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Donald Geesaman has been promoted to director of Argonne's Physics Division.
Scientists in the Physics Division study the properties of nuclei and atoms. Their research concentrates on heavy-ion nuclear research and medium-energy and theoretical physics. The division is also home to the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS), the world's first superconducting accelerator for particles heavier than the electron. The facility is open to scientists from all over the world.
Previously, Geesaman was the division's chief of medium-energy physics. He has spent his entire career at Argonne, starting as a post-doctoral research associate in 1976. He was promoted to senior scientist in 1991.
Geesaman's recent research focuses on understanding the implications of nucleon substructure for the nucleus (nucleons are the protons and neutrons inside the nucleus).
Geesaman is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He has served on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bates Users Group and the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility Users Group. He has chaired the board of directors of the Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory Users Group and is currently chair of its Program Advisory Committee. Geesaman is an associate editor ofPhysical Review C.
Human Resources has updated its Diversity Program Web site with a new online course that will help employees recognize and prevent sexual harassment
The interactive Web site defines sexual harassment, offers a short quiz on harassment situations and outlines seven steps that should be followed if employees feel they are the victim of harassment, said Teri Rodriguez (HR), Diversity Program Office manager.
The training includes supervisory and non-supervisory sections, each with about 12 examples and questions to test understanding of sexual harassment. Employees can view both sections to better understand the material.
The course needs to be viewed with an 800x600 screen resolution. For more information, call Rodriguez at ext. 2-3022.
Innovative uses of World Wide Web applications and common needs and interests of the laboratory's webmasters and Internet users will be discussed at the "Argonne Web Forum" Tuesday, Feb. 15.
The forum will highlight local systems and tools that incorporate Web technology for the benefit of the laboratory's research and development.
The event is sponsored by the Electronics and Communications Technologies Division.
Scheduled topics include distributed Web site maintenance, secure Web servers, running Windows applications on the Web, geographic data display, Web-based training, secure access, and improving site design, usability and maintainability.
Additional presenters are welcome to deliver a 20-minute talk or demonstration. Send a title and one-paragraph abstract to webforum@anl.gov.
The Amati String Quartet concert, originally set for Saturday, March 25, has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 18.
Admission to the concert is $20. Call ext. 2-3751 to order tickets using VISA or MasterCard, or use the ticket request form on the Arts at Argonne Web site to order tickets by mail.
Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of Argonne-East's Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) during the week of March 13 from noon to 1 p.m. The Auditorium Box Office will be open on the day of the performance at 7:30 p.m.
SmartSignal Corporation will work with Argonne to enhance a fault-detection system originally developed by the laboratory to give early warnings of equipment problems at nuclear power plants.
The technology was developed by Kenny Gross and Jim Herzog (both RA), based on the patented Multivariate State Estimation System developed at Argonne's Reactor Analysis Division (Argonne News, Feb. 2, 1998).
Through the agreement, SmartSignal will continue to enhance its detection engine, which finds small differences in sensor signals and provides the earliest possible warning of problems in equipment and industrial processes and increases instrumentation sensitivity.
"The research and development agreement with Argonne means that we have the best and brightest people helping us as we broaden the theoretical underpinnings of our technology," said Alan Wilks, SmartSignal's vice president of technology. SmartSignal is a venture-backed start-up software company based in Lisle, Ill.
SmartSignal's microprocessor-based technology gathers information from sensor signals within a given system or piece of equipment. Based on that information, the SmartSignal software makes a model of the signal and detects future changes. The system operator can recognize developing problems while there is still time to prevent costly shutdowns or damage.
Although the technology was originally developed for nuclear power applications, it has been refined to the point where it can be used in many devices, processes or systems that use a microprocessor.
SmartSignal will provide $120,000 of labor and will pay for $120,000 of Argonne work.
The Argonne Policy Manualis available on the laboratory's Web site.
The online version eliminates the need to update paper files and offers complete keyword search capability and timely updates.
Hard copies of the policy manual are no longer current and should be discarded.
A Valentine's Day candy sale will be held in the lobby of Argonne-East's Building 213 Cafeteria on Thursday, Feb. 10, and Friday, Feb. 11.
