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Enrico Fermi, born in September 1901, was an Italian and naturalized-American physicist. He was a husband, father, and one of the world’s most brilliant and productive scientists. In 1938 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons. In January 1939, after receiving the Nobel Prize he moved to Columbia University and eventually the University of Chicago where he led the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. Enjoy an engaging and informative presentation on the life and work of this world changing physicist.

Led by E. Anthony Sierra, M.S., M.Ed., M.A., who began his career in the United States Navy. Upon completion of a two-year training program, Edward reported to the Electrical Division onboard the U.S.S. Billfish SSN-676, which was a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine. He went on to work as a field operator at the Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station in New Jersey, and then as a nuclear reactor operator at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Edward is the President Elect of the Long Island Chapter of the American Nuclear Society. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Thomas Edison State University and has earned graduate degrees from New York Institute of Technology, Dowling College, and Marist College.

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