The DPP Chronicle Dallas, Texas A Division of The American Physical Society November 17-21, 2008 APS–DPP 50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Physics “For pioneering contributions to the physics of one-component non-neutral plasmas, intense charge particle beams, and collective nonlinear interaction processes in high-temperature plasmas.”

Ronald C. Davidson, Background: Ronald C. Davidson has been Professor of Astrophysical Science at Princeton University since 1991, and was Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory from 1991-1996. He received the B.Sc. degree from McMaster University in 1963, and the Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 1966. He was Assistant Research Physicist at the University of California at Berkeley from 1966-1968, member of the Physics Department faculty at the University of Maryland from 1968 – 1978, and Professor John Dawson Award Stewart Dr. Ren did his Ph.D. thesis work at the of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute C. Prager, Magnetic Reconnection eXperiment (MRX) of Technology from 1978-1991. Dr. for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research University of at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Davidson has made numerous fundamental Wisconsin studying non-MHD effects during magnetic theoretical contributions to several areas of “For demonstrating that the parallel Ohm’s reconnection. His dissertation work, done Background: pure and applied plasma physics, including law in axisymmetric toroidal plasmas with Dr. Masaaki Yamada and Dr. Hantao nonneutral plasmas, nonlinear effects and Dr. Stewart Prager Ji, experimentally verified the Hall effect with impurities is governed by Coulomb received his Ph.D. anomalous transport, kinetic equilibrium collision processes, including neoclassical and identifi ed the electron diffusion region from Columbia during magnetic reconnection. Dr. Ren and stability properties, intense charged resistivity and the bootstrap current.” University in particle beam propagation in high energy receive his Ph.D. in plasma physics from 1975, and Bachelor Princeton University in 2007. accelerators, and coherent radiation Michael degrees in 1970 generation by relativistic electrons. He is C. Zarsnorff, from both Columbia Dr. Ren joined the Madison Symmetric the author of more than three hundred and Princeton (electrical engineering) and Queens Torus (MST) group at the University fi fty journal articles and books, including University College, New York (liberal arts). Following of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007. He is four advanced research monographs on two years at General Atomics (1975- 1977), presently studying magnetic turbulence in nonlinear plasma dynamics, nonneutral Background: he joined the faculty at Wisconsin, where MST, particularly high frequency magnetic plasmas, and high energy accelerators. Michael Zarnstorff he is now a professor of physics. He fluctuations. Dr. Ren is a member of the Professor Davidson served as Director is a Principal currently directs both the MST experiment American Physical Society. of the MIT Plasma Fusion Center from Research Physicist in plasma physics and fusion research, and 1978-1988, and as Chair of the American at the Princeton the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization Physical Society’s Division of Plasma Plasma Physics in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, Katherine E. Weimer Award Physics during 1983-1984, and the Division Laboratory. He was named a Distinguished a multi-institutional center supported (DPP Award) of Physics of Beams during 2001-2002. under the NSF Physics Frontier Centers Research Fellow by the laboratory in program. His research focuses on basic “For major contributions to the He is a member of the National Academies’ 1995 and teaches in the Astrophysics plasma physics, fusion plasma physics understanding of instabilities and magnetic Board on Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Princeton University. He (particularly magnetic confinement) and, reconnection in space plasmas and of has participated in numerous National received his Ph.D. in Physics from the recently, connections between lab and the physics of relativistic laser-plasma Research Council panels, and national University of Wisconsin-Madison (1984). astrophysical plasmas. interactions through complex modeling.” and international committees on physics Mike is an experimental plasma physicist Prager has served as chair of the APS research. Dr. Davidson is a Fellow of with interests in the basic physics of plasma Division of Plasma Physics, as