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 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 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 in 1968 and his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Edward J. 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 . 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

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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. H A O N X E J O Q E E Q N M T R N B S C I R G R U H N F L H E B Women in Plasma Physics Reception A O S O N N M R P R I C E T N I Monday, November 12 P R E M L A G S A N N R E I I L 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. P A F P P T O P E T M A C R K I Signature 2 Plan to attend a talk and complimentary 2008 Prize for a Faculty L T O O Z I O M L O I H L O O U Member for Research in an reception for Women in Plasma Physics. Undergraduate Institution I O R N L O E Z N A A O R G R Q At 5:45 p.m. Dr. Catherine Fiore (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) “For his outstanding contributions to C R P E C N F U R O S X N L Y E will speak about the life and work of plasma physics made possible by his Katherine Weimer and announce a call development of a world-class spheromak A Y H N T A C T S B H M W A G L for nominations of the 2008 Katherine laboratory at Swarthmore College, Weimer Award. Catherine will chair the and for his energetic mentoring of T G W T Y L A O U T R E A C H K 2008 five-member selection committee for undergraduate students.” I E D M E N O I T A P I S S I D this DPP award. Catherine will speak for 15 minutes, followed a brief discussion Michael R. O F Q A N O I T I N G I T S A F and question period. Brown Dr. Vincent Chan, DPP07 chair, Swarthmore N L R H Y D R O D Y N A M I C Y welcomes all meeting participants to this College Word Puzzle: talk and reception, which will be hosted Background: Find the following words: by vice chair of the division, Professor Michael Brown Amitava Bhattacharjee, University of is a professor ALGORITHM APPLICATION BURNING PLASMA New Hampshire. o f P h y s i c s a t CHAOS COMPONENT CONFINEMENT Swarthmore DISSIPATION EQUILIBRIUM FAST IGNITION College. Prof. GYROKINETICS HELIOSPHERIC HYDRODYNAMIC University Fusion Association B r ow n ’s wo r k INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL (UFA) General Meeting i n p l a s m a LABORATORY OUTREACH PHYSICS PROFESSOR physics has focused on fundamental SCIENCE THERMONUCLEAR Monday, November 12 astrophysical processes accessible in 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. laboratory experiments (such as magnetic Salon 3-4 2004. He chaired the APS POPA Task reconnection, plasma turbulence, and ion DPP Banquet Force on NASA Moon-Mars Program and The UFA will hold its annual general energization) and innovative schemes for Wednesday, November 14 Funding for Astrophysics (2004) and the meeting Monday night at the APS-DPP magnetic confinement fusion. Reception: 6:30 p.m. APS Forum on Physics and Society (2005), annual meeting in Orlando. This year’s Prof. Brown has established the Junior Ballroom Prefunction and he served on the National Academy meeting features presentations by Dr. Swarthrmore Spheromak Experiment “Beyond Einstein” committee 2006-07. Raymond Fonck, Associate Director of (SSX) at Swarthmore College with the Banquet: 7:30 p.m. For additional information go to: DOE Office of Science, on the status of the invaluable assistance of 16 senior honors Junior Ballroom U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program, and students and over $2.5M in grants from Banquet After-Dinner Speaker http://viewfromthecenter.com/ Dr. Martin Greenwald, chair of the Fusion the Department of Energy and National Professor Joel R. Primack biographies/primack/index.html Energy Sciences Advisory Committee sub- Science Foundation. His former students University of California, Santa Cruz panel charged to identify and prioritize the include one APS Apker winner and two The View from the Center of the Universe Companions Breakfast key scientific and technical issues to be finalists. He has given invited talks at encountered on the road to DEMO. Joel R. Primack, APS conferences as well as international Monday, November 12 The UFA meeting is open to members p r o f e s s o r o f conferences in Australia, Norway, and 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. of the community and all conference physics at the Japan. He has given invited lectures at over participants. 