THE OFFICE OF NONPROLIFERATION

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by Efstratios Efstathiadis Computational Science
Center
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• BNL is an internationally respected American
  scientific research institute.
• Established in 1947 on Long Island, NY.
• One of the 12 National Laboratories Owned by the
  Office of Science of the U.S. Department of
  Energy
• Conducts research in Physics, Chemistry,
  Biology, Nanotechnology, nuclear medicine,
  computer science, and environmental science.

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• Experimental Facilities
• Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
• National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)
• NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL)
• Center for Translational Neuroimaging (CTN)
• Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
• NY Center for Computational Sciences (NYCCS)

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• Six Nobel Prizes
• 1957 T.D. Lee, C.N. Yang on Parity Violation
• 1976 Samual C. C. Ting on The Discovery of the
  J/Psi Particle
• 1980 James Cronin and Van Fitch on CP
  Violation
• 1988 Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack
  Steinberger on The Discovery of the Muon Neutrino
• 2002 Raymond Davis Jr. for The Discovery of
  Solar Neutrinos
• 2003 Robert Mackinnon on The Chemistry of the
  Cell.

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New York Blue

• Fifth most powerfull supercomputer on the world
  (as of June 28th, 2007) . The fastest in the
  world for general use.
• Made by IBM Blue Gene/L, consists of 36,864
  processors, 18.5TB of memory.
• 100 TeraFlops (equivalent to 10,000 home PCs)
• It is the centerpiece of the New York Center
  for Computational Sciences (NYCCS).
• Together with a similar machine at RPI (7) NYS
  is becoming the national leader in deploying high
  performance computing for discovery and high tech
  economic development.

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Laboratory
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At BNLs Medical Dept. from 1953 - 1975
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• BNL Lab Director 1982-1997
• Discovered the omega-minus (O-) particle
• Established the RIKEN/BNL Research Center

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• Head of the National Photovoltaic
• Environmental, Health and Safety
• Research Center

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BNLs Office of Education Programs goal is to
inspire and motivate our youth to become science
literate and perhaps pursue a rewarding career in
science or technology.
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• K-8 Programs
• Science Learning Centers (at BNL, schools, and
  libraries)
• NYS Science and Technology Entry Program (6-8)
• Open Space Stewardship Program (OSSP)
• High School Programs
• Open Space Stewardship Program (OSSP)
• Community Summer Science Program
• High School Research Program
• Minority High School Apprenticeship Program
• NYS Liberty Partnership Program
• NYS Science and Technology Entry Program

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• Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
• DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
  Program (SULI)
• DOE Community College Institute (CCI)
• DOE Faculty and Student Teams (FaST)
• DOE Pre-Service Teacher Program (PST) (Graduate
  level available)
• Brookhaven College Mini-semester Program
• NYS Collegiate Science and Technology Entry
  Program Mini-Course
• ACS Nuclear Chemistry Summer School
• Graduate Research Internship Program

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• Teacher/University Faculty programs
• DOE Academies Creating Teacher Scientists
• K-12 Teacher Workshops
• DOE Faculty and Student Team Program
• Pre-Service Teacher Program
• Contests
• Elementary School Science Fair
• Middle School Science Bowl and Fuel Cell Car
  Challenge
• MAGLEV Contest (Middle School)
• High School Science Bowl
• Model Bridge Building Contest (High School)
• Science and Society Essay Contest (High School)

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