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`Science Careers in Search of Women' finds 450

The goal of the conference is to encourage young women to pursue careers in scientific and technical fields by allowing them to interact with women who have already established successful technical careers.

The program included speakers, panel discussions, laboratory tours and information booths on science careers. Over lunch, more than 65 women scientists and technical professionals discussed their careers and personal experiences with the students.

The student program included panel discussions on engineering scientific and technical careers, planning for college and science careers in the next century.

A special session for teachers and counselors introduced them to "Choices," a workbook designed to help teen girls identify careers that best match their interests and abilities.

Keynote speaker was Marsha R. Rosner of the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Chicago. Rosner is a professor in the institute's department of pharmacological and physiological sciences.

Booths provided information on careers in engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, computers and mathematics.

The workshop was sponsored by Argonne and the Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity.

Global energy crisis threatens: Schriesheim

In advocating an end to name-calling between energy advocates and environmentalists, Schriesheim said, "We cannot set effective energy policy in an environmental vacuum, nor can we set effective environmental policy in an energy vacuum." He spoke at the University Club of Chicago.

Energy demand will soar worldwide over the next 20 years, he said.

"What do you think might happen," he asked the audience, "to the world's energy needs and environmental concerns if we added a new United States to the planet every three years for the next 20 years? This is not an academic question. The world population today is growing at exactly that rate, and it is projected to continue growing at that rate through 2020."

The bulk of that population growth will come in the poorer countries, Schriesheim said, "places where talk of energy policy comes second to talk of food and shelter and survival; places where, if the only affordable fuel is growing in the rain forest, you will take that fuel today without a moment's thought of the consequences tomorrow."

Schriesheim's talk was titled "What Every High School Graduate Should Know About Energy," and was part of the Chicago Academy of Sciences lecture series "Science Literacy for the 21st Century: What Should Every High School Graduate Know?"

Schriesheim told the audience that world population growth of more than 86 million people per year is "the equivalent of adding two cities the size of Chicago to the planet each month."

"So not only will all the Earth's current population demand more energy in the years ahead," he said, "those billions of new people are going to want their share too."

Schriesheim chided energy executives who dismiss environmental concerns, and environmentalists who dismiss the energy production potential of fossil fuels, flowing water, and uranium in favor of so-called "renewable" energy sources such as solar energy. He said that for the next several generations renewables such as solar, wind, and farm-grown energy crops "are expected to provide only 2 to 4 percent of global energy supplies."

Those who argue that these largely undeveloped sources can replace traditional fuels, Schriesheim said, "seem to believe that a bird in the bush is worth two in the hand."

Everyone agrees, he said, that the perfect fuel would be renewable, non-fossil, environmentally clean, and with reliable conversion, storage and delivery methods already developed.

"Unfortunately, no such fuel yet exists," he added. "No matter how hard we might wish it to be otherwise, there is an environmental price to pay with every fuel choice. No one fuel and no single technology will be the best environmentally in all cases, so choices must be made if we are to meet energy needs at the lowest possible environmental cost. And choices only are possible with a portfolio of options."

Both energy advocates and environmentalists must acknowledge each other's legitimate concerns if the nation and world are to meet exploding energy demand without hardships, he said.

"The alternative, one we've been practicing for far too long, is to stand still, regret the past, and find ever-increasing objections to any course for the future. Our discussions today are marked more by acrimony and stagnation than they are by progress and understanding.

"If we continue this negativism," Schriesheim said, "we will find ourselves halfway through the 21st Century with exactly the same energy picture we have today: We will still be burning fossil fuels, we will still be depleting those finite resources, we will still be spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and we will still be arguing."

Schriesheim also took aim at the notion that expanding energy needs are for trivial purposes.

"In talking about increasing energy demand," he said, "we are not talking about energy to power a third family TV or an electric toothbrush.

"According to one estimate," he said, "as many as 2.4 billion people -- that's a quarter of the projected world population -- will live in water-scarce countries by 2050. Africa and parts of western Asia appear particularly vulnerable. Also, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the number of undernourished people could rise from 175 million to some 300 million by 2010."

Schriesheim added, "We must have energy available to desalinate water and to grow and ship food to those people or they will die of thirst or hunger. In a sense then, ensuring an adequate energy supply is a matter of life and death."

