Ferminews November 24, 1989 Vol

FermiNews November 24, 1989 Vol. XII, No. 20 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

JohnS. Toll Appointed URA President On November 13, 1989, Univer- ministrators in this country and a University of Maryland Department sities Research Association, Inc. highly respected physicist with of Physics and Astronomy prior to (URA), which operates Fermilab for great personal understanding of being named President of SUNYI the U.S. Department of Energy, an- URA's mission. As Johnny Toll's Stony Brook in 1965. In 1978, he nounced that the URA Board of successor at Stony Brook, I had a returned as President to the Univer- Trustees had appointed JohnS. Toll, special appreciation for the caliber sity of Maryland and was later Chancellor Emeritus of the Univer- of the contributions he made to the named the first Chancellor of the sity of Maryland, as URA's next university, and the Trustees' unani- newly reorganized 11-campus Uni- President, effective December 1, mous vote reflects our confidence in versity of Maryland System. He 1989. Toll succeeds retiring Presi- his leadership. He has had a career continues to serve as Professor of dent Edward A. Knapp, who is re- of exceptional achievement, which Physics and Chancellor Emeritus at turning to Los Alamos National will now be turned to the benefit of the University of Maryland. Laboratory to resume research in URA, Fermilab, and the SSC. We John Toll has been actively in- physics. are very pleased to welcome him to volved in federal science advisory The announcement was made by this new challenge.'' activities throughout his career, in- John Marburger, Chairman of the Fermilab Director John Peoples cluding terms as Chairman of the URA Board of Trustees, at the No- said of the announcement, ''Fer- Federation of American Scientists vember 13 meeting of the Board in milab welcomes Dr. John Toll as and Chairman of panels for the N a- Dallas. Marburger, who is Presi- the next President of URA. He will tional Science Foundation, the Na- dent of the State University of New bring his energy and many years of tional Aeronautics and Space Ad- York at Stony Brook, said of Toll's experience to URA at the crucial mmtstration, Princeton's Plasma appointment, ''URA is remarkably turn in the history of Fermi lab.'' Physics Laboratory, and the Con- fortunate that Dr. John Toll has agreed John Toll received his Ph.D. in gressional Office of Technology to serve as URA President. He is Physics from Princeton University. Assessment. one of the outstanding university ad- In 1953, he became Chairman of the New Computing Division Gearing Up As Fermilab's new Computing ing] community. Its driving goal is said. "We would prefer to think of Division begins moving forward, to establish a major center of excel- our clients as participants in the Division Head Tom Nash and his lence in the operation and develop- strategic-decision-making process." staff are implementing the new or- ment of computing and data acquisi- . These teams will be chaired by the ganizational tools that, in Nash's tion for high-energy physics. This is three Associate Division Heads, words, "will bring together a key pillar of Fermilab's long-term Joel Butler, Irwin Gaines, and Jack computer-related activities that sup- future.'' Pfister. They will be ''responsible port the immediate and long-term Communication, both within the for maintaining wide-open com- needs of high-energy physics [at Division and between the Division munications channels, with empha- Fermilab]. Fermilab has been and its clients, is seen as very im- sis on those [channels] reaching out- widely recognized for its successes portant. Nash has instituted Strat- side the Division." in supporting its experimental pro- egy Management Teams to ''deter- Butler is responsible for the gram with accessible central com- mine a coordinated direction for the Division's close relations with ex- puting, data acquisition tools and various interrelated activities of the perimenters and other Division capabilities, and forward thinking Division. They will have heavy clients. He will also coordinate the computer developments. The new user participation and will be the activities of the Central and Distrib- organization is to build on Fer- primary management mechanism in uted Computing Departments, chair- milab's successes with the people the Division [and] will spawn work- "Computing" cont'd on page 3 that make up this dynamic [computing groups on specific issues," Nash - 2 - Fermilab's Licensing Office Markets Fermilab Technology Fermilab scientists and engi- of the money invested in research neers have the opportunity to share and development in the United Tech-Transfer Seminar in any royalties accruing from in- States every year, but only 20 per- Stimulates Cooperation ventions derived from work done cent of all yearly patent applica- William A. Kropp, Director - here at the Laboratory. Changes in tions. Even fewer of those patents