50 different institutions. He has published U n iv e r s i t y o f Signature 1 over 40 articles in refereed journals with California, Santa Remind your wife or companion to more than 16 undergraduate coauthors. Cruz, is one of the attend the Companions Breakfast for a Town Meeting on Concerns for Prof. Brown is a past member of the world’s leading presentation about the City of Orlando. This Junior Scientists executive committee of the American cosmologists. He is an opportunity for your significant other Physical Society Division of Plasma has been one of the to get acquainted with other companions of Tuesday, November 13 Physics and a winner of the Department main inventors and DPP meeting participants. A representative 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. of Energy Junior Investigator Award. Dr. developers of Cold of a tour company will be on hand to Salon 3-4 Brown currently serves on the National Dark Matter, now the standard theory of provide information about the city and the Chair: Troy Carter, University of Academy of Sciences Plasma Sciences structure formation in the universe. He also tours. Pre-printed badges were prepared for California, Los Angeles Committee. He received his undergraduate did fundamental research on elementary companions who pre-registered. degree in Physics at Pomona College particle physics. He helped to initiate the Fusion Workforce Development Congressional Science Fellowship program in 1981 and his PhD in Physics from Women in Plasma The Committee for the Concerns of Dartmouth in 1987. He was a senior and the Science and Human Rights Junior Scientists is pleased to announce research fellow at Caltech before joining program of the American Association for Physics Luncheon this special Town Meeting with Professors the Swarthmore faculty in 1994. the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Steve Cowley, Ray Fonck, and Ed Thomas. He is the co-editor of Dark Matter in the Monday, November 12 12:45 - 2:45 p.m. Professors Cowley, Fonck, and Thomas Universe (1995) and co-author of Advice will lead a discussion on fusion workforce and Dissent: Scientists in the Political Signature 2 development. Magnetic confinement Arena (1972) and of The View from the To attend please check the appropriate fusion research is moving into the era of Center of the Universe: Discovering Our space on the meeting registration form to burning plasmas with the construction of Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos (2006). register for the luncheon. Tickets will be the ITER experimental reactor, now slated He is a fellow of both the American sold up to noon on Monday, November 12. to start operations in 2016. As a significant Physical Society (APS) and the AAAS, and The cost for lunch is $25; women graduate fraction of the current US fusion he received a senior Humboldt Award 1999- and undergraduate students will pay $10. workforce will be of retirement age within Win a Samsung MiniDVD Camcorder, an IPod 2006 Winners “The Garmin Streetpilot became with Video, and a Garmin GPS Navigator! immediately useful. The very next day, my wife and I put it to use on a local day Dear DPP Member, trip. Much to our surprise, it found a nice DPP is once again sponsoring a prize drawing to give extra incentive, beyond restaurant along the way that we didn’t the excellent scientific content, to attendance for the full meeting. The prizes are a know about. I continue to use it in ways Samsung MiniDVD Camcorder, an IPod with Video, and a Garmin GPS Navigator. one might not think about at first glance-- The drawing will be held immediately after the Friday, November 16 sessions. all thanks to the DPP.” Each DPP 2007 participant who checks in at the DPP Steven A. Sabbagh Meeting Registration Desk between the hours of 3-7 p.m. on Garmin i5 Street Pilot GPS Sunday, November 11 or 7 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday, November 12 will receive a ticket stub with a number. The matching ticket number will be held at the DPP Registration Desk. Between lecturing, assigning At 12:35 p.m., after the conclusion of the Friday morning homework, and organizing speakers sessions, on November 16 in the Junior Ballroom of for the Physics Journal Club this Fall the Rosen Centre Hotel, the DPP chair, Vincent Chan, Semester David conveniently and quietly will draw two of these ticket numbers at random. To listens to music on his IPod. encourage attendance through to Friday, the winners of David Newman the drawing must be present to win. IPod

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DPP newsletter.indd 2 11/2/2007 12:14:27 AM the next ten years, the US community velocimetry measurements of dusty plasmas Group 1 on Design Requirements and bulletin board near the DPP registration faces a potential crisis in preparing a and fundamental studies of the interaction Physics Objectives for the ITER Design area in order to give members reasonable workforce for ITER participation as well between flow shear and instabilities in Review will speak on “BPO Inputs to notice in case they wish to participate in the as for ongoing and new domestic fusion magnetized plasmas. ITER Design Review Studies on In-Vessel discussion and vote on such motions. (2) projects. At this meeting, we will discuss Components and Discharge Evolution”. Written motions submitted to the Secretary- the present situation and discuss ideas for Dr. Hawryluk will illustrate how the BPO Treasurer prior to the start of the business new programs that might benefit junior working with their international colleagues meeting. (3) Other new business not scientists, such as expanded post-doc participated in the design review process included in (1) or (2). fellowship opportunities and new early and provided technical input on ELM career grant programs for permanent control by means of resonant magnetic staff in national labs and industry. Come perturbations and pellet pacing, resistive Job Fair Sponsored by