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Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - From Airplanes to Neutrinos: A Journey in Computing and Physics

Explore the career of Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach from programming air flow equations for aircraft to studying particle physics, large detectors, and neutrinos. Witness the evolution of computing technology and graphical interfaces in high-energy physics. Learn how his work evolved from airplanes to miniBooNE neutrinos, shaping a fascinating journey at Siena Heights University.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - From Airplanes to Neutrinos: A Journey in Computing and Physics

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  1. My Work Career Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  2. 1983 – McDonnell Douglas Aircraft • Projects – F-15, F-18, AV-8 • My job • Programming air flow equation • Programming graphical images of same Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  3. Airplanes We Made Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  4. Air Flow – Euler Equation • Pretty simple PDE • Models the pressure on an airplane wing (or whatever) while in motion • Has been improved for efficiency (Navier-Stokes) Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  5. In Pictures • Then: • Now Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  6. Computing Then • FORTRAN • VAX-11 • Time Share • Main Frame with terminals • Tektronix 4014 display • Line Graphics (Monochrome) Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  7. Computing Now • C/C++ • Linux • Plenty of power on desktop to write/debug/run • Open Source graphics packages high-grade • Cheap top-rate graphics hardware Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  8. On To High Energy Physics • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory • Particle Physics • Accelerators • Detectors • Quarks, Protons, Neutrinos, etc. • My tenure there coincided with the exponential growth of high-speed desktop computing • We all had many duties, my specialty was graphical interfaces Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  9. Large Particle Detector Basically a cylinder consisting of hundreds of thousands of Components. The particle beam runs through the middle. The proton & anti-proton collide at the speed of light, and Break apart in predictable fashion. Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  10. Large Particle Detector While I was at FNAL, our graphical representations went from here: Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  11. To here: Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  12. Neutrinos - MiniBooNE • Neutrinos are basically massless particles • They can be generated by a beam or the sun • The color and size of the ball, and the shape of the distribution, tell the physicist what’s going on. Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  13. My job • Write/improve/maintain/port Graphical User Interfaces (GUI’s) • Work with the physicists to find out what is useful/not • Keep up with computing technology to make them as useful and cost-effective as possible (programs migrated from SGI to SunOS to Linux/PC over the years) Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

  14. But, I always wanted to profess • 2000 - Back to school (while working) • 2002 - Qualifiers • 2002 – 2006 – Dissertation • 2004 – Early retirement FNAL, Adjunct teaching • 2006 - SHU Dr. Jeffrey Kallenbach - Siena Heights University

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