Fermilab mourns the passing of John Peoples, third director June 30, 2025 John Peopleslab directorTevatronPress release …from 1989-1999, passed away on June 26, 2025. Credit: Lynn Johnson, Fermilab Peoples earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1955. He worked…
CPS students graduate from Fermilab quantum science program June 24, 2025 quantum information and sciencestudentsPress release …field of quantum science and quantum computing — including quantum mechanics, superconducting technology, quantum computing and sensing, engineering and cryogenic platforms for quantum computers. On top of gaining technical and…
Argonne and Fermilab receive $3.2M in federal funding for nuclear transmutation technology June 2, 2025 cryogenicsemerging technologiesnuclear energySRF cavitiesPress release …engineer who manages the nuclear systems analysis group within Argonne’s Nuclear Science and Engineering division, a team of researchers is developing a novel transmutation system that uses an innovative separation…
New ceramic material for high-power particle accelerators enhances reliability May 6, 2025 ceramicsemerging technologiesIARCFermilab feature …us to have more reliable ceramic windows for our RF couplers,” said Sergey Kazakov, an engineering physicist at Fermilab who worked on this project. To this end, Euclid Techlabs used…
Fermilab-funded research demonstrates new method for 3D printing high-temperature superconductors April 28, 2025 material sciencesuperconductorsFermilab feature …where it becomes superconducting,” said David Dunand, a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University who performed the research. Today, technological uses for superconductivity range from low-loss power…
Cristian Boffo appointed director of Fermilab’s particle accelerator upgrade project April 21, 2025 DUNEneutrinoPIP-IIFermilab feature …his master’s in mechanical engineering in 1999. He later moved to Europe and worked in industry, where he advanced as a project manager and business developer for superconducting systems. Boffo…
Engineering innovation meets history in groundbreaking neutrino experiment hosted by Fermilab April 8, 2025 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEFermilab feature …soil. The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (LBNF/DUNE) is currently being built in Illinois and South Dakota. As in many great undertakings of science and engineering, logistical and technical…
Fermilab seeks to broaden industry adoption of electron accelerators February 10, 2025 electron beam acceleratorsemerging technologiesFermilab feature …industry and government stakeholders and have facilitated collaboration among medical device industry experts, accelerator manufacturers and federal agency representatives through workshops and events. Fermilab engineering project manager Chris Edwards, a…
US-built carbon support tube arrives at CERN for the CMS experiment upgrade January 15, 2025 CMSFermilab feature …Support Tube, or BTST, he knew that Purdue would be the perfect home for this project. “Purdue is one of the top schools in the country for engineering,” Jung said….
Fermilab building named for renowned scientist, Dr. Helen Edwards January 14, 2025 DUNEEdwards CenterHelen EdwardsPress release The newest flagship building on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory campus, the Integrated Engineering Research Center (IERC), has been officially named the Helen Edwards Engineering Research…