prepared to share your perspective and wall mode control, and disruption AIP and APS-DPP ideas for valuable programs with junior mitigation. Future research opportunities scientists and leaders in the fusion supporting not only the design but also the Monday, November 12 – research community. Student Appreciation Reception operation of ITER will be highlighted. Wednesday, November 14 Steve Cowley is a Professor in the 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 13 • Dr. Ronald Stambaugh, Vice-President, Department of Physics and Astronomy at Magnetic Fusion Energy Program, General Grand Ballroom Prefunction UCLA. Since 2001, he is also a Professor 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Atomics, who also served as a US member of (Interviews held in Salon 22.) at Imperial College, London in the Blackett Signature 1 Working Group 1 on Design Requirements Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. from The Job Fair is the best place to connect Please plan to attend a complimentary and Physics Objectives for the ITER the Department of Astrophysical Sciences Design Review will speak on “BPO Input with employers and job seekers from at Princeton University in 1985 and is a reception in honor of the high school and all areas of plasma physics, beams and graduate student participants of the 2007 to the ITER Design Review for In-vessel Fellow of the American Physical Society. Components and Plasma Control”. coherent radiation, inertial confinement Professor Cowley is co-chair of the National DPP Annual Meeting. Students and student and high energy density plasmas, and more. advisors are particularly encouraged to This Town Meeting is sponsored by the Academies Plasma 2010 Committee, Attendees are encouraged to visit the which recently released its report: “Plasma attend. Lemonade, punch, and assorted U.S. Burning Plasma Organization. brownies will be served. Vincent Chan, 2007 Job Fair to take advantage of our many Science: Advancing Knowledge in the recruiting services: National Interest.” His research focuses DPP Chair, cordially welcomes all DPP on theoretical studies of astrophysical and meeting participants to this reception, and Town Meeting on the National • Showcase your company at our fusion plasmas including: origin of galactic encourages their open discussion on topics Research Council Plasma Recruitment Exhibit magnetic fields, gyrokinetics, explosive of interest to students of plasma physics. Science Decadal Report • Search our high-powered job and resume databases instabilities in magnetized plasmas. Thursday, November 15 Ray Fonck is the Associate Director of Town Meeting on • Network and interview with companies the Fusion Energy Sciences Program at the 8:00-9:00 and job candidates onsite ITER Design Review Junior Ballroom Department of Energy Office of Science. • Create alerts to inform you of new He is on a leave-of-absence from the Tuesday, November 13 The National Research Council resumes and jobs University of Wisconsin, Madison, where 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. released its decadal survey of plasma he holds the Steenbock Professorship in • Manage your interview calendar online Junior Ballroom science in summer 2007. Committee co- the Department of Engineering Physics. chairs Steve Cowley and John Peoples Register today at http://www.aps.org/ Professor Fonck received his Ph.D. in A review of the ITER design has been will present the report and moderate a careers/employment/dpp-employer.cfm Physics from the University of Wisconsin, carried out by eight international working discussion of implementing the principal Questions? Contact Alix Brice at Madison in 1978 and is a fellow of the groups this year, which will culminate in recommendations. Please join us and share [email protected]. American Physical Society. His research a new baseline design. The design review your thoughts! has focused on experimental studies process, the U.S. involvement in it, and the of magnetically confined plasmas, in status of design changes will be described. Plasma Science particular pioneering the use of beam- The speakers will be: DPP Business Meeting Christian Fellowship emission spectroscopy (BES) to study turbulence in tokamaks. In addition, he • Dr. Guenter Janeschitz, Director Wednesday, November 14 Wednesday, November 14 led the Pegasus low-aspect-ratio tokamak of the Nuclear Fusion Program at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, who 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. 