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Life at Fermilab

Life at Fermilab. Debbie Harris With the help of Borys Jurkiw, Marilyn Smith, Jean Guyer, Patti Hedrick, Beth Witherell Visual Media Services Witherell Symposium July 14, 2005. Why am I giving this talk?. Certainly there are many at the lab who know Mike better than I do

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Life at Fermilab

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  1. Life at Fermilab Debbie Harris With the help of Borys Jurkiw, Marilyn Smith, Jean Guyer, Patti Hedrick, Beth Witherell Visual Media Services Witherell Symposium July 14, 2005

  2. Why am I giving this talk? • Certainly there are many at the lab who know Mike better than I do • Hugh Montgomery • Marilyn Smith • Your name here… • I’ve been assigned this year to translate what it means to do physics to the general public (see “Quantum Diaries”) • Today I am supposed to translate what it means to have a life at Fermilab to the general symposium-goer Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  3. Current Systematic Biases(not necessarily in order of importance) • Experimentalist • Fermilab Employee, not User • Management Responsibilities • Married • Part of a two-career couple • Parent of a young child (2, actually) Note: Biases are uncorrected in this talk…but Mike has the same biases Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  4. What I will not cover • There are many programs out there that comprise “Life at Fermilab”, many of which Mike and I both missed… New recreation programs over past 6 years: Yoga, Scuba Tai Chi, Pilates Women’s Self Defense Country Line Dance Ultimate Frisbee League Table Tennis League Go Club Rocket Club Public Lectures, Fine Art Series, International Movie Night Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  5. Stages of an Experiment • Mission Need and Funding Profile • Project Baseline • R&D • Collaboration Building • Construction (not covered here) • Calibration/Commissioning • Safety Concerns • Running • Decommissioning • Publications Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  6. Mission Need and Funding Profile • 1998: Mike and Beth Witherell decide to adopt a child • Early 1999: Mike is offered job as director • March 1999: Mike introduced to the Fermilab community in a press conference • Starts his speech “I am really excited about this new job” • Thanks Northern Illinois University for their agreement to take on the Thoreau Edition so that Beth could continue her work as Editor-in-Chief March 1999 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  7. Project is Baselined • July 1, 1999: Mike’s first day as director • November 1999: Mike and Beth get referral from Viet Nam(schedule delay due to external politics) • January 2000: Mike and Beth bring Lily home to Fermilab • 6800 open acres of land in your back yard… • Children’s Center at Fermilab Feb. 2000 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  8. R&D Phase and Collaboration Building • Witherell started his first year by trying to learn more about Fermilab scientists • Dinners at Chez Leon with groupsof roughly 20 people: this must have been about 20 nights of research! May 2001 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  9. Focused R&D Phase • In 2000 Mike decided to talk to women staff scientists at the Lab • At thattime the numbers seemed a bit low… In Mike’s tenure, all fractionshave increased…a little… Data courtesy Borys Jurkiw Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  10. Where are the women engineers? I leave this as an exercise for the new director… • From Howard Georgi, October 20, 2004 colloquium: fractions of women in physics and engineering are comparable, retention rate comparable… PhD’s Granted Fraction of Women (%) Source: Society of Women Engineers, NSF and Census Data Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  11. Calibration and Commissioning Lily learns to sit up, crawl, and walk, and talk on site, (most likely) at Fermilab Children’s Center 5/2002 8/2000 6/2001, 5:17PM Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  12. Level 2 Managers Pam Not all managers shown here…. Sue and Mary S Janet and Cindy Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab Mary R

  13. Evening and Owl Shifts • The collaboration expanded over the years to include more than Mike and Beth and the Children’s Center: 3/2005 Primary Shifter: Agnieszka Andrzejczyk On-Call List: Nathalie and Jay Witherell Building Manager: Kathy Uhrich (not shown) 11/2000 5/2003 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  14. First Measurement: Value of a good party • Inspired by Lily, Mike soon learns the important effects of a good party: best when applied often 8/1/2001 (MCR) 5/3/2002 (MiniBooNE) 6/8/2002 (Leon’s 80th bday) 11/21/2003 (Labwide) 3/4/2005 (NUMI labwide) 6/1/2005 (Day Care 25th) 6/24/2005 (fb-1 toast) Holiday parties Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  15. Safety Concerns • Coincident with Lily’s learning to walk, in 2000-1 we saw • Wilson Hall Safety Construction • Baby-proofing the director’s house • Safety takes a front seat Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  16. DASTOW 1998 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  17. DASTOW 1999 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  18. DASTOW 2000 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  19. DASTOW 2001 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  20. DASTOW 2002 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  21. DASTOW 2003 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  22. DASTOW 2004 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  23. DASTOW 2005 Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  24. DASTOW Photo Participation Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  25. Asymptotic Freedom 2001 2002 2003 2004 As measured in Mike-Lily Distance in DASTOW photo Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  26. Decommissioning • Children’s Center GraduationJune 2005 • Today’s festivities Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  27. Signs that Mike is not the only one doing this experiment… • Day Care Enrollment—at any one time enrollment is about 50 children, there is always a waiting list • Summer Camp Enrollment—35 slots this year, always with a waiting list of 8 to 15! Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  28. Publications • Mike will return to UCSB, as Vice Chancellor of Research • Lilly will start at Montessori • Comment from teachers there: progressed through 1st grade reading level (thanks to Children’s Center kindergarten program) • Beth has moved the Thoreau Edition (all 11,000 pounds—gained 1000 pounds!) back to UCSBremains Editor-in-Chief(see www.thoreau.niu.edu ) Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

  29. Thank you Mike and Beth, for showing us… • You can raise a child and be director of a Lab at the same time • Need good child care! • You can find good jobs when you’re part of a 2-carreer couple • Need institutions in the area who understand the problem! • You can admit all this in public • Fermilab should be an example to the rest of the world on these issues • Not there yet, but you brought these issues to the front page Debbie Harris, Life at Fermilab

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