Fanny May candies will be sold from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., priced at a 15 percent discount from retail prices.
The sale will be hosted by Sodexho Marriott.
George J. Fischer, a pioneer in the development of nuclear reactors and former longtime Argonne employee, died Jan. 11 in Hyannis, Md. He was 81.
Fischer was a graduate student under Edward Teller, and calculated the opacity of uranium, a necessary step in the development of the first nuclear reactor.
He spent most of his career at Argonne from 1959 to 1973. The bulk of his research centered on the analysis of the behavior of fast-breeder reactors in severe hypothetical accidents. He designed and analyzed experiments, often for the purpose of licensing approval for commercial power reactors. He conducted an experimental demonstration of the shut-down performance of uranium-238 in a hypothetical accident situation using the Zero-Power Reactor-III at Argonne-West.
He spent the remainder of his career at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, N.Y., where he designed reactors with anti-proliferation characteristics.
He is survived by his wife, Alice, a son, Robert G. Fischer, two sisters, Audry Emmerich and Margery Mitchell and two nieces and two nephews.
The deadline for applications for the Maria Goeppert Mayer Distinguished Scholar Award is Monday, Feb. 28.
Staff members are encouraged to nominate colleagues from academia or industry through their division directors or program managers. The Maria Goeppert Mayer Distinguished Scholar Award Committee also is soliciting candidates through professional society newsletters.
The appointment is named for the Argonne physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963. It was established by Argonne in 1992 to recognize outstanding achievements by a woman scientist or engineer and to provide opportunities for her to conduct innovative research using the unique environment and capabilities offered by Argonne.
Scholars chosen in 1999 were Lisette DePillis (MCS) and Maria Iavarone (MSD).
Appointments are supported by the scholarship fund and the nominating division, and normally run for one year of residency; however, the duration and period of each appointment's residency is flexible to meet both the sponsoring division's and candidate's stipulations.
After reviewing nominations by the sponsoring division, the Maria Goeppert Mayer Scholarship Committee, comprising Argonne staff members representing a broad spectrum of scientific and engineering interests, will submit recommendations on each candidate to the laboratory director, who will make the final decision on extending the appointment.
For more information, see the Maria Goeppert Mayer Web site, or contact committee chair Maryka Bhattacharyya (BIO) at ext. 2-3923.
The deadline for applying for the open seat on Argonne's Women in Science and Technology (WIST) steering committee has been extended to Friday, Feb. 11.
The seat is open to any interested regular, full-time member of the laboratory's staff of women technical employees.
Applicants should provide a curriculum vitae and cover memo listing prior experience with WIST activities and stating reasons for wanting to become a committee member.
This material should be sent to committee chairperson Joe Asbury (OTD).
Members about to rotate off the committee and former members may apply for consideration.
The group's charter includes recommending a WIST program initiator to lead the laboratory's efforts to recruit, retain and promote women.
The committee also provides guidance during the initiator's two-year term and evaluates the WIST program's effectiveness.
A free, one-hour seminar on child car-seat safety will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Argonne-East's Building 203 Auditorium.
The program will cover the proper installation of car seats and will include a list of organizations that conduct checks to make sure seats are properly installed.
The program will be presented by DuPage Safe Kids, an organization dedicated to preventing accidental injury. The seminar is sponsored by Argonne's Traffic Safety Committee.
Electronics and Computing Technologies will offer several classes in office computer software during February and March.
Full class descriptions, schedules and prerequisite information are online at the ECT web site or under "Education and Training" on the Argonnet. Unless otherwise noted, classes will be held in Argonne-East's Building 221, Room A142, will be limited to 10 participants, and will cost $195. For more information about enrollment procedures call Diane Cavazos (ECT) at ext. 2-7153 or send e-mail to dkcavazos@anl.gov.
Microsoft Outlook 98 (ECT362) -- Monday, Feb. 21,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 6, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Introduction to Access 97 (ECT332) -- Wednesday,
March 1, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size
limited to eight.
Intermediate Access 97 (ECT333) -- Thursday, Feb. 24,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size limited to eight.
Advanced Access 97 (ECT334) -- Thursday, March 9,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size limited to eight.