6:30 - 7:30 a.m. experimental program at the University of Salon 1-2 Salon 16 Wisconsin, Madison. has served as the ITER Design Review Coordinator will speak on “Status of the The business meeting of the Division Ed Thomas is a Professor in the Physics The Plasma Science Christian Fellowship ITER Baseline Design after the Design of Plasma Physics will include reports Department at Auburn University. He (PSCF) is an informal affiliation of students Review”. Dr. Janeschitz will give a short of actions undertaken by DPP on issues received his Ph.D. in Physics from Auburn and scientists working in plasma and fusion introduction of the ITER organization important to our membership. New items of energy research. Formed in 2006, the PSCF in 1996. Professor Thomas is a current and its status and then describe the design member of the DOE Fusion Energy business will be considered in the following seeks to provide a forum to discuss how our review process and the results including Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) order: (1) Written motions, together with faith connects to our workplace experience major design changes accepted and a few and chaired the FESAC Workforce any supporting arguments, received by and life as scientists. Please join us for an issues which need further work. He will Development Panel in 2003. He is also a the Secretary-Treasurer, Steve Allen, at hour on Wednesday morning, November current member of the National Research also mention the cost impact and what the DPP Registration Desk, Rosen Centre 14 in Salon 16, before the opening session Council Plasma Science Committee. His possible strategies exist to deal with it. Hotel, before noon on Monday, November review talk. Bring your own coffee. research focuses on experimental studies • Dr. Richard Hawryluk, Deputy Director 12, or which were mailed to Steve Allen by Contact Dave Hill ([email protected]) of basic plasma physics phenomena. His of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, noon on Friday, October 26, 2007. Copies if you have questions or need additional work has included novel particle image who served as a U.S. member of Working of such material will be displayed on a info. Hope to see you there.

Town Meeting on High-Energy-Density- managed, guidance from previous studies and workshops, the First International Conference on High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas planned workshops in the future, and budget status and Physics, to be held in conjunction with and as a focus area future solicitations. of the April American Physical Society meeting April 11- Tuesday, November 13 Dr. Edward Moses, Principal Associate Director for 15, 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri. Combined also with the 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. NIF at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 8th International Conference on High-Energy-Density Salon 3-4 (LLNL) will speak to the NIF User Program and Laboratory Astrophysics at that meeting, this major conference will be an opportunity for plasma physicists New Joint Program opportunities for basic science at the National Ignition Facility. Dr. Christopher Deeney, Director of the Office to get involved scientifically with leading researchers in The past year has seen an exciting planned expansion of of Defense Science at NNSA, will speak about support the other topical areas of HEDP including HED Nuclear existing programs with new directions and opportunities in for Stewardship Science Academic Alliance grants and Physics, Astrophysics, and Ultrafast, Ultraintense Laser the recently defined area of “high-energy-density laboratory cooperative agreements, for research on intermediate- Science. The town meeting will conclude with a question plasmas.” Managerial and scientific leaders of this area scale facilities, and for the Stewardship Science Graduate and answer session for a panel of the speakers, moderated will discuss programs, plans, solicitations, user facilities Fellowship Program. Dr. Bruce Remington of LLNL, in his by the town meeting host, Dr. Cris Barnes of Los Alamos as at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), workshops, and role as chairman of the organizing committee, will discuss National Laboratory. conferences in this informative town meeting on Tuesday night beginning at 8:00 p.m. Colonel Michael Donovan, recently named acting Assistant Deputy Administrator for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and the NIF Project at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), will introduce the federal Interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics (ITF-HEDP) and its recent report approved by the Executive Branch calling for a Joint Program between the Office of Science and NNSA in the Department of Energy in the research area of High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas (to distinguish it from other topical areas in the larger field of HEDP). Dr. David Crandall, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Research Development and Simulation at NNSA will comment of the importance of this area for Stockpile Stewardship. Joined by Dr. Figure 1: Participants at the first Department of Energy (both the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Raymond Fonck, the Associate Director of the Science) joint workshop on High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP). The workshop, held May 23–24, 2007 at Argonne Fusion Energy Sciences Program at the U.S. National Laboratory, was co-chaired by Dr. Robert Rosner, Director, Argonne National Laboratory, and Dr. John Browne, former Department of Energy Office of Science, they Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory. The HEDLP field and this workshop will be the subjects of the Tuesday night Town will discuss how the Joint Program is to be Meeting at 8:00 p.m. in the Rosen Center Hotel Salon 3/4. (Photo courtesy of Glen Wurden.)

