A Publication of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Number 1, March 2011

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18 th IEEE 2011 International Pulsed Power Conference Chicago, Illinois, June 19-23, 2011

Randy Curry | Conference Chair Bryan Oliver | Program Chair Janice Allenby | Local Organizing Committee Keisha Carr | IEEE Conference Management

he 18th International Pulsed Power the Museum of Science and Industry. of art, science, and history museums. T Conference will be held in Chicago, The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place These include the Art Institute of Illinois from June 19 to June 23, 2011. is located minutes from these attractions Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary The Pulsed Power Conference is held and is centrally located to the museums Art, the Field Museum, the Lincoln Zoo, biennially and serves as the principal and sports arena. and the Chicago Skydeck. The night life forum of information exchange on is also exceptional with Chicago offering pulsed power science, technology, and The conference is also collocating the finest restaurants and theatre in the engineering. In past years, the conference with the International Conference Midwest. These include world-famous has had significant international on Plasma Science (ICOPS) and the Chicago restaurants and Pizzerias. participation. More than 25 countries Symposium on Fusion Engineering Shopping on the renowned magnificent were represented at the 2009 conference (SOFE). This exciting venue allows mile is available for spouses, as is a with attendance approaching 600 participants to attend sessions at all companion program organized by scientists and engineers. The 2011 Pulsed three NPSS Conferences. the conference. Power Conference is sponsored by the We are pleased to sponsor the conference To enhance the cultural experience this IEEE NPSS. in Chicago in 2011. Chicago offers a year, we will hold the banquet offsite This year’s conference will be held in the venue rich in cultural and architectural at the Field Museum. The banquet Midwest for the first time in the history diversity. The home of Frank Lloyd will include a reception and dining. of the conference. This year’s venue is Wright in Chicago is today one of the The Peter Haas Award, the Erwin the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place architectural oases of the Midwest. Marx Award, the Arthur H. Guenther near the John G. Shedd Aquarium and Chicago also hosts a large number (continued on page 3) Sandra Biedron (IEEE-USA R&D Policy) CONFERENCES TABLE OF CONTENTS Tony Lavietes (Sensors Council) Ron Keyser (IEEE Standards Board) Conferences Ron Jaszczak, Randy Brill (TMI ) Allan Johnston (Women in Engineering) 18th Pulsed Power Conference______1 (continued from page 1) PPS&T committee, is an engineer NUCLEAR & PLASMA ______at Sandia National Laboratories. ICOPS-SOFE Minicourse 4 SCIENCES SOCIETY NEWS Pulsed Power Student Award, as well as ______The PPS&T was persuaded to hold 2010 ICOPS Final Report 7 (USPS 000-560) is published quarterly by the Nuclear & the Best Student Paper Award will be ______Plasma Sciences Society of the Institute of Electrical and the 2011 PPC in Chicago because of NSS/MIC/RTSD Final Report 9 announced at the banquet. The offsite ______Electronics Engineers, Inc. Corporate Office: 3 Park Avenue, its exciting venue and museums. 2011 ICALEPCS 10 17th Floor, New York, NY 10017-2394. Printed in the USA. dinner will be held on the Odyssey with Society General Business One dollar per member per year is included in the Society an accompanying four-hour cruise on The Conference General Chair, Randy ______fee for each member of the Nuclear & Plasma Sciences President’s Report 11 Society. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and at Lake Michigan. The Odyssey cruise will Curry, a Distinguished Professor at Secretary’s Report______12 additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes include live jazz music and a view of the The University of Missouri-Columbia, New Officers and AdCom Members______18 to Nuclear & Plasma Sciences News, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, beautiful Chicago skyline. expects a large number of attendees this Piscataway, NJ 08854. TECHNICAL COMMITTEES year. The 2009 Pulsed Power Conference NEWSLETTER EDITOR: With an anticipated 400 oral and poster ______th had an attendance of both international Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences 24 Albe Dawson Larsen presentations, the 18 International IEEE ______Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and national scientists and engineers, NMIS Constitution and Bylaws 27 2011 Pulsed Power Conference speakers Randy Curry MS-17 both comprising about 50 percent of Plasma Science and Applications, Call for Nominations to ExCom______30 and attendees will address the following General Chair 2575 Sand Hill Road the presenters. The growing number Pulsed Power Science and Technology______30 Menlo Park, CA 94025 multidisciplinary topic areas: Tel: +1 650 926 2748 of international speakers, according Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects News______32 l FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES Fax: +1 650 926-3570 High Voltage Components to the conference chair, is expected to E-mail: [email protected] and Insulation continue to grow, for the pulsed power Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Awards______34 EDITOR EMERITUS: l community is on a rapid growth cycle in ______W. Kenneth Dawson Microwave and RF Sources Nominations for IEEE Medals and Recognitions 35 the international community. There were ARTICLES TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall and Antennas Vancouver, British Columbia more than 28 countries represented at l Canadian Cyclotron Ceremony Dedicates IEEE Historic Milestone______36 Canada, V6T-2A3. Accelerators and Beams the 2009 Pulsed Power Conference held OBITUARIES Tel: +1 604 222 7455 l in Washington, DC. We anticipate a Fax: +1 604 222 7307 Radiation Sources Muzaffer Atac______38 E-mail: [email protected] similar international representation for l Carl Edward Baum______38 IEEE MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS: Applications of Pulsed Power the 2011 PPC. Gerald L. Rogoff______39 Contributors for March 2011 NPSS Newsletter in l alphabetical order: Jean Paul Allain, Janice Ashby, Explosive and Compact Pulsed Power Scientists from all countries are Igor Alexeff, Janet Barth, Randy Curry, W. Kenneth Dawson; l encouraged to attend the 2011 PPC. Bryan Oliver Alberto Del Guerra, Teresa Farris; Dan Fleetwood, Pulsed Power Systems AdCom Officers 2011 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS The conference is a forum for the Program Chair Brandon Godfrey, Steven Gold, Ron Keyser, Ed Lampo, l President, Robert E. Reinovsky Stefan Ritt (CANPS) Albe Larsen, Mounir Laroussi, Jane Lehr, Timothy Meyer, Power Electronics for Pulsed Power senior scientist or engineer, as well as Vice President, Janet L. Barth Dennis Youchison (Fusion) Robert Miyaoka, William W. Moses, Robert Reed, the student in the field of pulsed power. The topic areas include pulsed power for Treasurer, Ron Keyser Robert Miyaoka (NMIS) Robert Reinovsky, Paul Rivenberg, Elizabeth Rogoff, The conference sessions encompass high Conference Treasurer, Anthony Lavietes Stan Schriber (PAST) Richard Temkin, Robert Zwaska. particle accelerators, one of the areas in Secretary, Albe Larsen Brendan B. Godfrey (PSAC) voltage design techniques, vacuum physics Publicity releases for forthcoming meetings, items of Jane Lehr (PPST) which NPSS has strong participation. ADCOM CLASS of 2014 interest from local chapters, committee reports, and insulation, accelerators, and physics of Dan Fleetwood (RE) Alberto Del Guerra (NMIS) announcements, awards, or other materials requiring beam propagation, as well as many other Chuck Melcher (RI) The Chicago area is also well known for Edward J. Lampo (RI) society publicity or relevant to NPSS should be submitted its exemplary collection of particle physics topic areas. The conference provides a Robert A. Reed (RE) FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS to the Newsletter Editor by April 10, 2011 for publication Robert Zwaska (PAST) Jane Lehr (Awards, Fellows) in the June 2011 Newsletter. laboratories, and its unique universities. forum for the exchange of information AdCom Class of 2013 Bill Moses (Conferences) CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES We have included sessions this year on in emerging areas and the state of the Steve Gold (Chapters, Local Activities, Christian Bohm (CANPS) News articles are actively solicited from contributing pulsed power for particle accelerators art design philosophy in cross-cutting, Distinguished Lecturers) Gerald Cooperstein (PPST) editors, particularly related to important R&D activities, Peter Clout (Communications) and also are considering tours of either multidisciplinary fields. Paul Dodd (RE) significant industrial applications, early reports on technical Hal Flescher (Finance) Fermi or Argonne National Laboratories. Glenn Knoll (RI) breakthroughs, accomplishments at the big laboratories Christoph Ilgner (GOLD) We encourage attendees to bring their John Verboncoeur (PSAC) and similar subjects. The various Transactions, of course, As we firm up these tours, we will notify TBD (Membership) spouses and families. We have an exciting Keisha Carr Class of 2012 deal with formal treatment in depth of technical subjects. the registrants by e-mail. We believe this Craig Woody (Nominations) News articles