As agreed among the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) partners, the University of California (UC) is responsible for leading the search for the next LLNL Director. Today, UC Regent and Chairman of the LLNS Board of Governors Norman Pattiz announced the commencement of the LLNL Director search process.
In a letter to employees requesting nominations for and asking for comments on the position, Pattiz indicated: "The University's search process will be similar in scope and breadth to those of prior Director searches for all three UC-affiliated labs -- Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos (LANL) and Lawrence Berkeley (LBNL) national laboratories. The process includes use of a Search Committee and a Screening Task Force, both of which include LLNL colleagues." In addition, an executive search firm has been hired.
A number of actions have been accomplished or are in the planning stages:
- Chairman Pattiz and UC President Janet Napolitano have approved the Search Committee as directed by UC Regents policy.
- The position has been posted on LLNL and UC jobs websites and will be listed on LANL, LBNL, other national lab, and LLC partner jobs websites. The job posting is also being advertised nationally on respected science, higher education, social media, and diversity outreach websites.
- The Search Committee will be at LLNL in January for "Lab Day" to hear from employees, management and the Livermore Field Office manager. The Committee will use input from Lab Day to further develop selection criteria to be used to assess the candidates during the search process to determine the best individual for the position.
- Letters requesting nominations are being sent to senior leaders in Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, and Department of Defense, national laboratory directors; past LLNL, LANL and LBNL directors; the LLNS Board of Governors; UC leadership; appropriate federal, state and local elected officials, and selected research university presidents.
- The Screening Task Force has been formed to assist the Search Committee. It is chaired by Professor Marvin Adams, Texas A&M University, and will consist of a cross-section of LLNL employees, representatives from LANL and LBNL, and noted scientists and administrators who are knowledgeable about LLNL, its scientific work and its role as a DOE/NNSA national laboratory, and who are informed about the relevant LLNL scientific areas.
- A moderated questions and answers forum has been posted.
In his letter to employees, Pattiz stated: "LLNL has a stellar record of outstanding science, engineering and technology in support of the nation, and the selection of a visionary leader is critical to the Laboratory's continued success. I can assure you that the selection of your next leader is a responsibility that all of us involved in the search process take very seriously. Collectively, we will have an impressive group of individuals providing advice and counsel, and I am confident that we will have an exceptional outcome."
To be given full consideration, nominations and applications for the LLNL Director should be submitted no later than January 31, 2014 in accordance with the nominations & applications instructions provided.
https://www.llnl.gov/director-search/
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Goethe ~= Bruce >> Tomas.
Lo que no mata, engorda.
I hope UC picks an outsider (and not from another NNSA lab), who is a scientist (not an engineer) with experience overseeing large scientific institutions and/or federally funded research and development centers.
I'd hope they look at some of the senior leaders from non-NNSA labs, including those of DOE, NASA and DOD.
I hope UC picks an outsider (and not from another NNSA lab), who is a scientist (not an engineer) with experience overseeing large scientific institutions and/or federally funded research and development centers.
December 9, 2013 at 8:19 AM
Geez, didn't you get enough of Parney?
The hardest part of this performance piece will be keeping a straight face and announcing that they "made a serious search" for the best candidate.
My vote (guess) is that Ray Juzaitus will be the next director. Been around the horn twice, got lots of "experience", never had an original thought and those he had were stolen from underlings. He is an excellent BSer and has had the right tickets in the weapons community.
Lets hear it for Ray J Ray J hey hey............
However, regardless of how small a step you think "scientific breakeven" is (as defined by energy into the fuel - energy out of the fuel) - no other facility has been able to do it yet. Not ANY of the many MFE attempts, nor LLE, nor Z, nor any of the earlier LANL machines. Just sayin.
I repeat the actual data: it has not been done anywhere before, except for the case of a weapon.
Neutron yields are also higher than produced by any other device, except for actual weapons. So, you say they're piss-poor, but theyre still better than anywhere else.
Propose any reasonable metric you like, and the answer will be the same.
Note that I am NOT arguing that this is great progress, though I think it is. I am only arguing that this is better than any other effort, anywhere, any time. So it's not insignificant.