JEFFERSON LAB SEARCH
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – On the afternoon of June 11, staff at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will participate in an active threat in the workplace response exercise. The objective of the exercise is to gauge the Jefferson Lab community’s response to an active threat incident.
The exercise is intended to provide a training opportunity for members of the lab community and for emergency responders. Local law enforcement and tactical response personnel also will participate in the exercise.
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Zhihong Ye
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – Not many people have designed an entirely new detector system for use in high-precision physics experiments, but Zhihong Ye, a research associate at Duke University, can add his name to that list.
In recognition of his work and to support further development of his prototype detector system, Ye was named recipient of the 2014 Jefferson Science Associates Postdoctoral Research Grant during an award presentation at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility on June 3.
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Rakitha Beminiwattha
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – A young researcher, who worked on software development and data analysis for a major physics experiment conducted at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, has received an award for the thesis he wrote about his efforts.
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Late in the evening on May 7, Jefferson Lab staff successfully threaded the electron beam up the new beamline toward Hall D for the first time.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has achieved the final two accelerator commissioning milestones needed for approval to start experimental operations following its first major upgrade.
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Newport News, Va. – A project team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility – or Jefferson Lab – recently received a DOE Secretary’s Achievement Award for creating a new building complex that will advance the lab’s unique capabilities in superconducting accelerator, particle detector and cryogenics technologies.
With this award, the Energy Department recognized the outstanding efforts of the team that planned and managed the construction of Jefferson Lab’s Technology and Engineering Development Facility (TEDF).
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The accelerator crew on hand for the beam-on-target achievement included (l-r) Crew Chief Mike McCaughan, Accelerator Operators Dan Moser and Brandi Cade. Yves Roblin was the Accelerator Physics Experimental Liaison for the Hall A beamline, Accelerator Scientist Yan Wang recorded and provided insight into machine performance, and Program Deputy Arne Freyberger ran the show
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab will hold a public open house on Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. It is the once every-other-year opportunity to spend the day exploring this world-class research facility, says Deb Magaldi, lab spokesperson. “The open house offers the public the best opportunity to see much of the lab and to find out about the many types of research and technological advancements underway here.”
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will sound its tornado warning siren at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 11. This test is being conducted as part of the Tornado Drill being sponsored by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
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 will last three minutes. The test will be of the wavering tone (also called high-low-high or 10-4-10).
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Elementary- and middle-school teachers interested in learning new and innovative methods for teaching the physical sciences are invited to attend the annual Region II Teacher Night, scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, at the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Some of the brightest young minds in the Commonwealth will meet at the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab on Saturday, March 1, to compete in the Virginia Regional Middle School Science Bowl. Teams from 16 middle schools are registered for this year's academic competition.