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…
One minute with Lidija Kokoska, mechanical engineer March 23, 2017 …different engineering-related issues with the director. I really liked that because it gave you an opportunity to look at engineering at the lab with a higher, 30,000-foot view. It was…
Geneva’s Jim Jenkins is Fermilab’s new artist-in-residence March 1, 2017 …his work, informed by more than two decades in manufacturing. “I was exposed to a lot of things during that time, including engineering,” he said. “My work has a lot…
New world-leading limit on dark matter search from PICO experiment February 27, 2017 …endowment from the Kavli Foundation and its founder Fred Kavli. The PICO Collaboration would also like to acknowledge the support of the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada…
One minute with Jerry Zimmerman, engineering physicist February 15, 2017 …job. For my on-site job, I’m an engineering physicist. I do work in the Village area, where I work on plastic extrusion and the test beam area, helping keep that…
Next-gen dark matter detector in a race to finish line February 13, 2017 …research in a safe work environment and to inspire our next generation through science, technology, engineering, and math education. For more information, please visit the Sanford Lab website at http://www.sanfordlab.org….
Fermilab achieves milestone beam power for neutrino experiments January 26, 2017 …number of engineering feats that allow them to catch the wandering particles before they damage something important in the accelerator tunnel. To generate high-power beams, the scientists and engineers at…
The birth of Fermilab January 23, 2017 …complex was progressing in 1969. Birth of Fermilab Fermilab founding director Robert Wilson signs the contract with the architectural and engineering company DUSAF in 1967. Birth of Fermilab An early…