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 […]
KEK and Fermilab: Strengthening collaborations
Director’s Corner 26 April 2007 Barry Barish KEK and Fermilab: Strengthening collaborations Two of our principle collaborating institutions in the ILC are KEK Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan and Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. This week the KEK Director General, Atsuto Suzuki, came to Fermilab to discuss increased collaboration. Atsuto Suzuki is a very distinguished physicist, whom I […]
The role of industries during the ILC engineering design phase
Director’s Corner 19 April 2007 Barry Barish The role of industries during the ILC engineering design phase Ken Olsen, President of the LCFOA To strengthen our efforts for the ILC engineering design phase, we intend to increase our focus on industrialisation. We recognise that in order to make realistic funding proposals to our governments, we […]
ILC Baseline Alternative: The Re-entrant Cavity
Director’s Corner 22 March 2007 Barry Barish ILC Baseline Alternative: The Re-entrant Cavity Hasan Padamsee, leader of the Cornell superconducting RF R&D group ILC R&D on superconducting RF technology is of special importance because it represents our central technology, and it is an area where we are forging the way for future accelerators that will […]
Salute to Jonathan
Director’s Corner 15 March 2007 Barry Barish Salute to Jonathan! Earlier this week, Jonathan Dorfan announced in SLAC Today that he is stepping down this fall as SLAC Director after eight very successful years. Jonathan has not only been serving as SLAC’s leader during this period, but he has also been a driving force in […]
U.S. Congressmen Address ILC R&D and Industrialisation
Last week on 28 February, U.S. industry members and scientists gathered at the Linear Collider Forum of America meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to start a dialogue with congressmen and senate and house staffers about the International Linear Collider. The recent publication of the Reference Design Report made the meeting a timely venue […]
Whats in a Schedule
Director’s Corner 8 March 2007 Barry Barish What’s in a Schedule? On 22 February, I reported on our Reference Design Report to HEPAP, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel in the US. The committee responded very positively to what we have achieved, and the chair, Mel Shochet, wrote to me after the meeting on behalf of […]
ILC Baseline Alternative: The Marx Modulator
Director’s Corner 1 March 2007 Barry Barish Ray Larsen ILC Baseline Alternative: The Marx Modulator Today’s issue of ILC NewsLine features a special column written jointly by GDE Director Barry Barish and Ray Larsen of SLAC. The release of the ILC Reference Design was a very important milestone. Yet, we have emphasised that it is […]
The Road to the ILC: Convincing our Colleagues
Director’s Corner 22 February 2007 Barry Barish The Road to the ILC: Convincing our Colleagues Now that we have released our draft Reference Design Report for the ILC, our short-term focus is on completing and finalising the RDR. This will involve completing some unfinished work, undergoing international reviews and then revising and finalising the reference […]
DOE and NSF Reviewers See Progress in ILC Americas Program
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 […]