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Wai-Kwong Kwok and Valerii Vinokur (both MSD) have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society for their pioneering studies of superconductors, materials that can conduct electricity without resistance.
Fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of physics and is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the society's membership.
Kwok's research centers on
magnetic vortex dynamics and phase transitions in high-temperature and exotic
superconductors.
Magnetic vortices form in superconductors in the presence of a magnetic field; electricity flowing through the superconductor will exert a force on the vortices, reducing the amount of current that can flow through the material.
The study of these vortices may shed light on the materials physics of high-temperature superconductors and lead to practical applications for these materials.
He shared the University of Chicago Distinguished Service Award in 1998 for vortex studies. He received the U.S. Department of Energy's Materials Science Award in 1990 and 1997.
Kwok, a physicist, has worked at Argonne since 1987. He has written more than 100 articles for scientific journals.
Vinokur was honored for
contributing to the theory of magnetic vortex pinning and dynamics in novel
high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct electricity without
resistance when cooled with liquid nitrogen.
"Pinning" vortices to isolated defects in the superconducting material prevents vortices from moving and dissipating energy, restoring superconductivity. Vinokur's work sheds light on the electrical and magnetic properties of high-temperature superconductors and may lead to practical applications for these materials.
The American Physical Society is an organization of more than 40,000 physicists worldwide, dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of physics knowledge.
To celebrate Women's History Month, Argonne-West's Women in Science and Technology (WIST) will host two talks on women's history.
Caroline Herzenberg (DIS) and Josephine Snell will give special presentations Friday, March 10, in the Laboratory and Office Building Conference Room from 10 a.m. to noon. The presentations are open to all employees.
Josephine Snell will begin a one-hour talk about three "Pioneer Women" of Southeastern Idaho at 10 a.m. Snell, a native of Idaho, is active in the community, and is a member of the Bonneville County Museum Board.
Physicist Caroline Herzenberg co-authored "Their Day in the Sun: Women in the Manhattan Project" with Ball State University Physics Professor Ruth Howes.
The book chronicles the contributions of women in the effort to develop the atomic bomb.
Herzenberg will share the stories of women profiled in the book from 11 a.m. to noon.
For more information, call WIST Coordinator Linda Hansen (ED) at ext. 3-7640.
Walter Zinn, Argonne's first director and a pioneer in nuclear physics and reactor development, died Feb. 14 of a massive stroke at his home in Clearwater, Fla. He was 93.
Zinn, who helped design the world's first nuclear reactor, CP-1, headed Argonne from its formation in 1946 to 1956. After leaving Argonne, he formed a nuclear engineering consulting company, from which he retired in 1971.
Zinn's background of academic and practical experience, combined with a hard-driving personality, helped the fledgling laboratory off to a good start.
Under his direction, the laboratory grew from a reactor research group housed at several sites to a world center for both reactor design and development and basic science, including environmental studies, biology, chemistry, physics, computers and metallurgy.
Zinn received a special commendation from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1956. He received the Atoms for Peace Award in 1960 and the Enrico Fermi Award in 1969.
Argonne graphic designers, photographers, writers and editors have received awards in the Society for Technical Communication (STC) 1999-2000 Chicago-area competition.
The STC is a 20,000-member professional association dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication.
Projects awarded were:
Frontiers 2000,
Argonne's annual research highlights publication, received a distinguished award
in the annual report category -- the highest award in any individual category.
The publication's cover design received an award of merit.
Logos won a
Distinguished Award in the magazine category, and thelogosweb page
(http://www.anl. gov/OPA/logos/), designed by David Baurac and Evelyn Brown
(both OPA) received an award of excellence.Frontiers 2000 andlogos
are edited by Brown, and were designed by Eric Johnson (IPD).
"Partnerships in Urban
Development," a brochure by Kevin Brown, Carol Renaud and Gary Weidner (all
IPD), won a distinguished award in the publications category and an award of
excellence for art.
"Future Car," a
poster by Dann Sarro and Renée Nault (both IPD), won a distinguished
award for art.
"Gregar Extractor
Developers," a photo by Stan Neihoff (IPD), won an award of excellence.
"Treatment of Metallic
Spent Fuels," a photo by George Joch (IPD), won an award of excellence.
Joch also won an award of merit for another photo, "Scanning Electron
Microscopy Examination of Waste Form."
"Snapshots of CARAT
Projects," a brochure by Kevin Brown, Mary Fitzpatrick (IPD) and Mark Kirk
(MSD), won an award of excellence for art.
"Electron Microscopy
Center," a brochure by Jane Andrew (IPD), Carol Renaud and Mark Kirk, won
an award of excellence for publications.
"Transforum," a
newsletter produced by Betty Waterman (IPD) and Mary Fitzpatrick, won an award
of merit for art.
"Energy and
Environmental Science and Technology," a lobby display by Mary Ann Forys
(IPD) and Carole Szpunar (DIS), won an award of merit for art.
"An Adaptive
Object-Oriented Framework for Dynamic Ecosystem Modeling," a brochure by
Betty Waterman, Pam Sydelko (DIS), John Schneider (IPD) and Mike Vaught (IPD),
won an award of merit for publications.
"Fuel Cells Provide
Clean Power for Buildings," a newsletter article by Jane Andrew, won an
award of merit for publications.
"Tax Strategies for the Year 2000," originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 22.
The workshop will still be held in Argonne-East's 362 Auditorium from noon to 1 p.m.
Argonne-East and DOE employees are invited to participate in the Argonne Club's "Employee Variety Show," coming soon.
Employees who can sing, dance, act or play a musical instrument are needed.
Budding entertainers should call Jessica McHenry (OPA) at ext. 2-5545 by Friday, March 10, to sign up.
