Fermilab Today Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014

Fermilab Exceptional Performance Recognition Awards

Fermilab Exceptional Performance Recognition Awards go to selected employees

Fermilab recognized a group of dedicated employees for their outstanding contributions with Exceptional Performance Recognition Awards. The employees were nominated by their divisions and sections for the awards. Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer handed out the awards at a reception in Ramsey Auditorium on Oct. 16.

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The following employees received awards:

Accelerator Division

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Curtis Baffes

Curtis Baffes is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding effort in leading the engineering, assembly and installation of the ASTA injector beamline at NML. The completion of the injector for this state-of-the-art SRF accelerator is a significant milestone for the ASTA facility and the future Fermilab R&D program.

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Daniel Bollinger

Daniel Bollinger is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for solving the sparking problem for the dimpled style magnetron source when H-beam is extracted at 35 kV by replacing materials and finding good operating points for the hydrogen and cesium settings for high-energy physics.

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Brian Chase

Brian Chase is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for the development and proof-of-principle demonstration of a scheme using a magnetron as a high-power radio-frequency source for driving superconducting radio-frequency cavities.

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Glenn Federwitz

Glenn Federwitz is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for the construction, design modification and testing of the total-loss monitor system.

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Andrew Feld

Andrew Feld is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding contributions to the installation of the new radio-frequency quadrupole injector line and his invaluable input to the design of the new magnetron ion sources now in use.

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Elvin Harms

Elvin Harms is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in leading the team that commissioned and tested SRF cryomodule CM2, which set a world record for gradient in a full cryomodule, more than 31.5 MV/m.

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Jeff Larson

Jeff Larson is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding contributions to the design, construction, testing and commissioning of the vacuum system and Einzel lens chopper for the radio-frequency quadrupole injector line upgrade.

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Anthony Leveling

Anthony Leveling is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for the development of a total-loss monitor system that can be used as a safety system-credited radiological control in areas deficient in passive shielding.

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Ralph Pasquinelli

Ralph Pasquinelli is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his contribution to development and successful proof-of-principle demonstration of precision vector control of an SRF cavity driven by an injection locked magnetron, a scheme that can substantially decrease the cost of accelerator RF power systems.

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Gary Ross

Gary Ross is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for the construction, design modification and testing of the total-loss monitor system.

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Daniel Schoo

Daniel Schoo is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for the design and development of a modern proportional wire chamber profile monitor—a highly cost-reduced, easier-to-manufacture, safer and higher-performance device.

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Cheng-Yang Tan

Cheng-Yang Tan is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding leadership contributions demonstrated in the successful design, testing and installation of the RFQ injector line. The success of this accelerator upgrade effort could not have been possible without his hard work and expertise.

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Kent Triplett

Kent Triplett is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding leadership contributions demonstrated in the successful implementation of the new RFQ injector vacuum hardware and controls, including the ACNET diagnostics and control software.

Accelerator Physics Center

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Margaret Bruce

Margaret Bruce is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for her dedication, initiative and leadership in administration of Fermilab programs in accelerator training and education, including the Lee Teng and PARTI internships, Ph.D. program and Peoples Fellowship.

Core Computing Division

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Matt Arena

Matt Arena is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Kristina Brandt

Kristina Brandt is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Edith Brown

Edith Brown is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Santo Campione

Santo Campione is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Gerald Guglielmo

Gerald Guglielmo is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Griselda Lopez

Griselda Lopez is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Scott Nolan

Scott Nolan is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Mike Rosier

Mike Rosier is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Sriram Sankaranarayanan

Sriram Sankaranarayanan is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. He and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Laura Stover

Laura Stover is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Tammy Whited

Tammy Whited is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

Directorate

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Cherri Schmidt

Cherri Schmidt is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for her tireless work in advancing technology transfer at Fermilab and improving its abilities to work substantively with external partners. With her significant experience, she meets the challenge of guiding the lab in developing standard approaches to work with private industry, other laboratories and international organizations. Her deep commitment to service and excellence sets an example for all.

ESH&Q

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William Flaherty

William Flaherty is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding leadership as Fermilab security chief. He ensures Fermilab meets the requirements of its security orders while maintaining a balance with allowing public access. Under his leadership, the DOE audit team found Fermilab's Site Security Plan to be very strong and specifically mentioned his excellent efforts and those of his team.

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Charles Kuhn

Charles Kuhn is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding leadership as chief of the Fire Department, which has grown in strength and ability. He ensures his members stand ready to provide first response in case of a fire or other emergency and makes sure the systems will operate as designed to protect the people and property at Fermilab.

