Helen T. Edwards
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Helen Thom Edwards (born 1936) is an American physicist. She led the effort to design and build the Tevatron, at present the world's highest energy particle accelerator the first high-energy accelerator completely based on superconducting magnets. The Tevatron was one of the first high-energy antiproton-proton colliders. It requires the storage of antiprotons for days in order to produce the luminosity necessary for the experimental program at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory which has resulted in important new discoveries in physics such as the top quark. Her technical decisions were critical to the success of the Tevatron project. The HERA and the Large Hadron Collider are based on the technology pioneered at the Tevatron.
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[edit] Honors
- E. O. Lawrence Award, U.S. Department of Energy 1986
- MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 1988
- National Medal of Technology 1989
[edit] Positions
- 1966-70 Research Associate, 10 GEV Electron Synchrotron, Cornell University
- 1970-87 Associate Head of the Booster Group, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 1987-89 Head, Accelerator Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 1989-92 Head & Associate Director, Superconducting Division, Superconducting Supercollider Laboratory, Dallas
- 1988- MacArthur Fellow
- 1992-present Guest Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
[edit] Education
- B.A. Cornehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_T._Edwards&action=edit
Editing Helen T. Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediall University 1957
- M.S. Cornell University 1963
- Ph.D. Cornell University 1966
[edit] Sources
- Helen Thom Edwards in Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics, CWP
[edit] Further reading
John Peoples (2006), "Helen T. Edwards" in OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics Nina Byers and Gary Williams, ed., Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-5218-2197-1
[edit] External links
- Past Winners of Medal of Technology
- Notable Women in the Physical Sciences
- American Men and Women of Science
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