Starting Wednesday, March 1, the laboratory will conduct all its banking services with Oak Brook Bank.
The last payroll checks to be drawn on Lakeside Bank will be:
Non-exempt -- Friday, Feb.
25.
Exempt -- Tuesday, Feb. 29.
All employees with checks drawn on Lakeside Bank should deposit or cash them before April 3.
This change will have no effect on employees who have their paychecks electronically deposited.
A new analog modem dialup service allows 56K bps analog modem dialup access to the Argonne network from anywhere in Northeastern Illinois.
This new service replaces the existing analog modem service at (630) 252-1591. The current service will be decommissioned Monday, March 13.
To obtain a local dialup number for a local calling area, see the ECT/focal Web page. It will show if the call is a local call to the telephone company; local calls avoid the higher charges that some have experienced when calling into the laboratory using the 1591 access number.
Employees should add the new dialup number to their personal computers' dialup networking configuration. Dialup Internet Protocol Properties (TCP/IP) should be configured to automatically accept IP address and DNS configuration information. The system will assign this information to the computer system when calling in.
For more information, call Paul Phillips (ECT) at ext. 2-4343, or send e-mail tophillips@anl.gov.
Office computer software will be the subject of several classes offered during March by Electronics and Computing Technologies.
Unless otherwise specified, classes will be held in Argonne-East's Building 221, Room A142, are limited to eight participants and cost $195. Complete class descriptions, prerequisite information and schedules are available online at http://www.anl.gov/ECT/courses/.
For information about enrollment procedures, call Diane Cavazos (ECT) at ext. 2-7153 or send e-mail to dkcavazos@anl.gov.
Introduction to Access 97
(ECT332) -- Wednesday, March 1, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Microsoft Outlook 98
(ECT362) -- Monday, March 6, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Advanced Word 97 (ECT365) --
Tuesday, March 7, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size limited to 10.
Advanced Excel 97 (ECT368)
-- Wednesday, March 8, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size limited to 10.
Advanced Access 97 (ECT334)
-- Thursday, March 9, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Visual Basic for Access 97
(ECT344) -- Friday, March 10, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Excel: Working With Large
Worksheets (ECT348) -- Tuesday, March 14, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Class size
limited to 10. Cost: $135.
Word: Everyday Tasks Made
Easier (ECT345) -- Tuesday, March 14, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size limited
to 10. Cost: $135.
Excel: Charts, Graphics,
Files (ECT349) -- Wednesday, March 15, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Class size
limited to 10. Cost: $135.
Word Helpers (ECT346) --
Wednesday, March 15, 1:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m. Class size limited to 10. Cost:
$135.
Intermediate PowerPoint 97
(ECT343) -- Thursday, March 16, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Class size
limited to 10. Cost: $135.
Advanced PowerPoint 97
(ECT360) -- Thursday, March 16, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Class size limited to
10. Cost: $135.
Beginning Unix (ECT564) --
This class consists of two, three-hour sessions for a total of six hours. First
session: Tuesday, March 28, 9 a.m. - noon. Second session: Thursday, March 30,
9 a.m. - noon. Cost: $245.
Gertrude Baltunas, a retired secretary with 17 years of service in Occupational Health and Safety, died Jan. 25. Her husband, Anthony, survives her.
Roy A. Benson, a retired senior technician with 37 years of service in Chemical Technology, died Jan. 5. His wife, Elizabeth, survives him.
Paul E. Bertucci, a retired technician senior with 28 years of service in the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Division, died Jan. 13. Nieces and nephews survive him.
Eugene A. Brzezinski, a retired heavy equipment operator with 37 years of service in Plant Facilities and Services, died Jan. 17. His brother, Daniel W. Pachoski, survives him.
Raymond Chiapetta, a retired carpenter with 10 years of service in Plant Facilities and Services - Installations, died Jan. 28. His wife, Grace, survives him.
Andrew J. Gorka, a retired electrical engineer with 17 years of service in the Accelerator Research Facility, died Nov. 11. His daughter, Patricia Kromming, survives him.
Charles O. Hampe, a retired driver with 38 years of service in Plant Facilities and Services, died Jan. 25. A daughter, Carol Hampe, and son, James, survive him.
Robert L. Hausz, a retired labor group leader with 16 years of service in Plant Operations _ Custodial, died Jan. 20. A stepson, Harry L. Richards, survives him.
Charles F. Konicek, a retired chief technician II with 38 years of service in Energy Technology, died Jan. 4. His wife, Verna, sons, Jeff, Tim and Bruce and grandchildren survive him.
Casmer J. Lesnieski, a retired instrument maker with 34 years of service in Central Shops, died Dec. 3. He is survived by his son, Norbert Lesnieski, and his daughter, Dorothy Sewnig.
Carl N. Munter, a retired instrument maker with 28 years of service in Central Shops, died Dec. 14. His wife, Ruth, survives him.
Arthur Paulsen, a retired manufacturing representative with 28 years of service in Reactor Analysis, died Dec. 24. His wife, Margaret, survives him.
Arthur S. Shirvin, a retired reactor operator senior with 29 years of service in Biological and Medical Research, died Jan. 11. His wife, Dorothy, survives him.
Frank J. Testa, a retired engineering specialist with 30 years of service in Reactor Analysis, died Dec. 29. A daughter, Marie Clauser, and a son, Lawrence, survive him.
William R. Turner, a retired reclamation mechanic with 28 years of service in Plant Services, died Dec. 17. His wife, Annie, survives him.
Mina M. Thompson, a retired staff assistant with 10 years of service in Accelerator Systems, died Jan. 28. Her husband, Donald, survives her.
