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David P. Weber has been appointed director of Argonne's Reactor Analysis and Engineering Division. He will succeed David J. Hill, who has been promoted to the position of deputy associate laboratory director.
Weber has served as RAE associate division director and senior nuclear engineer since 1994. He has been responsible for developing and managing programs that apply analytical and computational techniques to the engineering sciences. Prior to that position, he was research program manager in the Office of the Director for Engineering Research.
Weber served as director of the Computing and Telecommunications Division from 1986 to 1991, directing all activities of Argonne's centralized computing organization. The division provided production computing services to the laboratory's scientific and engineering staff.
As a nuclear engineer in the former Reactor Analysis and Safety Division, Weber played a key technical leadership role in the development, validation and application of large scale, integrated computer codes used to analyze the behavior of nuclear reactors.
Weber joined Argonne in 1974 after receiving his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois. He is a member and former division officer of the American Nuclear Society. In addition to his duties at Argonne, he served on the Board of Education of the Indian Prairie School District and tutors math at the local high school in his spare time.
Argonne West is helping make the holidays brighter for children in need through its annual "Christmas for Families" drive, which runs through Dec. 7.
The program gives Argonne-West employees three ways to contribute:
A tree in the Laboratory and Office
Building Lobby has been decorated with ornaments for the children who will be supported by
Argonne-West donations. Each ornament bears information about a child's sizes and needs. Employees
can take an ornament from the tree and purchase something for that child. Gifts should be brought
unwrapped, with the ornament, to Shelley Wray (RPS) in Building 710, no later than Friday, Dec. 7.
Each area representative has a large,
colorful Christmas card designed to take the place of individual cards that employees might
purchase for co-workers. Employees can donate money they would have spent on co-workers' cards to
the Christmas for Families program.
A decorative box will be placed near
the cafeteria cash register for extra change. "Small coins add up to wonderful treasure for
children," said Wray, who helped organize this year's program.
Christmas for Families answers a child's needs and allows employees to share in something special for the holiday season, Wray said. "This is not a time of year that children should have to go without. Your generous contribution can enrich the life of a child and enriches your own."
More than 225 undergraduates from 51 colleges and universities presented 97 papers at Argonne's 12th annual Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, held Nov. 9-10 at Argonne-East.
The students came from schools of all sizes in 15 states, from Arizona to New York and from Minnesota to Mississippi. Organized by Argonne's Division of Educational Programs with sponsorship from the Louis Stokes Illinois Alliances for Minority Participation, Argonne Women in Science and Technology, and the Argonne Chapter of Sigma Xi, the event featured papers in biochemistry, cell biology, computer science, mathematics, condensed matter physics, engineering, astrophysics and geophysics, environmental science, general physics, nuclear and atomic physics, analytical chemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, and physical chemistry.
The event included a dinner at which Argonne Deputy Director Beverly Hartline delivered the keynote address.
Noting that unexpected insights often drive scientific breakthroughs provided researchers are alert to them, Hartline said, "As we look at the history of science, we find major advances that took place because researchers took seriously an unexpected, perhaps very small, `glitch' in their data. They saw something that didn't make sense, they eliminated the possibility that the glitch was in the equipment, and they set out to understand it."
She added that diverse viewpoints contribute to such insights and are essential in an idea business like science and engineering. "The way each of us gets ideas -- the way we each process information -- depends on a variety of factors, including our temperament, what we experienced growing up, how we were educated and in what discipline. A biologist, a chemical engineer, a physicist, a mathematician -- even an artist or philosopher -- each brings a special and valuable perspective. When such people work together, their different perspectives and knowledge often produce insights, discoveries and scientific progress that would not be possible if they work alone or with more similar colleagues."
-- Rich Greb
For contributions to pollution prevention at Argonne-East, Larry Johnson (EST-PA), Edward Ryan (MSD) and David Tolle (ESH-retired) have been selected to receive 2001 Spirit Awards by the Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee.
The awards were established in 1998 to recognize employees who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to incorporate waste minimization and pollution prevention into their daily work.
Johnson, transportation program
manager, has organized Argonne's participation in "Bike to Work Week" for several years. Each year,
the number of participants has grown. By riding to work, employees help to reduce emissions,
conserve gasoline, reduce traffic congestion and improve fitness.
Ryan has been the key member of the
committee responsible for the safe decommissioning and disposal of the High-Voltage Electron
Microscope (HVEM). In addition to helping maximize the number of components that could be reused at
other facilities, he also arranged for the quick removal of lead and depleted uranium used in the
HVEM as shielding.
Tolle has been responsible for
integrating pollution prevention strategies into Argonne safety training courses that cover topics
like construction safety and hazardous materials management. As a long-standing member of the Waste
Minimization and Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee before his recent retirement, Tolle played
a key role in the development and implementation of the laboratory's pollution prevention program.
Crafts, wood items, floral arrangements, ornaments and much more will be offered for sale at the Argonne Arts and Craft Club's annual holiday craft bazaar Friday, Dec. 7.
The bazaar will be held in Argonne-East's Building 212, Room A157, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
For more information, call Valerie Gaines (IPD) at ext. 2-5610.
The Argonne Pioneers will sell aluminum thermal bottles and "Funky Stress Guy" key chains at Argonne-East Wednesday, Dec. 5, through Friday, Dec. 7.
Items will be available in the Building 213 Cafeteria lobby from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. all three days. Both have the Pioneers' running-deer and Argonne logos.
Electronics and Computing Technologies will offer several classes at Argonne-East in December.
Unless otherwise specified, classes will be held in Building 221, Room A142 and are limited to 10 participants. Full class descriptions, schedules and enrollment forms are available online. See "On the Web," page 2. For more information about enrollment procedures, contact Diane Cavazos at ext. 2-7153 or dkcavazos@anl.gov.
Beginning Unix (ECT564) -- This class
consists of two three-hour sessions for a total of six hours. First Session: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 9
a.m. - noon. Second Session: Thursday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m- noon. Cost: $265.
vi Editor in Unix (ECT567) -- Friday,
Dec. 7, 9 a.m. - noon. Cost: $180.
Advanced Word 2000 (ECT378) -- Monday,
Dec. 10, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $215.
Advanced Excel 2000 (ECT379) --
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 8:30 a.m. _ 4:30 p.m. Cost: $215.
Advanced Access 2000 (ECT380) --
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $215. Class size limited to eight.
Front Page 2000 (ECT383) -- This class
is two full days. Thursday, Dec. 13, and Friday, Dec. 14, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class
size limited to eight. Cost: $430.