About the Author
Mike Syphers retired in 2022 from his roles as Research Professor of Physics at Northern Illinois University and as a Senior Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in nearby Batavia, Illinois, USA.
His career has been dedicated to the design and study of large-scale particle accelerators and charged particle beam transport systems, as well as to education in the field of accelerator physics. He has held scientific appointments at several national laboratories, including Fermilab, the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory in Texas, Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. He has worked on a large variety of particle accelerator projects and is a frequent instructor at the U.S. Particle Accelerator School (USPAS).
Mike is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the Oughtred Society, an advisor to the International Slide Rule Museum, and a frequent participant of the Slide Rule Fan Club Facebook group.
email: syphersm@gmail.com
web: SyPhy.com
slide rule publications:
- “A Transitional K&E 4092-3,” Jour. Oughtred Soc., V30.2, p63 (2021).
- Reply in “Letters to the Editor,” Jour. Oughtred Soc., V31.1, p7 (2022).
- Reply in “Letters to the Editor,” Jour. Oughtred Soc., V31.1, p7 (2022).
- “An Early Home-Made Spring Calculation Slide Rule,” Jour. Oughtred Soc., V31.2, p57 (2022).
- “Fermi’s Golden (Slide) Rule,” Jour. Oughtred Soc., to be published.