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DPP newsletter.indd 3 11/2/2007 12:14:29 AM nomination guidelines. 2000), a pioneering, research physicist at seconding letters and up to five URL DPP Annual Soccer Game: The chair of the appropriate DPP the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory addresses of posted papers. (PPPL) at Princeton University. In 1957 East vs. West selection committee must receive the Send Weimer Award nominations to nomination package by Tuesday, April Dr. Weimer became the first woman Catherine Fiore (see address below) chair of Wednesday, November 14 1, 2008. Acknowledgment of receipt of to be appointed to the research staff at the selection committee. There is no provision 12 noon the nomination package can be requested. PPPL. She went on to make important for online submission; however, electronic The DPP dissertation award has other contributions to research advancements in submissions are acceptable for this award and (Meet at the DPP Registration Desk) requirements in addition to those listed on magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and may be emailed to [email protected] The annual APS-DPP soccer match will stability theory for magnetically confined the APS website, so check for descriptions Dr. Catherine Fiore, Chair be held mid-day on Wednesday, November plasmas. She was widely appreciated by of the prize and awards for which you are Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14. Meet near the DPP Registration area women who followed her into plasma making a nomination. NW21-203 at noon, and we will take cabs or cars to physics for her mentorship. James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma 77 Massachusetts Avenue the soccer field. Bring your soccer clothes, Physics The award consists of $2,000 and funds Cambridge, MA 02139 shoes, etc. Everyone is welcome-at the field for travel to the annual meeting where George Neilson, Chair Phone: 617-253-8440 we will attempt to divide players equally. the award is to be presented, as well as a P Fax: 617-252-1808 Typically we are back at the hotel by 2:00 rinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory certificate citing the contributions made to 2:30 p.m. If you would like to “register” Princeton University by the recipient. The recipient will be in advance, or have any questions, please PO Box 451, MS 38 invited to give a talk at the Division’s email David Ruzic at [email protected]. Princeton, NJ 08543 annual meeting. The Award endowment Education and Outreach Phone: 609-243-2726 was funded with $15,000 from DPP and Invited Talks Fax: 609-243-3315 $15,000 from generous contributions Wednesday, November 14 Invited Poster Paper Sessions Email: [email protected] from friends and colleagues of Katherine Poster versions of review, invited, John Dawson Award for Excellence in Weimer and includes contributions from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. and tutorial papers are optional and are Plasma Physics Research discretionary funds of fusion/plasma Salon 3-4 scheduled Monday through Friday, in the Chair TBD science research laboratories. Keeping plasma physics a vibrant following half-day session, in a designated Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding The award is open to eligible female scientific endeavor depends greatly on area of Grand Ballroom CDE. For example, Doctoral Thesis Award in Plasma Physics plasma scientists with a Ph.D. received within educational opportunities, enthusiastic the Monday morning review and invited the ten-year period prior to the nomination leadership, and research challenges talks may also be presented as posters Thomas O’Neil, Chair University of California, San Diego deadline, April 1, 2008. Nominations are involving interesting science. There will in the Monday afternoon poster session. active for one selection cycle (three years). be two outstanding talks about innovations This option will be available on Monday Department of Physics 0319 9500 Gilman Drive The nomination guidelines are similar to the in education at the undergraduate and morning for invited papers scheduled on standard APS guidelines. graduate levels. Friday morning. La Jolla, CA 92093 Phone: 858-534-4176 Previous award recipients are Professor Invited talks by William Barletta Fax: 858-534-0173 Yu Lin of Auburn University (2002) for her (USPAS, Fermilab, MIT) and Stephen Call for Nominations for 2008 Email: [email protected] creative and significant contributions to Padalino (SUNY at Gensceo, NY) are sure Katherine Weimer Award theoretical and computational research in to provide ideas of how to solicit and keep Prize and Awards nonlinear physics in the boundary layers bright students in plasma science. A prize or award presented by APS Catherine Fiore, Chair of space plasmas and Dr. Elena Belova of is one of the highest honors a physicist Massachusetts Institute of Technology PPPL (2005) for pioneering analytical and can receive. The DPP annually solicits NW21-203 numerical contributions to the fundamental William Barletta, USPAS, nominations for one prize and two awards. 