Facilities Engineering Services Section

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Martin Valenzuela

Martin Valenzuela is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his diligent efforts to create low-maintenance, native flowering plant beds in keeping with the site beautification guiding principles of the Fermilab Campus Master Plan. His outstanding work on other site ecological projects such as Arbor Day, Prairie Harvests and scout projects not only implements Fermilab's land stewardship mission but also helps to build community.

Office of the Chief Information Officer

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Richard Kautz

Richard Kautz is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his exceptional performance in negotiating and managing complex IT service contracts resulting in significant cost reduction for the laboratory.

Particle Physics Division

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John Campbell

John Campbell is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his technically superior performance of the calculation of the ZZ cross section in the region above the Higgs boson resonance, leading to experimental constraints on the Higgs boson width two orders of magnitude better than previous measurements.

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Steven Chappa

Steven Chappa is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his exemplary effort in contributing to the successful completion of the installation of the Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Camera in Chile.

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John Cooper

John Cooper is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding leadership as the NOvA project manager. He worked tirelessly to ensure the successful delivery of the NOvA project. This award is in appreciation for his ability to keep the science of the experiment central and for managing the financial, scheduling and technical challenges for this major high-profile project.

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James Kilmer

James Kilmer is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding performance as the MicroBooNE mechanical project engineer and cryogenic subproject manager. He made significant contributions to the design and installation coordination of the MicroBooNE detector cryostat and its associated systems while successfully managing the overall engineering effort required for the many aspects of the experiment construction effort.

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Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding technical expertise and leadership of the decommissioning of the CDF detector and the BZero assembly building. His innovations, detailed planning and constant attention to detail delivered the project at a vastly lower cost than originally estimated.

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Anna Pla-Dalmau

Anna Pla-Dalmau is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for her exceptional job, as the project chemist for NOvA, of developing the PVC material components necessary for both the structural integrity and the required reflectivity for the extrusions used to construct the detector. She was also instrumental in defining the appropriate liquid scintillator blend specific to NOvA's needs and for developing quality assurance procedures for sampling and qualifying the material.

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Jen Raaf

Jen Raaf is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for her excellent leadership of the MicroBooNE detector integration and installation. The smooth construction process and successful completion of the detector are largely due to her extraordinary effort and dedication. After a year-long construction process, she delivered the detector on schedule and on budget.

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Rick Tesarek

Rick Tesarek is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for his outstanding leadership as the NOvA deputy project manager. He worked with incredible dedication to ensure the successful delivery of the NOvA far detector in the face of extraordinary obstacles. As the integration coordinator for the experiment, his commitment to the job was unparalleled, with rigorous personal attention to every detail at the Ash River site.

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John Voirin

John Voirin is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his extensive efforts on the successful installation of both the NOvA near detector and the MicroBooNE LAr/TPC tank. His work was exceptional — from the complex undertaking of planning and executing the installation of the NOvA near detector into the Minos underground area to managing and coordinating the move and installation of the MicroBooNE liquid-argon tank with its fragile TPC cargo from DAB to LArTF.

Scientific Computing Division

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Yuyi Guo

Yuyi Guo is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award for her exceptional performance in developing, integrating and transitioning CMS to use the new metadata catalog, which provides an excellent basis for data taking and data analysis for the start of LHC Run 2 at higher energies and luminosities and beyond.

Technical Division

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Tug Arkan

Tug Arkan is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in leading the team that assembled SRF cryomodule CM2, which set a world record for gradient in a full cryomodule, more than 31.5 MV/m.

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Andy Hocker

Andy Hocker is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in leading the high-power conditioning and tests of dressed superconducting radio-frequency cavities used in cryomodule CM2, which set a world record for gradient in a full cryomodule, more than 31.5 MV/m.

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Allan Rowe

Allan Rowe is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in leading the team that processed the superconducting radio-frequency cavities that were assembled into cryomodule CM2, which set a world record for gradient in a full cryomodule, more than 31.5 MV/m.

Workforce Development and Resources Section

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Jennifer Gondorchin

Jennifer Gondorchin is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Heather Sidman

Heather Sidman is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Tara Turner

Tara Turner is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Stacey Vassallo

Stacey Vassallo is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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Jacqueline Zolna

Jacqueline Zolna is awarded an Exceptional Performance Recognition Award in recognition of her crucial role and indispensable contributions as part of the project implementation team for FermiWorks. She and the team set an example of how a project should be successfully completed at the lab through perseverance, flexibility, organization, ingenuity and hard work.

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