Some of this week's stories

Advanced Photon Source to be dedicated

Scientists and engineers at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source (APS) will celebrate the dawning of a new era in X-ray research after nearly a decade of planning and building. The formal dedication ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. at sectors 34 and 35 of Argonne-East's Building 400.

Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary is scheduled to attend. Others participating in the dedication ceremony will be Argonne Director Alan Schriesheim; Associate Laboratory Director David Moncton; and representatives of several of the collaborative access teams who will be performing research at the APS. The dedication ceremony is being held in conjunction with a meeting of the University of Chicago

The APS produces "hard" X-rays -- X-rays with enough energy to break even the most tightly bound electrons free from an atom. APS X-ray beams will be 10,000 times more brilliant than beams from most other sources. Brighter light reveals more details in structure and allows faster image-taking.

With such fast picture-taking abilities, scientists will make motion pictures of chemical processes in action. The radiation from the APS can be pulsed like a strobe light to capture images of the intermediate arrangements of atoms and molecules as they react with one another and change shape.

These microscopic movies will allow biological and medical researchers to see the movements of every atom in an enzyme as it catalyzes a chemical reaction. Such studies will increase science's knowledge of basic biochemical processes such as photosynthesis, DNA replication and protein synthesis. They will also help molecular biologists design "smart" pharmaceuticals that can find the right place to attach to specific enzymes, thereby either blocking or enhancing their action in the body.

Discoveries made at the APS are expected to enhance the quality of everyday life and to affect the nation's economic and technological future. Advances are expected particularly in biotechnology, polymer and advanced materials, medical diagnostics, digital imaging techniques, semiconductor materials and microelectronic circuits.

IPNS marks 15th anniversary

A short program will begin at 4 p.m. with comments by Argonne Director Alan Schriesheim, Frank Fradin, associate laboratory director for physical research, and IPNS Director Bruce Brown. IPNS Technical Director John Carpenter will add a historical perspective. The program includes an "open mike" session at which attendees will be invited to share their favorite memories of IPNS -- serious, historical, humorous or otherwise.

A reception and refreshments will follow the program. Anyone interested in attending the celebration should contact Carolyn Tobin at ext. 2-6555 or catobin@anl.gov, or fax the division office at ext. 2-4163.

IPNS, which is used for the study of atomic structure and motions in liquids and solids, is the most cost-effective of the U.S. Department of Energy's neutron sources. It has operated with 95 percent reliability since it was first turned on in May 1981. IPNS has led the world in many scientific and technical innovations for spallation sources, including uranium targets, cryogenic moderators, and a wide variety of neutron scattering instruments including time-focused powder diffractometers, chopper spectrometers and reflectometers.

In the past 15 years, more than 3,200 experiments have been performed and more than 2,500 scientists have come to IPNS for one or more experiments during any given year. IPNS is a key component in the DOE's Scientific Facilities Initiative (SFI).

Augustine: Scientists and engineers
must speak out to defend a `just cause'

The colloquium was part of "Partners in Progress: Science, Technology and Society," a series of speeches in honor of Argonne's 50th anniversary..

"Scientists and engineers have made the American dream possible," Augustine said, "But we have not told our story particularly well over the years." And the challenge before America's scientists and engineers is to defend technology and science -- vital to the nation's future prosperity -- against public ignorance and cuts in funding.

"Modern scientist and engineers need to become as adept with societal, economic and political forces as they are with the forces of electricity and chemistry," he said. "Nature is a totally honest, unbiased judge. But we are being judged by people." Only six members of the U.S. House of Representatives hold technical degrees, Augustine said. There are none in the Senate .

To some people, "ignorance of science and technology is worn as a badge of honor," he said.

Augustine proposed a series of steps to remedy the situation, starting with teaching the political process to all students in scientific and engineering schools. Members of these fields -- which he characterized as "the stealth profession" because so many of its members are reluctant to take credit for their accomplishments -- need a better grasp of communications. He urged the audience to write letters to the editor, contact their political representatives, and speak to local civic organizations.

An engineering degree should require five or six years to complete, Augustine said. "One needs more training to give my neighbor's basset hound an injection than to build a structure on which the lives of thousands of people depend," he said.

He also called for increased funding for research, especially at universities. "It's not a question of availability of funds, it's a question of availability of will," he said.

"It's not at all clear that we'll be able to persevere the pace of progress that we've enjoyed in the past," Augustine said. "The time is late, the cause is just. It's time to come out of the lab, out of the engineering facility and share our views with the public."

Augustine, president and chief executive officer of Lockheed-Martin, is chairman of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Red Cross and president of the Boy Scouts of America. He has been undersecretary and assistant secretary of the Army, and assistant director of defense research and engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Augustine won the Department of Defense's highest civilian decoration, the Distinguished Service Medal, four times. He has been awarded many other medals and awards.

He is co-author of "The Defense Revolution" and author of "Augustine's Laws," which has been printed in four languages.

