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Eight Argonne employees will receive the highest honor the University of Chicago awards to Argonne employees.
The University of Chicago Distinguished Performance Awards recognize achievements or leadership by employees engaged in scientific and technical activities. Awardees will receive a certificate, a medal and a check for $3,000 at a ceremony on Thursday, July 13.
Awardees will be:
John A. Carwardine and
Frank R. Lenkszus (both ASD) for their ground-breaking work in designing
and implementing the Advanced Photon Source Real-Time Feedback Orbit
Control System.
The system makes use of 21 microprocessors and 48 digital signal processors distributed around the facility and linked to form a single computing device. This device has a combined capacity of over one billion floating-point computations per second.
The system collects information on micron-scale motions of the electron orbit at 160 locations around the storage ring and prescribes corrections to cancel mechanical and electrical disturbances of the beam.
Armando Travelli, James
Matos and James Snelgrove (all TD) for sustained technical excellence and
leadership in the Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor (RERTR)
project.
Over the past 22 years, RERTR has helped to block a significant path for nuclear proliferation. Thirty-seven research reactors in 22 countries have been converted to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuels, or are in the process of converting.
In addition, 21 new research reactors have been constructed and are being designed to operate with LEU instead of highly enriched uranium. Their work has been critical to the attainment of a major nonproliferation goal of ending civil use of highly enriched uranium internationally.
Ewing (Rusty) Lusk (MCS)
who has gained international renown for research in computer science and
whose leadership skills have been critical in creating a world-class
program in high-performance computing at Argonne.
Lusk's research contributions have been in two areas -- automated reasoning and portable parallel computing. Developments pioneered by Lusk and his colleagues have brought Argonne to the forefront of experimentation in automated reasoning.
Lusk's early work in communications software for parallel computers laid the ground work for the Message Passing Interface standard, which is used by hundreds of groups worldwide and supported on every major supercomputer.
Steven Pieper and Robert
Wiringa (both PHY) who are world leaders in the field of microscopic
many-body calculations of the atomic nucleus, based on realistic
two-nucleon and three nucleon forces.
Their work on ab initio calculations of nuclear structure has become the benchmark for the field. With the collaboration of their colleagues worldwide, accurate calculations of important astrophysical processes are now being performed.
The work of Pieper and Wiringa, together with their outside collaborators, was recently described by Hans Bethe as "the world's most advanced and successful group in quantitative nuclear theory."
Four Argonne employees will be honored with University of Chicago Outstanding Service Awards at a ceremony Thursday, July 13.
The award is the highest honor the university gives to Argonne employees in support positions. Winners receive an engraved plaque and a check for $3,000.
The award was established in 1983 by the University of Chicago Board of Governors for Argonne to recognize those who have furthered the goals and missions of the laboratory through exceptional contributions.
Those receiving Outstanding Service Awards will be honored at a ceremony at 3 p.m. in Argonne-East's Building 213 Cafeteria.
John A. Buzzell (ED)
will be honored for his sustained high level of performance and
accomplishments as manager of the Engineering Division's Engineering
Development Laboratory. He has developed and maintained a cadre of
skilled, innovative technicians and versatile facilities.
Buzzell's leadership has been critical to accomplishing goals associated with important programs, such as the spent fuel treatment project and the Kazakhstan fast reactor spent fuel packaging project. The Engineering Development Laboratory has established itself as an authority on glovebox technology, and has assembled and tested or upgraded nearly every new glovebox at Argonne-West.
M. Hope Chafee (OCF) was
nominated at the request of eight budget administrators for her knowledge
of cost accounting practices and related systems and her "customer
service" attitude. During the transition to a new financial system,
Chafee fielded innumerable questions about the procedures from divisional
financial representatives and provided assistance in interpreting and
clarifying operations and reports.
Terry Scott, Intense
Pulsed Neutron Source cryogenic moderator system manager, has played a key
role in making IPNS the most reliable and scientifically productive
neutron scattering facility in the U.S. Department of Energy system.
Moderators slow neutrons produced by IPNS to useable energies and are a
critical part of the facility. Scott designed and constructed the
moderators and their numerous upgrades and related systems. He had a lead
role in developing the world's first solid methane moderator, and helped
devise ways to improve the reliability and effectiveness of the solid and
liquid moderator systems.
Robert Whitman (AOD) was
nominated for his outstanding dedication as manager of building operations
at the Advanced Photon Source. He is responsible for many facets of the
daily support provided to all persons who work in the APS complex. He also
coordinates the APS Conference Center activities and oversees maintenance
at the Guest House. Whitman and his support staff ensure that the 500
staff members, 1,800 users and many visitors have a positive experience.
Argonne's Maria Goeppert Mayer Distinguished Scholars -- Lisette de Pillis (MCS) and Maria Iavarone (MSD) -- will present seminars on their research in June and July. The two-seminar series is sponsored by MCS, MSD and Argonne's Women in Science and Technology program to honor the women scholars.