77 Massachusetts Avenue physics of magnetically confined plasmas. Fermilab, MIT Cambridge, MA 02139 Every three years the Katherine Weimer Anyone (not a member of the committee Award solicits nominations. The deadline Phone: 617-253-8440 Educating the next Fax: 617-252-1808 making the selection) may submit one generation in the science for receipt of these nominations is Tuesday, nomination or seconding letter for the Weimer April 1, 2008. Please take time to nominate Award. A nomination should include: and technology of plasmas, exceptional DPP colleagues. 2008 Katherine Weimer Award • A letter of not more than 1,000 words beams, and accelerators. Anyone other than a member of the evaluating the nominee’s qualifications The Katherine E. Weimer Award is William A.O selection committee may submit one in the light of the particular features listed presented once every 3 years to a woman Barletta is the nomination or seconding letter for each above and identifying the specific work to of outstanding achievement for work done Director of the prize or award in any given year. be recognized. during the first 10 years following receipt U n i t e d S t a t e s Go to this web address: http://www.aps. of her doctoral degree. Note: There is no nomination form org/programs/honors/nomination.cfm for Particle In 2002, the Division of Plasma Physics for awards, so this letter is considered the Accelerator announced the establishment of the nomination application. School (USPAS), a Katherine Weimer Award. Its purpose is • Up to 30 word award citation. National Graduate to recognize and encourage outstanding • A brief biographical sketch (optional). Program managed achievement in plasma science research by a consortium of • A list of five most important by a woman physicist in the early years nine Department publications. of her career. This award honors the life o f E n e r g y and work of Dr. Katherine Weimer (1919- • At least two, but no more than four, laboratories and two National Science

Twenty Years of the Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) CPEP and the DPP CPEP, the Contemporary Physics Education Project, is the not-for-profit corporation that produces the teaching chart FUSION: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source and support materials. Developed in the mid 1990’s the chart remains a fine example of successful cooperation among major plasma/fusion research laboratories in the United States and Europe. Since its first printing, copies of the chart have been distributed at almost a dozen Teachers’ Days and Plasma Expos held at annual APS/ DPP meetings. CPEP has also been an active participant in these APS/DPP meetings through workshops and other outreach activities. The development and subsequent distribution of the FUSION chart benefited from the generous support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences and APS/DPP. Additionally, thanks largely to Jef Ongena, (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) the FUSION chart has been translated into six languages: Flemish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. All seven (left-right) Cherie Harper, Katrina Brown, Bob Reiland, and George Smoot, 2006 Nobel prize winner in physics (all posters will be on display at the Education and Outreach members of CPEP) are shown editing teacher activities to accompany the chart, The History and Fate of the Universe. kiosk inside Ballroom CDE during each Poster Session. A Brief History of CPEP The FUSION chart, printed in 1996 (as noted above), formed to assist and encourage high school and college CPEP was formed after the Conference on the Teaching became the second in what is now an ensemble of four teachers to teach more contemporary physics in their of Modern Physics at Fermilab in 1986. The origin of charts on contemporary physics topics. classrooms and nurture a sense of wonder about physics CPEP lay in the salient fact that chemistry teachers had In 1998 CPEP initiated a third division, which produced frontiers. Having distributed more than 250,000 copies of the periodic chart of the elements, and there were few (and the Nuclear Science chart. This chart has become quite various charts on contemporary physics topics, developed not very good) charts for physics teachers to use. Using popular and is found in chemistry classrooms as often as in supporting materials and conducted dozens of workshops, funds from the Conference on the Teaching of Modern physics classrooms. CPEP remains committed to fostering appreciation Physics, the Fundamental Particles and Interactions Chart among students of the excitement of new discoveries in The most recent addition to CPEP’s offerings of contemporary physics. Committee (FPICC) was formed in 1987. teaching charts is The History and Fate of the Universe. The chart produced by the FPICC: The Standard Model A noteworthy feature of the development of this chart is Submitted by: of Fundamental Particles and Interactions was first printed that George Smoot, 2006 Physics Nobel laureate, played a Ted Zaleskiewicz in 1989 and soon appeared on the walls of high energy/ major role in the selection of topics appearing on the chart Professor Emeritus of Physics particle physics labs around the world -- as well as on the (see accompanying photo). President of CPEP walls of many high school and college classrooms. In late CPEP’s Continued Commitment University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg 1989 FPICC was officially incorporated as the not-for- Greensburg, PA 15601 The Contemporary Physics Education Project was profit, Contemporary Physics Education Project.

