Science: This is not your grandparents’ power grid

Reliably operating the power grid around the clock without interruption depends on the dedicated service of tens of thousands of people across the country. Equally vital, though out of sight and unknown to the general public, is the software that network operators rely on to make decisions for operating the grid in the most reliable and cost-effective way possible. Read full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Oct. 24, 2022.

Keeping Mars scientists safe in the Arctic

In his own words, James Harper, a health physics field coordinator at Los Alamos National Laboratory, gives a fascinating account of why he accompanied a team of the Laboratory’s Mars scientists this summer to a 31-million-year-old crater, 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Around the Lab, Harper provides radiation protection field support to workers carrying out national security missions. This unexpected assignment definitely broadened his horizons. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

People: New leader of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety, Health and Quality organization named

Steven Coleman has been selected as Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Associate Laboratory Director for Environment, Safety, Health and Quality. He will be responsible for the leadership, management, oversight, strategic planning and execution of the Laboratory’s ESH&Q portfolio. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

New Associate Laboratory Director for Defense Protection Program named

Los Alamos National Laboratory has named Unica Viramontes Associate Laboratory Director for the newly created Defense Protection Program. In this role, she will be responsible for the leadership, management, oversight, strategic planning and execution of the Laboratory’s safeguards, security and emergency management portfolio. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

9 Los Alamos researchers named 2022 Laboratory Fellows

Nine researchers have been named 2022 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows: David Chavez, Tim Germann, Neil Harrison, Ricardo Lebensohn, Hui Li, Babetta Marrone, Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Lin Yin and Jianxin Zhu. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

5 Los Alamos researchers receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

Five Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers received Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Tariq Aslam received the Fellows’ Prize for Research, and Anemarie DeYoung, Juan  Duque, Brian Jensen and Robert Steiner received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership. Read full article here. Courtesy/LANL