How to build a towering millikelvin thermometer November 15, 2018 CERNDeep Underground Neutrino Experimentdetector technologyDUNEHawaiiliquid argonneutrinoProtoDUNEUniversity of HawaiiFermilab feature …another extensive support infrastructure. Another engineering effort for DUNE— and he’s on top of it. Front row, from left: Olexiy Dvornikov, Stephen Pordes, Leah McCabe, crane operator. Middle row: Brianne…
Fermilab’s leadership in quantum science on display at Chicago Quantum Summit from Nov. 8-9 November 7, 2018 ArgonneChicago Quantum Exchangequantum information sciencequantum scienceUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFermilab feature …free public event. On Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m., CQE will host “Quantum Engineering: The Next Technological Space Race,” which includes a keynote talk by Hartmut Neven, Google’s director…
Universities, national laboratories join forces to push Chicago into lead on quantum technology October 30, 2018 ArgonneChicago Quantum Exchangequantum information sciencequantum scienceUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFermilab feature …capabilities, talents and resources to the partnership. UChicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering boasts one of the nation’s leading programs in quantum engineering, and faculty across IME and the Physical Sciences…
One minute with Marcellus Parker, engineering physicist October 26, 2018 peopleFermilab feature …I started in accelerator systems and operations in 2014. In April 2018 I began working as an engineering physicist. What do you do here? I work with superconducting magnets. We…
Superconducting film technology leads to record performance for low-frequency SRF cavity October 10, 2018 accelerator R&Daccelerator researchaccelerator scienceIARCresultSRFsuperconducting radio-frequency technologyFermilab feature …and to scale up from small R&D cavities to full-scale accelerator-type structures. Our SRF group collaborates with Northwestern University’s Materials Science and Engineering Department to analyze our niobium-tin films (even…
Work begins on design for new Integrated Engineering Research Center at Fermilab October 3, 2018 buildingfacilitiesFermilab feature The new engineering center will be built to the east of Wilson Hall. Conceptual design by Holabird & Root Plans to build a focal point for Fermilab engineering called the…
Modern modulators for Fermilab accelerators October 1, 2018 acceleratoraccelerator complexaccelerator technologyFermilab feature …Marx modulators, Pfeffer and his engineering team perfectly filled the pulse prescription — a superfast, 350-microsecond pulse with a special shape specifically for injecting beam into the Linac. They also…
$22 million for quantum research at University of Chicago and national labs September 27, 2018 ArgonneIllinoisquantumquantum information sciencequantum scienceUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature …explore quantum engineering, which is rapidly becoming reality after decades consigned to theory. “These are exciting new research programs aimed at creating the foundations of a new technology grounded in…
MicroBooNE demonstrates use of convolutional neural networks on liquid-argon TPC data for first time September 12, 2018 machine learningMicroBooNEneutrinoresultFermilab feature …being used are the same physically motivated correlations a physicist would use if engineering an algorithm by hand. This example image shows a charged-current neutrino interaction with decay gamma rays…
Next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe September 10, 2018 Argonneastronomycosmic microwave backgroundcosmologySouth Pole TelescopeUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature …National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2018, its budget is…
