From physics to fisheries November 2, 2021 internshipSymmetry feature Students in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program hope to use skills they developed at Fermilab to benefit Indigenous communities….
Argonaut project launches design effort for super-cold robotics May 20, 2021 Argonautdetectorengineeringliquid argonouter spaceroboticsFermilab featureSymmetry feature …possible to make the interior cameras movable. A robotic camera may sound simple — but engineering it for a liquid-argon environment presents unique challenges. All of the electronics have to…
Crews complete major upgrade to Ross Hoists March 23, 2021 constructionDUNELBNF/DUNESanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilityFermilab feature …will be preserved by Sanford Lab for educational purposes. “The facility’s hoists are an amazing engineering feat,” Headley said. “They have served the site well for nearly 90 years, and…
Chicagoland Research Institutions Look to Transform the Water Industry March 22, 2021 electronsIARCIllinois Accelerator Research Centerparticle acceleratorwaterFermilab feature …of the Center for Molecular Engineering at Argonne National Laboratory and Senior Scientist at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME). The PME integrates science and engineering…
A brief history of women of Fermilab March 8, 2021 historySTEMFermilab feature …to 2013. Other women have been and continue to be leaders in experimental physics, theoretical physics, accelerator physics, computing, education, engineering, workforce development, administration, quantum science and many other areas…
Mentoring relationship between two women in STEM spurs personal, professional growth March 8, 2021 peopleSTEMFermilab feature …relationship has bridged the gap from colleague to friend, and that perhaps even wider chasm — from electrical to mechanical engineering. Farah Fahim Do you feel like being mentored has…
Testing wraps up for first Fermilab-designed cryomodule for PIP-II accelerator March 1, 2021 acceleratorbeamBhabha Atomic Research CentercavitycryomoduleDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEFranceIndiainternational engagementItalypeoplePIP-IIPolandsuperconducting technologyUnited KingdomFermilab feature …at Fermilab,” said Fermilab engineer Vincent Roger, who leads the engineering design of PIP-II cryomodules, “but it was the first time at Fermilab to fully design and build a cryomodule…
One minute with Roshanda Spillers, accelerator electronics technician February 15, 2021 accelerator complexpeopleFermilab feature …electrical engineering technology. I didn’t know anything about Fermilab back then, but I knew I wanted to work with electronics, so I put in an application on a whim and…
HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project receives approval to move full-speed-ahead from Department of Energy February 10, 2021 accelerator technologyBerkeley LabBrookhavenBrookhaven National LaboratorycavityCERNDepartment of EnergyDOEHigh-Luminosity Large Hadron ColliderHigh-Luminosity LHCHL-LHCHL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade ProjectJefferson LabLHC Accelerator Upgrade ProjectmagnetNational High Magnetic Field LaboratoryOld Dominion UniversitySLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryUniversity of FloridaFermilab feature …a truly global scientific and engineering undertaking that will usher in a new era of research and discovery in particle physics. AUP plays a critical role in making this possible,”…
Richard Verhaagen appointed new DOE site office manager January 25, 2021 Department of EnergyDOEpeopleFermilab feature …facilities, as well as emergency management, engineering and operational readiness. “I’m glad to be here, and I’m excited about learning a new scientific mission and working with a new group…