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In Memoriam: Joe Rogers | ||
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Joe Rogers, an accelerator scientist at Cornell University and member of Fermilab's Accelerator Advisory Committee, died suddenly on May 25. He was 46.
A leader at Cornell for International Linear Collider R&D, Rogers was well known at Fermilab for his contributions to the R&D for an ILC Damping Ring. His innovative ideas led to the design of a fast kicker magnet for the ILC, which would operate in ultra short pulses to extract particles circling in the damping ring and send them into the linear collider. Development of these ideas continues at Fermilab and Cornell. "Joe was not only a terrific accelerator scientist, but a wonderful person," said Steve Holmes, Associate Director for Accelerators at Fermilab. "He was a great friend and his passing is felt not only as a loss to the international accelerator community, but personally by his many colleagues here at Fermilab. Our sympathies are with his family and his colleagues at Cornell." Born in Chicago, Rogers lived for most of his childhood in Glen Ellyn. Rogers joined the faculty of Cornell's Department of Physics as an assistant professor in 1992. He is survived by his wife and two young sons, David, 4, and Michael, 8 months. "Joe was an excellent accelerator physicist with innovative ideas, a cheerful person, a great friend and a family person," said Shekhar Mishra, Head of Fermilab's ILC efforts. "He talked about his son, wife and his dad last time we had dinner together in March. Family was in his mind. The accelerator community has lost a remarkable scientist, and we all miss him."
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the Barnes Hall Auditorium in Ithaca, New York. An education fund has been established for his two sons. Gifts can be made to the David and Michael Rogers Education Fund, c/o Sandy Grooms, Tompkins Trust Company, P.O. Box 460, Ithaca, New York, 14851-0460.
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Tonight: Bikes of the Tour de France Tickets Still Available for Lecture Michael Sagan, Industrial Design Lead for Trek Bicycles, will present "Concept to Victory (Part 6): Developing the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling
Last month the Tour de France celebrated its 101st anniversary. One of the
most grueling sporting events in the world, the bikers cover almost 3400
kilometers over three weeks. The daily stages consist of races over both
flat and mountainous terrain, testing the contenders' speed, strength, and
endurance. Last month Lance Armstrong, backed by the United States Postal
Pro Cycling team, won for the sixth time. He is the first man ever to achieve this
honor. No one understands the grueling demands of the Tour de France
better than the folks at Trek bicycles who have designed and supplied
bicycles to the United States Postal team.
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From The Chronicle, September 16, 2004 White House Nominates Acting Director to Lead National Science Foundation By Kelly Field President Bush on Wednesday nominated Arden L. Bement Jr. to lead the National Science Foundation, three days before his term as acting director was set to expire.
Mr. Bement, who is also director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, was appointed interim director of the foundation in February. He
succeeded Rita R. Colwell, who had resigned to become chairwoman of Canon U.S.
Life Sciences Inc.
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From the House Committee on Science, September 16, 2004 Boehlert Praises Bement Nomination as NSF Director WASHINGTON, D.C., September 15, 2004 – Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) released the following statement in response to the nomination today of Dr. Arden Bement as Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF):
“I'm delighted that the President has nominated Arden Bement to be the Director
of the National Science Foundation. Arden knows the agency well and brings a
wealth of experience in industry, government and academia to the job...”
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What's Up with the Linear Collider? The fifteenth in a series of Fermilab Today stories on the International Linear Collider. The entire series is available online. Witherell: Lab can double ILC resources in FY05 | ||
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To a capacity Colloquium audience Wednesday afternoon in One West, Fermilab
Director Michael Witherell asserted that Fermilab's "relatively small" effort
in superconducting RF research and development for the proposed International
Linear Collider would be significantly ramped up. By redirecting X-band (warm)
efforts and focusing on superconducting RF in light of the recommendation by the
ILC International Technology Recommendation Panel, Witherell said the lab could
effectively double ILC resources for FY05.
Witherell emphasized that many labs will participate worldwide, with DESY, Fermilab, KEK and SLAC taking the lead, and with Fermilab and SLAC sharing the U.S. lead. He added that "it's time to get serious about detectors," pointing to the lab's study groups on ILC physics and detector studies, and on silicon-based detector design. Witherell reiterated the lab's strong desire to host the ILC, and to host the Central Team of the Global Design Initiative, the next step in developing a Conceptual Design Report. The Fermilab site, he said, offers unique advantages as ILC host, and he reported hearing several comments from scientists in Beijing that "the fastest and best way to get there is through Fermilab." The lab's specific plan is to develop the capability to design, build and test superconducting accelerator structures; prepare to build an ILC Engineering Test Facility; develop a formal bid to host; begin working on civil engineering issues; and begin public outreach efforts. Witherell also announced a detailed presentation on Fermilab ILC efforts by Associate Director for Accelerators Steve Holmes and Head of ILC Efforts Shekhar Mishra on Friday, September 24-with the added attraction of wine and cheese. Right after his Colloquium presentation, Witherell was bound for Geneva, Switzerland to address a gathering of international funding agencies. On Thursday, Witherell presented on Thursday the unanimous support of the major particle physics lab directors for the decision on superconducting technology for the ILC design. Barry Barish, chairman of the ILC International Technology Recommendation Panel, presented the report on the technology decision.
"We're hoping this funding group will endorse the ILC," Witherell said during the
Colloquium question period. "We'll be watching very closely how funding agencies
react over the next year."
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