DOE's budget proposal is part of President Clinton's $1.61 trillion budget package, sent to Congress Feb. 6. The initiative represents a funding increase of about 10 percent, but will increase operations by about 30 percent at two dozen research machines, according to DOE.
If the initiative isn't changed as the federal budget wends its way through Congress, Argonne may receive as much as $12.4 million in additional funding. Currently, the Science Facilities Initiative calls for increases of $1.1 million for the Electron Microscopy Center, $1.1 million for the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS), $5.2 million for the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS) and $5 million in grants to Advanced Photon Source users for beamlines.
"In many research areas, such as materials science, U.S. industry relies heavily on the department's facilities to conduct experiments that would otherwise be too expensive or even impossible to carry out," according to DOE's proposal.
The program offers undergraduates majoring in science, engineering or mathematics an opportunity to serve a joint summer internship at Argonne and a local industry.
Six students did research at Argonne and local industrial firms during the summer of 1994. DEP hopes to accommodate 20 students during the summer of 1995.
The cost of each internship is shared by DEP and the participating company, so Argonne researchers can bring in students for the internship at no cost to their division. Last year, interns conducted research in the fields of ceramic science and engineering; environmental geology; chemistry; chemical engineering and mechanical engineering.
The 11-week internship period will begin May 30, 1995. Employees interested in taking advantage of this program should call Deon Ettinger (DEP) at ext. 2-4272.
This is the first time in Argonne's history that the library system has undertaken a complete inventory to identify materials that have been lost over the years. The inventory is also an essential step in completing the automation project begun with the introduction of the Argonne Information Management (AIM) System in 1991.
Those wishing to renew library materials can request that the item receive immediate processing. After the inventory is completed, the IPD-TIS libraries will impose a one-year limit on loans of all books and full-size technical reports.
Presenter Amy Wagner is a senior staff therapist and supervisor with The Family Institute. Her presentation will focus on ways to strengthen remarried or blended families, common challenges faced by family members and ideas for developing healthy blended families.
Seminars will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Building 203 Auditorium. All Argonne and DOE employees and family members are welcome. Topics include:
* March 14: "Hot Monogamy" by William H. Hamilton and Terri A. Hamilton
* April 11: "Couples Communication: Troubled Waters" by William H. Hamilton
* May 9: "Communicating Effectively" by Elina Maghni
* June 13: "Unhealthy Family Relations" by Catherine Weigel Foy
* July 11: "When Violence Hits Home" by Elina Maghni
* August 8: "Adolescence: Battleground or Sanctuary?" by Catherine Weigel Foy
Videotapes of the seminars will be available for loan from the Medical Department. Call ext. 2-2813 for information. Flyers with additional information will be distributed before each seminar.
"The Family Series" is presented by the faculty of the Family Institute, a Northwestern University affiliate, and is sponsored by Argonne's Employee Assistance Program.
Cost for each class is $150, and participants must furnish an appropriate divisional overhead account. Call ext. 2-3410 to register.
* Fundamental Windows 3.1 (Course HR112) teaches students how to manage and explore the Windows display, explore applications with the Program Manager, create directories and organize files. Class will be held Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Building 362, room E188. Class size is limited to 12.
* Fundamental WordPerfect 6.0 For Windows (Course HR144), provides experience in the basic skills of the word-processing software for IBM-compatible PCs. Students will learn to create, save, print and retrieve documents, revise documents, set and change tabs, fonts and styles, and use a spell-checker and thesaurus. Class will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m in Building 362, room E188. Class size is limited to 12.
* English As A Second Language (Course 000534) helps non-native speakers improve their English language skills on the job through a culturally interactive approach. The first class will be held Tuesday, March 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Building 221, room A261. Testing for new students only will be held Thursday, March 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Class size is limited to 15.
WMO will clean contaminated lead bricks, thanks to a $485,000 Pollution Prevention Return-on-Investment grant to the Special Projects Office. The grant requires that Argonne clean 10,000 lead bricks for on-site reuse in fiscal year 1995.
The materials will be cleaned with carbon dioxide ice-pellet blast-cleaner equipment, which removes surface contamination without damaging the object being cleaned. It can clean a wide variety of contaminated surfaces, like fume hoods and manipulator arms and fingers.
Because of the grant requirements, however, lead brick and lead sheet cleaning have priority. Following project completion, the portable blast-cleaner will be available through WMO.
Waste management is looking for activated and/or surface contaminated lead bricks or sheets. They will pick up the contaminated lead materials, clean them, apply a plastic coating and either return them or store them for future use. Activated bricks will be coated with a distinctive color.
For more information, contact Jennifer McHenry at ext. 2-3957.
Meyrick J. Peak (CMB) will discuss types of human skin cancer, their treatment, and the role of sun exposure in causing the disease. He will also talk about the effects of ozone layer thinning on the development of skin cancer and on larger issues of global ecology. Peak will lecture at noon in the Building 203 Auditorium.
