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The DPP Chronicle  TheThe DPPDPP ChronicleChronicle Orlando, Florida A Division of The American Physical Society NovemberNovember 12-16,12-16, 20072007 James Clerk Maxwell Prize (HBT-EP) experiment, supervised by for Plasma Physics Prof. Michael Mauel. Since completing his graduate work, Dr. Garofalo has “For 30 years of continuous plasma physics been a research scientist for Columbia contributions in high energy density University, carrying out MHD stability physics and inertial confinement fusion research on the DIII-D Tokamak National research and scientific management.” Fusion Facility at General Atomics, in San Diego. In 1998 he was awarded a John Lindl Marie Curie research training grant of Lawrence the European Fusion Programme, but Livermore renounced the grant to continue, on National DIII-D, research on stabilization of the Laboratory resistive wall mode. This work led to Background: the first-time demonstration of stable J o h n L i n d l i s confinement of plasma pressure at nearly currently the Chief double the conventional free-boundary Scientist for the stability limit in a tokamak. Since then, he NIF Programs has been pursuing the application of this Directorate at discovery toward the realization of high- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, beta, steady-state “advanced tokamak” where he works with the major participants plasmas. He is a member of Sigma ci in the NNSA stewardship program to since 1997, and of the American Physical develop a national plan for ignition on NIF. Society since 1991. Lindl received his B.S. in engineering physics from Cornell University in 1968 and his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Edward J. Princeton University in 1972. Lindl is a Strait Fellow of the American Physical Society General and of the American Association for the Atomics Advancement of Science. In 1993, he was Background: awarded the Edward Teller Medal and Dr. Edward J. in 1994 he received the E.O. Lawrence Strait received Award for work in Inertial Fusion. He is h i s B . A . i n Study held at Snowmass. He was named an the recipient of the 2000 Fusion Power p h y s i c s a n d Marshall N. Rosenbluth Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics Associates Leadership Award. mathematics from Outstanding Doctoral in 1984, a Fellow of the American Physical the University of Thesis Award He joined Lawrence Livermore National Society in 1989, and in 2006 received the Rochester in 1971. He earned his Ph.D. at Laboratory in 1972 as a physicist in A- Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award. “For a dynamo experiment that provided the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Division’s X-group, concentrating on In 2005 he was appointed the Thomas Alva a laboratory demonstration of dipole 1979, with a thesis based on experimental fluid instabilities and high gain inertial Edison Professor of Applied Physics and magnetic field, genereated by turbulence, work on the Wisconsin Levitated Octupole. confinement fusion (ICF) targets. In 1983, now serves as Interim Dean of the School in an MHD flow.” Dr. Strait joined General Atomics in 1982, Lindl was named X-Division Leader and of Engineering and Applied Science at where he worked first on the Doublet III Associate Program Leader for Theory and Columbia University. Erik J. Spence tokamak and then its successor, DIII-D. He Target Design in the ICF Program. In 1990, ETH Xurich, developed DIII-D’s magnetic diagnostic Lindl was placed in charge of the Nova Institute of Laser Program with the goal of developing system, which is used for feedback control Michio Geophysics the physics basis for proceeding with of the discharge, equilibrium reconstruction, a 1-2 MJ laser designed to demonstrate and stability analysis. His research has Okabayashi Background: thermonuclear ignition and propagating focused on the MHD stability of tokamak Princeton E r i k S p e n c e burn in the laboratory. plasmas, including the stability limits of Plasma Physics r e c e i v e d h i s bachelor’s degree Lindl’s work in ICF has spanned a high beta plasmas, instabilities associated Laboratory in physics from wide range of topics including high gain with transport barriers, and the stability of Background: McGill University target designs for lasers and particle toroidicity-induced Alfven eigenmodes. He Michio (Montréal, Canada) in 1998, graduating beams, hydrodynamic instabilities in ICF, is currently working on wall stabilization Okabayashi with First Class Honours. He did his implosion symmetry and hohlraum design, of high beta plasmas and active control of received his B.S. Ph.D. studies on the Madison Dynamo high energy electron production and plasma resistive wall mode instabilities. Dr. Strait in physics from evolution in hohlraums, and the physics of is manager of the ITER Physics research