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DPP newsletter.indd 4 11/2/2007 12:14:31 AM He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the sections on honors science and research. University of Chicago, and is a fellow of the His former students include physics Mini-conference on American Physical Society and the Italian professors, high school teachers, Physical Society. laboratory directors, engineers, medical Helicon Sources Address: Dept. of Physics, students and project managers. Tuesday all day and Bldg. 26-413, MIT, “Stephen Padalino exemplifies what Wednesday morning Cambridge MA 02139-4307 it means to teach at Geneseo,” said Salon 11-12 Phone: 617-253-6502 (office) Christopher C. Dahl, president of SUNY Organizers: Earl Scime, West Virginia 510-282-0240 (cell) Geneseo. “His passion for excellence is University and Rod Boswell, Australian Email: [email protected] contagious, and his commitment to meet National University the highest standards of research and Foundation laboratories. He is also teaching inspires colleagues and students Session GM5: Tuesday Morning Adjunct Professor in the Department of Stephen Padalino, SUNY alike. We’re delighted to celebrate his Session JM5: Tuesday Afternoon Physics at the Massachusetts Institute at Gensceo, NY Session NM5: Wednesday Morning of Technology, Director Emeritus of the much-deserved recognition and his Accelerator Fusion Research Division Plasma physics research at an extraordinary record as a mentor to undergraduate researchers.” (AFRD) and of the Homeland Security undergraduate institution Mini-conference on The First Office at Lawrence Berkeley National In addition to his teaching service, Laboratory (LBNL), and senior advisor to Stephen J.O Padalino served for nine years as chair and Microns of the First Wall the Director of Sincrotrone Trieste. Pa d a l i n o i s a associate chair of physics. In addition, he Wednesday afternoon and At LBNL he managed a large and p r o f e s s o r o f spent five years as the college’s associate Thursday all day diverse research portfolio in accelerator physics at SUNY provost for budget, technology and research Salon 11-12 science and technology and oversaw Geneseo, N.Y., and before returning to full-time teaching in LBNL’s successful contributions to recently has been 2005. Prior to his administrative duties, he Organizers: Sergei Krasheninnikov, University of California, San Diego; several multi-laboratory, line-item appointed by the served as director of the college’s Nuclear Scott Kruger, Tech-X Corporation; Tom construction projects. He also founded State University Structure Laboratory. Rognlien, Lawrence Livermore National and managed LBNL’s Homeland Security o f N e w Yo r k Beyond the Geneseo campus, Padalino Laboratory; and Daren Stotler, Princeton Office, building a portfolio of more than Board of Trustees has conducted numerous workshops for Plasma Physics Laboratory $15 M in research projects for the Dept. a Distinguished students, including Board of Cooperative of Homeland Security, NNSA and other Teaching Educational Services (BOCES) courses Session PM5: Wednesday Afternoon intelligence community agencies related Professor— on robotics, nuclear physics and modern Session TM5: Thursday Morning to homeland security, non-proliferation, SUNY’s highest faculty designation. physics and a month-long summer research Session UM5: Thursday Afternoon and technology for the intelligence Padalino—an acclaimed scholar in program for Brooklyn Tech students. He community. In 2004, as Acquisition nuclear physics—is the 15th Geneseo also has served as a science judge for the Manager in the Office of the President of faculty member to earn the Distinguished BOCES Odyssey of the Mind competition. GPAP Business Meeting the University of California, he managed Teaching Professor rank, which recognizes In addition to his appointment as Thursday, November 15 all aspects of the University’s successful and honors mastery of teaching. Since Distinguished Teaching Professor, Padalino joining the college in 1985, he has received 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. bid to acquire the $2.5 B Management has received a number of honors, including Salon 13 & Operations contract for the Lawrence more than $2 million in external grants, the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence Berkeley National Laboratory. using the funds to conduct research with in Teaching (1992), the Chancellor’s All DPP