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AHF Launches ‘Manhattan Project Innovations’ Tour

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The Atomic Heritage Foundation staff, founded in 2002 by Cynthia Kelly, right, is a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. Courtesy/AHF

 

AHF News:
 

The Atomic Heritage Foundation (AHF) has unveiled a new Ranger in Your Pocket program on Manhattan Project Innovations with more than two dozen vignettes addressing the extraordinary scientific and engineering innovations that came out of the Manhattan Project and their legacy for today.

Courtesy/AHF

You can now listen to first-hand accounts of scientists and engineers who worked on the Project and developed revolutionary Read More

Sig Hecker Presents Free Lecture On Foreign Affairs

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Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker

WORLD AFFAIRS:

Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker will give a free public lecture titled “North Korea beyond The Interview; Russia Beyond Crimea.”  The lecture is at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Church of jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1967 18th St. in Los Alamos).

“North Korea is building nuclear weapons at an ever accelerating pace,” Hecker said. “Russia is restoring its nuclear arsenal. Whereas U.S.-North Korean relations have never been good, U.S.-Russia relations have moved from cooperaton in the 1990s to confrontation today. Read More

LANL Foundation Offers Monthly Grants That Strengthen Teaching And Learning

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LANL Foundation News:

The LANL Foundation offers Educational Outreach Small Grants to school districts and nonprofits with programs that strengthen teaching and learning.

Grants of up to $1,500 are available monthly to support public schools and nonprofits working in education in Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Taos counties.

Previously, grants were limited to programs related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The grants are now available to more nonprofit programs focused on teaching and learning.

The nonprofit focus should be Read More

SFI Seminar: Simplifying Multiscale Modeling

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Catherine Ray

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute presents the SFI Seminar, Simplifying Multiscale Modeling, at 12:15 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12 in the Collins Conference Room, 1499 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.

The presenter is Thiel Fellow Catherine Ray.

Abstract: A fiber bundle is a beautiful device, which expresses global phenomenon in terms of the output of local data. The geometric multi-scale modeling technique, aptly named fiber bundle dynamics, expresses macroscale data in terms of the output of microscale models.

By recognizing that (1) dependent types are fibrations and (2) a multi-scale Read More

Los Alamos Civil Air Patrol Cadets Receive LANL Foundation STEM Grant

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Los Alamos CAP Cadets with equipment purchased with LANL Foundation STEM grant. Courtesy/CAP

CAP News:

Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Los Alamos Composite Squadron are benefitting from a $1,500 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) grant from the LANL Foundation.

The grant was used to purchase equipment that supports CAP cadets in their Aeronautical Education and Robotics activities. In addition to these two programs, Los Alamos Cadets participate in Cyber Patriots. This is a national competition that allows cadets to learn how to defend against cyber-attacks and prevent Read More

Moniz Announces $125 Million OPEN 2015 Solicitation For Transformational Energy Projects

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars that the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is issuing its third open funding opportunity announcement, OPEN 2015, for up to $125 million.

OPEN 2015 will support energy research and development projects from America’s top innovators for disruptive new technologies in transportation and stationary applications.

“OPEN 2015 highlights ARPA-E’s commitment to Read More

Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Meets Jan. 16

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RCLC News:

The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is set to meet 9-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16 at the City of Santa Fe Council Chambers, 200 Lincoln Ave.

For its first meeting of 2015, the Regional Coalition will revisit the Strategic Plan and set goals for 2015. 

Pursuant to New Mexico Open Meetings Act Section 10-15-1 (H) Subsection (2) limited personnel matters by the public body, a closed session will be held following the regular business meeting pertaining to executive director interviews.

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‘Seventy Years of Computing in the Nuclear Weapons Program’ By Dr. Bill Archer At Fuller Lodge Jan. 13

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Dr. Bill Archer

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society presents “Seventy Years of Computing in the Nuclear Weapons Program” by Dr. Bill Archer at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 13 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.

Los Alamos has continuously been on the forefront of scientific computing since it helped found the field. Dr. Bill Archer of Los Alamos National Laboratory will explore the rich history of computing in the Los Alamos weapons program. He will discuss the current status of computing and expectations for the near future.

Archer received his doctorate from the University of Read More

DOE Issues Safety Assessments For Diesel-Operated Equipment Underground At WIPP

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WIPP News:

The Office of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Assessments, within the U.S. Department of Energy’s independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), recently issued reports following reviews conducted on the WIPP Recovery Plan for Operating Diesel Equipment with available underground airflows and the Conduct of Maintenance and associated planned program enhancements.

The onsite portions of the reviews were completed in October 2014.

The EA reports identified concerns associated with the ventilation plans and engineering approach to the evaluation of diesel equipment Read More

SFI Seminar: Poetry Reading By Tom Crawford

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Tom Crawford

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Insitute is hosting a poetry reading by poet Tom Crawford at 12:15 p.m., Monday in its Collins Conference Room at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.

Tom Crawford is a teacher and poet whose work explores the natural world and our complex connection to it. Born in Michigan and educated in California, he’s lived much of his life in the Northwest. Years of teaching in China and South Korea have infused his work with a quality of Eastern sensibility. His poems are both contemplative and activist. They’re not just about beauty but how to save it. Caging the Robin, his latest Read More