The SNS Project is a collaboration involving Los Alamos, Oak Ridge (where it will reside), E.O. Lawrence Berkeley, Brookhaven and Argonne national laboratories and Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Va. Once operational in 2005, the SNS will provide scientific and industrial research communities worldwide with a more intense source of neutrons than currently available for cutting-edge neutron scattering experiments. Neutron scattering is useful in materials and biological science, condensed matter, magnetism and many other science fields.
"The SNS holds immense potential for so many different science disciplines," said Laboratory Director John Browne, who created the SNS Division last year to better support the project. "As a partner in construction of the SNS, it is imperative that Los Alamos fulfill its responsibilities on time and on budget. Don Rej and Will Fox are highly capable, proven leaders who will ensure Los Alamos' successful participation. It's great to have them on board."
Rej and Fox both have extensive experience at Los Alamos managing programs and projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Rej served as acting director for Los Alamos' Physics Division prior to this appointment. He also has served as deputy division director, program coordinator, section leader and principal investigator for the same division, among other leadership positions at Los Alamos.
Rej received his bachelor's degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., and his master's degree and doctorate in physics from Cornell University. He holds two patents and is a member of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Materials Research Society.
Rej's honors include a Los Alamos Distinguished Performance Award in 1991, a Federal Laboratory Consortia Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer in 1994 and an R&D 100 Award in 1997.
Fox moves to his new SNS position from Los Alamos' Dual-axis Radiographic Hydrotest (DARHT) Accelerator Construction Group, where he once served as group leader. He also has served as group leader of Los Alamos' Tritium Science and Engineering Group and Accelerator Engineering Group, as well as section leader and program manager in other Los Alamos divisions and programs.
Fox received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico and his master's degree in the same field from the University of Washington. Fox also is a flight instructor and member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, and builds and flies his own experimental aircraft.
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