Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999
Lab names new Cyril Smith Scholars
Three Cyril Smith Scholars have been appointed for the 1999 term to the Center for Materials Science (CMS) at the Laboratory.
This year's appointees are Davis Tonks of the Applied Theoretical and Computational Physics (X) Division, Fred Steinkruger of Tritium Science Engineering (ESA-TSE) and Alexander Balatsky of Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics (T-11).
Cyril Stanley Smith Internal Scholar positions are one-year temporary staff member assignments to the Center for Materials Science. The scholars receive partial support from the CMS to foster multi-divisional participation in materials science, to broaden CMS scientific activities and to build stronger interactions between the materials science community and Laboratory programs. During their assignments, the scholars work with mentors and contribute to intellectual growth in the materials science community.
Tonk's research will examine the theory of damage and fracture mechanisms in dynamic deformation in metals. Tonks is working in collaboration with Anna Zurek of Structure/Property Relations (MST-8) as well as Peter Thomason and David Embury of CMS.
Steinkruger's work will build on an existing CMS/Tritium Science and Engineering collaboration to study the fundamental science associated with the long-term stability of tritium storage material. Steinkruger is working with Carl Maggiore of CMS.
Balatsky will work on the phase separation, stripe formation and secondary phase transitions in high temperature superconductors and heavy fermion systems. Balatsky is working with Roman Movshovich of Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics (MST-10).
The Cyril Smith Internal Scholars program is named after Cyril Stanley Smith (1903-1992), a metallurgist at the Laboratory from 1943 to 1946 who led the team preparing radioactive materials for the first atomic bombs.
--Todd Hanson
1999 diversity calendar now available
The Diversity Office (DVO) has begun distributing its 1999 diversity calendar to group and division offices.
"The '1999 Embracing Diversity Multicultural Calendar' is designed to foster understanding and appreciation of the customs, beliefs and contributions of people from diverse cultures and traditions," said Mick Trujillo, acting Diversity Office director. "Its aim is to provide information to help each of us become familiar with important events in others cultures. In this way, we hope that interactions with a variety of cultures will become an experience of learning, appreciation and mutual respect."
This is the second diversity calendar to be published by the Diversity Office, said Debbi Wersonick of DVO. This year's calendar includes art works done by elementary, junior high and high school students from throughout Northern New Mexico. The calendar also includes about 25 food recipes submitted by employees.
"The feedback has been very, very positive about the calendar," said Wersonick. "What people seem to be enjoying the most is the artwork," she said.
The Diversity Office sponsored an art contest last fall and 90 art works were submitted for consideration. A committee of Lab employees judged and selected the winning art works in November.
Art works by students from Robertson High School, Española Middle School and Mountain View Elementary were selected as first place winners, said Wersonick.
Kiana Hiapo of Robertson High School in Las Vegas, N.M., was the high school division winner; while Julie Salazar of Española Middle School was the junior high/middle school division winner. Fifth-grader Chris Ortiz of Mountain View Elementary in Cordova, N.M., was the elementary school division winner, said Debbi Wersonick of the Diversity Office.
The three students received $100 savings bonds donated by Bank of Albuquerque.
Wersonick said employees can obtain a 1999 diversity calendar on a first-come first-served basis by calling 7-8695. Employees also can share the calendar by making photocopies of it for co-workers, she added.
Other elementary and middle school students whose art works are included in the calendar are Joseph Cordova, Joshua Romero and Reina Sandoval, all of Mountain View Elementary School, David Salazar of San Juan Elementary at San Juan Pueblo, Nikita Goyal, Abbie Holden, Jessie Huttenburg and Gavin Argo, all of Aspen Elementary in Los Alamos, and Erika Martinez of McCurdy Middle School in Española.
Other high school students whose art works are in the diversity calendar are Alisha Martinez and Frank Loretto of Pojoaque High School and Julia Breyer, Dave Ortiz and Helena Kyasyousice, all of Robertson High School.
The diversity calendar indicates traditional observances and holidays, including Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's days, and notes the birthdays of presidents Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and George Washington (Feb. 22) among others.
But the calendar also notes that Feb. 17 is Geronimo Day, an American Indian observance; that March 5 is Boys Day, a Japanese observance; that March 26 is Kuhio Day in Hawaii; and that the following day in 1912, cherry blossom trees were planted in the nation's capital and other U.S. cities.
It also indicates that Children's Day in Taiwan is April 4; Juneteenth, an African American observance, is June 19; Leif Erickson Day is celebrated in the U.S. and Norway on Oct. 9; and three days later Americans celebrate Columbus Day and Mexico observes Mexican Dia de la Raza.
The calendar notes a number of religious holidays of varying denominations, as well as days with historical significance in the United States, such as V-E Day (May 8), Armed Forces Day (May 16) and Pearl Harbor Day (Dec. 7), said Wersonick.
A footnote at either the top or bottom of each monthly calendar notes a monthly observance, such as Black History Month in February, Women's History Month in March, Multicultural Communications Month in April, Asian Pacific Heritage Month in May, Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in June and national Hispanic Heritage Month in September.
The back of the calendar contains an index with brief summaries of many of the holidays and observances listed.
For more information or suggestions, additions or changes to the 2000 diversity calendar, write to dvo@lanl.gov by electronic mail.
--Steve Sandoval
Call For Laboratory Fellow nominations
The Laboratory is making a formal call for Laboratory Fellow nominations. The deadline for submission of nominations is April 9 (no exceptions). Forward the original three-hole-punched nomination package plus 15 three-hole-punched copies to Allen Hartford, director for Science and Technology Base Programs (STB), Mail Stop F657, no later than 5 p.m. April 9. Do not submit extra letters of endorsement or "bound" or extraneous material, for example preprints, reprints or published material. Nomination packages that are submitted out of compliance will not be considered. If you have questions, submit them by e-mail to stb@lanl.gov or call the STB Program Office at 7-7978.
More information can be found in a master management memo (pdf reader required).
Three researchers to receive Fellows' Prize
The Laboratory Fellows have recognized the achievements of three staff members by awarding them the annual Fellows' Prize, the highest technical honor bestowed by the Lab for research in science and engineering.
The awards, which recognize outstanding research that has had a significant impact in a researchers' discipline or program, will be presented Jan. 26 to Shiyi Chen of the Center for Nonlinear Studies, Paul Kwiat of Neutron Science and Technology (P-23) and Dave Vieira of Nuclear and Radiochemistry (CST-11).
During the ceremony at the Physics Building Auditorium, the researchers will receive checks for $3,000 each and present brief lectures about the work that is being recognized. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. For more information, see the Jan. 20 Daily Newsbulletin.
New Laboratory deputy director to speak Tuesday
William H. Press, newly appointed deputy Laboratory director, will speak Tuesday at a public colloquium.
Press, who recently joined the Laboratory from Harvard University, will speak beginning at 1:10 p.m. in the Administration Building Auditorium. The venue, part of the Laboratory Director's Colloquium series, will be open to the public.
Press, formerly a professor of astronomy and physics at Harvard, is the Lab's deputy Laboratory director for science, technology and programs, and Director John Browne's principal deputy director.
Press will speak on "The Curious Cosmological Cabinet of Dr. Bayes." The Bayes Theorem, named after 18th century mathematican Thomas Bayes, is an approach to understanding probabilities.
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