should have an element of general interest or companion program, as well as easily IEEE Conference Management Pauls Dressendorfer (Publications) cross-disciplinary interaction will benefit Steven Gold (PSAC) contribute to a general understanding of technical problems accessible museums and shopping. Jean-Luc Leray (Transnational) Ron Keyser (Standards) or fields of technical interest or could be assessments of both communities. The Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Tom Lewellen (NMIS) Liaisons important ongoing technical endeavors. Class of 2011 TBD (Coalition for Plasma Sciences) Advice on possible authors or offers of such articles are The 2011 Pulsed Power Conference is is located approximately 10 minutes David Abe (PSAC) Charles Neumeyer (Energy Policy) invited by the editor. managed under the auspices of the NPSS from downtown Chicago, as well Janet Barth (RE) Patrick LeDû (International Conferences and RT Conf.) ©2011 IEEE. Information contained in this newsletter may Pulsed Power Science and Technology as a few minutes from the museums Hutch (George) Neilson (Fusion) Randy Brill (IEEE-USA Medical Technologies) be copied without permission provided that the copies are (PPS&T) standing technical committee. and restaurants. Stan Schriber (PAC OC) not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, Hal Flescher, Jim Schwank (RADECS) and the title of the publication and date appear. Jane Lehr, the current Chair of the (continued on page 4) Ray Larsen (SSIT & HTC)

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(continued from page 3) the IEEE Conference Management Allain from Purdue University, Prof. And deserves it too! structure and function at the nanoscale. Call me ignorant Group, and Janice Ashby from the Brian Wirth from University of Tennessee Prof. Allain is also working in coupling We anticipate an expanded exhibitor University of Missouri-Columbia. and Dr. Predrag KrstiĆ from Oak Ridge post-ionization secondary mass neutral program this year whereby scientists, Democracy is the process by These individuals, along with the National Laboratory. spectrometry techniques with in-situ A knowledgeable fool is a greater engineers, and students can review new which people choose the man organizational team of technical chairs surface characterization to design ultra- fool than an ignorant fool. products and components available to Audience: Students, junior faculty or who’ll get the blame. and other volunteers, are working hard to thin active films coupled to directed those designing high-voltage and pulsed- new faculty entering these fields, industry Molière make this a memorable meeting. For the radiation synthesis with applications in Bertrand Russell power systems. We will also have a Job researcher scientists/engineers and most up-to-date announcements, visit semiconductor, biomaterials and nuclear Placement Center to aid those attendees postdoctoral researchers. the website at http://ppc.missouri.edu. energy technology areas. He is the seeking employment opportunities in Course Content recipient of numerous awards including industry, academia, and federal agencies. If you have suggestions or wish to make a contribution to the conference, please The course is divided into two the DOE Early Career 2010 Award and The 2011 PPC organizing team includes contact me at [email protected]. categories: experimental PMI topics the Paul Zmola Young Scholar Award. Bryan Oliver, the Technical Program We welcome your attendance and look and computational PMI. The morning Predrag S. Krstić completed his Ph.D. Chair from Sandia National Laboratory, forward to your participation at the session will cover topics in experimental degree in the Department of Physics at Mark Rader, the Treasurer from the 2011 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference PMI: 1) Fundamentals of Plasma-Material the City College of the City University US ARMY Space and Missile Defense in Chicago. Interactions (Ruzic), 2) PMI in Fusion of New York in 1981 on the theory of Command, Keisha Carr from (Allain) and lastly 3) PMI in Industrial laser-atom interactions. He received an Plasmas (Ruzic). The afternoon session M.S. degree in Experimental Plasma will cover topics in computational PMI: Physics and B.S. in Technical Physics 1) Introduction to PMI Computational from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, ICOPS/SOFE 2011 Minicourse Science (Krstić), 2) Multiscale Modeling in University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Plasma-Material Interactions in Fusion and Industrial Plasmas Fusion PMI (Wirth) and 3) Computational Dr. Krstić joined the scientific staff of PMI of Industrial Plasmas. The course will the Institute of Physics, Belgrade, in conclude with the topic, Progress on PMI th 1976, and joined the scientific staff of the he 38 International Conference on PMI experiments and atomistic/multi- Nanotechnology (Allain). Physics Division of Oak Ridge National T th Jean Paul Allain Plasma Science and 24 Symposium scale computational PMI modeling. The Instructors Laboratory in 1995, while also holding Instructor on Fusion Engineering will take place course will describe the unique challenges the position of adjunct professor in the June 26-30, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. of PMI experiments and computational Jean Paul Allain completed his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Nuclear, Department of Physics and Astronomy Overview modeling and the areas in which these Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Krstić two thrusts can complement each other. is the author of over 150 papers on The aim of the minicourse is to provide The title of the course uses the concept at the University of Illinois, Urbana- a comprehensive introduction to plasma- Champaign. He received an M.S. degree theoretical and computational simulations of “industrial plasmas” to include all of slow ion, atom and molecule collisions material interactions with an emphasis non-fusion areas where plasmas play in Nuclear Engineering from the same on fusion and industrial plasmas. This institution. Prof. Allain joined Argonne as well as on the particle-surface a critical role in the modification and interactions in magnetic fusion edge minicourse will address rising interest in processing of materials. This area has National Laboratory as a staff scientist the area of plasma-material interactions in 2003 and joined the faculty in the plasma, computational chemistry, also included the use of both plasma molecular electronics, nanofluidics and and will in part introduce the breadth and and ion-beam interaction with advanced School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue depth of the subject in areas including: University in the fall of 2007 with a nanobiotechnology, laser-atom interactions material surfaces modified at the and plasma physics. His classical and plasma-surface interactions in fusion nanoscale. Therefore this course courtesy appointment with the School edge plasmas, plasma processing of micro- of Materials Engineering. Prof. Allain is quantum molecular dynamics studies will also discuss recent progress in the Predrag S. KrstiĆ an affiliate faculty member of the Birck on plasma-surface interactions include and nano-electronics with industrial role of nanotechnology in the area of Instructor plasmas, biomaterials plasma treatments, Nanotechnology Center. He is the author chemical sputtering, retention, reflection PMI both for fusion and industrial plasma propulsion applications and of over 50 papers in both experimental of hydrocarbon and metalized carbon plasmas applications. other relevant areas where the plasma/ and computational modeling work in surfaces, and rovibrational analysis of material interface plays a crucial role The course instructors include leading the area of particle-surface interactions ejected molecules. Dr. Krstić is also in materials performance and behavior. researchers in the areas of experimental in nuclear magnetic fusion science. His working on the construction and A unique aspect of this minicourse is to and computational plasma-material studies include developing in-situ surface functional analysis of various devices for bring instructors that not only have an interactions. They include: Prof. David structure and composition evolution localization and control of biomolecular expertise in plasma-material interactions N. Ruzic from the University of Illinois characterization of heterogeneous surfaces but also extensive experience both in at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Jean Paul under low-energy irradiation promoting (continued on page 6)