The term "solutions" refers to any solutions required for contact lens maintenance, such as saline solutions, cleaners, and rewetting drops.
CIGNA will accept HCFSA expenses for contact lens solutions for 1994 if they are submitted by the end of March 1995. A reimbursement claim form, along with a cash register receipt for the contact lens solution, should be submitted to CIGNA. Reimbursable items and their costs should be circled on the receipt. 1995 expenses for contact lens solutions can be submitted for reimbursement for this calendar year.
Contact lens solutions are not considered a covered expense under any of the Argonne medical plans.
For more information on reimbursement of these additional items under the HCFSA, call CIGNA at 1-800-242-2269.
Seminars include:
* February 21: "Introduction to Virology," by Pattle Pun, Wheaton College
* February 28: "Plant Viruses," by Drake Stenger, Northern Illinois University
* March 7: "Animal Virus Entry and Multiplication," by Thomas M. Gallagher, Loyola University Medical Center
* March 14: "The Herpes Viruses: Regulation of EBV Latency," by Richard Longnecker, Northwestern University Medical School
* March 21: "The AIDS Epidemic and HIV" by Debra Paul, Abbott Laboratories
* March 28: "Respiratory Viruses (Influenza, Cold)" by Mary Christensen, Children's Memorial Hospital
* April 4: "Viral Hepatitis" by Mark Peeples, Rush Presbyterian-St. Lukes Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
* April 11: To be announced
* April 18: "Viruses and Human Cancer" by Lou Laimin, Northwestern University Medical School
* April 25: "Viral Chemotherapy" by Terry Robins, Abbott Laboratories
* May 2: Make-up date (if needed).
Reservations are required: call Nicole Giannios at ext. 2-9818 or fax to ext. 2-3193 by the Thursday before the seminar. Non-employees must show a photo identifcation in order to obtain a pass to enter Argonne. Non-U.S. citizens planning to attend should call as soon as possible; name, country of citizenship, and date and place of birth are required for entry to the site.
ACCA is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges formed in 1966 to promote cooperation in science education with Argonne. ACCA colleges invite high school and junior high school science and social studies teachers to participate in any of these seminars.
Monday, February 13
Energy Technology Division Seminar: "Some Unexpected Applications of Curiosity-Driven Research in Fluid-Structure Interactions" by Michael P. Paidoussis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Canada. 10:30 a.m. -- Building 212, conference room A157.
Monday, February 13
Chemistry Division Monday Morning Seminar Series: "Surface Chemistry on Si(100) - The Behavior of the Dangling Bond" by John T. Yates, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 11 a.m. -- Building 200 Auditorium.
Monday, February 13
Physics Division Seminar: "Atomic Physics at the APS" by Linda Young (PHY). 3:30 p.m. -- Building 203, room R150.
Wednesday, February 15
Materials Science Division Seminar: "Phase Formation and Interface Reactions in Thin Films Studied by Novel X-Ray Techniques" by Torbjorn I. Selinder (MSD). 11 a.m. -- Building 212, conference room A157.
Wednesday, February 15
Chemistry Division Seminar: "Ultrafast Photodissociation Dynamics of Hgl2 in Ethanol Solution" by Arpad Szarka, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 11 a.m. -- Building 200, conference room J183.
Wednesday, February 15
High Energy Physics Division Seminar: "Light Quark Meson Spectroscopy" by Curtis Meyer, Carnegie Mellon University. 4 p.m. -- Building 362, conference room F108.
Thursday, February 16
Chemistry Division Seminar: "Phase Transitions with Constraints: Melting in Finite Systems and Wetting in Finite Systems and Wetting in Two-Component Polymer Blends" by Maria Trache, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 1:30 p.m. -- Building 200, conference room J193.
Thursday, February 16
Center for Mechanistic Biology & Biotechnology Seminar: "Tailoring Industrial Enzymes in Hostile Environments" by Ronald Wilson, Molecular Biology & Protein Engineering, COGNIS, Inc. 3:30 p.m. -- Building 202, conference room B169.
Friday, February 17
Materials Science Division Seminar: "Coarsening in the Ni-Al-Si System: Effect of Composition and Coherency Strains" by Govindarajan (Murali) Muralidharan, University of Illinois-Urbana and ANL. 11 a.m. -- Building 223, conference room L119.
Friday, February 17
Physics Colloquium: "The Nucleus as an Amplifier for the Weak Interaction" by Susan Seestrom, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 11 a.m. -- Building 203 Auditorium.
Monday, February 20
Energy Technology Division Seminar: "Current Understanding of Microstructure-Property Relationships in AG-Sheathed BSCCO Tapes for High Current Applications" by B. Hensel, University of Geneva, Switzerland. 10:30 a.m. -- Building 212, conference room A157.
Monday, February 20
Chemistry Division Monday Morning Seminar Series: "NMR Studies of Rare Gas Clusters in Zeolites: Adsorption and Diffusion at the Molecular Level" by Cynthia Jameson, Department of Chemistry University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. 11 a.m. -- Building 200 Auditorium.
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