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Interim Laboratory Director Frank Fradin will present Argonne's annual State of the Laboratory address on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. in Argonne-East's Advanced Photon Source Conference Center, Building 402.
Additional viewing by closed-circuit video will be available in the Building 203 Auditorium.
Shuttle service will be provided from Building 900, the 200 area (Buildings 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 208, 212, 221, 222 and 223), the 300 area and the east area.
Several Argonne employees will receive Director's Awards at the State of the Laboratory address Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Director's Award winners receive a plaque and $1,000. Awards are given to individuals or teams whose accomplishments are judged most significant among all Pacesetter Award winners during the previous year.
Pacesetters are awarded for extraordinary effort in meeting or exceeding difficult deadlines or demands of a technical, administrative or sponsor-related nature. Pacesetters are also awarded for innovations, discoveries, program development and cost-cutting suggestions.
Recipients will be:
Esen
Ercan Alp, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Thomas Toellner (all XFD). The
award recognizes their pioneering use of nuclear resonant
scattering of X-rays to develop an ultra-high-resolution
inelastic X-ray scattering program at the Advanced Photon
Source. By extending the energy resolution achievable with
inelastic X-ray scattering to the sub-million-electron-volt
range, they have helped to create a versatile new tool for
studying a wide variety of problems in condensed-matter
physics.
Clarence
E. Clark (ASD), Michael P. Andrews, Roger L. Cole, Matthew
Lagessie, Ramesh B. Poola, R. Raj Sekar, Sherman D. Smith,
and Zhihong Sun (all ES), Ronald G. Ghilardi (PFS), and
General Motors Electromotive Division employees Charles
Horton and Richard Lill. This team successfully installed,
instrumented, and achieved start-up of an advanced
locomotive- scale, single-cylinder, diesel engine for
research. This achievement required an exceptional effort to
meet tight and demanding deadlines. It resulted in the
development of an important and successful experimental
facility that has become one of the key components of the
laboratory's Transportation Technology R&D Center. The
Argonne employees will share $2,000.
David J.
Hill (RE), for his initiatives in developing advanced
nuclear technology programs and technical leadership in
initiating joint projects with the Russian counterparts of
the International Nuclear Safety Center. With its
counterpart at the Research and Development Institute of
Power Engineering (RDIPE) in Moscow, the center maintains
the basic knowledge needed to design and improve nuclear
reactors and their safety technologies.
Kay
Borman (EMO-WMO). Borman's award notes her extraordinary
effort in a potentially dangerous situation. During
decontamination and decommissioning operations on Chicago
Pile 5, two crew employees were removing radioactive
graphite blocks from the interior of the CP-5 reactor using
two robotic systems working in tandem. While operating one
robot, Borman noticed that the other robot had lost power
and was causing a bucket of radioactive waste to tip at an
angle that would spill. Borman reacted immediately to
prevent a spill by using her robot to free up and level the
tipping bucket, Her safety training, alertness, and quick
and skillful response to this incident averted the certain
spread of radiological contamination and potential damage to
the other robotic system.
Robert
D. Olson (MCS) developed innovative multimedia tools and
virtual reality technologies for the Argonne Futures
Laboratory. After intense study of client and server tools
and Web technologies, he led the effort that created the
Voyager Multimedia Server and a novel Web interface to
Voyager and CAVE applications. During this same period, he
designed and built ManyWorlds, a prototype shared
virtual-reality infrastructure for the CAVE. Through his
innovative ideas, the Argonne Futures Lab has become a
center for innovation in distributed, collaborative virtual
reality.
FiveArgonne-West employees received certificates of appreciation from the Diversity Office of Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company for their participation in the annual Hispanic Youth Symposium. LIMITCO operates the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.
Receiving certificates were: Carlos Martinez (OD) Terry Brooks, (RPS), Jesse Ruiz, (OD), Rigo Gonzales (ED) and Bryan Forsmann (ED). The symposium was developed to encourage Hispanic youth to stay in school and further their education.
Prudential's Ann Fleming will be at Argonne-East on Thursday, Sept. 17, to discuss investment planning for women.
The seminar, to be held in the Building 362 Auditorium at 1:30 p.m., will include the basics of investing, getting started, asset allocation and portfolio diversification. Fleming will also discuss how major life events can play an important role in a women's financial objectives.
