Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment completed February 1, 2024 …making this world-class underground facility a reality.” Engineering, construction and excavation teams have been working 4,850 feet below the surface since 2021 at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, home of…
Researchers at Fermilab use electron beams to eradicate forever chemicals in water January 29, 2024 …scientist Slavica Grdanovska, engineering physicist Yichen Ji and Cooper, used an electron beam accelerator at the laboratory for their testing. Used for proof-of-concept testing, the Accelerator Application Development and Demonstration…
Bringing compact particle accelerators to industry January 22, 2024 …variety of applications,” said Chris Edwards, engineering project manager at Fermilab. One such use case is metal 3D printing, which involves laying down metal powder and fusing the added metal…
NIU engineering and management professors receive DOE grant for student program with Fermilab January 18, 2024 It all started in 2018, when Nicholas Pohlman went on sabbatical leave. “I had time to think about the future,” said Pohlman, professor of mechanical engineering at Northern Illinois University….
Teachers take on scientific research through Fermilab’s TRAC program January 16, 2024 …technology, engineering and mathematics. Every year, Fermilab’s Teacher Research Associates program, or TRAC, invites outstanding science, math, computer science and technology teachers to the laboratory to conduct hands-on, personalized research…
Fermilab’s Integrated Engineering Research Center officially open for business January 10, 2024 …Fermilab the Project Completion and Start of Operations approval for its award-winning Integrated Engineering Research Center. Known as CD-4, the last of the Critical Decisions in the DOE Project Management…
International science organizations sign agreement to provide hardware for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment December 6, 2023 …on U.S. soil. Additionally, hundreds of students from all corners of the earth will start their careers in science, engineering and computing on this project. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is…
Two Fermilab initiatives awarded grants to open new educational doors October 18, 2023 Students with an interest in accelerator engineering or quantum computing, but who may not have sufficient resources at their home colleges, will soon have new options through the U.S. Department…
Fermilab receives DOE funding to further develop nationwide quantum network October 16, 2023 …Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Image: IEQNET collaboration “We are taking advantage of Fermilab’s expertise in systems engineering integration, advanced controls, readout electronics and ultra-sensitive sensors, which are all necessary for conducting…
SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science September 18, 2023 …its pioneering superconducting accelerator,” said Fermilab Director Lia Merminga. “The collective engineering, technical and scientific expertise and talent of the collaboration deserve immense credit for its successful construction and for…