Three national laboratories achieve record magnetic field for accelerator focusing magnet March 18, 2020 accelerator technologyCERNHigh-Luminosity LHCHL-LHCmagnetsuperconducting technologyPress release …have to have very high precision in how they align these to get good magnetic-field uniformity, a good quadrupole field,” Amm said. The fine engineering that goes into the U.S….
Fermilab, UNICAMP and São Paulo Research Foundation collaborate on major international projects for neutrino research March 13, 2020 BrazilDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEdune-internationalFAPESPinternational engagementLBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityUNICAMPFermilab feature …long-term relationship in basic research, specifically neutrino physics. We look forward to helping build this world-class facility and addressing the significant engineering challenges it presents, and we strongly believe that…
LBNF/DUNE pre-excavation work continues above and below ground February 18, 2020 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNELBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityneutrinoSanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilityFermilab feature …lattice structure constructed in the 1930s, was a tremendous undertaking at the time,” Bressler said. Albertson Engineering, Inc. designed a model of the headframe and identified portions of the structure…
Elementary school invites Fermilab physicists to present reverse science fair February 12, 2020 educationoutreachSTEMFermilab feature …J.B. Nelson Elementary’s first reverse science fair. Photo: Jerald Pinson Prentiss mentioned her idea for a collaboration at a Parent Teacher Organization meeting, which Fermilab engineering physicist Aria Soha happened…
Alvin Tollestrup, National Medal of Technology winner, dies at age 95 February 11, 2020 deathpeopleFermilab feature …born March 22, 1924, in Los Angeles. He received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Utah in 1944. After service in the U.S. Navy, he entered graduate…
One minute with Mingzhi Shen, network analyst December 3, 2019 peopleFermilab feature …I went back to school to get a master’s in network engineering and management, and the rest is history. How did you hear about Fermilab? I was completing my master’s…
How do you make the world’s most powerful neutrino beam? November 13, 2019 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNELBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityneutrinoSanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilitySouth DakotaFermilab feature …crucial piece of engineering. While still being designed, it’s likely to be a 1.5-meter-long rod of pure graphite — think of your pencil lead on steroids. Together with some other…
Prep work to start for DUNE-related construction at Fermilab November 12, 2019 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNELBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityneutrinoFermilab feature …end of this 800-mile neutrino journey is known as the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility – and the LBNF beamline at Fermilab will perhaps be its most sophisticated piece of engineering. But…
Target practice: Perfecting the Mu2e production target November 5, 2019 Mu2etargetryFermilab feature …these engineering and design challenges, and now new stuff shows up and gets installed every week. You can actually see the progress,” Werkema says. “I’ve worked on a lot of…
Dark matter experiment’s central component takes a deep dive — nearly a mile underground October 29, 2019 Berkeley Labdark matterLUX-ZEPLINLZSanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilityPress release …Underground Research Facility’s mission is to enable compelling underground, interdisciplinary research in a safe work environment and to inspire our next generation through science, technology, engineering, and math education. For…