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(continued from page 5) the University of California, Santa th Barbara in 1998, where he was a 37 ICOPS 2010 Held in Norfolk, ions such as aqueous Paul nanotraps, Department of Energy Nuclear carbon nanotubes, gold-plated Engineering Graduate Fellow. In 2002 Virginia, USA, June 20-24 nanopores etc. His theoretical research he joined the faculty at the University is closely coupled and validated through of California, Berkeley as an Assistant Final Report and Applications (4.0), 188 accepted experiments performed in close th Professor of Nuclear Engineering, he 37 IEEE International abstracts in Industrial, Commercial, collaboration with groups at ORNL, as following several years in the High T Conference on Plasma Science and Medical Plasma Applications well as at Purdue, Yale and Arizona State Performance Computational Materials (ICOPS 2010) was held in Norfolk, (5.0), 29 accepted abstracts in Plasma Universities. Dr. Krstić is a Fellow of the Science Group at Lawrence Livermore VA, USA, from June 20 to June 24, 2010 Diagnostics (6.0), and 31 accepted American Physical Society. National Laboratory, and was promoted with a minicourse on June 24 and 25. abstracts in Pulsed Power and Other David N. Ruzic is the Director of the to Associate Professor in 2006. His The conference venue was the Marriott Plasma Applications (7.0). All these David R. Ruzic Center for Plasma Material Interactions research interests involve the combination Waterside hotel located in the center of papers were presented in four parallel Mounir Laroussi Instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana- of multiscale modeling and advanced downtown Norfolk. Both the conference morning oral sessions (preceded by a General Chair Champaign. He is a professor in the microstructural characterization to and the minicourse were great successes. plenary session), four parallel afternoon Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and develop improved understanding and Five hundred sixty-two abstracts from oral sessions, and three afternoon poster Radiological Engineering and is affiliated models of microstructure—property 37 countries were accepted. Most of the sessions. There were only morning oral with the Departments of Electrical relationships and microstructural abstracts came from the USA (327), sessions on Thursday, with the minicourse and Computer Engineering and Physics, evolution during processing and service Germany (30), China (30), Japan (28), kicking off in the afternoon. in hostile environments, with an emphasis South Korea (28), the Russian Federation having joined the faculty in 1984. The plenary talks for 2010 covered Dusty on irradiation effects; and to use this (26), UK (20), France (17), and the His current research interests center on Plasmas (Prof. Laifa Boufendi, GREMI), knowledge as a basis for developing remaining from various other countries. plasma processing for the microelectronics Non-Equilibrium Plasma Sources (Prof. advanced materials. He has received a The largest number of submissions was industry (deposition, etching, EUV Erich Kunhardt, Polytech NY whose talk number of awards, including the 2007 in area 5.0 (Industrial, Commercial, and lithography and particle removal) and was sponsored by Springer), and High Fusion Power Associates David J. Rose Medical Applications) with a total of on fusion energy research. Prof. Ruzic Energy Density Physics (Dr. Kimberly Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award 188 abstracts, 98 of which were related is a Fellow of the American Nuclear S. Budil, DOE). Dr. Manfred Thumm and the 2003 Presidential Early Career to the biomedical applications subtopic. Society and of the American Vacuum (KIT) presented the PSAC Award Brian Wirth Society (AVS). He is the author of the Award for Scientists and Engineers It was the opinion of the ICOPS chair Instructor Plenary talk on the use of Gyrotrons (PECASE). He can be reached at and that of the technical committee that AVS monograph, Electric Probes for Low for ITER and fusion reactors. Temperature Plasmas, numerous book (865) 974-2554 and by e-mail at in the future the biomedical applications chapters, patents, and over 120 refereed [email protected]. should be a separate topic. This gained the Students were especially encouraged journal articles. He obtained his Ph.D. agreement of ExCom which unanimously to attend the conference. Twenty-eight The “Plasma-Material Interactions in and M.S., in Physics from Princeton voted for it during their Sunday June 20, students were selected from a pool of Fusion and Industrial Plasmas” minicourse University, and his B.S. degree 2010 meeting. Also, for the first time, 41 applicants to receive travel grants; is offered at the ICOPS/SOFE2011 in Physics and Applied Math from ICOPS had a session (11 abstracts) on 22 of these accepted the award. There venue at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Manfred Thumm receives ICOPS Award from Purdue University. He really enjoys THz radiation and applications, organized were various personal reasons for those Place, Chicago, IL on Saturday, June Brendan Godfrey while Mrs. Thumm looks on. teaching and tries to blow something by Baruch Levush of NRL, and two students who did not accept including 25, 2011. You may register for it on the up during every lecture. special sessions on the emerging field US entry visa problems. Each travel ICOPS/SOFE2011 website at https:// of Plasma Medicine, organized by M. grant covered the registration fee and Brian Wirth is Professor and Governor’s engineering.purdue.edu/ICOPS2011/ Laroussi and M. Kong. four hotel nights. An NSF grant helped Chair of Computational Nuclear Registration.html. Registration for the cover these expenses. Student paper In total, the technical program had Engineering in the Department of ICOPS/SOFE2011 conference is also awards were also offered. Several dozen 217 oral presentations and 345 posters. Nuclear Engineering at the University open. Early registration closes on May 15, nominations were received. The Technical There were 91 accepted abstracts in the of Tennessee, Knoxville, which he joined 2011. The abstract deadline was February Area Coordinators selected 11 applicants Basic Processes in Fully and Partially in July 2010. Brian received a B.S. in 15, 2011 with author notification by for further consideration. These gave Ionized Plasmas Technical Area (1.0), nuclear engineering from the Georgia April 1, 2011. Please visit the website presentations in front of a committee the 89 accepted abstracts in Microwave Institute of Technology in 1992 and a for current information concerning members of which were: Prof. Ravindra Generation and Plasma Interactions (2.0), Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from accommodations. Joshi, Prof. Edl Schamiloglu, Dr. Don 37 accepted abstracts in Charged Particle Schiffler, and Dr. Christine Coverdale. Beams and Sources (3.0), 97 accepted abstracts in High Energy Density Plasmas (continued on page 8)

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(continued from page 7) the banquet/awards dinner was held on th Wednesday night. During the banquet 2010 IEEE NSS/MIC and 17 Two runners up were given certificates an award ceremony was held where Prof. (David French, University of Michigan, M. Thumm received his PSAC award Symposium on Room-Temperature paper 3B7; Vladislav Vekselman, and the students received their best Technion, Haifa, paper 7C6). Two papers awards. New IEEE NPSS fellows Semiconductor X-ray and winners were given certificates, $250 were also recognized. In addition, Prof. checks, and book vouchers worth $250 Igor Alexeff who helped found ICOPS Gamma-ray Detectors (from Springer-Verlag). The winners were and chaired it (ICOPS 1) in 1974 was Alexander Gorenstein, Cornell University recognized in the opening ceremony of Final Report Tennessee winery and microbrewery (undergrad), paper 2P54 and Natalie the conference. Dr. Robert J. Barker of he 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science products were served to the delight Shainsky, Drexel University, paper 2P125. ODU reception for ICOPS attendees. AFOSR was recognized during Monday’s T Symposium, Medical Imaging of many. The student paper awards were sponsored th special session on plasma medicine for his Conference, and 17 International Ron Keyser by the European Physical Journal D. The success of the meeting was made early support to this emerging field. Workshop on Room-Temperature General Chair possible by the incredible work of As part of ICOPS 2010, a 1.5-day Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray This year the participation in the the Organizing Committee members minicourse on low-temperature plasma Detectors were held at the Knoxville exhibit program encountered only very who contributed a massive effort both modelling and simulation was offered Convention Center in Knoxville, th limited success. This may have been before and during the meeting to ensure on Thursday afternoon, June 24 and Tennessee from October 30 to November th in part due to exhibitors (of interest to that everything worked as planned. Friday, June 25 . The minicourse was 6, 2010. There were 1985 registered ICOPS) attending the power modulator The Program Chairs, topic conveners held at the conference venue, the Marriott attendees from 47 countries and more conference which was held just about and session chairs assembled a strong hotel. The minicourse organizer was than 1600 papers submitted. During the 4 weeks earlier. Only four exhibitors program with the help of the many Prof. Demetre Economou, University of meeting the six Short Courses attracted participated. These were the Cooke reviewers. With over 1600 papers to Houston. Three instructors (in addition more than 400 students. The three Corporation, Tech-X, Virginia Diodes be reviewed, this was indeed a major to Prof. Economou) participated in specialized workshops which ranged Inc., and K-Tech Corporation. In the undertaking, especially given the time the lectures. These were Dr. Vladimir from Alternative Neutron Detectors exhibition area there were other booths constraints. The NSS, MIC, and RTSD Kolobov (CFDRC), Prof. Lax Raja (UT to Advances in PET-MR also had such the NPSS member recruitment Program Chairs tried new ideas for the Austin), and Dr. Yukinori Sakiyama (UC record attendance. The total conference booth, the job placement center, journals organization of the sessions. The NSS and Berkeley). The instructors provided a set attendance was the largest ever for an exhibits (EPJ D, TPS, etc.), and the RTSD Program Chairs worked together of comprehensive lectures on modelling NSS/MIC/RTSD conference held in Irrationality needed internet cafe (sponsored by Numerex). to eliminate as many overlapping and techniques for low-temperature plasmas the US, and second only to the 2008 conflicting papers as possible. I am certain and their applications. Eighteen people A special issue of the IEEE Transactions conference. Almost the entire Knoxville that the attendees appreciated their work Naturally, that study like registered for the minicourse, eight of on Plasma Science (TPS) devoted to the Convention Center was used for the any argument based solely on plenary and invited papers was organized. to try and minimize session hopping. whom were students. nine days of the meeting. This modern logic, physics and common sense, It is scheduled to be published in April facility was well suited for the conference In addition to the changes in the The social program and activities offered 2011. The Guest Editors of this issue size and the poster session was spacious, session and poster session organization, did not settle the matter. by the conference were well-attended and are R. Joshi (Old Dominion University), allowing for comfortable interactions innovations were tried for the popular much appreciated by the participants. R.L. Garwin & K. Gottfried Igor Alexeff X. Lu (HuaZhong University), and between the presenters and the attendees. program book—colors, binding, contents, There was an activity/event scheduled Y. Sakiyama (UC Berkeley). The extensive concourses had WiFi and distribution—and the “always for every full day of the conference. A and many tables making them popular open” registration website. Both were welcome reception was held on Sunday Mounir Laroussi, General Chair of ICOPS interaction sites for the attendees. All of enthusiastically received and supported. evening. A reception with dinner was 2010 can be reached at the Electrical & this contributed to a very successful and held on the Old Dominion University Computer Engineering Department, With the support from both long-term enjoyable week. (ODU) campus on Monday evening. It 231 Kaufman Hall, Old Dominion and new industrial and governmental was sponsored by the president of ODU. University, Norfolk, VA, 23529. Attendees were treated to the finest of organizations, we were able to provide A two-hour boat cruise, with dinner, was Email: [email protected]. Tennessee food and beverage supplied grants to over a hundred thirty students, organized on Tuesday evening. And finally by the KCC kitchen and local producers. allowing them to attend the meeting, Both local specialties and international present their work, and make contacts favorites were available during the many with the worldwide community present breakfasts, lunches, receptions, and dinners served during the conference. (continued on page 10)

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(continued from page 9) Ratiocination that makes all of this possible. As you President’s Report in Knoxville. Our industrial exhibitors go through the CD of the Conference Record, I hope you will be able to review He did not arrive at this conclusion also found this to be a very useful meeting riting in the first few days of 2011, NPSS, and, I believe, you will find several the papers and talks you enjoyed and by the decent process of quiet, logical and remarked on the numbers of valuable W I would like to welcome you to reasons to become a member. read any you may have missed during contacts they made. the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences deduction, nor yet by the blinding the conference. The Conference and the If you are already a member of NPSS, I Society and to what I hope will be a most flash of glorious intuition, but by The area around Knoxville is home Conference Record are truly your work invite you to do two things: first, tell your productive and professionally satisfying the shoddy, untidy process halfway to many Laboratories, Institutions, and it is only through your participation colleagues in the next office, or in the lab and Companies who participate and year for all of you. between the two by which one that we have been able to make this next door, about some of what the NPSS contribute to the fields of interest of the Membership in a professional society means to you. The probability is high that usually gets to know things. meeting the premier meeting in the conference. The technical tours to some of world for our fields. means many things to the engineering what matters to you will be significant these were well attended and so popular Margery Allingham Ronald M. Keyser, General Chair, 2010 professional working in industry, to your neighbor professional as well: that additional tours were added. Even the Bob Reinovsky NSS MIC RTSD, can be reached at academia or in government laboratories. share the opportunities. Second, I invite East Tennessee weather (known for being IEEE NPSS President ORTEC, 801 South Illinois Avenue, To me it means up-to-the-minute you to try something new for yourself. totally unpredictable) cooperated. Oak Ridge, TN 37831; Phone: +1 865- access to the latest technical results in If you have regularly participated in It is the attendees of the Conference that 483-2146; Fax: +1 865-481-2438; refereed journals, and staying current NPSS conferences, volunteer to work on deserve the most thanks, as it is their work E-mail: [email protected] across the broad spectrum of advances the organization of a future conference in in related fields. It means participation that series, or on a Technical Committee th in specialized technical conferences and of your choice. If you have published in ICALEPCS 2011 13 International workshops, and networking with friends NPSS Transactions or Journals, offer to and colleagues. It means developing help with editorial responsibilities. If you Conference on Accelerator and Large professional relationships, and it can mean are beginning your career, consider our very practical support services for the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Experimental Physics Control Systems independent consultant or the proprietor activities, and if you live outside the of a small technical business. It means US, you might want to look into our An IEEE NPSS Technically sessions such as the standard model for opportunities for service to your technical Transnational Activities efforts. If you are Cosponsored Conference accelerator control systems—the wide community, your profession, and, indeed, interested in IEEE policy or in learning all of humanity. The IEEE, with its 38 about, and helping with, the details he 13th ICALEPCS conference use of EPICS control system toolkit. member societies, is the world’s largest that make the Society run, contact me T will take place in Grenoble, France, The 2011 conference has as its theme professional organization aimed at the ([email protected]). Try it; I think you will capital of the French Alps, from the 10th open-source hardware and software. Talks advancement of technology and offers be amazed at the satisfaction it will bring. to 14th of October 2011. The ICALEPCS and posters on new developments in the broadest possible range of services conference series is held every two these areas are strongly encouraged. Four As 2011 begins, I hope you will join me and opportunities to its members. years in a different region of the globe. preconference workshops are planned— in thanking Craig Woody for his two ICALEPCS is well established as the EPICS, TANGO, Open Hardware and If you are an engineering or scientific years of service as President of the Society. Missing ingredient today Aerial view of the National Center for Scientific leading conference dedicated to control jDDD. I am awed by the diligence, hard work Research, Grenoble. professional working in the areas of systems for accelerators and large In addition to the scientific program and radiation instrumentation, medical and thoroughness with which Craig Perhaps the most central experiments in physics. It is an ideal imaging sciences, radiation effects, plasma serves the Society, with his care for the tutorials, the conference will offer an characteristic of authentic leadership venue to discover the latest trends in ideal occasion to meet new colleagues sciences, fusion technology, pulsed power, interests of the members of our Society control systems for accelerators, fusion and set up or extend software and particle accelerators, nuclear power and and of the profession in general, and with is the relinquishing of the impulse reactors, laser facilities, telescopes, hardware collaborations, as well as the technology, and computer applications, his unfailing sense of fairness and for his to dominate others. and all experimental physics systems. the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences good humor amidst all the challenges opportunity to partake in cheese and David Cooper The conference welcomes all control wine tasting and discover local products. Society is your local home in the larger coordinating a truly remarkable team system specialists working in the field The accompanying persons’ program will IEEE family. If you are not already a of volunteers. Craig’s service sets an of physics to attend. The high standard include trips to the surrounding Grenoble member of NPSS, I invite you to explore incredibly high bar, and I am humbled by that the conference has reached is widely area and Lyon, as well as French cookery the pages of this newsletter to learn the thought of following in his footsteps. recognized. The IEEE Nuclear and classes. An excursion to nearby wine about NPSS conferences, workshops, Thanks Craig! Plasma Sciences Society has been the transactions, journals, technical regions is planned for the weekend after There are some changes ahead in the technical cosponsor of this conference committees, and policy and liaison the conference. For more information workings of the IEEE at the Board of since the very early days of the event. please consult the website http:// functions. In the following pages you Many trends have emerged at previous icalepcs2011.esrf.eu. can taste the breadth and depth of the (continued on page 12)

