Walter Kononenko

That's me at the IEEE/Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
on Nov. 21, 2002 in Norfolk, VA

I am a Research Specialist in Experimental High Energy Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania. I am part of the Penn HEP Engineering Group as well as Penn's CDF Group.

I do Research and Development of Particle Detectors and Instrumentation used in Experimental High Energy Physics. Examples of different types of particle detectors used in experiments in High Energy Physics. There is another excellent website (on an elementary level) that clearly describes the world of high energy physics. Please go to the Particle Data Group's site at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab The Particle Adventure, A Tour of the Inner Workings of the Atom and the Tools of Discovery

In the past I worked on particle-ID and tracking detectors for studying the physics of b-quarks with the CDF experiment at Fermilab.

I also worked on the ILC coaxial blade tuner with Prof. Nigel Lockyer before Nigel left to become the director of TRIUMF Laboratory in Vancouver, Canada in 2007 and now since June 28, 2013 is the Director of Fermilab. The ILC coaxial blade tuner project has been transferred to Fermilab.

I am also the Licensee for the Radioactive Sources used in High Energy Physics Research and in the Teaching Laboratories.

To check the radioactive sources used in HEP Physics research, the Teaching Labs and the Tandem Lab, see the following lists:

• Updated radioactive source inventory at Physics and Astronomy
• QuarkNet Sources 2001
• Environmental Health and Safety Office at Penn
• Radiation Safety Office at Penn
• Table of the Nuclides
• Calculator to calculate radioactive source decay

CDF-TOF work updates at Penn (Time-of-Flight detector).

Time of Flight Detector (TOF)

I have a seperate webpage for the Time of Flight work at Penn, which includes documentation as well as numerous photos. Please go to

• My TOF page

COT/ASDQ boards

• Documentation of ASDQ Penn work on the COT.

• ATLAS TRT-pcb's, electronics and people photos developed at Penn for the strawtube TRT module.

PET-probe and related medical instumentation our group is involved with:

• Link to some of the documentation and photos on the PET probe project with Fang Liu.

Other recent interesting activities and noteworthy accomplishments in our HEP group and Department

• Photos from Flavor Physics and CP Violation Conference held at University of Pennsylvania, May 16 - 18, 2002.
  
• Photos from IEEE/Nuclear Science Symposium and the Medical Imaging Conference held at Norfolk, Virgina November 10-16, 2002.
• ... past group activities, etc.
• link to my collection of photographs working with Walter Selove
• ILC/DESY/Cornell Tuner drawings and parts link
• Wiki HEP Penn blade tuner link
• ICHEP2008
• photos from Fay Ajzenberg-Selove's reception to honor Fay's National Medal of Science at Penn October 6, 2008
• SiGe work at Penn
• SiGe work at Penn

For my outside interests please go to ... flyfishing and choir

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