<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face="Arial">To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">March 6 Briefs Excerpts:</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Colloquium and Public Lecture: Applications of Electron Linacs to Isotope Production</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">The application of accelerators, primarily with positive ion accelerators, to isotope production has a long history of success. Electron linacs, in contrast, have played a very limited role in isotope production. D.P. Wells, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, will discuss electron linac-based photo-nuclear isotope production research, with an emphasis on several isotopes of interest for research and medicine. The colloquium is offered in the CEBAF Center auditorium at 4 p.m. on March 6.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Brown Bag Lunch Workshops with MIS: Thursday, March 7, Noon, CC F113</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Have you ever wondered how to send a letter of increase for a requisition? Want to know how to purchase something from the stockroom? Did you miss the E-Commerce training sessions in January? Management and Information Systems staff will host its first monthly brown bag lunch workshop on Thursday, March 7, noon-1 p.m, in CEBAF Center room F113. Each month, 30 minutes of informal training for a small subset of MIS applications will cover topics from simple "how to" examples to less frequently used features of the software. After the first half hour, staffers will open the floor for questions about any MIS application. A few developers will be in attendance, as will a few application owners, so there will be a wealth of knowledge in the room. The first workshop will cover the purchasing applications used at JLab: Requisitions, E-Commerce, Stockroom and Credit Card Log. Bring your lunch and questions and join us! A few light refreshments will be provided. For more information, email Kari Heffner at <a href="mailto:heffner@jlab.org">heffner@jlab.org</a> or see the MIS lunch workshops webpage: <a href="https://cc.jlab.org/mis-lunch-workshops">https://cc.jlab.org/mis-lunch-workshops</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">C100 Cryomodule Naming Event</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">All JLab staff and users are invited to celebrate the completion of the cryomodules designed and built for CEBAF’s 12 GeV Upgrade in a cryomodule naming event in the Test Lab Addition High Bay at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12. Lab Director Hugh Montgomery and Associate Director of the Accelerator Division Andrew Hutton will recognize the SRF working groups’ contributions to the project and announce the cryomodule-naming contest winners. The SRF working groups and cryomodule-naming contest winners will receive a special commemorative C100 T-shirt. For more information, contact Michelle Lechman at <a href="mailto:lechman@jlab.org">lechman@jlab.org</a>.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">New Electronic RWP System Now Available</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">The Radcon Department is working hard toward going green. The department has developed a new electronic system for Radiological Work Permits (RWPs). Customers can start the RWP process by providing basic information about the job, who will be working on the job, etc. Once a customer has completed their portion, Radcon personnel will continue the RWP by adding Radcon-appropriate information and moving the document through the electronic signature process, so that work can begin. If you have questions about the electronic process, you may contact any RadCon staff member. RWP system link: <a href="https://www.jlab.org/accel/RadCon">https://www.jlab.org/accel/RadCon</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Come Learn About JLab Publications</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Feeling a little rusty on your publications submission skills? Want to learn the ins and outs of the system? Have questions that need desperate answers? Bring your coffee and attend the next JLab Publications Refresher Course at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, in CEBAF Center room F226. Refreshments will be provided for this one-hour course. Seats are limited, so reserve yours with an R.S.V.P. to Kim Kindrew at <a href="mailto:kindrew@jlab.org">kindrew@jlab.org</a>, by 5 p.m., March 12.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Industry Presentation: The Effects of Radiation and Advancement in FPGA Technology for Instrumentation and Control Systems</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">National Instruments (NI) Representative Brian Reiche will present information related to measurement and control systems. As NI technology is used for increasingly critical applications in high-energy physics, it is important for scientists and engineers to understand the effects of neutron and gamma radiation on the operation of instrumentation and control systems. In addition, recent advancements in field-programmable gate array technology enable scientists and engineers to develop flexible instrumentation and control systems that can be adopted to future performance needs. This talk will show how FPGAs have changed and will keep changing future instrumentation and control systems. This lunchtime talk will be held in CEBAF Center room F224-225 on March 13 at noon. R.S.V.P. to Christiana Grenoble at <a href="mailto:grenoble@jlab.org">grenoble@jlab.org</a>.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Colloquium and Public Lecture: The Origin(s) of the Heavy Elements</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">The rapid neutron capture process (r-process) is thought to be responsible for the creation of more than half of all elements beyond iron. Yet, the site for the r-process was labeled as one of eleven greatest unanswered questions in physics. Ani Aprahamian, the Freimann Professor of experimental nuclear physics at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss the work to determine the most crucial nuclei to measure using an r-process simulation code based on sensitivities to various basic nuclear properties, such as nuclear masses, beta decay rates, neutron capture cross-sections, and beta-delayed neutron emissions. Results from this research have been used and will be used to determine the experimental programs of radioactive ion beam facilities worldwide. The colloquium is offered in the CEBAF Center auditorium at 4 p.m. on March 13.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Tracking Thomas at JLab</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Keith Harding, Becky Mosbrucker and Marcy Stutzman correctly guessed the location for Feb. 27. Honorable mentions go to Russell Mammei, Harry Fanning and Ron Bartek. Check out the Tracking Thomas webpage for a better view of his last location and this week's new mystery photo and email Kandice Carter if you think you know where he is: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/trackingthomas.html">http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/trackingthomas.html</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div></body></html>