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David W. Peterson, P.E.
Accelerator Division/Antiproton Source
 

Engineering Group Leader
Microwave & RF Systems Engineer

Projects past and present:
Stochastic Cooling Electronics
Accumulator Damper Systems
Low Level RF
High Power 1.26 MHz and 2.5 MHz Systems
Schottky Pickups
Diagnostic Multiplexer
79 MHz and 300 MHz Emittance Monitors
Beam Shakers
Multichannel Stepper Motor Controls
Positron Emission Tomography 3-He Linear Accelerator
Toroid Integrators
Power Supply Interlocks
Beam Position Monitors

and many more...


Internet Address: email address

Office: Booster Tower West 107

Phone: (630) 840-3073

Pager: (847) 536-0030

Fax: (630) 840-8737


U.S. Mail:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
MS 341
P.O. Box 500
Batavia, IL 60510


Other Information:

M.S.E.E. University of Illinois, Urbana, 1983
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois
F.C.C. General Radio Telephone License
F.C.C. Amateur Radio Extra Class License, KD9IG
President and Chief Engineer - Fermilab Amateur Radio Club


Favorite Quotes:
 

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few engage in it.
     --Henry Ford
 

"There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and
engineers.  While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far
the more certain."
                -- Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800
 

In science there is only physics.  Everything else is stamp collecting.
    --Ernest Rutherford
 

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts;
but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
                 -- Henri Poincaire
 

Things should be as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
       -- Albert Einstein
 

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.  Inside of a dog it is very dark.
      -- Groucho Marx
 

Six Phases of a Project:
              (a) Enthusiasm
              (b) Disillusionment
              (c) Panic
              (d) Search for the guilty
              (e) Punishment of the innocent
              (f) Praise and honor for the non-participants
       -- Karla Jennings
 

People will occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most of the time they will pick themselves up and continue on.
      -- Churchill
 

Wisdom consists of knowing when to avoid perfection. -- Horowitz
 

There are 2 kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit.
Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
  --Indira Gandhi
 
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
  --Robert Heinlein

Think.           -- IBM Corporate Motto

Think...       or  thwim.          -- Plaque in IBM manager's office
 


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