annual meeting participants are He is the senior editor of the prestigious his students, the majority of whom go on to Award for Excellence in Scholarship & invited to attend. international journal, “Nuclear Instruments graduate school. Padalino’s major research Creative Activities Award (2006) and a grants have come from the U.S. Department and Methods in Physics Research – A”. SUNY Research Foundation Research and DPP Registration Desk Hours In addition, has served on the governing of Energy, National Science Foundation, Scholarship Award (2006). In 2001, the boards of United States Particle Accelerator Los Alamos National Laboratory and Council for Advancement and Support of Sunday, Nov. 11, 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. School (Chair), Virtual National Laboratory the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. In Education named Padalino Professor of the Monday, Nov. 12, 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. for Heavy Ion Fusion (Convener), and the collaborating with more than 200 students Year for New York State. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. US-LHC Accelerator Collaboration. He is during his career at Geneseo, Padalino has earned respect and praise as a scholar, Padalino holds a doctorate in nuclear Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. active member of the American Physical physics from Florida State University. He Thursday, Nov. 15, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Society Committee on Minorities (2003 teacher, mentor and researcher. lives in Conesus, N.Y. Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. – 2006), and the American Bar Association In its letter of recommendation, Privacy & Computer Crime Committee. His the nominating committee found Dr. professional research activities span a broad Padalino’s professorial life “especially range from instruments for accelerator- distinguished,” noting that “he has Mini-Conferences based science, to nanofabrication fused his enthusiasm for teaching with technology using ion beams, to interactive an extraordinary research record and Three mini-conferences are scheduled technologies for cargo inspection, to greatly benefited the students of the State Tuesday through Thursday to be held at the international legal and policy aspects of University of New York at Geneseo.” Rosen Centre Hotel. Check the Epitome for cyber-security and cyber-conflict. Padalino has been instrumental in the speakers and start times. From 1988 to1998, he was Visiting helping to build one of the biggest and Orlando Science Center highest quality undergraduate physics Professor of Physics at UCLA. He Mini-conference on Angular Looking for something more to do? departments in the country. Geneseo has organized numerous international Something more Orlando-ish? Try the is ranked among the Top 10 bachelor’s- Momentum Transport in schools and workshops in technologies Orlando Science Center. Offering everything granting physics departments in the nation Laboratory and Nature for accelerator-based science and was the from daily exhibits to a Observatory. founding director the International School in terms of the average number of physics Tuesday all day and They also feature the Digistar 2 of Innovative Technology for Cleaning the bachelor’s degrees awarded to the classes Wednesday all day of 2002-2004, according to the August planetarium on the Dr. Phillips CineDome Environment at Erice, Sicily. He is editor Salon 1-2 of four books about beam physics and 2006 Enrollments and Degrees Report including several films. Check ocs.org for pricing, film schedule and imformation on accelerator technology, co-author of three from the American Institute of Physics Organizer: Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma all the exciting exhibits. books concerning cybersecurity, privacy and Statistical Research Center. On average, Physics Laboratory international cyber-law, holder of 3 patents Geneseo graduated 17 majors, according to Session GM4: Tuesday Morning the Institute. with four patents pending, and author of Session JM4: Tuesday Afternoon more than 140 papers and technical reports During his time at Geneseo, Padalino Session NM4: Wednesday Morning plus more than 30 classified reports on has taught 20 different courses in strategic technologies. physics and computer science, including Session PM4: Wednesday Afternoon Notes/Doodles

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