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NPS0307.qxd 2/8/07 8:49 AM Page 1 A Publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Number 1 • March 2007 SOCIETY NEWS CONFERENCES PULSED POWER AND PLASMA SCIENCE 2007; SYMPOSIUM on FUSION ENGINEERING; 2007 PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE MEET IN ALBUQUERQUE June 17 – 29, 2007 PULSED POWER AND PLASMA SCIENCE 2007 June 17-22, 2007 Albuquerque Convention Center Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA lbuquerque, New Mexico will achieve critical Convention Center. Registrants of either conference mass when attendees of the 34th IEEE will be able to attend sessions in both conferences. AInternational Conference on Plasma Science Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico (ICOPS) and the 16th IEEE International Pulsed with a metropolitan population of nearly 800,000 Power Conference (PPC) meet at the Albuquerque people and home to the University of New Mexico, Convention Center June 17-22, 2007 for “PPPS- Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National 2007.” This is the second time that these two con- Laboratories, and many high tech companies, both ferences are combining their activities, following the large and small. Los Alamos National Laboratory is initial joint event in Las Vegas in 2001. Extending only 90 minutes to the Northwest. The cotton- the concept, the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences wood-shaded Rio Grande River Valley and Society’s Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE Petroglyph National Monument lie to the west and Conference) will also be collocating with PPPS- the majestic Sandia Peak lies to the east. The Sangre 2007, using the west wing of the Albuquerque continued on page 3 Edl Schamiloglu Frank Peterkin John Gaudet Charles Reuben General Chair Technical Program Finance Chair Conference Chair Coordinator NUCLEAR & PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY March 2007 1 NPS0307.qxd 2/8/07 8:49 AM Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IEEE NUCLEAR AND PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY NEWS Pulsed Power and Plasma Science 2007 . .1 is published three times per year by The Institute of Electrical and 22nd Symposium on Fusion Engineering . .4 Electronics Engineers, Inc., 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855. 2007 Particle Accelerator Conference PAC2007 .5 NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Albe Dawson Larsen 15th Real Time Conference . .5 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center MS-66 2007 NSREC Set for Hawaii . .6 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 2007 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Tel: +1 650 926 2748 Fax: +1 650 926 5124 Imaging Conference . .8 E-mail: [email protected] Summary Report: 2006 NSS/MIC/RTSD . .12 EDITOR EMERITUS: 2008 IEEE NPSS NSS/MIC/RTSD Status W. Kenneth Dawson TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall Update . .15 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, V6T-2A3. President’s Report . .16 Tel: +1 604 222 7455 Fax: +1 604 222 7307 Secretary’s Report . .17 E-mail: [email protected] Division IV Director’s Report . .18 IEEE MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS: Robert Smrek, Production Manager Meet AdCom Class of 2010 . .18 Paul Doto, Newsletter Coordinator New Plasma Sciences TC Chair . .19 Contributors to March 2007 IEEE NPSS Newsletter in alphabetical order: A. Bertrand Brill; Peter Clout; Teresa Farris; Eric Frey; Albe New Membership Committee Chair . .20 Dawson Larsen; Edward Della Torre; Ronald Gilgenbach; Christoph Ilgner; Ronald J. Jaszczak; Jane Lehr; Jean-Pierre Martin; William Technical Committee Reports . .20 Moses; Randolph McKinley; Timothy Oldham; Xioachuan Pan; Ronald Pease; Ned Sauthoff; Edl Schamiloglu; Stan Schriber; James CANPS . .20 Schwank; Graham Smith; Michael Sullivan; Mark Tillack; Benjamin Tsui; Richard Van Berg; Margaret Votava; Peter Winokur; Dennis Fusion . .21 Youchison; Xing Zhao. Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences . .22 Publicity releases for forthcoming meetings, items of interest from Radiation Effects . .23 local chapters, committee reports, announcements, awards, or other materials requiring society publicity or relevant to NPSS should be Functional & Appointive Committees . .23 submitted to the Newsletter Editor by April 16, 2007. Awards . .23 CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES News articles are actively solicited from contributing editors, particu- Communications . .25 larly related to important R&D activities, significant industrial applica- tions, early reports on technical breakthroughs, accomplishments at Nominations . .26 the big laboratories and similar subjects. Constitutions & Bylaws . .26 The various Transactions, of course, deal with formal treatment in depth of technical subjects. News articles should have an element of Awards . .33 general interest or contribute to a general understanding of technical problems or fields of technical interest or could be assessments of New Fellows . .33 important ongoing technical endeavors. Society Awards . .36 Advice on possible authors or offers of such articles are invited by the editor. Technical Committee Awards . .39 © 2007 IEEE. Information contained in this newsletter may be copied without per- Radiation Effects Awards Solicitation . .40 mission provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commer- cial advantage, and the title of the publication and date appear. Printed in U.S.A. Article . .40 Reaching Higher Luminosity . .40 TMI Editor in Chief Sought . .43 2 March 2007 HTTP://WWW.IEEE-NPSS.ORG NPS0307.qxd 2/8/07 8:49 AM Page 3 de Cristo Mountains and Santa Fe are 50 miles Scientists and Engineers will be offered on June to the north. 