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Friday, January 14 2:00 p.m. Particle Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: R. Wechsler, University of Chicago Title: Using Galaxy Clustering to Connect Mass and Light 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West Speaker: D. Dujmic, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Title: Sin2ß from Charmonium and Penguin Modes at BaBar 8:00 p.m. Fermilab International Film Society - Auditorium Tickets: Adults $4 Title: Los Amantes del Circulo Polar (The Lovers of the Arctic Circle)
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Friday, January 14 Beef Pepper Pot Soup Buffalo Chicken Wings $4.75 Cajun Breaded Catfish $3.75 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce $3.75 Honey Mustard Ham & Swiss Panini $4.75 Double Stuffed Pizza $3.25 Carved Turkey $4.75
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In Memoriam: Alexander Toukhtarov | ||
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Alexander Toukhtarov, a mechanical engineer in the Particle Physics Division,
died on December 31 at 11:50 p.m. surrounded by his family in his hometown
in Volgograd, Russia. He was 41.
A Fermilab employee of five years, Toukhtarov initially joined the Particle Physics Division as a visiting engineer from the Institute of High Energy Physics in Protvino, Russia. He spent the last few years developing design concepts for the BTeV experiment at Fermilab. "Alex worked on the pixel detector, which could be called the crown jewel of detectors at Fermilab," said PPD's Joe Howell, who worked closely with Toukhtarov on BTeV. "We had a DOE baseline review in December, and it went very well. I think that the work Alex did for BTeV had a big impact on the success of the review." Born and raised in Volgograd, Toukhtarov excelled as one of the top engineering students at Volgograd Technical University. After earning a M.S in Mechanical Engineering, Toukhtarov started designing detectors at IHEP. "It was very attractive to have a job at IHEP. Only the best people were selected," said Victor Yarba, of Fermilab's Technical Division, who was the Deputy Director of IHEP when Toukhtarov first joined the institute. When PPD had an opening for a mechanical engineer five years ago, Yarba recommended that Toukhtarov be considered for the position. "Alex was involved with several big projects in Russia," Yarba said. "After working at IHEP for eight years, he spent five years at CERN, working on a new detector, and then he came to Fermilab. He was clearly an outstanding engineer, so after two years he transferred from a visiting engineer and became a fulltime employee at Fermilab." A dedicated worker, Toukhtarov had many friends at Fermilab. "Alex always had a smile on his face," said PPD's Dave Pushka. "He was an enjoyable person to work with and always enjoyed a good challenge. As his supervisor, it was always a delight to do Alex's annual reviews. It was always easy to find many good things that he had accomplished during the year."
In his spare time, Toukhtarov enjoyed playing soccer on one of Fermilab's
teams. He also liked fishing, rafting and camping. "He was very
active and played soccer up to the day before he found out he was sick,"
Yarba said. "Alex was well respected by the Russian community at Fermilab.
He was a good friend and always willing to help."
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From Michigan Daily, January 11, 2005 Marshall Scholar winner tackles dark matter mystery By Brandon McNaughton Have you ever sat up all night contemplating the mysteries of the universe or the perplexities of nature? LSA senior Jacob Bourjaily frequently does.
In fact, Bourjaily stays up all night, every other night — and these
all-nighters paid off when late last year he was announced as a recipient
of the 2005 Marshall Scholarship, a prestigious annual award given to
forty American college graduates for their high academic achievements.
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Herman White and Paul Grannis Present
Next Two Public Lectures at Fermilab In the next month, the Fermilab Public Lecture Series will present two lectures that focus on some of the work done at Fermilab. On January 21, Herman White, of Fermilab's Accelerator Division, will give the first lecture, "How Particle Physics Detectors Work and What They Really See." On February 4, DZero's Paul Grannis of SUNY Stony Brook will present the second lecture, "Experiments at Fermilab: Understanding Matter at the Smallest Scale." Tickets are still available for both of these lectures. Herman White has been a member of the Fermilab scientific staff for the past 30 years and has collaborated on nearly a dozen
Paul Grannis is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 1983, he began the collaboration that built the DZero experiment
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Weekly Time Sheets Due Today With the upcoming Martin Luther King Holiday, Weekly Time Sheets are due in Payroll by 10:00 a.m on Friday, January 14, 2005
Watch Out for that Bump!
Fire Sprinkler System Updates on Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
New Classifieds on Fermilab Today
Fermilab Folk Club Barn Dance
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