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(continued from page 11) and experience needed to guide and direct Director. Peter Clout has had to step community does? If so, contact our new a complex organization. The new proposal into the Division Director’s role earlier president, Bob Reinovsky, at [email protected]. Directors level. In a series of changes, contains term limits, and establishes a than planned, without a mentor. Craig Peter Clout spoke a bit about the scheduled for completion in 2015, (growing) pool of candidates for Board also invited Ingrid Gregor of DESY, the reorganization possibilities for the Board. the membership of the Board is being positions. You will be hearing more in chair of the Conference Information He also talked about Roger Sudbury as revamped, and the method of selection the future. and Promotion Committee (CIP), a long-standing, experienced member of members is changing. The rationale founded to help the 2000 NSS/MIC Again wishing you all a most of the IEEE community. Peter’s first for the changes include the perceived attract attendees to the very first NSS/ successful year! question is: What is a Division Director need to respond to increasing complexity MIC in Lyon, an historic moment for Never mind... and what is s/he meant to do? Meeting and workload, and a perceived need Bob Reinovsky, the IEEE NPSS President, NPSS. The group works actively at each with and helping Society presidents to decouple Board positions from the can be reached at Los Alamos National NSS/MIC to introduce attendees to the and AdCom members in the division It’s not enough to have a good IEEE Operational Units—Societies, Laboratory, PAT Program Office MS T087, venue for the next conference and to seem foremost. Meeting with other mind: one must use it well. Councils and Regions in which they Los Alamos, NM 87544; Phone: +1 505- gather input on the current conference. Division Directors and with TAB is serve. A decentralized selection pattern, 667-8214; Fax: +1 505-665-2227; They also have CIP booths at related Descartes also important. The other societies in as currently, sometimes falls short of Email: [email protected]. conferences, place ads in appropriate Division IV, should you wonder, are: providing the appropriate range of skills places such as the CERN Courier and the Antennas and Propagation Society, various physics journals. Ingrid and Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Craig both recommend such a group, Electronics Society, Electromagnetic comprised principally of young scientists, Compatibility Society, Magnetics Secretary’s Report to be formed for each TC. Not only have Society, Microwave Theory and their efforts been highly successful, the Techniques Society and the Council on group has formed fast friendships and he Nuclear and Plasma Sciences The software will ultimately be Superconductivity. Peter has met with T good collegial contacts. Working with Society held its annual AdCom transferred to and maintained by IEEE. Division IV presidents and presidents- the GOLD members in your community meeting on Nov. 6, 2010 in Knoxville, The Network Shop provides computers, elect. Our Division is in good hands. TN. Our treasurer, Ed Lampo, reported projectors, microphones, audio mixers, and might be a good way to start. that IEEE has yet another new algorithm wired and wireless network capability for Technical Committee Expect some TAB structural changes in Reports in the works to support IEEE. The new conferences. This was started because of the future. These are still being looked algorithm will decrease our income, the very high commercial rental charges at. Roger Pollard and Donna Hudson The 2010 CANPS-committee-sponsored possibly significantly. We have had three at hotels and from hotel-selected vendors. from TAB are looking at councils and Real-Time conference is close to closing, penalties in 2010 for late closure of Equipment and software need periodic societies that are failing financially. reported Stefan Ritt, PSI, CANPS Albe Larsen conferences. A reiteration of previous upgrading. The number of computers There is no straightforward solution, chair. The Portuguese auditors are NPSS Secretary and Newsletter Editor messages to conference chairs and needed in the conference computer rooms especially as each entity works in its own reviewing books before they go to treasurers: close out your conferences has gone down since many people bring culture. TAB is also looking at how to IEEE. The Conference Record is without paying the last late bills. their own laptops, but connections to the absorb new technical communities into complete. A special issue of TNS, with These can be paid directly by IEEE internet are still desired, despite the wide Sasha Schmeling as guest editor is near IEEE. There is some jumpstart money Been there, don’t do that and NPSS won’t be penalized! The web availability of wireless. Projectors also and a five-year watch plan to see where completion. The rejection rate (~47%) site for conference treasurers is close to need to be replaced, and the replacement was high, with 51 of 92 papers accepted. the new community might fit: as a new Good advice is something a man completion. It will provide a uniform of our server is coming. In 2007 we lost technical society, a technical council or The 2012 Real-Time conference will be budgeting format and will have archival a lot of equipment due to bad shipping a new journal or conference. Technical held in Berkeley, CA with a couple of gives when he is too old to set a budget copies to allow comparison with containers. In 2008 the meeting in council budgets are set annually with hotel options. There will be a TC webex bad example. past budgets. Both original accepted Dresden got support from other local meeting before the March AdCom money coming from sponsoring societies François de La Rochefoucauld budgets and actual expenses will be sources, and the Network Shop is working and with any earnings going back to the meeting. There is some competition with tracked and maintained. Insurance will on developing an amortization scheme societies. IEEE plans to look in greater CHEP being held in New York the week automatically be added to budgets. to increase reserves to cover obsolete depth at entities in trouble in 2011. of May 21, 2012 that may be a problem. or damaged or stolen equipment. This will align with IEEE’s reporting Fusion Technology chair, Dennis Consider using the Network Shop for There is also an IEEE visibility initiative. requirements and the package has a Youchison of Sandia announced that your conferences. They are looking for individuals who conference status checklist and can be might help promote the Institute and Phil Heitzenroeder of Princeton Plasma sent directly to IEEE all ready for audit. Craig Woody, the NPSS President, provide PR for us. Do you like being in Physics lab will be replaced by Tiana This only applies to new conference reported on the death on August 22 the public eye and talking about what our (continued on page 14) budgets, not for existing ones. of Roger Sudbury, our Division IV

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(continued from page 13) at the New York Marriott Marquis with which will be the 50th Anniversary of NPSS, despite the annual fluctuation in Thomas Roser of BNL as chair. The 2011 NSREC; and 2014 will be held in Paris membership, has seen an overall increase Dodson as the Fusion Awards chair. IPAC will be in San Sebastian, Spain. and will be coordinated with RADECS. in base membership of 4.5% over the last Charles Neumeyer is chair of the 2011 5 years. conference and Wayne Meier will chair John Luginsland reported that Brendan Functional and Appointive Committee Reports the 2013 conference. There is a request Godfrey will take over as Plasma Sciences Publications are doing well. The editorial for technical cosponsorship of TOFE, and Application TC chair in January The Meeting Planner Project is winding scheme for both TNS and TPS of 2011. The 2012 ICOPS will be held having an Editor-in-Chief, a group of Knowledge isn’t enough the ANS topical conference on fusion down, reported Conferences Chair Bill Let’s make a deal engineering for 2012. More information in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2013 in San Moses. The last few dollars are being senior editors and a group of editors is needed. Francisco as PPST, in 2014 there may used by ICOPS. However, site selection in specialized fields seems to improve We often stand in need of learning be a joint BEAMS/ICOPS conference and contract review services remain efficiency and get pubs out swiftly, with Free trade with the Americans is Nuclear Medical and Imaging chair what we know full well. and there is a proposal for a 2015 in place. Those wishing to use these fewer pressures on any one individual. like wife-swapping with a bachelor. Robert Miyaoka, reported on the new meeting in Turkey. There were very few services for NPSS conferences