Meet the woman responsible for maintaining the machines that make Fermilab run. Fernanda Garcia is a Fermilab engineer and physicist that repairs the machines and changes out the $65,000 pipes on the accelerators when they fail. For physicist, a large amount of her job is actually done by physically handling the machines and maintaining them.  Continue reading here.

Fermilab engineer physicist Fernanda Garcia helps technician Brian Stanzil remove part of the linac accelerator Tuesday as they work to replace a tube. (Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com)