Fermilab, United States
For as long as I can remember, I have been designing and assembling things. My holiday gift request was always ‘something to put together.’ I started in textiles by crocheting doilies, progressing to designing and sewing clothing, then quilting, and most recently, sock knitting. I’m intrigued by the idea of creating something beautiful from bits and pieces. I was in pure bliss when I started to see the bits and pieces of the DZero experiment arrive at Fermilab many years ago. I spent years assembling, debugging, and upgrading the experiment. After DZero, I moved into liquid-argon experiments, including MicroBooNE and ProtoDUNE. Although a new technology, the basic process is the same: design and put together bits and pieces to create something aesthetically and technically beautiful. As a member of the DUNE Technical Coordination team and Grounding and Shielding Committee, I assist team members and collaborators in electrical noise abatement and the grounding design of their detectors in such a way that all sub-systems work together harmoniously.