A paper for the National Science and Technology Summit
The nature of modern scientific research has been changing due to the increased reliance on large-scale scientific facilities for forefront research. The programmes at our DOE National Laboratories have become focused more and more around large facilities and the programme of Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) has emerged as a very important part […]
The cacophonous tune of cicadas serenaded the physicists at last week’s Department of Energy and National Science Foundation review of the US Detector R&D Programme for the International Linear Collider. Harry Weerts, the High Energy Physics Director at Argonne National Laboratory, where the review took place, vividly remembered the last time the cicadas visited –17 […]
Director’s Corner 10 May 2007 Gerry Dugan DOE and NSF Review of the ILC-Americas Programme Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Gerry Dugan, the outgoing GDE Americas Regional Director. Michael Harrison took over as the new GDE Americas Regional Director on 1 May. The second review of the US R&D programme for the International […]
Director’s Corner 4 May 2006 Gerry Dugan Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Gerry Dugan, GDE Americas Regional Director DOE and NSF Reviewers See Progress in ILC-Americas Program; Also Recommend Areas of Improvement The first review of the US R&D program for the International Linear Collider (ILC) by the Department of Energy (DOE) and […]