Visual Basic for Access 97 (ECT344) -- Friday,
March 10, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size
limited to eight.
Intermediate MS Word 97 (ECT364) -- Friday, Feb. 25,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Advanced MS Word 97 (ECT365) -- Tuesday, March 7,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Beginning Unix (ECT564) -- This class consists of
two three-hour sessions for a total of six hours.
February -- first session: Tuesday, Feb. 15, 9 a.m. - noon. Second session: Thursday, Feb. 17, 9 a.m. - noon.
March -- first session: Tuesday, March 28, 9 a.m. - noon. Second session: Thursday, March 30, 9 a.m. - noon. Cost is $245.
Intermediate Excel 97 (ECT367) -- Wednesday, Feb. 23,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Advanced Excel 97 (ECT368) -- Wednesday, March 8,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Intermediate PowerPoint 97 (ECT343) -- Friday,
Feb. 11, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. or Thursday,
March 16, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Cost:
$135.
Advanced PowerPoint 97 (ECT360) -- Thursday, March 16,
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $135.
Excel: Working With Large Worksheets (ECT348) --
Tuesday, March 14, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $135.
Excel: Charts, Graphics, Files (ECT349) --
Wednesday, March 15, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $135.
MS Word: Everyday Tasks Made Easier (ECT345) --
Tuesday, March 14, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost:
$135.
MS Word Helpers (ECT346) -- Wednesday, March 15,
1:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m. Cost: $135.
MS Project (ECT352) -- (Two-day class.) First
session: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Second session: Tuesday, Feb. 29, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30
p.m. Cost: $390.
Service Awards for January include:
35 Years
Ronald W. Clark (ET), Richard L. Hart (ER), Blakey J. Ryan (PFS).
30 Years
Kenneth E. Gray (MSD), Roger L. Hogrefe (AOD), Philip A. Pizzica (RA), Walter F. Podolski (CMT), Donald A. Sandberg (PFS), Robert A. Schlenker (ESH), Leon C. Walters (ED), Arthur B. Wicklund (HEP).
25 Years
Wallis F. Calaway, Jr. (CHM), Duane W. Condiff (RE), John R. Forrestal (ASD), Roy W. Keyes (OD), Jo Ann H. Parnell (ES), Paul D. Roach (RE), Jeffery D. Staffon (RPS), John D. Taylor (ER).
20 Years
Vinson L. Baledge (OD), Tai-Hsin Chien (ET), Joseph R. Climer (NT), James E. Helt (ERD), Mark J. Jusko (DIS), Barry T. Miller (ECT), David A. Poyer (DIS), Douglass M. Ray (ED), Eleanor M. Robson (EA).
15 Years
Edward J. Daniels (ES), David M. Gartman (EA), John Osudar (CMT), Anthony E. Scandora, Jr. (ECT), R. Raj Sekar (ES), Christine E. Ward (OD).
10 Years
Halil I. Avci (EA), Darrel R. Beebe (ED), Deborah L. Blunt (EA), Vernetta Carten (ES), Kevin J. Cleary (PFS), Dennis G. Dineen (ED), Mary E. Donovan (IPD), Ronald K. Farris (OD), Richard B. Fenner (APS), Rebecca A. Haffenden (DIS), John Herman (PFS), Eric B. Johnson (PFS), Robert L. Keithley, Jr. (ASD), Donald W. Lewis (OD), Thomas H. Moore (RPS), John Pace (ASD), Ross F. Pallan (HR), Manjula Rani Pfingston (EA), Richard A. Southworth, (OD), Rosemary Stanton (EQO), Yu Tang (RE), Thomas K. Terrillion (ED), Kenneth L. Wood (HEP), Abdellatif M. Yacout (RA).
5 Years
Tanya Abdul-Rahim (PFS), Steven E. Aumeier (NT), Richard E. Barrans, Jr. (CHM), Jeffrey L. Humphrey (PFS), Melaine Johnson (HR), Daniel R. Omiecinski (HR), Nicholas J. Stoops (ECT), Richard Vitt (IPNS), Michael J. Vonder Heide (ECT), Lenore Welko (CMT).
