Today, the Bragg Institute's most experienced mechanical designer, Alain Brule has "hung up his steel-capped boots" and retired from ANSTO. Alain was originally seconded from ANSTO-Engineering to work on the original OPAL Neutron Beam Instruments Project, and he has been with the Institute from its inception in 2002 right up to today.
He has contributed to the design and construction of every single one of our instruments, but played the lead role for KOWARI, KOALA and KOOKABURRA and the installation of all our instrument dance floors.
We are very sad to see Alain leave, and wish him well in retirement. At a celebration tea this morning, amongst other things, he was presented with a little piece of black granite dancefloor as a scale model of those he helped design and install.
Published: 30/08/2013