the University of Experiment, a one-meter-diameter sphere compression and ignition. A book written group in the DIII-D Experimental Science Tokyo in 1963. He obtained an M.S. degree of flowing liquid sodium, in the physics by Lindl, titled “Inertial Confinement Division, and is a fellow of the APS. in 1965, and his Ph.D. degree in 1968 both department of the University of Wisconsin, Fusion” published by Springer-Verlag in from the University of Tokyo. Madison. He was involved with most aspects of commissioning the experiment, 1998, has become a widely used reference In 1968, Okabayashi took a position at including its design, fabrication, for the science of inertial fusion. Gerald A. the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, construction, operation and data analysis. Navratil where he has been conducting research His dissertation work, done with Professor Columbia in the area of MHD macro stability. His John Dawson Award University primary interest has been plasma stability Cary Forest, demonstrated the presence for Excellence in Plasma and device performance improvement. In of a turbulent electromotive force in the Background: experiment. Physics Research Gerald A. Navratil the late 1960’s, he published numerous papers on fundamental toroidal plasma Spence is presently employed by the “For experiments that demonstrated the r e c e i v e d h i s bachelor’s degree physics, discussing the advantages Institut für Geophysik at ETH Zürich, stabilization of the resistive wall mode where he is studying the application of and sustained operation of a tokamak in physics from the of magnetic well and magnetic shear liquid metal experiments to planetary above the conventional free boundary California Institute using floating internal ring devices (e.g., cores. He is a member of the American stability limit.” of Technology Spherator and FM-1). in 1973 and his Ph.D. in plasma physics In the 1970’s, Okabayashi’s main focus Physical Society, the Canadian Andrea M. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was on non-circular tokamaks. He was a key Association of Physicists, and the Garofalo in 1976. In 1977 he joined the faculty of contributor to the design of the Princeton American Geophysical Union. Columbia Columbia University and in 1978 was a Divertor Experiment (PDX), the Princeton University founding member of the Department of Beta eXperiment (PBX), and the Princeton Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Beta eXperiment-Modified, PBX-M. He Coffee Breaks Background: serving as department chair from 1988 to conceived of bean-shaping to overcome Locations and Times Dr. Andrea M. 1994 and from 1997 to 2000. His research the ideal MHD stability limit using a highly Garofalo received Grand Ballroom and Junior Ballroom work focuses on MHD equilibrium and non-circular cross section. He served as h i s L a u r e a Prefunction stability of magnetically confined plasmas. the experiment co-head for PBX and as the degree in Nuclear He directs research on the HBT-EP tokamak head of physics in PBX-M. Monday - Friday at 9:00 a.m. Engineering facility in the Columbia Plasma On PBX-M, he discovered the resistive Junior Ballroom Prefunction and inside (summa Physics Laboratory as well as wall mode, an external kink modified Grand Ballroom CDE cum laude) from the Università off-campus collaborations at the by the resistive wall. Since then, his Monday - Thursday at 3:00 p.m. degli Studi di Palermo, Italy, DIII-D National Tokamak primary research focus has been the active in 1990. On that year, he was Facility in San Diego and Note: Beverages will not be replenished. stabilization of the resistive wall mode. He awarded a Fulbright Program the NSTX Experiment at is currently working on active stabilization grant for graduate studies in the Princeton Plasma Physics of the resistive wall mode on the D-IIID Review Talks the USA, which he took to the Laboratory. Applied Physics Department at device in collaboration with the Columbia Review talks begin at 8:00 a.m. Columbia University, in New York. From Navratil was President of the and General Atomics groups. University Fusion Association in 1991 Monday – Friday there, he received his Ph.D. in 1997, with Okabayashi has been a Fellow of and 2005-2006, and co-chair of the a thesis based on experimental work on American Physical Society since 1983. Junior Ballroom the High Beta Tokamak, Extended Pulse 2002 Fusion Energy Sciences Summer The DPP Chronicle DPP newsletter.indd 1 11/2/2007 12:14:23 AM Both costs are partially supported by the B P I S C I S Y H P A E H C S M DPP. Informal discussions on issues of interest to women in plasma physics will O U M N D N X C M J S T I M C U be encouraged at each table. Thank you to Professor Linda Vahala, Old Dominion G L R S T T J T I R N R V O I I University, for organizing the lunch.
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