March 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

Kudos

Alexander new HX Division leader

Kathleen (Kathi) Alexander is the new Hydrodynamic Experiments Division leader. Alexander joined the Laboratory in 1998 as deputy group leader in the Materials Science and Technology Division.

Before coming to the Laboratory, Alexander worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for more than 11 years, conducting materials science research focused on electron microscopy and high-resolution chemical analysis and mapping.

Los Alamos Wins 2008 Pollution Prevention Awards

The Laboratory is a 2008 winner of two Best-in-Class Pollution Prevention awards and six Environmental Stewardship awards from the National Nuclear Security Administration. The competition for these awards included more entries this year than ever before from across the NNSA complex, and Los Alamos has more winners than any previous year.

The Laboratory's 2008 Best-in-Class winners:

• Wastewater Recycling Saves More Than $1 Million Annually
• Ultrapure Carbon and Carbon- Nitride Nanomaterials 2008 Environmental Stewardship awards:
• More than $900,000 Saved with Steam Generator Optimization
• Perchloric Acid Exhaust System Saves $750,000 Annually
• Recycling of Soil, Asphalt, and Mulch Saves $1.7 Million
• Mixed Office Paper Recycle Program
• Integrating Safety and Security into the Environment Management System Life-cycle: A Body-contact Sport
• The Uninterruptible Power Supply Project

For descriptions of the winners, see the news release at http://www.lanl.gov/ news/index.php/fuseaction/home. story/story_id/12530.

Picraux elected chair of AAAS section

Tom Picraux of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is the incoming chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science section on Industrial Science and Technology. Picraux began his term as chair-elect last month. His duties include organizing and sponsoring technical symposia and topical lectures at the AAAS annual meetings and encouraging AAAS fellowship nominations. Picraux is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the AAAS. He also is a recipient of DOE's E.O. Lawrence Award.

Laboratory wins Awards of Excellence in Technology Transfer

Three Laboratory technologies won 2008 Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards of Excellence in Technology Transfer. Technologies included Attila, High Definition Laser Scanners for Surveying, and Second-Generation High Temperature Superconducting Wire.

The FLC is a nationwide network of federal laboratories that links mission technologies with the marketplace. For more information about the winning technologies, go to http://www. lanl.gov/orgs/tt/awards/flc/flc_awards.shtml. online.

LANL Stars named

As part of the celebration of Women's History Month, the Women's Diversity Working Group each year recognizes women who have achieved scientific or technical success, women who make important contributions to the Laboratory or community and touch the lives of those with whom they interact, or women who go above and beyond the call of duty and shine brightly: The "LANL Stars."

This year's winners are Leilani Conradson of the Lujan Center, Brenda Dingus of Neutron Science and Technology, Patricia Nelson of Space Management and Facilities Planning, Alyson Niemeyer of Sensors and Electrochemical Devices, Belinda Padilla of the Technology Transfer Division, Katherine Prestridge of Neutron Science and Technology, Ann Rafferty of Information Resources Management Division, Evgenya Smirnova of High-Power Electrodynamics, Felicia Taw of Inorganic Isotope and Actinide Chemistry, Alyson Wilson of Statistical Sciences, Mary Anne With of the Education and Post-Doc Office, and Fatima Woody of Departmental Computing.

The LANL Stars will be recognized at a ceremony March 17.