should Transactions on Plasma Science has Walter Savage Landon rules of 1.5 candidates per position for Ray Hnatyshyn (Former Canadian exhibits at the 2010 ICOPS. This may first contact Bill Moses (wwmoses@lbl. an improved impact factor. It is also Technical Committee open positions, Energy Minister) be a function of not meeting with the gov). Technically cosponsored conferences continuing to publish many special issues which requires a bylaw change (See Fusion community or of an overlapping have to have an MOU in place and need each year. The Transactions on Nuclear NMIS Bylaws under Technical conference slightly earlier than ICOPS. AdCom approval. If there is a conference Science has seen a small decrease in NSS Committee Reports). There was also papers offered for review and publication, Edl Schamiloglu reported that the that you feel we should technically an election to an open AdCom seat. but the number of contributed papers is 2009 Pulsed Power conference books cosponsor (no financial involvement) Alberto Del Guerra of Pisa is the winning increasing slightly. Paul Dressendorfer, remain unclosed, but the DVD of and that has heavy involvement of candidate. See his bio on p. 21. The 2010 Editor-in-Chief and Publications the proceedings has been completed. NPSS members, contact your Technical MIC conference had 538 accepted Committee chair, would like to see time The 2011 conference will be held in Committee chair to bring this forward abstracts distributed as 88 oral, 440 to publication drop a bit more, but we are Chicago the week before the combined to AdCom. posters and 10 joint presentations in four well within IEEE guidelines. ICOPS/SOFE conference. The banquet joint sessions with NSS. There were three The deadline for Award nomination will be held at the Field Museum and Chapters continue to grow although MIC short courses. The joint conference submittal was January 31 for the Society there will be a Lake Michigan cruise. one NPSS chapter will close in 2010, had 1992 attendees and 58 exhibitors. awards (Merit, Shea, Young Investigator Randy Curry of University of Missouri is according to Steve Gold, Chapters chair. MIC also featured a PET workshop and Graduate Scholarship). Jane Lehr General Chair. The 2013 conference will A new chapter has formed in Vancouver, and morning refresher courses. Award now heads the Awards Committee. Bill be in San Francisco as part of the PPST. BC with Ewart Blackmore and Tim recipients (see the Awards section) were Moses serves on the awards committee Bryan Oliver will be General Chair. Meyers of TRIUMF playing key roles. Richard Leahy of USC who received the for the Curie Award (deadline January Jane Lehr becomes the Pulsed Power A number of chapters received assistance Edward J. Hoffman award, and Xin He 31). The Innovations in Health Care TC chair in January. The committee from NPSS in 2010. Chapters are eligible of Johns Hopkins who received the Bruce Technology Field award (deadline: July 1, membership is being realigned and to invite and receive support for NPSS Hasegawa Young Investigator award. 2011) is also important to our community will, in future, add three international Distinguished Lecturers. So far in 2010 and there is time to submit nominations The NSS conference, according to Chuck members. The constitution and bylaws there were nine known lectures; three for that prestigious award. Melcher, Radiation Instrumentation TC will be revisited in 2011 and brought into received support for some or all expenses. And vice versa too? The reverse would be better! chair, had refresher courses and also had alignment with the NPSS’s constitution Vernon Price reported on 2010 Student chapters can invite one NPSS three short courses, with close to 400 and bylaws. membership activities. IEEE is now DL per semester. How can you make sense of students in attendance. The industrial ... there are no bad guys in Dan Fleetwood reported a successful offering an electronic membership in Jane Lehr, Fellow Candidates chair, said the beginning unless you know tours to Oak Ridge and Siemens Washington, there are only 2010 NSREC, with good attendance. regions where the GDP is less than $15k she had a great committee and good were sold out. Future MIC and NSS the ending? The books will close in 4-5 months. per person. There are 153 countries that applicant pool. Are you eligible to be good guys doing bad things. Conferences: 2011, Valencia, Spain; 2012, Julian Barnes The December Transactions on Nuclear fall into this classification. Only higher a Senior Member? You need to be one Art Buchwald Anaheim, CA; 2013, Seoul, Korea; 2015, Science will include selected, reviewed grade members are eligible. This is being before you can even be considered as Seattle, WA. papers from the 105 papers submitted for done for a number of reasons, including a Fellow candidate. Contact Vernon The Particle Accelerator Science and consideration. Future conferences will be humanitarian ones, but it is being done Price ([email protected]) if you meet the Technology TC chair, Stan Schriber, in Las Vegas, 2011, with Kay Chesnut of with some revenue risk. IEEE predicts requirements. Vernon can help you launch reported that PAC 2009 is closing. Boeing as chair; 2012 in Miami with Ken 400,000 members worldwide at the end your application. The 2011 PAC conference will be held LaBel as chair; 2013 in San Francisco, of 2010, with half of those members from outside Regions 1-7 (North America). (continued on page 16)

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(continued from page 15) Liaisons from 25 countries, 102 papers accepted, (SORMA) when it is held in Berkeley, Ray Larsen, the Social Implications and 18 exhibits. Of the accepted CA in May 2012. The chair and the This year the Nominations Committee of Technology and Humanitarian papers, 72 were submitted to TNS. treasurer are both NPSS members. used a single ballot for both AdCom Future meetings: 2011—Seville, Spain; l Technology Challenge liaison, brought Approve change to Bylaw 2.1 NMISC. and technical committee elections. 2012—Bordeaux; 2013—UK; 2014— us up-to-date on the Haiti rural (see full Bylaws under Technical This did not work well and there has Paris (NSREC). Seventeen new IEEE electricity project. Their new home is the Committee reports). Kept the wrong thing been a request to split the elections. members were recruited. Glad to see you! Community Solutions Initiative program l The biggest delay is in getting candidates It was moved, seconded and passed that (CSI) of the IEEE Power and Energy Women in Engineering has held events A madman is not someone who to submit material in a timely way. AdCom accept the NPSS Constitution Change of address for Roland Jacob. Society. The plan is to build three trailers at NSS/MIC, Pulsed Power in 2007, and and Bylaws as presented by the has lost his reason. A madman is Peter Clout, Communications chair, with six 265 W solar panels each, 40 PAC in 2009 with another event planned My new address in the Rehalp Constitution and Bylaws Committee. someone who has lost everything would like good photos from Women in batteries for home use (to power LED for 2011. The focus remains on students Cemetery, plot no. 4276. I look l but his reason. Engineering events to use in our brochure. lights, charge cell phones, etc.) and trailer and academia. The IEEE Community Solutions forward to your visit. If you have any, send them to clout@ storage batteries as a proof of concept test. Initiative (CSI), on behalf of its Sirona G.K. Chesterton Ron Jaszczak, our liaison to the TMI Death notice in Tages-Anzeiger vista-controls.com. If you see gaps in our Initial money was received from the IEEE Cares Foundation local entrepreneur Steering committee, reports that TMI publicity literature, please let either Peter Foundation and from PES. The plan is partnership, moves that NPSS grant a remains ranked first among 94 journals or me know. to develop entrepreneurial businesses seed funding donation of $75,000, the in Haiti to provide jobs in remote rural in the field. It has an impact factor of ~4, Our GOLD chair, Christoph Ilgner, current amount needed to complete areas, to allow kids and adults to read, sew, which is very high, and it rejects over 60% reported attendance of ~50-60 at the the Pilot 1 program of deploying three study at night. The next phase will be a of manuscripts received. At the journal NSS/MIC event. This provides an stations at three locations in Haiti. larger number of units, with an increased review a concern expressed was the tenure opportunity for new grads to meet number of entrepreneurs to operate them. of associate editors who are appointed by AdCom will meet at the Marriott seasoned professionals and develop The final phase, based on success of the Editor-in-Chief. Marquis Hotel in New York on March networking contacts. Newly recruited th th phases 1 and 2, will be for large infusions 25 for a retreat and on March 26 for members were also invited. There will be AdCom Actions of capital from social venture capital firms, l its first meeting of the year. a GOLD event at the PAC meeting in AdCom will, subject to executed to bring electricity to about a million Albe Larsen, NPSS Secretary and Newsletter New York. Does your community sponsor MOUs, technically cosponsor the Haitians in five years and to develop Editor, can be reached at SLAC National a GOLD event? Perhaps you could offer 2012 Technology of Fusion Energy manufacturing and assembly facilities Accelerator Laboratory, MS17, 2575 Sand your help to your conference chair to conference (TOFE) sponsored by the in Haiti to provide well-paying jobs. Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone organize an event for your community’s ANS Fusion Energy Division. See AdCom actions below for NPSS’s +1 650 926-2748; Fax: +1 650 926-3570; GOLD members. Contact Christoph l commitment to this work. for guidance([email protected]). NPSS will sponsor the Symposium on E-mail: [email protected]. Radiation Measurement Applications The Transnational Committee under Peter Clout, the ICALEPCS liaison, Jean-Luc Leray and the transnational reports no change in status of our liaison, Patrick LeDû, have been updating relationship. We will continue to The Good Scientist their web pages. Jean-Luc has added technically cosponsor this conference members from Brazil and Korea to the Dedicated to those scientists who tirelessly labor, often in obscurity, to advance under the new IEEE guidelines for science and to serve humanity Transnational Committee. Jean-Luc is technically cosponsored conferences. also working with others to provide a He labored tirelessly in his laboratory Eager to pursue the suspenseful enterprise list of NPSS members in Regions 8-10. The Sensors Council continues to hold Part of our problem today Night or day made no difference The assistant changes the device frequency When meetings are held in these regions its annual AdCom meeting in conflict People pay money for the pleasure of there are many more attendees from these with ours. The Council is on the IEEE One track mind is his story Something suddenly happens and they watch list, but has had improved financial get excited escaping reality, not the privilege of countries. This is also true for technically Scientif ic truth is his reference cosponsored conferences. performance in 2009 and 2010. Their Looking intensely on his contraption The assistant as giddy as a fair‐bound kid confronting it. Sensors Journal is successful, publishing The scientist, after drawing the results on The nuclear power initiative continues about 2000 pages a year, with a 60% paper No one knows what he is thinking Nicholas Fraser and we have technically cosponsored a a grid rejection rate. Our relationship with the His assistant waiting for a reaction Mounir Laroussi number of conferences including NPIC Sensors Council will be discussed more Smiles and says, “A new method has just Even he does not have the slightest inkling & HMIT in 2009 and 2010, ANIMMA in future. been created” in 2009 and again in 2011, and have seen The scientist eyes light up with surprise relevant papers at NSS and at the Real- RADECS met in Langenfeld, Austria in — Mounir Laroussi Time conference. September. There were 287 participants He gestures to his assistant with urgency

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Bob is a Fellow of the IEEE, has work in ultra high magnetic fields. He New AdCom Officers and Members been elected an Academician in begins a term as President of the IEEE the International Academy of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society in Robert E. Reinovsky generations of the world-class SHIVA Informatization, and has been awarded January 2011. President family of high-current, low-impedance the IEEE NPSS Peter Haas Award for Bob Reinovsky, NPSS President, can pulsed-power systems, and for developing Robert E. Reinovsky is Program work in pulsed-power technology, the be reached at the Los Alamos National and demonstrating world-record, fuse- Manager for Primary Assessment Sakharov Medal for work in international Laboratory, PAT Program Office, MS T087, opening switches using these systems. Technology at Los Alamos National cooperation by the All Russian Scientific Los Alamos, NM 87544; Phone: +1 505 Laboratory, where he is responsible for Techniques in ultra-high-current high- Research Institute of Experimental 667-8214; Fax: +1 505 665-2227; scientific and programmatic planning, explosive pulsed power developed in Physics, and the Pavlovski Prize for E-mail: [email protected]. organization and execution of research Los Alamos, starting in the 1950s, programs addressing the physics issues caught his imagination because they offer Bob Reinovsky and simulation methodologies for one access to even more exciting conditions IEEE NPSS President Janet L. Barth aspect of the nuclear weapons program. of high energy density. Bob joined the (LWS) Program and the LWS Program This work allows him to explore issues in Shock Wave Physics Group (M-6) at Vice President/President-elect Science Architecture Team. In 2001 she high explosive science; material behavior Los Alamos in 1986 to learn more about was selected as the Project Manager for Janet L. Barth is the Chief of the and properties under extreme conditions; applying these techniques to problems in the LWS’s Space Environment Testbed Electrical Engineering Division (EED) hydrodynamics including implosion national defense, plasmas and condensed and in 2002 to 2008, she was a branch at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center hydrodynamics and instabilities; nuclear matter; and to explore the engineering of manager in the EED. (GSFC) where she is responsible for the processes; and high energy density plasma compact pulsed power systems. Bob led delivery of spacecraft and instrument Barth is a Senior Member of the IEEE and radiation processes. the Shock Wave Physics Group at Los avionics to several of NASA’s science and is an elected member of the IEEE Alamos from 1990 to 1993 and then Previously, he focused on applications missions, including the James Webb Space Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society joined the Los Alamos High Energy of pulsed power to problems in Telescope, the Magnetospheric Multiscale Administrative Committee. She is actively Density Physics Program as Project hydrodynamics and material properties. (MMS) mission, the Global Precipitation involved with the IEEE Nuclear and Janet L. Barth Leader for the Athena Pulsed Power At the same time Bob harbors a career- Measurement (GPM) mission, the Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC), IEEE NPSS Vice President/ Project and then as Chief Scientist and long, and not always well-disguised, Hubble Space Telescope repair missions, teaching the Short Course in 1997 President-elect Deputy Program Manager. From 1998 fascination with the physics and the Solar Dynamics Observatory, Ice, and serving as the Guest Editor of the to 2006 he was the Program Manager engineering of pulsed power systems Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science for the Pulsed Power Hydrodynamics that offer such enormous potential for (ICESat), and the Lunar Reconnaissance from 1998-2000, the Technical Program Program which sponsors the development manipulating and investigating the Orbiter. She also oversees development of Chairwoman in 2001, and the General and construction of the Atlas system physical world in states ranging from microwave and communications systems Conference Chairwoman in 2006. She Who was he? and of the Atlas program of liner driven condensed matter to plasmas. and suborbital avionics systems for the is a regular participant in the European hydrodynamics experiments. Wallops Flight Facility. Radiation and its Effects on Components He has experience enough in Bob received his Master’s degree in The end of the Cold War and the and Systems (RADECS) Conference public affairs to make him a Electrical Engineering in 1971 and his She began her NASA GSFC career as dissolution of the Soviet Union in and has served as a session cochair, Ph.D. in 1973, both, from Rensselaer a coop student in the area of radiation statesman, and not enough to 1991 raised significant issues about the the NSREC liaison to the RADECS Polytechnic Institute in the Electrophysics environments and effects research. make him a politician. stability of the Russian nuclear weapons Conference Technical Committee in Department where his dissertation work She became a lead radiation hardness laboratories and about the future of 2001, and a Short Course instructor at James Russell Lowell focused on ion-beam diagnostics for assurance engineer for NASA flight the world-class scientific staff of those the 2009 RADECS Conference. magnetically confined fusion plasmas. projects and supported the Electronic institutions. Bob, along with a few Parts and Packaging (NEPP) Program Janet Barth, NPSS Vice President, can From 1974–1986, Bob worked at the Los Alamos colleagues, established an which focuses on the electronic parts be reached at NASA Goddard Space Air Force Weapons Laboratory (now active program of unclassified, basic, joint reliability for space programs. She was Flight Center, Code 560, Electrical the AF Research Laboratory) in the scientific work with these outstanding a member of the team that developed Engineering Division, 8800 Greenbelt areas of plasma and pulsed-power physics. scientists. These efforts, starting in 1992, NASA’s systems engineering approach to Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771; Phone At the AFWL, his principal interests and continuing to the present, have grown radiation hardness assurance for emerging +1 301 286-5118; Fax: +1 301 220-3118; were high-density plasma z-pinch into a vigorous DOE program of joint technologies. Starting in 1999, she was a E-mail: [email protected]. implosions, radiation processes, plasma activities in the areas of pulsed power, member of the preformulation/proposal diagnostics, and pulsed-power physics. material dynamics, and computational team for NASA’s Living With a Star (continued on page 20) Bob was programmatically responsible mathematics for the mutual benefit of for developing and building four both nations.

