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The ICARUS detector has been collecting test data in preparation for the official start of the physics data collection later this year. The left panel shows an electron neutrino interaction that produced a proton (top track) and an electron, which produced an electromagnetic shower with photons and electrons (bottom tracks). The right panel shows a muon neutrino interaction that produced a proton (short track, top left) and a muon (3.4-meter-long track); a cosmic-ray track independent of the muon neutrino interaction is also visible in the lower half of the image. In both panels, the neutrino beam came from left. (Image: ICARUS collaboration)
Fermilab’s Ron Davis, a neutrino operations supervisor, rides into Fermilab on his 2007 Harley-Davidson Classic. Photo: Cary Kendziora, Fermilab
How long have you been at Fermilab?
I’ve been at the lab since 1971 so nearly 50 years now!
What is your role at Fermilab?
I’m currently a supervisor specializing in neutrino operations for the Proton Assembly Building. But when I first started at Fermilab, I was a technician for the 15-foot bubble chamber. I’ve also worked on segmented wire ionization chambers for the proton beam, the commissioning of the DZero detector, the installation of one of the lab’s beamlines, called NuMI, and several generations of liquid-argon cryostats. And when the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program began, I contributed to the vacuum and piping systems.