Schriesheim, a noted chemist who holds 22 patents, was Argonne's director from 1981-1996. He is scheduled to speak to a world technology conference next month in Istanbul, Turkey.

The lecture series began last November and is organized by the Chicago Academy of Sciences' International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy.

Retirement vendors
visit Argonne-East

Appointments are required. Meetings will be held in Building 201, Room 172-173 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Call (847) 619-3519 for an appointment.

Argonne's newest neighbor
is home to army reserve units

Parkhurst is home to the 416th Engineer Command and the 863rd Engineer Battalion. The Army facility does not resemble a typical military facility. No barbed wire surrounds the facility, nor are there guardposts or guards to stop visitors as they enter the facility.

"Parkhurst was built to look more like a business than a military section, because we wanted it to blend in more with the surrounding community," said Command Group Plans Officer, Maj. James Hallinan. "We like the area because of the good security at Argonne and in the surrounding community."

Parkhurst was dedicated in 1996 with a ceremony attended by military officials and local civic leaders and civilians. The center is named for Gen. Don A. Parkhurst, who was the first commanding general of the 416th Engineer Brigade.

The reserve center is manned 24 hours a day by a small military and civilian staff. However, the center is filled with army reservists from the Chicago and suburban area two weekends a month for training and planning activities.

The job of the 416th is to plan and design construction projects worldwide for military and humanitarian purposes.

"Units like the 863rd do the actual construction work, and we ensure that the projects are completed properly to the required standards," said Hallinan.

"We may be sent to other countries to help their military build weapons ranges or marksmanship schools, but we also oversee the building of gymnasiums or school buildings for their civilians."

The 416th also served as the senior engineer command during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

"Being in the reserves is a real commitment by the reservists and their families, but much satisfaction comes from serving your country," said Hallinan.

Plaques and memorabilia from Egypt, Saudia Arabia, and Korea are showcased in a display cabinet in the main reception area of the 416th. These items are the reminders of the many projects that have been planned by this reserve unit.

In addition to designing construction project, the 416th is assisting in the Army's effort to clean up older, closed military facilities by performing environmental studies, asbestos abatement, and cleaning up and disposing of underground storage tanks and lead from old weapons ranges.

PSI planning
fashion show ...

Contributions raised at this event will be applied to a pair of student scholarships in 1998. The chapter awarded two $500 scholarships this year.

Tickets are $3 and will be sold in Building 213 Cafeteria the week of May 5-9.

.. and offers items for sale

The hats are stone-washed, khaki color baseball hats with an embroidered deer logo. The cost is $12.

The key management system -- a 22-karat gold-plated key clasp -- is $12.

PSI also has a limited supply of canvas tote bags with zippered tops ($10), Argonne pins ($5) and insulated lunch bags ($7). All feature the deer logo.

For more information, or to purchase any of these items, contact Mary Ann Hejny (CMT) in Argonne-East's Building 205, ext. 2-4672; Joanne Jacobson (OTD) in Building 201, ext. 2-9504; or Rosemary Stanton (EQO) in Building 201, ext. 6415.

Latest `F-Prot'
virus software
now available

Versions are available for DOS/Windows 3.x, Windows '95, Windows NT, and Novell servers.

Current registered owners of the F-Prot software can upgrade for free (the access password remains the same). Others can register to use F-Prot with ECT Account Services at ext. 2-5425 for $5 per copy. Those with access to the World Wide Web can find links to F-Prot software at http://www.anl.gov/ECT/software/license.html

For more computer security information, visit the Computer Protection home page.

ECT encourages regular (and automated) virus checks to ensure an infection-free workstation or server.

James H. LaMay, a guard in the former Security Division who retired in 1982 with 31 years of service, died Jan. 5. He is survived by his wife, Eileen.

Beverly A. Sedita, a biological scientist who retired in 1995 with 20 years of service, died Jan. 18. She is survived by her husband, Salvador.

Jan L. Yntema, a senior physicist in the Physics Division who retired in 1986 with 30 years of service, died Dec. 21. He is survived by his wife, Ida.

Leonard S. Zydek, a network and computing system operator in the former Computing and Telecommunications Division who retired in 1993 with 38 years of service, died March 17. He is survived by his wife, Theresa.

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