Engineer Farah Fahim awarded $2.5M to advance AI-on-chip for data processing July 16, 2021 …one of the first engineers to win the award in high-energy physics. Fahim has a doctorate in electrical engineering and has worked at Fermilab for 12 years, developing pixel detectors…
Fermilab’s Jay Theilacker wins award for technical contributions, leadership from Cryogenic Engineering Conference June 24, 2021 Jay Theilacker The Cryogenic Engineering Conference has awarded Jay Theilacker the 2021 Samuel C. Collins Award. Theilacker is the Cryogenic Sector head in the Applied Physics and Superconducting Technology Division…
Argonaut project launches design effort for super-cold robotics May 20, 2021 …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…
SQMS Center at Fermilab announces Carolyn B. Parker Fellowship for postdocs May 6, 2021 …background in physics or engineering. It offers a three-year appointment at SQMS with a possible two-year extension. One applicant will be selected annually. The chosen fellow will conduct research both…
High school students to talk one-on-one with STEM professionals at Fermilab’s online STEM Career Expo April 14, 2021 …the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will offer high school students an opportunity to ask those questions at the annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career…
Crews complete major upgrade to Ross Hoists March 23, 2021 …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 …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 …from 2006 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…
Mentoring relationship between two women in STEM spurs personal, professional growth March 8, 2021 …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…
Fermilab names Kevin Pitts as chief research officer March 1, 2021 …Engineering. He has a long history working on experiments at Fermilab, including participation in the discovery of the top quark in 1995. Additionally, he has been serving on the Long…