The moon rises above the Tractricious sculpture on Dec. 10.
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Sali Sylejmani, a technical specialist in the Accelerator Division Mechanical Support Department, will retire after 20 years of service. Come to wish him a fond farewell on his last day at the lab during his cake and coffee reception on Wednesday, June 26, at 11 a.m. in the Dungeon Conference Room, located in the Cross Gallery.
Flashback Friday: Jesse Batko and Linda Valerio show their winning trinket design, which was handed out to visitors to the Mechanical Support Department during DASTOW 2018. The department held a design contest for the 3-D printed trinket. Of the seven submissions, this glow-in-the-dark bookmark was voted the most popular design by the contest judges — the children and grandchildren of department personnel.
Not only was G helping to build the SSC dipoles, quadrupoles and sextupoles, he also trained SSC personnel to build these magnets.
Even though David Augustine thinks of himself as a Tevatron baby, his knowledge of the workings of the accelerator extend beyond the Tevatron.
The first Hackathon in the Mechanical Support Department focused on ideas for accelerator improvements that are not normally addressed. Two “hacks” emerged.
Accelerator Division Fabrication Specialist Larry Bradley came to Fermilab in 1979. He started working in what was then called the Magnet Facility.