Technology Acquisition for E.I. Du federal legislation have made it pos- are licensed to profit-making com- Pont de Nemours & Company, was sible for Fermilab and Universities panies. This means that there is the speaker at a Technology Semi- Research Association (URA) to li- new technology which is not being nar sponsored by Fermilab' s Office cense the Laboratory's technologi- utilized by private industry, and of Research and Technology As- cal innovations to the private sector. therefore does not contribute to the sessment (ORTA). Du Pont has Any ensuring royalties are shared country's gross national product. recently joined Fermilab's Industrial by the inventor and Fermilab. On a It also means that labs - and tax- Affiliates organization. sliding scale, Fermilab inventors payers - may not be getting as much The seminar, something of a will receive 50 percent of net for their research and development "local" version of the yearly Indus- royalties less than $10,000 and 25 investment as they can. ''The trial Affiliates Meetings, was held percent of net royalties of $10,000 whole idea," said Venard, "is to to encourage awareness on the part or more. get more bang for the taxpayer' s of Fermilab staff toward One immediate impact of these buck. To do that, we need to do a Laboratory-industry cooperation. changes was to appoint, in Novem- better job of getting the technology After giving attendees a brief ber of 1988, John Venard as Fer- developed for federal projects out descriptive ''snapshot'' of Du Pont, milab's Licensing Officer in the Of- into industry. Commercializing this Kropp outlined his efforts to nurture fice of Research and Technology technology creates new products, a program of technology- and Application. Venard is responsible services, and jobs, and will improve resource-sharing between his com- for the licensing out of patented and U.S. competitiveness in the interna- pany and the national laboratories. copyrighted innovations. He also tional market.'' Focusing his attention on major participates in the broader Labora- A full-time licensing officer at national laboratories, Kropp is at- tory effort to transfer technology the Lab makes that process easier. tempting to discover and acquire for between Fermilab and private com- ''The ideal situation for Fermilab,'' Du Pont new technology by creating panies. ' 'Part of my job is to mar- said Venard, ''in the case of, for bridges of cooperative research, ket the Laboratory's technology," instance, a piece of specialized elec- licensing, and training. said Venard. tronic equipment, is to locate a com- In his dealings with the Idaho, These incentives are possible pany that will take our specifica- Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, Argonne, because of the way organizations tions, based on a Fermilab pro- and Lawrence Livermore national like URA are now involved in the totype, bid it, build the equipment, laboratories, among others, Kropp patent and award process. "It is and supply it to us along with the has noticed a heightened effort to- possible for URA, which is a De- needed support (spare parts, main- ward the transfer of technology to partment of Energy contractor, to tenance, and so forth). At the same industry, and increased competition claim rights in a patent when it time, they can adapt that product to in the technology-transfer arena comes from work done by URA their other markets and make it a between federal labs. employees. URA can then license routinely offered catalog item. Proving Kropp's assertion that the patent to one or more com- That's great technology transfer be- increased person-to-person interac- panies," said Venard. cause everyone wins. That's how tion between representatives of in- URA can also grant exclusive the process is supposed to work. dustry and federal research opens licenses to private companies. The "The inventors and developers new avenues of cooperation, mem- government retains the right to prac- share in the royalties that come back bers of the audience at the seminar tice the technology for its own use, to URA through licensing," said were quick to discern potential but the license remains exclusive in Venard. "We would anticipate that common research opportunities in the private sector. This is an incen- URA 's part of that money would be fiber optics, molecular orbitals, and tive to businesses to establish used to support additional licensing, environmental research. licensing agreements with URA. marketing, and technology transfer Fermilab staff with ideas on Such agreements are becoming activities which we hope will even- research cooperation in any area increasingly important. The federal tually become self-supporting." are encouraged to call the ORTA at government is responsible for half - Christine Grusak ext. 3333. - 3 - Be on the Lookout for SBIR Opportunities The U.S. Department of Ener- Over the course of the SBIR a research scientist or engineer to a gy's (DOE) Office of Energy Re- program, a