chair of Lin Yin the American Physical Society, and a the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Fellow of the American Association confi nement and configuration Background: optimization. His Committee, and as President of the Lin Yin received for the Advancement University Fusion Association. He is a of Science. He is research included the her Ph.D. in fellow of the APS (1985) and a recipient Physics from also a recipient of first observation and of the Fusion Power Associates Leadership the University of the Department systematic study of the Award (2003). California, Los of Energy’s bootstrap current, investigations Angeles, in 1998. Distinguished of neoclassical and turbulent She came to Los Associate Award Marshall N. Rosenbluth transport, transport barriers, and Alamos National and the Fusion the confinement and stability Outstanding Doctoral Laboratory Power of different magnetic field Thesis Award (LANL) as a Associates configurations. He led the Director-Funded Postdoctoral Fellow in Leadership Award, both in 1986, “For experimental characterization of National Compact Experiment collisionless magnetic reconnection in a 1999 and became a technical staff member and recipient of The Kaul Foundation’s in 2001. Early in her tenure at LANL, she Award for Excellence in 1993, and the physics group and was one of the leaders of laboratory plasma, including the out-of- the TFTR experimental program. He has plane Hall effect magnetic fi eld and the worked on a wide range of topics and her IEEE Particle Accelerator Science and research gained recognition in several collaborated on experiments across the US diffusive electron out-of-fl ow channel.” Technology Award in 2005. research arenas, including kinetic full and in Germany, Japan, and the UK. Yang Ren, particle simulations, hybrid and Hall-MHD Mike is a fellow of the American Physics University of simulation techniques that include the Coffee Breaks Society and has served on the Division of Wisconsin effects of electron pressure tensor pressure, Locations and Times Plasma Physics’ Executive Committee, Background: simulation studies of collisionless magnetic reconnection, slow-mode shocks, kinetic Reunion Ballroom Concourse and Fellowship Committee, and Program Yang Ren received Committee, and as a DPP Distinguished his bachelor’s Alfvén waves, and self-consistent electron Marsalis Ballroom source modeling for X-ray radiographic Lecturer. He is Vice-Chair of the Council degree in applied Morning: devices. More recently, she has led the of the US Burning Plasma Organization physics from Monday – Wednesday & Friday at the University application of particle-in-cell (PIC) 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. and has served on the NRC Plasma Science of Science and modeling at LANL to a broad range of Thursday at 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Committee, Burning Plasma Panel, and Technology problems. Her work includes several of the Afternoon: the Committee to Review the US ITER- of China in 2000. He was awarded Guo largest PIC simulations and have had an Monday – Thursday at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Science Participation Planning, and on Moruo Scholarship, the highest honor for impact in the areas of space physics, laser- undergraduates, in 1999, and he received plasma interaction (including nonlinearity Note: Beverages will not be replenished. numerous advisory and review committees. excellent undergraduate thesis award in 2000. in the stimulated Raman scattering and

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DDPPNewsletter2008.inddPPNewsletter2008.indd Sec11Sec11 111/10/20081/10/2008 11:16:5311:16:53 AAMM stimulated Brillouin scattering laser plasma instabilities), ultra-intense laser-matter X X G O B A P Q P F Y E N C S Z Y interaction, novel laser-particle accelerators, and three-dimensional physics in magnetic E I N V E S T I G A T I O N A T R reconnection. She won DOE and NNSA Defense Programs Awards of Excellence D E N S E B N L C S Z Q P C I X O in 2004 and 2006 for her work in kinetic S I G Z S M A J H I H D L S C N T plasma modeling. R K C D U I Z O O L T C N C Q B A Celebration of Plasma Physics E E O Y T S R M A G N E T I C S T Plenary Presentations S H C R X T D O Q I D L G L Y E I • Monday A I E O P D N E T Y D E F R D H O Stewart Prager, University of Wisconsin, Magnetic Confinement: Establishing the L N E U N A C E G P Z B E F E C N Hohlraum designed for the National Ignition Facility principles through experiment I P L Y M N R R L U S R C W W N Q Thomas O’Neil, University of California, San Diego, Nonneutral plasmas and the Y S E