Feb. 2, 1998 -- Some of this week's stories
Sensor software may save time, money, effort
Thanks to joint research with a small business, a
sophisticated mathematical model devised by Argonne will be helping NASA
and eventually, industries and utilities across the country
to know whether unusual sensor readings are accurate or false.
Sensors monitor thousands of processes in most sectors of
the economy. When a sensor produces an unusual reading, it could
mean the process being monitored is degrading and needs to be
checked or that an environmental condition or sensor deterioration
is causing a false signal. These false signals lead to unnecessary
losses of time, money and effort.
Funded by a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I
grant from NASA, Expert Microsystems, Orangevale, Calif., has been
working with Argonne to develop a system to help operators
determine, in real time, the probability that a sensor reading is accurate.
Argonne's Jim Herzog and Kenny Gross (both RA)
worked with engineers from Expert Microsystems to develop a
prototype software package, the Dynamics Sensor Validation
System (DSVS), which compares the accuracy of historical sensor
readings with current sensor readings and calculates the probability
that the current reading is accurate.
DSVS was based on the patented Multivariate State
Estimation System, developed at Argonne's Reactor Analysis
Division.
The DSVS prototype software tested well against data from
the Space Shuttle main engine. The codes produced by DSVS are
designed to be embedded into the Space Shuttle process
control computer, where they eventually could help NASA interpret
sensor readings earlier and more accurately.
NASA recently awarded Expert Microsystems and Argonne
a Phase II grant of $500,000 to further develop the modeling,
analysis, and real-time operating capabilities of the DSVS
prototype generated under Phase I.
A new partner will join the research DynaTech
Engineering, of Roseville, Calif. When the system is completed and
validated, Florida Power Corp., Gainesville, Fla., will participate as a
"beta test site," expecting to
eventually use the software for monitoring turbine generator control signals.
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Tickets on sale
for quartet's
Feb. 15 show
The Muir String Quartet will perform at Argonne-East's APS Conference
Center Auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 3 p.m.
The quartet's performance, sponsored by Arts at Argonne, will include
selections by Mozart, Prokofiev and Beethoven.
Now in its 18th season, the Muir String Quartet
appears annually on major chamber music series throughout North
America and Europe and has been praised for its voicing,
intonation and musicality. The quartet's recordings of
two Beethoven pieces received a Grammy nomination.
The Muir String Quartet is in residence at Boston
University's School for the Arts.
Admission is $18. Tickets will be sold in the lobby
of Argonne-East's Building 213 Cafeteria the week of Feb.
9, from noon to 1 p.m. The auditorium box office will
open at 2:30 p.m on the day of the performance.
Reception, dinner
A special post-concert dinner will be offered at the
Argonne Guest House restaurant from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Price is $18.95 per person. Reservations are requested;
call 739-6000.
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WIST steering committee seeks new members
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Retirement vendors to meet with employees
| Vendor | Day | For Appointments, call |
| TIAA/CREF |
Monday, Feb. 9 and
Tuesday, Feb. 10 |
(800) 842-2005 |
| Prudential |
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Thursday, Feb. 19, and
Friday, Feb. 20 |
(847) 619-3519 |
| Fidelity | Thursday, Feb. 26 | (800) 642-7131 |
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Guest House dedicated
The Argonne Guest House was dedicated to the people of Illinois at a lunchtime ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 22.
A
plaque commemorating the occasion are was unveiled by Illinois Secretary of State George Ryan, Argonne Director
Dean Eastman, David Moncton, associate laboratory director for the Advanced Photon Source, Director Emeritus Alan Schriesheim and Ill. House
Republican Leader Lee Daniels. The plaque thanks the people of Illinois for building the Argonne Guest House to house
scientists doing research at the Advanced Photon Source.
The State of Illinois contributed $18.9 million for the facility.
Ill. Governor Jim Edgar proclaimed Jan. 22 "Argonne Day" in Illinois. Click here for the full text of the proclamation.
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'Beach Bash' planned for cafeteria
A "Valentine Beach Bash" will be held in Argonne-East's
Building 213 Cafeteria on Thursday, Feb. 12, from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hot dogs, nachos and sub sandwiches will be available for
purchase. The employee wearing the "most creative beach attire"
will win a Marriott weekend package.
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All-day forum to focus on using the Web
An all-day forum designed to increase awareness of the
applications and capabilities of the World Wide Web at the laboratory
is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 10, in Argonne-East's Building 203
Auditorium.
Sponsored by the Electronics and Computing Technologies
Division, the forum will begin at 9 a.m.