number of very success- suitable small business of a need for search in the Division of High En- ful projects have grown out of new instrumentation or technology. ergy Physics has issued its eighth high-energy physics. Among them Very much in line with the philoso- annual solicitation for proposals for are IGC/Advanced Superconduc- phy of the SBIR program, this Small Business Innovation Research tors, Inc., a Fermilab Industrial Af- catalytic action on the part of active (SBIR) grants. This program will filiate, for "Ultrafine Filament researchers has helped interested fund roughly 100 Phase I proposals NbTi Superconductors"; NYCB and competent small businesses de- from small businesses (500 employ- Real-Time Computing, also an Af- velop superior proposals.'' ees or less) for up to $50,000 over a filiate, for ''Development of a For more information on the 6-1/2 month period for feasibility Low-Cost Clustered V AXBI FAST- SBIR program, contact the ORTA studies of the proposed concepts. BUS Interface"; and "Single Crys- at ext. 3333, MS 200. About 50 or 60 of these will con- tal Fibers of Bismuth Germanate for The due date for receipt of pro- tinue into Phase II, the principal Scintillation Detectors'' from Laser- posals is January 23, 1990. Copies R&D effort, funded at up to Genies Corporation. of the current SBIR solicitation can $500,000 over a two-year period. Fermilab's Office of Research be obtained by writing to: SBIR Funds for the SBIR program are and Technology Application Program Manager, U.S. Department supplied at the level of 1.25 percent (ORTA) encourages Fermilab em- of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20545 of the extramural budget for R&D ployees to make small businesses or by calling (301) 353-5707. from various federal agencies. In that supply the Laboratory aware of Questions about the program can be 1990, the High-Energy Physics and these grants. As stated in DOE's directed to Ms. Gerry Washington, Superconducting Super Collider recent letter to Fermilab Director SBIR Spokesperson, (301) 353-5867. programs will be contributing ap- John Peoples, ''In many cases, a Detailed technical questions are proximately $7 million for the SBIR critical element in a winning SBIR handled by Mr. Ronald Toms, SBIR program. proposal has been the suggestion by Program Officer, (301) 353-2900.

"Computing" cont'd from pg. 1 "We are aware that we cannot farms and the VAX Clusters; sup- ing the Offline Computing Strategy know in advance of a major and port for departmental clusters, work- Meetings and coordinating offline complex activity what the activity is stations, networked PC' s, and other computing activities. going to require.'' peripherals; and maintenance of Gaines will coordinate the Divi- Charged with seeing to it that VAX, Unix, and related software. sion Management Teams and the the Division and its users under- There are two Data Acquisition project-review process. He will also stand such evolving requirements is Departments. The Data Acquisition coordinate Data Acquisition R&D the ACCESS Liaison Group, at- Support Department, led by Vicky activities and chair the Data Acqui- tached to the Division Office. This White, includes PREP, which is sition Strategy Meetings. group will facilitate a wide-open presently responsible for online and Pfister is charged with leading communication channel between the data acquisition systems for the the effort to track technology and Division and Fermilab's experi- forthcoming fixed-target run. identify relevant advanced system menters (and other Division clients). The Data Acquisition Electron- and collaborative R&D oppor- The Division's table of organi- ics Department, under Ed Barsotti, tunities in industry and computer zation reveals five new departments. is presently participating in silicon science, and then coordinating the The Central Computing Depart- detector readout development and above with the activities of the com- ment, headed by Peter Cooper, will study of a high-speed DAQ switch. puting departments. He will chair oversee operation of Fermilab's in- The Computing R&D Depart- the Technology Tracking/Computer place major shared central comput- ment (Joe Biel, Head), is descended R&D Strategy meetings, coordinating resources, as well as any future from the Advanced Computer Pro- ing computer R&D. Unix-based centralized production gram (ACP). It is developing ACP "We recognize that the need to systems. II software and hardware and the move toward evolutionary require- The Distributed Computing ACPMAPS lattice gauge processor. ments implies that we must have a Department, headed by AI Thomas, continuing, intimate relationship has responsibility for local and area Percentage increase, since 1979, between the Division's support ele- networks and other communication; in the average size of a turkey's ments and the end user," Nash said. operation of central DST analysis breast: 22 - 4 -

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