S F J E E K A M A K O T I E Student Appreciation Reception wider world of physics E N A D H N N C M S G T L V U P W • Tuesday Tuesday, November 18 Keith Matzen, Sandia National I L F W E A G S T O X I F L K Z A 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Laboratories, Inertial confi nement fusion: P R V H R S L R O I I O Z E A F V Cotton Bowl Progress through close coupling of theory Please plan to attend a complimentary and experiment T Z G Y U A T T X L O N F F T D E reception in honor of the student Mark Kushner, Iowa State Univeristy, I I F T U J Q A B K A N G D G B S participants of the 2008 DPP Annual Predictability in low temperature plasmas: Meeting. Students and student advisors From laboratory to technology H Z B J E C N E L U B R U T J H O are particularly encouraged to attend. • Wednesday Punch and an assortment of cookies will Donald Gurnett, University of Iowa, be served. Professor Ian Hutchinson, Waves in Space Plasmas Word Puzzle: DPP Chair, cordially welcomes all DPP Richard Fitzpatrick, University of Texas, Find the following words: meeting participants to this reception, and Magnetic islands in plasmas CELEBRATION DALLAS DENSE encourages their open discussion on topics • Friday ENERGETIC HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY INERTIAL of interest to students of plasma physics. INVESTIGATION ITER LASERS James Meiss, University of Colorado, MAGNETIC PEDESTAL PLASMA Building on the Legacy of John Greene: PLENARY RECONNECTION ROTATION Registration Desk The transition to chaos in volume- SHORT-PULSE SOLAR Marsalis Ballroom Prefunction, preserving maps TURBULENCE WAVES Z-PINCHES R. Paul Drake, University of Michigan, Exhibition Level Perspectives on high-energy-density physics Sunday, Nov. 16, 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Women in Plasma Physics University Fusion Association Monday, Nov. 17, 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. DPP Banquet Luncheon (UFA) General Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 19 Monday, November 17 Monday, November 17 Reception: 6:30 p.m. 12:45 – 2:45 p.m. 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Reunion Ballroom Concourse Cotton Bowl Landmark Ballroom A Friday, Nov. 21, 7:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Banquet: 7:30 p.m. To attend please check the appropriate The UFA will hold its annual general Reunion Ballroom EH space on the meeting registration form to meeting Monday night of the APS-DPP Speaker Ready Room register for the luncheon. The cost for lunch Banquet After-Dinner Speaker annual meeting in Dallas. This UFA Cumberland F, Exhibition Level Professor Ian Shipsey is $25; women graduate and undergraduate meeting discusses issues of relevance to Purdue University, Santa Cruz students will pay $10. Both costs are fusion science research in U.S. universities, Sunday, Nov. 16, 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Bionic Hearing: the Science and the partially supported by the DPP. Discussions for example, the status of the U.S. fusion Monday, Nov.17, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. program and ITER, and a report from Dave Experience on issues of interest to women in plasma Tuesday, Nov.18, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. physics will be encouraged at each table. Hill from the Toroidal Alternates Panel. The UFA meeting is open to members of the Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Cochlear community and all conference participants. implants are Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. the first device Women in Plasma Friday, Nov. 21, 7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. to successfully Physics Reception Town Meeting on Concerns for restore neural Monday, November 17 Junior Scientists Email Hours function. They have 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. instigated a popular Reunion Ballroom E Tuesday, November 18 Note: DPP offers email access to but controversial 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. attendees as a service. revolution in Plan to attend a complimentary reception Reunion Ballroom A Sunday, Nov. 16, 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. the treatment of for Women in Plasma Physics. There will be Monday, Nov. 17, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. deafness, and a brief talk by the Katherine Weimer Award Chair: Jill Foley, Photonics Inc./PPPL they serve as a model for research in Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. recipient Dr. Lin Yin, Los Alamos National The DPP Committee on Concerns of neuroscience and biomedical