Lab hosts 400 children
for `Science in the Park'

After being greeted by Argonne Director Alan Schriesheim, the students were introduced to the habitats in Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, accompanied by their teachers and volunteer Argonne employees. Students estimated the age of trees using string and a bit of mathematics and measured the pH of the preserve's soil and Sawmill Creek.

After lunch at the Argonne Park pavilion, students planted grass seed as part of the park's renovation.

Parallel Computing tutorials to be held May 14

The tutorials are hosted by the Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC), a National Science Foundation-funded science and technology center. The center was established in 1989 to make massively parallel computing systems as usable as conventional supercomputing systems are today. Argonne is a member of CRPC. Many Argonne researchers are, or will soon be, involved in parallel computing, which applies many microprocessors to a single computing task. The advantage over traditional, single-processor computing is that parallel computers can tackle problems faster and with greater power.

The tutorials are designed for researchers and practitioners interested in applying data-parallel computation to scientific programs. In the morning tutorial, Chuck Koelbel will introduce programmers to the most important features of High-Performance FORTRAN and illustrate how it can be used in practice on algorithms for scientific computation.

In the early afternoon session "Emerging Web Technologies," Geoffrey Fox will summarize features of key Web enabling languages Ñ Java, JavaScript and VRML. Mark Baker will discuss metacomputing Ñ combining heterogeneous computers over a high-speed, wide-area network Ñ and its effects on the high performance computing and communications community.

Registration information, and more about the CRPC and the tutorials is available on the World Wide Web. Registration information can be found at the link to "Public Invited to Attend CRPC Tutorial." Registration deadline is Monday, May 6.

These tutorials are open to the public for a fee of $50.

`Bird walks' to begin
near migration peak

Rodney East (XFD), who is organizing the walks, said the Argonne site may harbor more than 150 species of birds, from egrets to indigo buntings.

Seven of the one-hour walks are scheduled. East recommends bringing binoculars, good hiking shoes, long pants and mosquito repellent.

Employees interested in the walk should meet at 8 a.m., in the Building 431 parking lot. For more information, contact East at ext. 2-2878. A complete schedule and more information can be found on the World Wide Web.

50th anniversary
T-shirts go on sale

Youth T-shirts are $6 and come in sizes extra-small (childrens' size 2-4), small (6-8), medium (10-12), and large (14-16).

T-shirts for adults are $8 and come in medium, large, extra-large, and XXL sizes.

Wastewater Treatment Plant
upgrade begins

In service since the 1950s, the plant treats laboratory wastewater before its discharge into Sawmill Creek. The upgrade is necessary because the plant is undersized for the existing wastewater flow and chemical loads, said project Manager Mark Gowdy. Most of the equipment is old and needs to be replaced. The upgrade will provide new treatment processes, which will remove contaminants present in the wastewater more efficiently.

For more information, please call Mark Gowdy (ES) at ext. 2-3677.

Argonne to Host DTIC
Midwest Regional Meeting

DTIC was established in 1945 as the U.S. Air Documents Center with the mission of collecting and cataloging World War II scientific and technical documents. DTIC has become the central facility for the Department of Defense in the acquisition, storage, retrieval, dissemination, and utilization of scientific and technical information. The organization is a vital link in transferring this information among the defense and civilian research and development communities.

For registration details or further information, contact Liz Ybarra (IPD-TIS) at ext. 2-4825.

Symposium to honor
Physicist John Schiffer

Schiffer, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has made seminal contributions to studies of nuclear structure, pion absorption in nuclei, ion traps and crystalline beams, heavy-ion physics and the Mössbauer effect. The symposium will address the current status of these and other topics.

There is no registration fee for Argonne employees. There will be a banquet at the Public Landing Restaurant in Lockport on Monday evening. The charge for the banquet is $40. To register or for more information, contact Barbara Fletcher (PHY) ext. 2-4004.

HR gauging interest
in several new courses

Interested employees should call Betty Iwan (HR) at 2-3410.

Classes under consideration are:

* "The Internet"" -- A half-day introduction to the Internet.

* "Microsoft Windows 95 Fundamentals" -- Learn the most powerful new features of Windows 95, including taskbar.

* "Microsoft Word for Windows 95 Advanced" -- Learn to customize menus and toolbars to build more effective documents.

* "Microsoft Word 6.0: Working with Tables, Columns and Imported Data" -- Create a table, format and sort the data and import spreadsheet data.

* "Integrating Microsoft Office Applications" -- Learn to create complex documents in Word and import Excel and PowerPoint data.

* "Excel 5.0 Advanced Excel Functions" -- Learn use of logical functions and a data table to more powerfully utilize Excel.

* "PowerPoint for Windows 4.0" -- Learn how to enhance the look of a presentation, create speaker notes and audience handouts.

Service awards for February include:

40 Years

Michael Petrick (ES).

30 Years

Marianne Birgersson (ES), Richard T. Buric (PFS-FPE), Jack M. Williams (CHM).