The presentation is designed to help women define their personal goals, survey their basic investment alternatives, and select a strategy to pull it all together.
A travel fair at Argonne-East Thursday, Sept. 17, will give employees a chance to meet with the laboratory's travel service providers, ask questions and suggest improvements.
The fair will be held in the Building 213 Cafeteria lobby from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Representatives of Argonne's corporate travel partners will be on hand: BTI Americas, Inc., United Airlines, U.S. Bank-VISA and National Car Rental.
A raffle will be held for two round-trip airline tickets to any destination in the continental United States.
Argonne-West will have a travel fair on Monday, Oct. 5; details will be announced in a futureArgonne News.
Electronics and Computing Technologies will host an all-day Microsoft product briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Argonne-East's Building 200 Auditorium
The briefing will be presented by Microsoft's Richard Russell and Shawn Carlson. A free packet of Microsoft products will be given to everyone who attends.
From 9 a.m. to noon, the briefing will cover the Microsoft Server Core, including:
Microsoft Windows NT 5.0
• Manageability - MMC, installation service, file services, storage, dynamic DNS
• Scalability - I20 support, clustering
• Networking & Communications - QoS, ATM, IP stack enhancements
• Security features - L2TP, IPSec, Kerberos, public key certificates
• Integrating the active directory into the enterprise
• Preparing for NT 5.0 migration
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
• Potential client applications
• Operating environment constraints
• Integration into a diverse client environment
From 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the seminar will turn to Microsoft Server Applications:
• Microsoft systems management server
• User management
• Application roll-out
• Workstation / network fault detection
• SMS 2.0 features
Microsoft SQL server
• Database management tools
• OnLine analytical processing (OLAP) support
• Reliability and scalability
• Microsoft Online Terra-server
Microsoft Exchange server
• Migration to NT 5.0 active directory
• Third party applications
Microsoft Solutions partners product integration
The Argonne Club and the Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee are sponsoring a cleanup walk near Argonne-East Friday, Oct. 2, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.(Note: the date has been changed since the paper version of Argonne News went to press.)
This year's walk coincides with National Pollution Prevention Awareness Week. Participants will meet at Westgate and remove trash along Lemont Road.
Bottled water and other refreshments will be provided for cleanup walk volunteers, courtesy of Marriott Corp.
To volunteer, or for more information, call Keith Trychta at ext. 2-1476 or the Waste Management and Pollution Prevention hotline at ext. 2-6778.
The laboratory's retirement vendors will have representatives at Argonne-East in September to meet individually with employees and answer their questions about retirement plans and retirement plan assets.
To schedule a half-hour appointment with a retirement plan representative, call the number listed below.
| Vendor | Day | For Appointment, call: |
| TIAA-CREF | Monday, Sept. 14,
Wednesday, Sept. 16 |
Appointment Desk,
(800) 842-2005 |
| Prudential | Thursday, Sept. 17,
Friday, Sept. 18 |
Cheryl
(847) 619-3519 |
| Fidelity | Wednesday, Sept. 23,
Thursday, Sept. 24 |
Appointment Desk
(800) 642-7131 |
Effective Oct. 1, CIGNA HealthCare will no longer process dental claims from their facility in Bourbonnais, Ill.
All dental claims should be sent to CIGNA HealthCare, P.O. Box 15558, Wilmington, DE 19850-5558. The telephone number for inquiries about dental claims is 1-800-441-7150.
Claim forms with the new address will be distributed to all divisions as soon as they become available.
For more information, call Human Resources at ext. 2-2991.
Argonne-West's Red Cross Blood Drive will be held Thursday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the site's fire station.
To make an appointment, call Dolores Lagerquist at ext. 3-7341.
The Argonne Pioneers will hold their 13th annual reunion dinner on Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Orland Chateau restaurant, 14500 LaGrange Road, Orland Park.
The dinner is open to all current and former Argonne, Met Lab, Atomic Energy Commission and Credit Union employees who worked in these organizations between 1942 and 1968, and all current employees with 30 or more years of service. Spouses and guests are welcome.
Registration and friendship time will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., followed by dinner, music and dancing. A cash bar will be available. Cost is $20 per person, including tax and tip.