engineering. Laboratory. Additional discussions on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. In this talk the physiology of natural hearing Junior Scientists is pleased to announce Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. will be reviewed from the perspective of topics of interest to women in plasma this special Town Meeting on the Next a physicist, and the function of cochlear physics will be encouraged. Fifty Years in Fusion Research. A panel of Friday, Nov. 21, 7:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. implants will be described in the context of Professor Ian Hutchinson, DPP chair, speakers will present several alternative approaches to making fusion power a historical treatments, electrical engineering, welcomes all meeting participants to this psychophysics, clinical evaluation of commercial reality. Science, economics, talk and reception, which will be hosted by and politics will converge in what we hope effi cacy and personal experience. The social vice chair of the division, Professor Thomas implications of cochlear implantation and will be a lively discussion. Please join us as Antonsen, University of Maryland. the future outlook for auditory prostheses we step into the future. will also be discussed. Note: The presentation makes extensive use of animation, sound, and pyshcophysical demonstrations. Win an Ipod Touch 8GB, a Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS Navigator, or a Panasonic About the speaker: Ian Shipsey is a Lumix TZ5 Wireless Digital Camera! particle physicist. He has been profoundly deaf since 1989. Recently he heard the voice Dear DPP Member, of his 11 year old daughter for the fi rst time, DPP is once again sponsoring a prize drawing to give extra incentive, beyond the excellent scientifi c and his wife’s voice for the first time in content, to participants for the full meeting. The prizes are an Ipod Touch 8GB, a Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS thirteen years thanks to a cochlear implant. Navigator, or a Panasonic Lumix TZ5 Wireless Digital Camera. The drawing will be held immediately after the Friday, November 21 technical sessions. Each DPP 2008 participant who checks in at the DPP Meeting Registration Desk between the hours of 3-7 p.m. on Sunday, November 16 or 7 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday, November 17 will receive a ticket stub with a number. The matching ticket number will be held at the DPP Registration Desk. At 12:35 p.m., after the conclusion of the Friday morning sessions, on November 21 in Landmark B Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel, the DPP chair, Ian Hutchinson, will draw ticket numbers at random. To encourage attendance through to Friday, the winners of the drawing must be present to win. 2007 Winners DIII-D Tokamak courtesy Yuriy Tyshetskiy, University of Sydney, Australia General Atomics David Harding, University of Rochester Peter Norreys, Rutherford Appleton Lab, United Kingdom

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DDPPNewsletter2008.inddPPNewsletter2008.indd Sec12Sec12 111/10/20081/10/2008 11:17:2811:17:28 AAMM Town Meeting on ITER DPP Business Meeting Invited Paper Poster Sessions Tuesday, November 18 Wednesday, November 19 Poster versions of plenary, invited, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. and tutorial papers are optional and are scheduled Monday through Friday, in the Landmark Ballroom A Reunion Ballroom A following half-day session, in a designated A review of the ITER activities will The business meeting of the Division area of Marsalis AB. For example, the be given by Charles Baker and David of Plasma Physics will include reports Monday morning plenary and invited Campbell. Charles Baker currently serves of actions undertaken by DPP on issues talks may also be presented as posters as chair of the U.S. ITER Technical important to our membership. New items of in the Monday afternoon poster session. Advisory Committee, as a member of the business will be considered in the following This option will be available on Monday U.S. ITER Project Board, and as a member order: (1) Written motions, together with morning for invited papers scheduled on of the US delegation to the international any supporting arguments, received by the Friday morning, November 21. ITER Management Advisory Committee. Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. William Heidbrink, David Campbell currently serves as at the DPP Registration Desk, Hyatt Regency Hotel, before noon on Monday, November Assistant Deputy Director General for Plasma Science Expo 17, or which were emailed to Dr. Heidbrink Fusion Science and Technology of the by noon on Friday, November 7, 2008. Aurora courtesy of dreamstime.com Thursday – Friday, Nov. 20-21 ITER Organization in Cadarache, France. Copies of such material will be displayed 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Amanda Hubbard, Massachusetts Institute on a bulletin board near the DPP registration of Technology, will chair the town meeting. Education and Outreach for students, teachers, & DPP area in order to give members reasonable meeting participants This Town Meeting is sponsored by the notice in case they wish to participate in the Speakers U.S. Burning Plasma Organization. discussion and vote on such motions. (2) Wednesday, November 19 Thursday, Nov. 20 Written motions submitted to the Secretary- 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Charles C. Baker received his Ph.D. Treasurer prior to the start of the business meeting. (3) Other new business not Landmark Ballroom B for the general public & DPP in nuclear engineering in 1972 from the meeting participants University of Wisconsin-Madison and has included in (1) or (2). There will be three (3) outstanding been involved in fusion energy research presentations: Landmark Ballroom CD since that time. He was a fusion energy Job Fair Sponsored by APS-DPP Darlene Markevich, US DOE OFES, Interactive booths from National and department manager at General Atomics “Offi ce of Fusion Energy Sciences/Division International institutions will provide a (1972-1977), director of Argonne National Monday, November 17 of Plasma Physics partnership in education lively atmosphere for up to 2,000 students Laboratory’s fusion power program 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and outreach” during the Plasma Science Expo. Join us (1977-1989), program director for fusion Tuesday, November 18 for an engaging view of plasma science, technology at Oak Ridge National Truell Hyde, Baylor University, engineering, and related topics. Laboratory (1989-1994), and head of U.S. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. “Complex plasma physics and rising above work on the International Thermonuclear Wednesday, November 19 the gathering storm” Plasma Sciences Expo 2008 is an Experimental Reactor (1992-1999). From 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Donald Correll, Lawrence Livermore exhibition that focuses on hands-on science 1994 to 2004, he was at the University of Marsalis Prefunction National Laboratory, “Helping teachers education. It is for students at all levels, California, San Diego, where he continued teach plasma physics” parents, teachers and the general public. as head of the U.S. ITER work and served (Interviews to be held in Cumberland A, Examples of activities are: All three talks are sure to provide ideas of as Deputy Director of UCSD’s Center for Exhibition Level) how to solicit and maintain bright students • Make lightning with a Van de Graaff Energy Research. From 1998 to 2005, he The Job Fair is the best place to connect in plasma science. generator. was Director of DOE’s Virtual Laboratory with employers and job seekers from • Observe your fluctuating body for (fusion) Technology. In 1998 he was all areas of plasma physics, beams and temperature on a special monitor. appointed Adjunct Professor in UCSD’s coherent radiation, inertial confi nement and Call for Nominations for 2009 • Participate in a “flow bubble” Mechanical & Aerospace Department. He high-energy-density plasmas, and more. Prize and Awards demonstration. now provides consulting services to Sandia • Manipulate plasma with magnets. Attendees are encouraged to visit the National Laboratories in Albuquerque, A prize or award presented by APS is one • Watch an electromagnetic wave New Mexico. He currently serves as chair Job Fair to take advantage of our many of the highest honors a physicist can receive. recruiting services: demonstration. of the U.S. ITER Technical Advisory The DPP annually solicits nominations for • Learn how to confine plasmas Committee, as a member of the U.S. ITER • Showcase your company with a one prize and two awards. The deadline for magnetically in a fusion device by Recruitment Exhibit Project Board, and as a member of the receipt of these nominations is Wednesday, participating in a computer simulation. U.S. delegation to the international ITER • Search our high-powered job and resume April 1, 2009. Please take time to nominate • Meet and talk with professional Management Advisory Committee. database exceptional DPP colleagues. scientists and engineers in the field of Dr. Baker’s professional memberships • Network and interview with companies Anyone other than