Helen T. Edwards’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American physicist
Was Scientist 
Physicist 
Engineer 
From United States of America 
Type Engineering 
Science 
Gender female
Birth 27 May 1936
Death 21 June 2016
(aged 80 years)

Helen Thom Edwards (May 27, 1936 – June 21, 2016) was an American physicist. She was the lead scientist for the design and construction of the Tevatron at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Education

  • The Madeira School 1953

Edwards earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Cornell University. After her undergraduate work, she continued studying at Cornell University, where she earned her M.S. degree in the physics department under Kenneth Greisen working with the development of electromagnetic showers. Edwards eventually earned her PhD from Cornell in 1966, working under the direction of Boyce McDaniel in the Laboratory of Nuclear Studies.

Positions

After earning her PhD at Cornell in 1966, Edwards continued her work in Nuclear Studies at Cornell as a research associate at the 10 GEV Electron Synchrotron under the supervision of Robert R. Wilson. Edwards then joined Wilson when he transitioned to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in 1970.

When she first began her work at Fermilab, she was put in charge of the accelerator division. In her most well-known work, she oversaw the building of the Tevatron, one of the highest energy super-conducting particle accelerators ever constructed. Her work was supervised by Leon M. Lederman.

  • 1966-70 Research Associate, 10 GEV Electron Synchrotron, Cornell University
  • 1970-87 Associate Head of the Booster Group, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • 1987-89 Head, Accelerator Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • 1989-92 Head & Associate Director, Superconducting Division, Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Dallas
  • 1988 MacArthur Fellow
  • 1992–present Guest Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Mcdaniel, Boyce; Albert Silverman (October 1968). “The 10‐GeV synchrotron at Cornell”. Physics Today. 21 (10). Bibcode:1968PhT….21j..29M. doi:10.1063/1.3034533. 

Honors

  • USPAS Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology 1985
  • E. O. Lawrence Award, U.S. Department of Energy 1986
  • MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 1988
  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (1988)
  • National Medal of Technology 1989
  • “USPAS Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology”. United States Particle Accelerator School. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Retrieved 12 October 2013. 
  • “Helen T. Edwards, 1986”. The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. U.S. Department of Energy. Retrieved 12 October 2013. 
  • “Meet the 1988 MacArthur Fellows”. MacArthur Foundation. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 12 October 2013. 
  • “2003 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators Recipient”. American Physical Society Sites. American Physical Society. Retrieved 12 October 2013. 
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