LAMS’s Lillian Petersen Takes 3rd In 2016 Supercomputing Challenge
Lillian Petersen explains her Supercomputing Challenge project, ‘Detecting Climate Change Through Means and Extremes’ to Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Middle School student Lillian Petersen won third place for her project, “Detecting Climate Change Through Means and Extremes.”
Petersen’s study aggregated data from thousands of weather stations around the world, which she processed and analyzed with a Python program she wrote to find overall changes and trends in climate around the world. She also won the Community Read More
DOE Announces $25 Million To Accelerate Integration Of Solar Energy Into Nation’s Electrical Grid
DOE News:‘Solving The Rubik’s Cube 2.0’ Includes 3D Simulation
Some of the finalist teams pose with a finalist team banner. The two boys at left in front row are Nicholas Brown, left, and Christopher Leap, of Portales High School. They finished second place. Courtesy photoLANL Puts Out Big ‘Help Wanted’ Notice
LANL Director Charlie McMillan at Tuesday’s Community Leaders Update in Santa Fe talks about reshaping the workforce of the future. Courtesy photo
NNSA Field Office Manager Kim Davis Lebak touts the virtues of a steady budget. Courtesy photo
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
An aging workforce and natural attrition, more than budget growth, are pushing Los Alamos National Laboratory toward a hiring spree. The lab will be looking for scientists and engineers as always, but also for business services professionals, support staff, as well as craft and technical employees.
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New Mexico Environment Department Solicits Comments From Citizens In Los Alamos Thursday
New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn speaks to citizens on the revisions to the Compliance Order on Consent Order which governs hazardous waste cleanup by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Members of the public and NMED staff listen to Katherine Roberts, director of the Division of Resource Protection at NMED, as she gives an overview of the changes to the Compliance Order on Consent Order which governs hazardous waste cleanup by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comAspen Elementary; Los Alamos Middle School Students Take First In 26th Annual Supercomputing Challenge
Aspen Supercomputers from left, Max Corliss (7th), Ming Lo (5th), Andy Corliss (6th) and Phillip Ionkov (6th). Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Andy Corliss, Phillip Ionkov, Ming Lo of Aspen Elementary, and Max Corliss of Los Alamos Middle School won first place for their project, “Solving the Rubic’s Cube 2.0,” Tuesday, April 26 at the 26th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The “Aspen Supercomputers” created a three-dimensional simulation of a Rubik’s cube, a national favorite brain-bending puzzle, as well as an implementation of a cube-solving Read More
NMED Hosts Open House On LANL Consent Order In Council Chambers 5-7 p.m. Today
NMED News:
NMED Proposes Changes to Consent Order, which Governs Legacy Clean-Up at LANL
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department’s Hazardous Waste Bureau will host an Open House in Los Alamos to present an overview of their proposed changes to the Draft Consent Order governing legacy clean-up at Los Alamos National Laboratory and to hear citizen and stakeholder input, address concerns, and answer questions.
The Open House is 5-7 p.m., today in the Los Alamos County Council Chambers at 1000 Central Ave.
On March 1, 2005, NMED and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Regents of the Read More
