Nobel Prize winner Heeger to give Director's Colloquium Friday at the Lab
Materials that conduct electricity is the subject of a Director's Colloquium Friday by Alan Heeger, a University of California, Santa Barbara professor.
His presentation, "Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The Fourth of Polymeric Materials," is scheduled to begin at 1:10 p.m. in the Louis Rosen Auditorium at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at Technical Area 53. It also will be broadcast live on Labnet Channel 9 and can be accessed via the Internet using Real Media Player. For more information, see Monday's Daily Newsbulletin.
Subcritical experiment scheduled for Thursday at Nevada Test Site
A Los Alamos subcritical experiment is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Nevada Test Site.
Named Vito, the experiment is designed to answer questions about ejecta and spall associated with plutonium.
Subcritical experiments produce essential scientific data and technical information to maintain the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile without underground testing.
To read a National Nuclear Security Administration news release, click here.
Livermore diversity official Smith to
speak at Laboratory Feb. 20
As part of the Laboratory's observance of Black History Month, Tommy Smith of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will talk about "African American Contributions to the American Mosaic" on Feb. 20.
Smith is director of the Affirmative Action and Diversity Programs Office at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His talk begins at 1 p.m. in the Cochiti Room on the second floor of the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center at Technical Area 3.
The African American Diversity Working Group and the Diversity (DVO) Office are sponsoring the presentation. February is national Black History Month.
"Black History Month provides an opportunity for us to enjoy casual and formal reflections on the contributions of African Americans to the American success story," said Rube Williams of Nuclear Systems Design and Analysis (D-10) and chairperson of the African American Diversity Working Group.
"As all Americans have tended to embrace such discovery, Negro History Week has grown into Black History Month, and [also] has spawned other such monthly reflections concerning diverse and often overlooked origins of contributions to our quality of life," said Williams.
Smith will talk about how the contributions of African-Americans and other constituent groups have contributed to a national robustness and a tendency for success in meeting forward challenges.
For more information about this presentation or other events planned for Black History Month, contact Williams at 5-1593 or Danny Valdez of Defense (BUS-2) at 5-7215.
--Lecole Trujillo
Horizons will become broader for local school girls
About 120 girls from Northern and Central New Mexico will discover the wonderment of math and science as participants in the national Expanding Your Horizons program March 13 at the Los Alamos Research Park across from the Otowi Building at Technical Area 3.
Expanding Your Horizons is sponsored by the Laboratory.
During the all-day event, girls in grades eight through 10 will take part in hands-on workshops presented by female scientists, engineers and professionals from around the area.
The program is designed for girls who already show an interest in math and science as well as those who are uncertain about their career paths. The forum also is an opportunity to meet and form personal contacts with women working in traditional male occupations, said Diane Lamkin of the Lab's Human Resources (HR) Division.
There also will be a conference for teachers who accompany students to the Lab. Teachers will learn methods for encouraging female students to pursue technical fields, Lamkin said.
Past workshops have included demonstrations on a variety of subjects, including computer hardware, astronomy, Web page development, robotics, fluid instabilities and veterinary medicine.
Missy Cummings is this year's keynote speaker. One of the Navy's first female fighter pilots, she will speak about how girls can believe in themselves and rise to life's challenges. Cummings is the author of "Hornets Nest: The Experience of One of the Navy's First Female Fighter Pilots."
In addition to speaking to the EYH attendees, Cummings also will speak at 7 that evening at the Bradbury Science Museum downtown. This talk is free and open to the public.
Schools in Northern and Central New Mexico can nominate five girls to attend Expanding Your Horizons at Los Alamos, or girls can fill out a registration form at http://www.t12.lanl.gov/home/lawis/eyh online. The deadline to register is Feb. 20.
Female volunteers from around the Lab are needed to help escort the students and teenagers, seeing to safety, security and other concerns. Women who work at the Laboratory also are needed to conduct workshops.
The Los Alamos chapter of EYH is sponsored by the New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering and the Los Alamos Women in Science.
The NMNWSE is a non-profit organization with a membership of more than 100 female scientists and engineers who volunteer their time and energy to ensure that young women have access to information on exciting and meaningful careers in the sciences and engineering, according to information provided by the EYH committee.
For more information, contact the EYH registrar Lisa Colletti at 7-9621 or write to lcolletti@lanl.gov by electronic mail.
--Michael Carlson
Walkable communities expert visits the Lab, townsite
John Fox, left, chief of staff for the Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Division listens as Dan Burden, a nationally recognized authority on pedestrian and bicycle pathway planning and traffic calming, describes how the temporary concrete structure at the intersection of Bikini Atoll Road and NM 501 could be turned into an attractive safety and security street median complete with landscaping and curb extensions. Burden's visit to the Lab and the townsite Tuesday and today is cosponsored by the Laboratory and the Los Alamos "LA Walks" committee. The series of workshops, meetings and presentations, billed as a "Walkable Community Workshop," concludes today with an LA Walks-sponsored presentation at 7:30 p.m. in Fuller Lodge downtown. The talk is open to the public. Inset photo: During a meeting with Burden Tuesday at the Pajarito Complex, Kirt Anderson, left, of Site and Project Management (PM-1) describes pedestrian and traffic issues being addressed as part of the Lab's Comprehensive Site Plan. Photos by Fran Talley, Public Affairs
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