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…
Hahn shot first October 28, 2019 artFermilab Art GalleryphotographyFermilab feature …they explore accessible to a wider audience.” For Hahn, who also has a degree in technical communication, it’s been a 32-year education in physics and engineering – one that he’s…
Scaling up this floating coil: Meet the new prototype in electromagnetic oil spill remediation technology October 10, 2019 technology transferFermilab feature …ramp and separator apparatus. Much engineering has gone into making these components work together as an oil spill solution. Fermilab and Natural Science LLC have reached an agreement to develop…