Darren Crawford
President 

Current Term: 2023-2027
boe@y115.org
800 Game Farm Road 
Yorkville, IL 60560

Mandated Training Completed:
(Open Meetings Act 1/15/17 Board Governance 7/23, PDLT and PERA 3/4/2024)  

Darren is currently in his second term as President of the Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 Board of Education, having been elected to the board in 2023. Previously, he served as President of the Yorkville Public Library Board of Trustees and as a member of the Y115 Citizens Advisory Committee. He is an active member of the Friends of the Library.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astronomy along with minors in Mathematics and Russian Language from Ohio University. Darren graduated with a Master of Science degree in Physics from the same institution. Since then, he has attended continuing education classes at the United States Particle Accelerator School. While in graduate school at Ohio University, Darren was a Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Physics and Survey of Astronomy classes and tutored a class in Electricity and Magnetism. Utilizing the Eisenhower Grant, he was an instructor at the Ohio University Summer Science Camp for children in grades 2-6.

Darren has worked at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory since 1995, starting his career in the Accelerator Division Operations Department as a Main Control Room Operator. Currently, he is a Senior Engineering Physicist in the Proton Improvement Plan Project where he plans and manages commissioning activities for the laboratory’s newest accelerator under
construction.

Darren and his wife Laura have lived in Yorkville for over 20 years. They have two children, one an alumnus and the other currently attending Y115.

Other Accomplishments:

• Creator of the fan film Star Wars: Forgotten Realm
• 2023 Inventor Team Award for Accelerator Controls Network Development
• Joint Publications
• “Beam Commissioning and Integrated Test of the PIP-II Injector Test Facility”, 2022, International Linear Accelerator Conference, doi:10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MO1PA01
•  “Commissioning and Operation of the FAST Electron Linac at Fermilab”, 2018, International Particle Accelerator Conference, doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPMF024
• “First Beam and High-gradient Cryomodule Commissioning Results of the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator at Fermilab”, 2015, International Particle Accelerator Conference, doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-TUPJE080
• “Assembly and Installation of the UV Laser Delivery and Diagnostic Platform and Photocathode Imaging System for the ASTA Front-end”, 2014, International Particle Accelerator Conference, doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-WEPRI059
• “Mass Dependence of Energy Loss in Collisions of Icy Spheres: An Experimental Study”, 1996, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/96JE00116
• “Size/Mass Dependence of Elasticity in Collisions of Icy Spheres”, 1994