Both seminars will be preceded by a reception at 3 p.m. in the lobby of Argonne-East's Building 203 Auditorium. The seminars will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the adjoining auditorium.
De Pillis' seminar, titled "Shocks, Shots, and the Money Box: Applications of Mathematical Modeling," will take place Thursday, June 29.
Her research combines mathematical theory and analysis with the design and implementation of mathematical models and their application to real-world problems in engineering and the physical sciences. She is an associate professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, Calif., where she recently received funding to build a 16-node parallel computer designed according to the Beowolf concept and capable of performing at speeds exceeding one gigaflop.
Iavarone's seminar, "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Superconducters," will be held Wednesday, July 12.
She is a world leader in the use of STM to measure vortex lattices in high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct electricity without resistance when cooled by liquid nitrogen.
In addition, her work on tunneling density of states of high-temperature superconductors has found evidence of a new fundamental particle that mediates electron pairing in these materials.
The Maria Goeppert Mayer Award is granted annually by Argonne to an outstanding woman scientist or engineer early in her career. The award provides an attractive salary and cash award of $5,000 to enable the young scientist to use Argonne resources to conduct innovative research.
Flashing lights and sirens on the Argonne-East site on July 6 are probably not going to be a sign of an actual emergency. Argonne's emergency management operations will be conducting an exercise on that day, so any disaster is likely to be a mock one.
The emergency drill will take place during the morning of Thursday, July 6, and will occur somewhere on the Argonne site, according to Mary Goodkind (ESH), Argonne emergency management officer.
Some details of the drill are still being worked out, and others are being withheld to add the element of surprise for emergency responders, Goodkind said.
Activities related to the drill may mean that some roads on site will be temporarily closed as responders deal with the mock emergency, so some traffic routes may be affected, she said. However, all activities should conclude around noon.
Argonne's Web Mavens will meet Wednesday, June 28, at 1:30 in Building 201 in Conference Room 238.
The group will meet to network and share tips on creating and maintaining web sites. Laurie Tyzenhaus (ECT-CTT) will update members on computer security at Argonne.
The Web Mavens are Web masters and Web site managers who meet periodically to talk about issues of common interest and share "tips of the trade."
This summer, Argonne-East will once again participate in ComEd's energy conservation program. Under this program, Argonne will save energy and be compensated for each kilowatt saved.
When ComEd notifies Argonne officials to reduce electrical use, an
announcement will be made over the public address system asking employees to turn off non-essential lighting, computers and other equipment for periods lasting two to six hours.
To date, Argonne has received about $750,000 from ComEd for reducing energy use. Last year, Argonne received a refund of $111,000.
This is Argonne's eighth year participating in ComEd's program to reduce power consumption in the summertime.
Tickets for the Argonne Combined Appeal's (ACA) annual raffle will be on sale daily from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Argonne-East's Building 213 Cafeteria Monday, June 26, through Friday, July 7.
Tickets are 25 cents each or five for $1. Tickets will also be available from ACA steering committee members and ACA coordinators and at the Argonne-East employee picnic on Saturday, July 8.
This year's prizes include gift certificates to restaurants including Traverso's, Omega, Old Town Restaurant and Lemont Street Cafe. It is also possible to win a weekend night for two at the Hyatt Oak Brook, movie tickets and gift certificates to Jewel/Osco and Walgreen's. Other prizes will be announced.
The drawing will be held at the picnic. Winners do not need to be present to win.
The Combined Appeal provides employees with a way to contribute to the Metropolitan Chicago United Way/Crusade of Mercy, United Way Will County and many other charities.
For more information on the combined appeal see the ACA home page at http://www.anl.gov/ACA/aca-home.html.
Argonne's Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) will sell baseball caps, holiday ornaments and key clasps every other Friday during the summer.
Baseball caps are adjustable and decorated with white-tailed or fallow deer. Cost is $10 (reduced from $12). Holiday ornaments cost $5, and key clasps (plated with 22-karat gold) are $10.
The sale will take place in Argonne-East's Building 213 Cafeteria from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Personal checks can be made out to "Argonne Chapter IAAP."
Proceeds help raise money for IAAP's annual $500 scholarships to two high school students.
The new Argonne Tai Chi Club will meet Friday, June 30, at noon in Room 190 of Argonne-East's Building 201 to determine interest in starting Tai Chi classes.
Beginners, advanced practitioners and people interested in teaching a class are invited.
For more information, contact Carolyn Arthur at ext. 2-9023.
Stories, seminar listings and classified ads for the July 10 issue of Argonne News must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday, June 30, due to the Independence Day holiday.
The regular deadline of 5 p.m. Monday will resume the following week.
