Fermilab scientist Emanuela Barzi elected to APS Council committees December 6, 2019 …students from Italy. And under her leadership, the Italian Student Program expanded to include not only physics but also engineering graduate students, benefiting hundreds of young professionals. She has also…
One minute with Mingzhi Shen, network analyst December 3, 2019 …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 …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 …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…
Fermilab Deputy Director Chris Mossey elected to National Academy of Construction November 11, 2019 …the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, a 19,000-person global organization that provides planning, engineering, construction and public works support to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and other defense organizations. He is…
Target practice: Perfecting the Mu2e production target November 5, 2019 …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…
Fermilab director shares laboratory vision with community leaders during special address November 4, 2019 …Neutrino Experiment and Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, the PIP-II particle accelerator project, a new building dedicated to integrated engineering, and Fermilab contributions to advances in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN…
Dark matter experiment’s central component takes a deep dive — nearly a mile underground October 29, 2019 …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 …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 …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…