25 Years

Roger D. Haga (RPS-SPM), Gerard L. Hofman (ED), Alice J. Lee (OTD), Judith L. Toenies (ET).

20 Years

Larry A. Curtiss (CMT), James D. Gazdik (OD), Michael F. O'Brien (ED), James G. Saiveau (TD-DES), Mark L. Stoneberg (OD).

15 Years

Debra Eriksen-Bubulka (ASD), Karen A. Guziel (DIS), Benjamin J. Krause (OD), Ronald C. Sundell (ES), Jay E. Van Leuven (ED).

10 Years

Lance C. Briggs (ED), David A. Cook (RPS-SEC), John R. Graham (ECT-CS), Robert Hrabak (PFS-FPE), John P. Kopasz (CMT), John R. Krummel (EA), Kirk LaGory (EA), Jay R. Larsen (OD), Grace Lynch (ASD), Gregg J. Moedl (RPS-QCI), Harold W. Myron (DEP), Loretta M. Phillips (ECT-ELT), Rick L. Stevens (MCS), Bruce W. Tunnicliff (RPS-SEC), Robert C. Utesch (ESH), Michael C. Vogt (ES), Stephen C.L. Yin (EA), Christine Yuelys-Miksis (ASD).

5 Years

Mary L. Adamic (ED), John E. Boebinger (IPD), Carolyn S. Cockburn (OCF-PRO), Adam Barrett Cohen (ET), Janice A. Crank (TD-AW), Kenneth R. Durstine (ED), Kevin B. Finnigan (OD), Nicholette M. Gallagher (HR), Robert Gebhardt (OCF-PRO), Judith A. Gross (TD), Mary Wilson Haider (IPD-TIS), Rad G. Hathaway (RPS-CCS), Albert L. Hillman (ASD), Brian K. Jorgensen (OD), Mark A. Kamiya (EMO), William J. Karris (PFS-US), James H. Klick (ASD), Judy D. Krieger (RPS-IS), Stephan Lake (ITD), Carlos M. Martinez (OD), John U. Masulonis (OD), Deawn B. McKinney (RPS-ACT), Troy B. McNett (RPS-RM), Jill Morgenthaler (OPA), Deborah Marlene O'Malley (ECT-CTT), Anthony F. Pietryla (ASD), John N. Puzzella (OCF-ACT), Mohit Randeria (MSD), George Srajer (XFD), Jeffrey David Stepp (ASD), Robin S. Stewart (ED), Darren V. Thompson (PFS-CU), Jenny Timpf (XFD), Gary Videtic (ER), Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (TD-DES), Robert E. Willis (OD), Kristi L. Wood (ECT-CS), Dean Allen Wyncott (ASD).

Monday, April 29

Chemistry Division Monday Morning Seminar Series: "Irradiation of the Icy Surfaces of Jupiter's Moons" by Robert Johnson, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. 11 a.m., Bldg. 200 Auditorium.

Chemistry Division Seminar: "New Approaches to Activation of Heterocycles by Transition Metals" by Karen K. Dailey, University of Illinois, Urbana. 1:30 p.m., Bldg. 200, Conference Room J183.

Physics Division Seminar: "U-238 Projectile Fission and the Discovery of Ni-78" by Monique Bernas, IPN, Orsay, France. 3:30 p.m., Bldg. 203, Conference Room R150.

Wednesday, May 1

Materials Science Division Seminar: "Magnetic Quantum Well States: The Concept and the Implications to GMR Multilayers" by Dongqi Li, (MSD). 11 a.m., Bldg. 212, Conference Room A157.

High Energy Physics Division Seminar: "Nuclear Structure and QCD Results from HERA" by Daniel Krakauer, (HEP). 11 a.m., Bldg. 362, Conference Room F108.

Thursday, May 2

Energy Systems Division/Forest Products Seminar: "Drying in Multi-Porous Media with 'Haine's Jump' Modeling: Supercomputer Results" by L.E. Scrivens, Regent's Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 10 a.m., Bldg. 362, Conference Room F108.

Energy System Division, Waste Management and Bioengineering Section Seminar: "The Closed Cycle Paper Mill: Technological Challenges, Potential Solutions" by Peter H. Pfromm, Assistant Professor, Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, Ga. 11 a.m., Bldg. 362, Conference Room F108.

Friday, May 3

Materials Science Division Seminar: "Damping of Vortex Motion in the Cuprate Superconductors" by Rudolf P. Huebener, Universität Tübingen, Germany. 11 a.m., Bldg. 223, Conference Room S105.

Monday, May 6

Chemistry Division Monday Morning Seminar Series: "From the Hydrated Electron to Chemistry of Radioactive Waste: The Radiation Chemistry Program of Yesteryear and Today [50th Anniversary]" by Max S. Matheson, Charles Jonah & Dan Meisel, (CHM). 11 a.m., Bldg. 200 Auditorium.

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