23. Two Hollywood insiders who have experience The conference will be held within walking in virtually all aspects of motion pictures will teach distance of Central Avenue, also known as the short course, in addition to support from the Route 66, which is convenient to entertain- burgeoning New Mexico film industry. ment, shopping, and fine dining, especially New Peter Clout, a physicist and chairman of the Mexican cuisine. New Mexican food has a dis- NPSS communications committee, spoke tinct style, the most visible element being the excitedly about the combined conference. type of chile pepper used, either red or green. “It’s a very effective way of meeting col- The combined conference is expected to leagues, to sit and talk about what you’ve been attract over 1200 attendees. Information about doing. There is a lot of valuable information PPPS-2007, and a downloadable abstract which doesn’t appear in print that only comes brochure, can be found on its website located at out in one-on-one conversations.” http://www.ece.unm.edu/ppps2007/ . “It’s like browsing in a bookstore,” Clout con- Former NPSS President William Moses sees tinued. “You stumble into people you would not The world’s longest the upcoming conference as a golden oppor- have otherwise met or whose work you might not single-span aerial tunity for members to expand their horizons, have come across.” Regarding SOFE 2007 col- tramway rising to noting that ICOPS and PPC have not shared a locating with PPPS-2007, “They have come 10,378 ft. with an conference since 2001. together with a common registration, attendees 11,000 square mile “Most researchers don’t have the time or who are interested in one conference are free to panoramic view from money to attend a conference that is not direct- drop in on another: Cross fertilization.” the peak of Sandia ly related to what they’re doing in their work,” Conference Chairman Edl Schamiloglu, a Mountains. said Moses. “By having all these conferences at Professor at the University of New Mexico, the same place and at the same time provides a expects a large international participation unique opportunity to attend a related confer- because the conference is located in ence at no additional time or cost.” Albuquerque, New Mexico, “arguably the Frank Peterkin, Technical Program Chair of Mecca of Pulsed Power and Plasma Science PPPS-2007 agrees, “The practicalities of get- Research in the United States.” He notes that, ting financial backing to go to two conferences in addition to PPPS-2007, the IEEE Particle instead of one are significant to both students Accelerator Conference (PAC07) will take and professionals. This enables an attendee to place at the Convention Center the following socialize and learn from both their direct tech- week. “PPPS-2007 is coordinating closely nical peer community and their ‘near-peers,’ to with PAC07. We are working with both the Believe me walk down the hall and learn something new Governor’s and Mayor’s offices to plan out- about a topic they wouldn’t otherwise have reach activities to the community, and to K-12 the opportunity to explore.” students in particular, during the weekend in Appealing to The PPPS-2007 conference comprises the between our two conferences. We are also everything in following topics: looking forward to hosting the NPSS AdCom • Fundamental Research and Basic Processes meeting during this weekend as well.” general to • Microwave Generation and Plasma PPPS-2007 has budgeted generously to explain some- Interactions support student travel. In addition, we will be thing in particu- • Charged Particle Beams and Sources selecting “Best Student Papers” for the first • High Energy Density Plasmas time, an idea suggested by NPSS. Details can lar is really no • Pulsed Power Switches and Components be found in the Call for Abstracts brochure explanation at • Industrial, Commercial, and Medical Applications posted on the conference website. all. • Pulsed Power Sources Finally, PPPS-2007 will have a large • Pulsed Power Systems Exhibitor’s Program located in the hall hosting • Diagnostics the poster sessions. Also included in the same Paul Davies • Prime Power & Power Conditioning hall will be the Job Placement Center, con- In addition to these topics, a two-day mini- necting prospective employees with employers. course will be offered on June 22 and 23 entitled, Whether your preference is red, or green, or Diagnostics for High Density Plasmas and “Christmas” (a little of each), we look forward Pulsed Power Systems. Furthermore, a special to your participation in PPPS-2007 in workshop entitled Writing for and Working Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA in June with the Film Industry: An Introduction for 2007.