Reservations must be made by Monday, Oct. 12. Checks should be made payable to "Argonne Pioneers Reunion" and sent to P.O. Box 8326, Argonne, IL 60439. Tickets will not be issued; canceled checks will serve as receipts. Refunds will not be made after Oct. 1.
Addresses sought
The Pioneers are seeking current addresses of all present and former employees who worked at Argonne, Met Lab, Atomic Energy Commission and the Argonne Credit Union between 1942 and 1968.
Send information to the reunion post office box or to committee members: Evie Fagan (OPA), Ken Okolowitz, Howard Kittel, Mary Ann Tomkins, Dave Walker, Harry Youngquist, John Chonko, Evelyn Rutkowski and Richard Horton.
During September, coffee machines in some buildings at Argonne-East will dispense free coffee, courtesy of the Canteen Corporation. There will be no advance notice of the days or locations of the free vending.
Notices of future vending promotions will appear in the Argonne News.
Two Argonne scientists took home ribbons in the 1998 National Counted Cross Stitch Show this summer in Rockome Gardens Theme Park in Arcola, Ill.
Deborah Hanson (CMB) won first place in the "Special Occasion" category. She stitched a 50th wedding anniversary sampler for her parents using overdyed floss and silk ribbon on linen. Visiting physicist Eve Kovacs (HEP) was awarded third place in the professional category for a piece she first embroidered, then finished as a purse. Kovacs competed in the professional category since she had taught previously at the cross stitch show.
There were more than 400 entries in 26 categories for both amateur and professional stitchers. Both winning pieces required advanced skill and a variety of types of stitching techniques.
The National Counted Cross Stitch Show is the largest event of its kind in the United States. In addition to the competition, the event includes more than 50 seminars taught be nationally known designers and cross stitch exhibitors.
Nearly 20,000 participants visited the 16-day-long show in Arcola, Ill., which is 30 miles south of Champaign-Urbana.
Both stitchers are scientists and friends. They belong to the Waterfall Glen chapter of the Embroiderer's Guild of America, which meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month in Building 402. For more information, see the guild's Web site.
Hanson is a former president of Argonne's Arts and Craft Club, which meets each Tuesday at noon in Building 201, Room 190.
Kovacs also received a master seamstress citation at the DuPage County Fair for the embroidered clothes she creates.
Service Awards for September include:
55 Years
James Kotora Jr. (RE).
40 Years
Thomas T. Anderson (RE), Alexander De Volpi (TD).
35 Years
Richard Kasper (ESH), Gary Leaf (MCS), Frederick C. Propper (ECT-EE), Lester A. Shirkey (XFD).
30 Years
John P. Ackerman Jr. (CMT), William E. Chyna (PHY), David G. Hinks (MSD), Terran J. Lucitt (TD-DES), William L. Woodruff (TD).
25 Years
Joanne K. Fink (RE), Richard E. Kelso (RPS-RM), Thomas J. Moran (RE).
20 Years
Russell E. Cook (MSD), James P. Derry (PFS-GR), Dorland E. Edgar (ES), H. Leona Harris (MSD), Gary L. Laurence (XFD), Lawrence E. Price (HEP), Wayne W. Stevens (OD), Kim D. Tomasko (RE), Cynthia L. Wilkinson (OPA).
15 Years
Karen L. Beres (IPD-MIS), Steven J. Bradley (OD-PS), Stephen Ung-So Choi (ET), Dennis W. Dees (CMT), Therese M. Huml (ITD), Kathleen O'Hare (OPS), Jonathan L. Thron (HEP), Edwin M. Westbrook (CMB), Evelyn Wilder (PFS-MAT), Cosmas K. Zachos (HEP).
10 Years
Gordon R. Bernard (ED), Walter L. Kazich (PFS-BM), Ronald G. Kolzow (EMO), Sharon Lee Salman (ITD-DES), James G. Sleeth (ECT-CS).
5 Years
William R. Brzowski (ASD), Peter L. Fuesz (XFD), Ira Goldberg (ECT-ADM), Rodney E. Habbe (PFS-BM), John J. McGrath (OPA), Betty June Nunn (ECT-CS), Jeffrey P. Phillips (PFS-CU), Thomas G. Quick (PFS-GR), Leslie S. Seifert (TD-DD).
