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Argonne Science Careers Series '03-'04
Science Careers Session 7
Thursday June 3rd, 9:10 - 10:00 AM
Participating school & class:
--Chicago HS of Agricultural Science, Honors Physics class
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Justin Kern
Engineer
Justin Kern grew up in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. In high
school he focused on math and science and became interested in engineering.
"I started college with that in mind and after my first year
there, started in the Mechanical Engineering program. I received both
my bachelors and masters degree from West Virginia University."
He came to Argonne in April of 2000, working as an engineer in the
Center for Transportation Research. He also plans and organizes the
technical side of the FutureTruck competition.
"We are currently building a vehicle powertrain that will
combine hybrid electric vehicle technology with hydrogen engines.
...this technology will demonstrate the potential of hydrogen to be
used as a fuel in a vehicle that is much like the ones on the road
today-- [perhaps] a more short-term, cost effective approach to ...
eliminating petroleum as the only vehicle fuel."
Some important words in his work--
hybrid electric vehicles,
hydrogen as a fuel,
engines and engine control,
well-to-wheel energy use.
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Justin enjoys mountain biking and racing cars. In college
Justin participated in Formula SAE competitions in which student teams
conceive, design, build, and compete with small formula-style racing
cars. .
"Naturally, I'm interested in cars, and as time
warrants, race a sports car, and R/C cars with friends. I'm currently
engaged and will be married this fall."
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Argonne Science
Careers Host ...
Mr. Williams will be unable to attend the
session
due to an unanticipated professional meeting.
Eugene (Gino) Williams
Computer science- Systems Analyst
Eugene Williams grew up in Jackson, Mississippi; Brooklyn, New York;
and Montreal, Canada. He .is a graduate of Jackson State University
with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in computer science and mathematics,
and holds a Masters of Science in mathematics from the University of
California at Berkeley and a Masters in Business Administration from
New York University.
Before coming to Argonne, Eugene worked as a systems analyst with Eastman
Kodak and an independent consultant. in Canada, France, England, Japan,
and Chicago
Eugene's first exposure to Argonne National Laboratory was through
an independent consulting assignment in 1998, when he divided his time
between a consulting for Abbott Laboratories, as a software engineer
and chemist, and working for Argonne on a procurement application for
the entire laboratory. In 1999, he went to work with MCI-Worldcom on
an assignment doing database administration and Oracle Forms development,
but returned to Argonne in 2000 as a senior software engineer doing
client-server and Oracle database development. Williams is currently
a senior systems analyst and team leader working with web technology
and relational databases for various business units at Argonne.
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Williams is also an author. Currently he is working
on a second novel. Writing helps give him a balance after doing science
and engineering eight hours a day. He has twins -- a boy and a girl,
the joys of his life -- who keep him on his toes. During his spare
time, Williams spreads his time between church involvement and community
activism.
Some important words in his work...
Active Server Pages
Java
Oracle database
Project management
Client interaction
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