More News

Local Firm Recognized by Jefferson Science Associates and Jefferson Lab for Decades of Outstanding Customer Support
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Jefferson Science Associates, the operations and management contractor for the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, presented its fiscal year 2016 small business award to a small construction services firm from Hampton Roads.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 1. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.
The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Priyashree Roy has been awarded the 2016 JSA Thesis Prize for experimental research on proton excited states.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – When it comes to laying bare the secrets of the proton, Priyashree Roy’s efforts at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have already contributed a whole swath of new information useful to researchers. Now, the thesis she wrote about her work has earned her the 2016 Jefferson Science Associates Thesis Prize.

William & Mary Senior Receives JSA Research Assistantship
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Alexandra Cramer has always been interested in science. Growing up, her family took her to air shows, nature centers, and astronomy observation nights. “And they all appealed to me, especially the astronomy,” she commented.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.
The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Date: Friday, August 4, 2017Time: noon – 2:00 p.m.Place: The CEBAF Center lobby at Jefferson Lab, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606

Raul Briceno presented with the Kenneth G. Wilson award for work in lattice QCD
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – You could say that exploring the underpinnings of our everyday world at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) really resonates with Raul Briceno. In fact, he has just been honored by his colleagues for his research on resonances in nuclear matter.

Theorist Nobuo Sato awarded JSA Postdoctoral Prize for research aimed at computing the theory of proton structure

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 7. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.
The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Events Provide Parents with Opportunity to Learn About Resources
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Jefferson Lab teamed up with Outreach Services of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) and the Va. Dept. for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) to conduct a series of informational and educational events across the Commonwealth for deaf and hard of hearing 4th-8th grade students and members of their families.

Washington, DC – Jefferson Sciences Associates announced today the award of eight JSA/Jefferson Lab graduate fellowships. The doctoral students will use the fellowships to support their advanced studies at their universities and conduct research at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) – a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear physics laboratory managed and operated by JSA, a joint venture between SURA and PAE Applied Technologies.
The 2017-2018 fellowship recipients include:

Washington, DC – Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, announced today that Charles Perdrisat and Charles Sinclair are the recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Nuclear Physicist Prize.
Award citation: The 2017 JSA Outstanding Nuclear Physicist Award is jointly awarded to Charles Perdrisat for his pioneering implementation of the polarization transfer technique to determine proton elastic form factors, and to Charles Sinclair for his crucial development of polarized electron beam technology, which made such measurements, and many others, possible.
The award will be presented to Perdrisat and Sinclair during a ceremony to be held at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in Newport News, Virginia.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 2. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.
The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is accepting applications for its 2017-18 science enrichment program for fifth-, sixth- and eighth-grade teachers of science.
The after-school program is designed to increase teachers' knowledge of the physical sciences and to strengthen their teaching skills. It will run from September 2017 through May 2018 and is called Jefferson Lab Science Activities for Teachers, or JSAT.

Small Business Program Manager and Previous Lab Director Honored
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Small business is the life blood of our economy and Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) has a long-standing commitment to small business utilization and mentoring small businesses.  That commitment and the support JSA has provided to the small business community received national recognition at the 16th Annual DOE Small Business Forum and Expo held on May 16-18, 2017 hosted by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization in Kansas City, Missouri.

Chief Technology Officer Discusses Boron-Based Special Materials at Event
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Jefferson Lab is among the dozens of research institutions and commercial enterprises to receive a TechConnect Innovation Award at the 2017 TechConnect World Innovation Conference taking place in Washington, D.C., this week.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has cancelled the monthly test of its tornado warning siren for today. The cancellation of the test is due to the severe weather moving across the region today, which includes a National Weather Service Tornado Watch that extends until 1 p.m. EDT. If you are in or near the Jefferson Lab vicinity and hear the tornado warning siren activate today, take cover immediately.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The first experimental result has been published from the newly upgraded Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The result demonstrates the feasibility of detecting a potential new form of matter to study why quarks are never found in isolation.
The 12 GeV CEBAF Upgrade is a $338 million, multi-year project to triple CEBAF's original operational energy for investigating the quark structure of the atom's nucleus. The majority of the upgrade is complete and will be finishing up in 2017.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will conduct the monthly test of its tornado warning siren at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 5. Depending on weather conditions at the time of the test, the siren could be heard by anyone within a 1.5-mile radius of the lab.
The test will be carried out over a period that could last up to three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).

Thousands of Virginia students are expected to flock to Jefferson Lab's Science Education website in the coming weeks – just as they have done each spring for the past several years – as they prepare for the Virginia Standards of Learning examinations.
Jefferson Lab’s website hosts the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Science and Math Practice Tests. Categories include the Math tests for grades 2 - 8, Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry, and the Science tests for grades 3, 5 and 8, Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Science. The SOL practice tests include SOL questions and answers provided by the Virginia Department of Education – from as recent as spring 2015, and going back to 2000.