3:45-4:15 PM 

"Dark matter and HAWC"

Andrea Albert  Email:  amalbert@lanl.gov

Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

I received my PhD in physics from the Ohio State University in May 2013. I am specifically involved in experimental high-energy particle astrophysics. I perform indirect dark matter data analyses and also work on the development of gamma-ray detectors used in those searches. See my CV for a list of publications I have lead or contributed to.

Sara Mason  Email: smason@lanl.gov

IQPA-IQ: QPA - INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY

Check out Resume and Interviewing Resources tab

If you want to have a short interview test with Sara or have questions about interviewing contact her at: smason@lanl.gov

9:30 - 4:30  Los Alamos National Laboratory  TOUR DAY

-Closed toes shoes

-Bring water bottle and snacks

-No photography of any type

-Sharp departure at 9:30 am from NMSA!

Schedule:

9:30 -- leave Santa Fe

10:10 -- arrive at TA-53.  Meet escorts at guard gate

10:15 -- stop at Building 1.  Quick welcome and intro to LANSCE in Rosen Auditorium: Keith Rielage

10:35 -- LANSCE Injectors : Maria Sanchez Barrueta, Eron Krestiens, Jeremy Danielson, Jeremy Payton

11:00 -- IPF tour: Etienne Vermeulen, Ellen O'Brien, Anthony Koppi

11:35 -- 12:15 lunch at Bldg 1: Kathy Keith, Erik Shores

12:20 -- Fluids lab tour (TA-53 Staging Area A Rm M101) Tiffany Desjardins

12:55 -- Lujan tour (TA-53 Bldg 0622): Don Brown, Aaron Couture

2:00 -- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Ross McDonald, Laurel Stritzinger

3:00 -- leave TA-35 for Santa Fe

Hawaii 8:15-9:30 AM PT "Building an IR Sensor"

Adriana Reyes-Newell Email: Email: reyesnewell@gmail.com 

Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Science, Inc.

Hawaii 9:45-11:00 AM PT "Cyber Security"

Kelly Luk,  Email: Email: klukbou@sandia.gov

Hawaii 11:00 AM-12:15 PM PT "Physics with Cell Phones"

Dave Rakestraw Email:  rakestraw1@llnl.gov

9:30-11:00 AM Physics with Phones

Dave Rakestraw  Email:  rakestraw1@llnl.gov

Physical chemist and biosecurity program leader

Senior Science Advisor and Program Manager at Livermore National Laboratory

Will guide the students through using the sensors on their cell phones to make measurements of movement, air pressure, sound, and magnetic fields.  We will keep them active making measurements and talking to each other about what they are observing.

Ideally, each student will be able to conduct the measurement with their own phone.  We will be using an application called “phyphox” which is free to download on both IOS and Android phones.  If they can be asked to download this in advance, that will avoid having troubles during our session (students are usually pretty good with downloading apps, but just in case)

Senior science advisor at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, formerly ran LLNL’s biodefense programs and is coordinating the lab’s COVID-19 technical response

https://st.llnl.gov/sci-ed/Physics-with-Phones

11:00-11:30 AM Quantum Energy

Wanyi Nie Email: wanyi@lanl.gov

Scientist at Los AlamosNational Laboratory

Wanyi Nie is a physicist and staff scientist at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her expertise is in the fabrication and characterization of organic opto-electronic devices on 3D nanostructured substrates; Charge transport behavior at donor-acceptor interface in opto-electronic devices; AC-field induced electroluminescence devices; and Exploring the phase formation in polymer or polymer/fullerene blend with the aid of nanostructures and the influence towards optoelectronic device performance. Wanyi Nie received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.,She is currently conducting research as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA, on optoelectronic device research with the Material Synthesis and Integrated Device Group, MPA-11. Her research interests include photovoltaic device physics and interface engineering.

Sarah Park  Email: epark@lanl.gov

Polymer scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Winner of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Postdoctoral Recognition Award

"Eun Joo Park from the Los Alamos National Laboratory for outstanding research contributions to developing polymer electrolytes for next-generation electrochemical devices, including fuel cells, electrolyzers, and flow batteries

12:15-12:30 PM "VIP - Careers in the Military"

Capt Sophia Schwalbe Email: sophia.schwalbe.1@us.af.mil

Section Chief, Magnetospheric Impacts Section

Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate

Executive Officer, Space Vehicles Directorate

Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2935564/the-power-of-women-in-the-stem-workplace/

 12:30-1:30 PM "Introduction to Wind Energy" & 

"Wind Turbine EXPLORATIONS"

Weldon Beauchamp Email: weldon@nuevatierra.org

1:45-2:45 PM Cosmetic Chemistry 

Materials chemistry surrounds us in our daily lives, even in unexpected ways. In this hands-on session, we will explore how materials chemistry is the foundation of our favorite skincare regimens. We will discuss endothermic reactions, x-ray diffraction, and clay chemistry while making bath bombs and clay masks for you to enjoy at home!

Danae Davis Email: ddavis@sandia.gov

Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, M.S. Chemistry, University of New Mexico

Amanda C Sanchez Email: asanch6@sandia.gov

Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico

Jessica Kruichak Email:  jnkruic@sandia.gov

Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, M.S. Chemistry, University of New Mexico

3:00-3:45 PM "Asteroids and Craters"

Cathy Plesko Email: plesko@lanl.gov

Principal Investigator for Planetary Defense and the Program Manager for Advanced Simulation and Computing Verification and Validation (ASC-V&V) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She did her Bachelor's degree in astrophysics at the University of Washington and joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as an undergraduate student in 1998 to help build automated telescopes at the Fenton Hill Observatory. She then worked as part of the ISIS/GENIE team (now Descartes Labs), applying machine learning techniques to geologic mapping of NASA remote sensing data. Cathy did her Ph. D. in Computational Geophysics in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, studying impact craters on Mars under Dr. Erik Asphaug. During her Ph. D., she participated in the NASA LCROSS mission that made an artificial impact crater on the moon. After school, Cathy joined Los Alamos as a research scientist to use hydrocode models to study the prevention of asteroid and comet impacts on Earth.

3:45-4:30PM "Project TEAMs and Overview"

Ohana Homestead Introduction

Pascale Creek Pinner, Weldon Beauchamp, Leeann Ragasa, Joan Lucas, Elisea Jackson

Robotic Hand Introduction

Alex Miera, Ellee Cook, May Odom, James Wernicke, Desiree Naomi Dominguez 

"Women in Science"

Anna Llobet

Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

https://www.lanl.gov/discover/publications/national-security-science/2021-spring/womens-timeline.shtml

Origin of women in computing: https://www.pbs.org/video/why-are-there-so-few-women-in-computer-science-c5zg9l/

TED talk: Angela Lee Duckworth: "GRIT, the power of passion and perseverance"

https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en

Women in Science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_science

Women & Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/

"The Women of Project Y: Working at Wartime Los Alamos"

Ellen McGehee

Archaeologist and historian at Los Alamos National Laboratory

https://www.lanl.gov/discover/publications/national-security-science/2021-spring/womens-timeline.shtml