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Article: Fermilab's new director focused on future course.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- August 8, 2005
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Byline: Rupa Shenoy Daily Herald Staff Writer
In his first public event, Fermilab's new director, Pier Oddone, answered questions on Sunday about the lab's future.
Oddone, who took office July 1, spoke to about 100 people at the monthly Ask-a-Scientist program at the Batavia facility. Oddone, who was born in Peru, came to the lab in part to oversee the changes it will have to go through in the next decade.
In 2007, Fermilab's technology will be surpassed by that of a newly-constructed lab in Geneva, Sweden. Consequently, Fermilab's accelerator complex, currently the most powerful in the world, will be "obsolete," Oddone said.
"It's a great challenge," he said. ...