A Day In The Life of an Engineer working at Fermilab
September 20, 2021 at 1:30pm ET
About This Event
Maurice Ball is a Mechanical Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. He started working at Fermilab as an Engineering Intern while pursuing his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, he is the Deputy Head of the Mechanical Support Department – Accelerator Division at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, IL. The Mechanical Support Department provides mechanical engineering, installation, and operations support for the Accelerator Division, which operates, maintains, and improves the laboratory’s particle accelerator complex, beam lines and beam targets. Maurice is also Level 3 Project Manager for Building Infrastructure for Fermilab’s Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II. This new project involves the construction of a new particle accelerator that will create the world’s most intense high-energy neutrino beam traveling from Illinois to the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in South Dakota – 1,300 kilometers (800 miles).
He received an Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring award at the National GEM Consortium and a Diversity Champion @ Work – an Employee Volunteer Recognition award as part of Fermilab’s Equal Opportunity & Diversity Office program and initiative.
Maurice is skilled in Engineering Management, Physics, Engineering, Fluid Cooling/Piping Systems Design, and Strategic Planning. He is also member and President of the Governing Board for the High Speed Rail Alliance. He graduated from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business’ Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University.
Maurice Ball
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