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Fire danger: Moderate CST changes its name to Chemistry (C) Division It's official: the Chemical Science and Technology Division now is the Chemistry (C) Division. The name change and acronym were approved by Bill Press, deputy Laboratory director for science, technology and programs, on Aug. 2. C Division Director Al Sattelberger said the new name reflects the organization's new look and science focus. "We've gone through two reorganizations over the past year, with some parts of the former CST transferred to the new Environmental Science and Waste Technology (E) Division and some to the Bioscience (B) Division," said Sattelberger. "The current chemistry organization is very different from the CST Division that was created in 1993. We decided to give it a new name at the same time we were developing plans for the future of the division." C division currently has about 360 employees and a budget of approximately $46 million. Sattelberger noted that the division currently is involved in a strategic planning exercise designed to define the organization's core values, capabilities and strategic thrusts, and that the exercise hopefully will be done within the next two months. At present, there are no plans to change the division's organizational structure or group names other than a switch in acronyms. As for concerns that the division's new letter designation might cause confusion among non-division employees, Sattelberger said he isn't too worried about that. "I know that the letter C once was used for the old Computing Division, but the current and proposed computing divisions at the Lab either have or soon will have new acronyms as well. It may take awhile, but I'm sure the name changes will get sorted out and become part of the Lab's core vocabulary," he said. --Ternel N. Martinez Reports Compilation Compact Disk Project earns Pollution Prevention Award A team of Lab employees from two divisions took advantage of existing technology and compiled three years of research and resultant 30 reports onto a single CD for easy distribution to several Department of Energy facilities and other federal agencies. The Reports Compilation Compact Disk Project earned the employees a Pollution Prevention Award in 1999. The 30 reports contributed to the creation of the Laboratory's Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Management Plan, of which 275 copies were needed. Diana Webb, Carey Bare and Terry Foxx from Ecology (ESH-20) teamed up with Hector Hinojosa, Jim Morgan, Mable Amador and Laura Novak from Communication Arts and Services (CIC-1) to create a CD compilation of all the reports. A CD proves easier to handle than a copy of 30 background information reports comprising 1,850 pages. In addition, users can easily use the nested menus on the CD and perform custom searches on the reports. The recipients found the reports very useful, and no complaints about the CD or requests for paper copies were received. The printing cost for each paper copy would have been $187.50, but the production and cover insert printing cost for each CD was only $37. And because the combined weight of 275 CDs was only 55 pounds, compared to 5,087 pounds for 275 paper copies, shipping costs also were greatly reduced. In all, the Lab saved more than $40,000 by producing the CDs instead of paper copies. In terms of natural resources, the Lab saved the paper equivalent of 25 trees. The Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Division is so pleased with these results that it plans to offer the habitat management plan in CD format as a training tool, and CIC-1 is willing to help other groups place their reports on CDs as well. For more information, contact Hinojosa of at hhinojosa@lanl.gov or 5-4604.
Sandia physicist discusses rigors of becoming a scientist PHOTO: Sandia National Laboratories Physicist Peter J. Feibelman spoke about necessary scientist survival skills Monday in the Physics Auditorium. The lecture was intended for students, post-docs, managers and technical staff members. He discussed the rigors of becoming a scientist and pitfalls that lead most young researchers to unhappiness. Photo by Michael Carlson
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