The event is intended for Argonne employees interested
in learning how Argonne organizations have used the web to develop
various applications to get work done.
Click here for a preliminary agenda of topics.
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Computer Users to meet Feb. 3
The Argonne Computer Users Group will meet Tuesday, Feb. 3,
in Argonne-East's Building 221, Room A216.
The agenda includes:
* Computer Audit by the Office of Security Evaluations, by
Paul Krystosek (ECT)
* Secure UNIX Terminal Sessions and File Transfer, by
John Volmer (ECT) and Douglas Engert (ECT)
* Year 2000 Status, by Paul Krystosek
The CUG usually meets on the first Tuesday of each month at
3 p.m. in Building 221, Room A216. Meetings are open to all
interested Argonne and DOE employees.
Additional information is available in newsgroup
anl.commit-tees.cug and on the World Wide Web.
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PC Club to hold Feb. 9 meeting
The Argonne Personal Computer Club will meet Monday, Feb.
9, from noon to 1 p.m. in Building 221, Room A216.
The club will organize for the year, discuss the magazine
circulation lists and have a general discussion about PC topics.
All employees are welcome.
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Argonne Club hosts trip to Wolves game
Friday, Feb. 13, will be Argonne night at the Rosemont Horizon
as the Chicago Wolves hockey team takes on the Kansas City Blades.
Play begins at 7:30 p.m. The evening will feature giveaways
and other promotions.
The Argonne Club will be selling tickets the week of Feb. 2, until
sold out, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Argonne-East's Building
213 Cafeteria lobby. Tickets are $17 (a $3 discount from the box
office price) and includes bus transportation to and from the stadium.
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HR adds classes on coaching,
time skills, team-building
New classes in coaching, time management and
team-building skills will be held in February by Human Resources.
Full class information, and enrollment forms for all
HR classes, are available on the Human Resources home
page at http://www.anl.gov/HR/home.html under
"Performance Development."
Classes will be held in Argonne-East's Building 362, Room
F108. All classes cost $25. For more information, call John Hyzer
at ext. 2-3503.
* Coaching For Maximum Performance (HR634) To be
held Tuesday,Feb. 10, from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
* Time Management (HR486) To be held Friday, Feb.
13, from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
* Introduction to Team Building (HR63I) To be
held Feb. 17, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Service awards for November include:
35 Years
John R. Bazzoni (OCF-BUD).
30 Years
Francis R. Bradbury (PFS-MAT), Ray E. Harden (PHY), Daniel A.
Hill (HEP), Thomas J. Kotek (EA), Linda L. Lubben (OPS),
William McCreaven (PFS-CU), Bud L. Stevenson (RPS-ESW).
25 Years
Dwight R. Diercks (ET), Charles L. Fink (TD), Raymond E.
Fuja (ASD), Donald E. Granger (OCF-ACT), David G. Rockwood (OD-PS).
20 Years
Francine C. Carnaghi (ECT-COM), Blaine J. Field
(RPS-RM), Dennis A. Horvath (RPS-RM), Marie C. Larson (APO), Lawrence
J. McCure (OCF-ACT), Fred Moszur (ECT-CTT), Vipinchandra L.
Shah (ET), Gregory M. Teske (ED).
15 Years
William P. Reichart (ECT-CS), Charles W. Robinson
(OCF-PIM), Barbara A. Weller (PHY).
10 Years
Scott A. Borkowski (ECT-ELT), Dawn Lisa
Davidson (EWM-AW), Thomas F. Ewing (TD), Kim S. Gilgen (OD),
Robert N. Hill (RA), Mary R. Moniger (IPD-TCS), Istvan Naday
(ECT-ELT), Norman D. Peterson (OTD), Dale E. Richards (PFS-IN).
5 Years
Joel L. Adams (TD-DES), Janet M. Anderson (IPD-TIS), Christa
A. Benson (XFD), Dominick Bruno (PFS-BM), Alan D. Croft
(EWM-AW), Larry W. Duncan (OD), Fredric C. Fisher (ECT-CS),
Gary W. Frey (EA), Rebecca Gagnon (XFD), James M. Hogan
(PFS-BM), Keith T. Johnson (ECT-CS), Donald J. Koefood
(PFS-CUS), Scott T. Lockwood (ES), Gail E. MacMillan (EMO), Mark
Martens (ASD), Judy Martinet (ER), Raul Mascote (ASD), Stephen
Ross (ECT-ELT), Robert Allen Surdey (PFS-FPE).
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