab offers for its users. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab's James Amundson invokes Marcus Aurelius in a talk on quantum computing. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Universities Research Association Executive Director Marta Cehelsky presents the URA Thesis Award to Simon Samuroff. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- An informal lunch panel, moderated by Sowjanya Gollapinni, included members of the UEC and Fermilab leadership. Panelists, from left, were Brian Nord, Stephany Unruh, Carrie McGivern, Stacey Vassallo, Frank Chlebana, Gavin Davies, Mike Lindgren. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- The Users Meeting is a good time to catch up with colleagues you don't see often. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Friends chat during a coffee break. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab Student and Postdoc Association officer Mônica Nunes, right, contemplates how smoothly the meeting is going with her friend. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab Alvin Tollestrup and URA Executive Director Marta Cehelsky, left, present the URA Tollestrup Award to Richard Bonventre. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- YuanYuan Zhang of Fermilab and the University of Chicago discusses the Dark Energy Survey and projections for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- It's food time. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- The conference banquet attracts hungry Fermilab scientist-users. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- People + poster + beverage = learning. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- MIT's Afroditi Papadopoulou discusses her work on measurements related to neutrino oscillations. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- "And this is the conclusion." "What a surprising outcome!" Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab Users Meeting Chair Tammy Walton kicks off the Users Meeting Poster Session awards. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- And the poster session winners are, from left, Rory Fitzpatrick of the University of Michigan (second prize), Ivan Lepetic of the Illinois Institute of Technology (third prize) and Rachel Osofsky of the University of Washington (first prize). Photo: Reidar Hahn
- It's the poster session reception. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- "See here? That's key." Photo: Reidar Hahn
- It was a successful poster session. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Trainees communicate at the communication training. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Hello! Andre Salles, left, and Brian Nord lead the science communication training at the 2018 Users Meeting. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Some communication training happens back-to-back. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Alan Stone of DOE gives a talk titled "P5: Four Years Later." Photo: Reidar Hahn
- DZero co-spokesperson Paul Grannis of Stony Brook University gives an overview of the analyses from the CDF and DZero experiments. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab scientist Petra Merkel discusses detector R&D possibilities for users. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab scientist Dmitri Denisov briefs attendees on future facilities and the European Strategy. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- With Fermilab's Leonidas Aliaga Soplin, session convener, Fermilab scientist Minerba Betancourt takes questions about the MINERvA neutrino experiment. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- University of Cincinnati's Jacob Todd updates attendees on the latest MINOS+ developments. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Hello Joy Pomillo, Meredith Ament and Melody Saperston, conference organizers! Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Remington Thornton talks about the recent MiniBooNE measurement and the findings from LSND at Los Alamos. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- John Beacom of Ohio State University gives a captivating presentation on new physics opportunities in neutrino experiments. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Attendees chat during the meeting. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Friends chat during a coffee break. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Colleagues relax between talks. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab scientist Evan Niner presents on the latest from NOvA. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- DUNE co-spokesperson Stefan Soldner-Rembold, University of Manchester, discusses the lab's flagship experiment. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- The Users Meeting keynote address was given by Sylvester James Gates of Brown University. Photo: Reidar Hahn
- "Science was a pathway to adventure," said Sylvester James Gates, Brown University. "I knew science was something I wanted to get involved in very early in life." Photo: Reidar Hahn
- "Science was a pathway to adventure," said Sylvester James Gates, Brown University. "I knew science was something I wanted to get involved in very early in life." Photo: Reidar Hahn
- Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer thanks Sylvester James Gates for his message. Photo: Reidar Hahn