Cosmic-muon detector technology earns R&D 100 Award for Fermilab and its partners January 3, 2019 …tested the sensors. “It’s a synergistic use of what we’ve been doing already. We were able to use some of the engineering expertise here at the site to build these…
Joel Butler elected AAAS fellow November 28, 2018 …official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, during the 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Fermilab congratulates…
How to build a towering millikelvin thermometer November 15, 2018 …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 recruitment of veterans is a win-win for everyone November 8, 2018 …Junior College working toward a mechanical engineering degree, was one of the 2018 VetTech interns. Davis joined the U.S. Navy at 19 and spent the next four years working as…
Fermilab’s leadership in quantum science on display at Chicago Quantum Summit from Nov. 8-9 November 7, 2018 …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 …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 …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 …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 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 …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…