a member of the plasma physics and visit their displays and activities include: Fellow, American and job-candidates onsite selection committee may submit one to learn about current research in this Nuclear Society; member, DOE Fusion • Create alerts to inform you of new nomination or seconding letter for each cutting-edge fi eld. Energy Sciences Advisory Committee resumes and jobs prize or award in any given year. • Play with plasma “toys.” (2002-2008); Principal Editor, Journal • Manage your interview calendar online Go to this web address: http://www.aps. of Fusion Engineering and Design For additional information visit our org/programs/honors/nomination.cfm for Magnetic Monster Movie (2001-present); and Symposium General website: www.aps.org/careers/employment/ nomination guidelines. Chairperson, 6th International Symposium jobfairs.cfm or contact Alix Brice at 301- The chair of the appropriate DPP Thursday, November 20 on Fusion Nuclear Technology (2002). He 209-3187, or email Alix at [email protected]. selection committee must receive the 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. received the U.S. Department of Energy’s nomination package by Wednesday, April Distinguished Associate Award in 1988 1, 2009. Acknowledgement of receipt can Landmark Ballroom B and the University of Wisconsin College be requested. The DPP dissertation award Showing of 1953 B science fi ction movie. of Engineering Distinguished Service Mini-Conference has other requirements in addition to those The thing that came alive! One man stood Award in 1993. He received the IEEE/ listed on the APS website, so check for between the earth and doom. Introduction One mini-conference is scheduled NPSS Fusion Technology Award for 2004 descriptions of the prize and awards for by Rob La Haye, General Atomics. and the Fusion Power Associate Award for Wednesday and Thursday to be held at the which you are making a nomination. Distinguished Career in 2005. Dr. Baker is Hyatt Regency Hotel. Check the Epitome James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma a registered professional engineer (nuclear for the speaker start times. HEDSA Symposium engineering) in California. Physics Robert Merlino, Chair High Energy Density Laboratory Mini-conference on Plasma University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy Plasmas: Prospects for a Bright David J Campbell completed his Physics of the Solar Wind: From Future PhD research in Plasma Physics at the Parker (1958) to the Present Iowa City, IA 52242 University of Sydney, Australia in 1980, Phone: 319-335-1756 Sunday, November 16 following which he spent 2-1/2 years Wednesday, November 19 Fax: 319-335-1753 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. as a post-doctoral fellow in the ASDEX 9:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Email: [email protected] tokamak group at the Max-Planck-Institut &2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Cumberland L für Plasmaphysik in Garching, Germany. Research Thursday, November 20 This symposium will stress the From 1982 until 1996 he was a member Peter Catto, Chair interdisciplinary nature and very exciting of the JET team at Europe’s major fusion 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology prospects of this field of research. The research project in Culham in the UK, & 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Plasma Science and Fusion Center speakers are: Cameron Geddes, LBNL; where he was responsible for various 167 Albany Street Pegasus Ballroom Michael Downer, University of Texas at experimental teams, spent 4 years as leader Cambridge, MA 02139 Austin; Margaret Murnane, University of the project’s plasma control group and Organizers: Ben Chandran (University Phone: 617-253-5825 of Colorado, Boulder; Luis Silva, GoLP/ played a leading role in the fi rst tokamak Fax: 617-253-5805 of New Hampshire) and William Matthaeus Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, experiments using DT fuel, performed Email: [email protected] (University of Delaware) Lisbon, Portugal; Riccardo Betti University in JET in 1991. In 1996 he took up the Description: This year marks the 50th Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding of Rochester; and Brian Albright, LANL. position of Field Coordinator for Physics Doctoral Thesis Award in Plasma Physics anniversary of the celebrated paper by Website: http://www.hedsa.org/ Integration at the European Fusion Eugene Parker on the solar wind and Adil Hassam, Chair Development Agreement, Close Support interplanetary magnetic field. This Mini- University of Maryland Unit in Garching, which coordinated the