One minute with Thomas Hein, TARGET program teaching assistant July 17, 2017 …attending the University of Illinois at Chicago this fall, majoring in computer science. I hope to study machine learning and take some classes in electrical engineering as well. What’s your…
Northwestern, Fermi National Accelerator Lab launch new research center June 21, 2017 …in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Their insights into behavior of superconductors will help to uncover performance potentials of traditional and…
Chicago Quantum Exchange to create technologically transformative ecosystem June 20, 2017 …and engineering of quantum information. This hub within the Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME), called the Chicago Quantum Exchange, will facilitate the exploration of quantum information and the development of…
50 years of discoveries and innovations June 15, 2017 …the breadth of the lab’s work over the decades, and it reminds us of the remarkable feats of ingenuity, engineering and technology we are capable of when we work together…
50th memories: A big move June 14, 2017 Fermilab founding director Robert Wilson signs the contract with the architectural and engineering company DUSAF in 1967. In the early 1970s, many of us were working lots of overtime, about…
This month in Fermilab history: June June 1, 2017 …1967: First day of work On this day, the lab’s earliest employees and a few employees from the Atomic Energy Commission and DUSAF (the architectural and engineering firm responsible for…
Sleuths use bubbles to look for WIMPs May 22, 2017 …engineering the PICO bubble chamber, which is installed 2 kilometers underground at the Canadian laboratory SNOLAB. Bubble chambers of decades past had been used to track millions of charged particles…
STEM Career Expo draws hundreds of local students April 26, 2017 …options with them, covering diverse options such as acoustics, chemical engineering, food science, water science and even patenting. STEM Career Expo 2017 Photo: Reidar Hahn STEM Career Expo 2017 Photo:…
Exploring the lab April 19, 2017 …found a supply cabinet, and sitting there was a notebook, one of those quadrille engineering note pads. I was excited. I thought, “Could I have a notebook from Fermilab? Would…
High school students meet professionals one on one at Fermilab’s STEM Career Expo on Wednesday, April 19 April 12, 2017 …Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Expo, held in the atrium of Wilson Hall, will put those students face to face with people actually doing the jobs they will be applying…