From University of Chicago news, Nov. 20, 2017: Fermilab scientist Marcela Carena is among the University of Chicago faculty named AAAS fellow.
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The funds will support collaborations with partners in computer science and applied mathematics to address problems in high-energy physics with advanced computing solutions.
Himmel’s work will provide more precise measurements of neutrino energy.
Nhan Tran receives award for his leading role on jet substructure reconstruction and pile-up mitigation for the CMS experiment.
Aliaga Soplin is recognized for his outstanding work in neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beamline.
The Presidential Early Career Awards highlight the key role that the administration places in encouraging and accelerating American innovation to grow our economy and tackle our greatest challenges.
The Egretha Foundation, formed 10 years ago to celebrate the successes of African-American women in the Chicago area, will honor two women from U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories at their annual gala on Oct. 21.
Each will receive $2.5 million, distributed over five years, to advance their work at the laboratory.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today awarded the Nobel Prize in physics to theorists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert to recognize their work developing the theory of what is now known as the Higgs field, which gives elementary particles mass. U.S. scientists played a significant role in advancing the theory and in discovering the particle that proves the existence of the Higgs field, the Higgs boson.
August 16, 2011 — Alex Romanenko, a materials scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, will receive $2.5 million from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to expand his innovative research to develop superconducting accelerator components. These components could be applied in fields such as medicine, energy and discovery science. Romanenko was named a recipient of a DOE Early Career Research Program award for his research on the properties of superconducting radio frequency cavities made of niobium metal. The prestigious…