Conference will address a number of science Institute for Applied Physics Carbon cathode arc EU’s input to the ITER design and R&D topics, including turbulence, energetic College Park, MD 20742 with linear magnetic studies. In January 2007 he joined the particles, and the kinetic plasma physics of Phone: 301-405-1417 particle fi lter newly established ITER Organization in the solar wind. Presenters include Eugene Fax: 301-405-1678 courtesy of Blake Cadarache. As Assistant Deputy Director Parker, Joe Hollweg, Greg Howes, Randy Email: [email protected] Wood, Los Alamos General for Fusion Science and Technology, Jokipii, Justin Kasper, Marcia Neugebauer, National Laboratory he is responsible for managing the project’s Jack Scudder, and Marco Velli. physics programme and for contributing to This mini-conference is organized with the co-ordination of activities on the tritium several talks, and time for questions and breeding module programme. discussion. It will employ a question- orientated format to stimulate discussion

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US-Japan Workshop on DPP Soccer Game: East vs. West Caregiver/Child Room Answers to Word Puzzle. Progress of Multi-Scale Wednesday, November 19 Monday – Thursday Simulation Models 12:45 p.m. Nov. 17 – Nov. 20 Friday, November 21 The annual DPP soccer match will be 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. held mid-day on Wednesday, November 19. Friday, November 21 Saturday, November 22 Meet near the DPP Registration area after 7 a.m. – 12 noon Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. the morning session, and we will take taxis or cars to the soccer fi eld. Bring your soccer Cumberland EF, Exhibit Level Cotton Bowl clothes, shoes, etc. Everyone is welcome! A Caregiver/Child Room is available to At the fi eld we will form teams. Typically The 2008 U.S.-Japan topical workshop on parents who bring their infants and young we are back at the start of the afternoon Progress of Multi-Scale Simulation Models children to the annual meeting. The purpose session. If you would like to sign-up, or if is a part of The Joint Institute for Fusion of the room is to provide a place where you have questions, please email David Theory (JIFT) program aimed to enhance parents and caregivers can go for relaxation Ruzic at [email protected]. U.S.-Japan fusion research collaborations. and spend time with their children. The room The JIFT objectives are to advance the will be furnished with comfortable furniture theoretical understanding of plasmas and The Dallas Museum of Art and a limited amount of toys. There will be to develop fundamental theoretical and no supervised child care provided. computational tools and concepts for Tutankhamun and The Golden Notes/Doodles understanding nonlinear plasma phenomena. Age of The Pharaohs The 2008 JIFT workshop will follow the 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of After more than thirty- Plasma Physics and it will be held at the five years, the treasures of same location (Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Tutankhamun–The Boy King Reunion Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75207). The return to the United States in workshop will consist of oral presentations a dazzling, once in a lifetime that are approximately 35 minutes long. exhibition at the Dallas Website: http://peaches.ph.utexas.edu/ Museum of Art. ifs/jift2008-simulationmodels.html Exhibition Hours: Monday–Sunday 8:00 a.m.– 8:00 p.m. with the last King Plasma Science Christian Tut tickets sold for 6:30 p.m. Fellowship For Ticket Pricing, Location, Wednesday, November 19 Group Rates, & General Informatoin please go to : 6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. DallasMuseumofArt.org Byran-Beeman The Plasma Science Christian Fellowship History Hall (PSCF) is an informal affi liation of students Sponsored by APS-DPP and scientists working in plasma and fusion energy research. Formed in 2006, the PSFC Marsalis Prefunction Designed by: seeks to provide a forum to discuss how our History Hall will feature 50 years of the faith connects to our workplace experience history of the DPP, with the development and life as scientists. Please join us for an of plasma science and applications woven hour on Wednesday morning before the throughout. The history is told through opening session plenary talk. Bring your pictures and an accompanying narrative. own coffee. Contact Darren Craig (darren. [email protected]) or Dave Hill (hilldn@ fusion.gat.com) if you have questions or need additional info. Hope to see you there.

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