Power Plant: la energía que mantiene a ALMA en las alturas
Desde su creación en 2012, el equipo de Permanent Power Supply (PPS) —parte de Infrastructure Maintenance Group (IMG)— es responsable de generar y distribuir la energía de todo el observatorio. “La energía eléctrica es el corazón de ALMA, por lo que este equipo —y todo el grupo de ingeniería— se esfuerza para que
Saltando a otra “constelación”: Nuestros ex colaboradores
There are many who continue their careers elsewhere after working at ALMA, but not before recognizing the importance of our observatory in their professional development.This is the case of Alejandro Barrientos, who worked with us for 12 years as Technical Dataflow Engineer, and today works as...
Nuestra primera década: Héctor Alarcón
His present is in Chile, but his memory takes him to the United States. Specifically, to Socorro, New Mexico. It was there that Héctor Alarcón's relationship with ALMA began 15 years ago.There he was testing the antenna prototypes at the Atacama Test Facility (ATF), and when...
Buscando las estrellas desde el OSF
The location of our observatory is a true privilege that not only allows us to obtain astronomical data but also dazzles us with the wonders of the Universe that can be seen from the OSF with the naked eye. This is recognized by María Jesús López,...
El Spa de ALMA: las mejoras a nuestra piscina y sauna
At the end of a day's work at the OSF, there is nothing better than a dip in the pool. An experience that will now be even better, given the improvements made to the structure by the Contract Facility Group (CFG) and Hospitality. They installed a...
Desplazamiento en la órbita: los movimientos internos en ALMA
Our collaborators have worked, on average, 9.5 years at the observatory. This has undoubtedly been a period of great personal and professional growth, which has been reflected in the different positions that many of them have climbed along the way. Jorge Morgado can attest to that....
Un ALMA para todas y todos
This week is the deadline to answer the Respect, Diversity and Inclusion (RD&I) survey, a key part of our roadmap as it will allow us to know what everyone thinks about these issues. As a previous step, we held talks at OSF and SCO, where we...