January 13, 1995
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Toran Appointed to AGU Committee
Laura Toran, hydrologist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed to the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Ground Water Committee
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January 5, 1995
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Gray Named ORNL Protocol Officer
Nancy L. Gray, a planning analyst at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been named ORNL Protocol Officer. In her new capacity, Gray will serve as the focal point for coordination, administration and conduct of visits and briefings for ORNL's guests, sponsors, custom...
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January 5, 1995
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ORNL Designs Radiation-Hardened Memory Chip
Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have designed semiconductor chips that may be used to help operate robots in high-radiation environments and to make sharper, clearer, and steadier television pictures.Charles L. Britton Jr. and Alan L. Wintenberg,...
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January 4, 1995
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Lindberg Invited to Chair International Mercury Conference
Steven E. Lindberg of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will chair the 1996 International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant to be held in Hamburg, Germany. Lindberg is a senior research staff member in ORNL's Environmental Sciences Division and a research prof...
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January 4, 1995
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Toran serves on American Geophysical Union Committee
Dr. Laura Toran, a hydrogeologist in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been selected to serve on the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Committee to select outstanding student papers for the hydrology section.
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December 19, 1994
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Nuclear physics device for ORNL accelerator due in from England
Although the Daresbury Nuclear Structure Facility in England was closed in 1993, one of its nuclear physics instruments will have a second life at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The large, multi-million-dollar instrument will be used with ORNL's upgraded radioactive-ion
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December 15, 1994
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Flanagan Earns Distinguished Career Award From Fusion Board
Charles A. Flanagan of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been presented the Distinguished Career Award by the Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors.Flanagan received the award from Stephen O. Dean at the organization's annual meeting and symposium in San Diego,...
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December 12, 1994
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ORNL is Developing “Chemistry Lab on a Chip”
A "chemistry lab on a chip" might seem like a researcher's dream, but recent successes at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) suggest it could become a reality.A postage-stamp-size microchip for efficiently separating and identifying chemicals in liquids is being develop...
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December 9, 1994
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Lowndes, Stephenson and Vo-Dinh Named Corporate Fellows
Martin Marietta Energy Systems has conferred one of its highest honors, the rank of corporate fellow, on Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists Douglas H. Lowndes and Tuan Vo-Dinh and the Oak Ridge K-25 scientist Michael J. Stephenson.In announcing the selections, Martin Marietta Energy Systems P...
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December 7, 1994
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ORNL Intel Computer Models Car Crashes
Automobile manufacturers must crash models of their cars to determine if they meet safety standards for protecting passengers during accidents. Because a single car crash test can cost $50,000 to $750,000, an attractive alternative to crunching metal is crunching numbers.Inexpensive car-crash simul...
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November 8, 1994
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PICS Team Helps Set World Record in Molecular Dynamics on ORNL’s New Paragon(Tm) MP System
A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook have set a new world record for system size in molecular dynamics, using Intel's 1,024-node Paragon super...
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November 7, 1994
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Award-Winning Student Joins Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Anna Swan, a Wigner Fellow, has joined the research staff at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the Solid State Division's Particle-Surface Interactions Section. The Wigner fellowship, designed to provide research opportunities for exceptional young scient...