Fermilab center renamed after late particle physicist Helen Edwards

January 22, 2025, 12:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
The Helen Edwards Engineering Center (low building on left) at Fermilab in Batavia, Ill. (Photo: Ryan Postel, Fermilab)

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Integrated Engineering Research Center, which officially opened in January 2024, is now known as the Helen Edwards Engineering Center. The name was changed to honor the late particle physicist who led the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the lab’s Tevatron accelerator and was part of the Water Resources Development Act signed by President Biden in December 2024, according to a Fermilab press release.