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(continued from page 19) MCA development at ORTEC. He also since 1994, including twice as its Vice- a number of state, local, and university Ronald M. Keyser developed the image analysis software Chair and now as its Chair. He maintains advisory committees. for the ECAT PET medical scanner the comprehensive NPSS Directory Treasurer in cooperation with the Washington of Plasma Conferences and recently Brendan Godfrey, Chair of the Plasma Ronald Keyser is currently a Senior University PET Group. He has written established the PSAC blog. Over the Science and Applications TC can be reached Scientist at ORTEC, Advanced over 90 papers on these subjects. years he has helped to organize several at 4628 35th Street North, Arlington, VA Measurement Technology Inc., working He is a member of the American Physical plasma conferences and has served on 22207; Phone 703-536-5117; in the area of systems and analysis Society, American Nuclear Society, E-mail [email protected]. software for gamma and alpha spectra. INMM, Sigma Xi, a Fellow of IEEE, He received the Ph.D. from the past Chairman of IEEE-NPSS Standards University of Florida in 1970. His work Committee, past Chairman of IEEE- Alberto Del Guerra there was in experimental low-energy NPSS RISC, member of the NSS MIC international conference proceedings. Ron Keyser nuclear physics using a Van de Graaff organizing committees for 2003, and Nuclear Medical and Imaging He has been on review panels for General Chair accelerator. He also worked on software 2005 through 2013, General Chairman Sciences Elected Member several institutions in Italy, in Europe for data acquisition and reduction while of the 2010 NSS MIC RTSD, member of and overseas, and reviewer for many Alberto Del Guerra received the degree at the University of Florida. After leaving ANSI N42 (working group on Radiation scientific journals. in Physics in 1968 at University of the University, he worked at Computer Instrumentation Standards), and serves as Pisa; boursier in Physics (1968-71) He has chaired the Scientific Committee Science Corporation developing software a US technical representative to Technical at University of Pisa; researcher at of EFOMP (European Federation of for use in scientific satellites. Since 1972, Committee 45 of the IEC. INFN (1971-72) INFN Branch of Pisa Organisations for Medical Physics) he has been at ORTEC working on a Ron Keyser, IEEE NPSS Treasurer, can and Lecturer in Physics (1972-75) at (1998-2001), and been Vice-President number of projects related to spectrum be reached at ORTEC, 801 South Illinois University of Pisa; Assistant Professor (2002), President (2003-2005), Past reduction and computer-related avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37831; Phone: (with tenure) in Physics in 1975 and President (2006) and Honorary Member Alberto Del Guerra equipment. He was involved in CAMAC +1 865 483-2146; Fax: +1 865 481-2438; Associate Professor in Physics in 1982 (since 2008). He has been the Physics Nuclear Medical and Imaging products and the early computer-based E-mail: [email protected] at University of Pisa; Fulbright Scholar representative with ECR and with Sciences Elected Member at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1981– EANM for many years. He has been 1982); Full Professor in Physics in 1987 Editor in Chief of the journal Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Brendan B. Godfrey at University of Napoli “Federico II” Weapons Laboratory, both at Kirtland and Full Professor in Medical Physics Physics (1988-2008), and Honorary Editor Plasma Science and Applications Chair AFB, New Mexico. Before that, he was in 1991 at University of Ferrara. since 2009. Vice President and Regional Manager Brendan Godfrey is a half-time consultant of Mission Research Corporation, Since 1998 Alberto has been Full He joined IEEE in 1987 and is a Senior to the DOD Directorate of Defense Intense Particle Beam Group Leader at Professor in Medical Physics, Head Member. He was Guest Editor for the Research and Engineering, on loan from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and and Director of the Specialty School in 1996 IEEE NSS/MIC in Anaheim; the University of Maryland, which he a plasma scientist at Kirtland Air Force Medical Physics and Research Group NSS chair for the 1999 IEEE NSS/ joined as a Senior Research Scientist Base. His personal research centered on leader of the Functional Imaging and MIC in Seattle, General Chair of the in March 2010. He retired from the computational plasma physics, intense Instrumentation Group at the Department 2004 IEEE NSS/MIC in Rome (Italy) Air Force earlier in 2010, after almost microwave sources, and particle beam of Physics, University of Pisa. and MIC Chair for the 2011 IEEE 21 years as an executive manager of its acceleration and propagation. He is NSS/MIC in Valencia (Spain) He was research programs. His assignments His research activity is in the field of Brendan B. Godfrey a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical a member of the RISC and NMISC Plasma Science and Applications Chair included, most recently, Director of the Medical Physics, and particularly in and Electronics Engineers and of the committees. He is member of the CIP, Air Force Office of Scientific Research in medical imaging for radiology and American Physical Society. He also is a TNC and Oversight Committees. Arlington, Virginia; preceded by Deputy nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. th three-time recipient of the Meritorious Director of the 311 Human Systems He has been Principal Investigator for Alberto Del Guerra can be reached at Executive Presidential Rank Award, Wing at Brooks City-Base, Texas; many research projects funded by Italian the Specialty School in Medical Physics, as well as other federal recognitions. Director of Plans and Program at the Air Research Agencies and by the Italian Department of Physics “E.Fermi,” University He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton Force Research Laboratory at Wright- Ministry of University and Research. His of Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127, University and a B.S. from the University Patterson AFB, Ohio; Director of the group has participated in many research Pisa, Italy; Phone: +39 050 2214942; of Minnesota. Armstrong Laboratory at Brooks AFB, projects funded by the EU within the Fax: +39 050 2214333; E-mail: Alberto. Texas; Director of Advanced Weapons Brendan has been a member of the FP6 and FP7 programs. He is author or [email protected]. and Survivability at Phillips Laboratory; IEEE since 1976, and has served on coauthor of over 200 journal articles and and Chief Scientist of the Air Force the PSAC ExCom almost continuously of another 200+ papers in national and (continued on page 22)

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(continued from page 21) Chair, Organizing Committee, and short courses on various topics in the Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions Edward J. Lampo Site Selection. Since 1992 he has been radiation effects area. He was awarded on Nuclear Science, 2006 Short Course NPSS Treasurer and an AdCom member. the 2004 Early Achievement Award Chairman, 2004 Finance Chairman, 2002 Radiation Instrumentation He served on the Technical Activities from IEEE/NPSS, 2000 Outstanding Poster Session Chairman, Short Course Elected Member Board (TAB) Finance and Society Review Young Alumni Award from Clemson Instructor for 2008 and 2000, as well as Edward J. Lampo (S’62-M’71-LSrM’10) Committees. He is a charter member and University, and NASA Best of the Best NSREC (1999) and RADECS (2007) received the B.S. (1963) and M.S. officer of an IEEE-NPSS chapter in the Team Achievement Award in 2003 and Single Event Effects Session Chairperson. (1968) in Electronics Engineering and San Francisco Bay Area. Outstanding Conference Paper Awards at the 2007 and 2010 Nuclear and Space Robert A. Reed can be reached at Computer Science from the University NPSS serves a vital role as steward of Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC). Vanderbilt University, EECS/ISDE, of California at Berkeley. He was Staff professional standards for a niche that Robert has been active in the NSREC 1025 16th Ave., Suite 200, Nashville, TN Scientist—Electronics Engineer (1963- otherwise might not be represented. It community since 1992, serving as 2011 37212; Phone: 615-473-3462; E-mail: 2004) at the University of California, takes the breadth and flexibility of an Technical Program Chairman, 2009-2010 [email protected], Edward J. Lampo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory “NSS” to cover the diverse research of the Radiation Instrumentation (LBNL). Ed worked primarily on Elected Member national and international labs. Moreover, radiation detector systems and the design the NSS/MIC conference issues of IEEE of low-noise front ends. His career at Transactions on Nuclear Science (T-NS) Robert Zwaska LBNL included assignments as Physics provide peer reviewed archival publication a persistent collection of electrons within Division systems group leader, head of of especially noteworthy presentations. Particle Accelerator Science and the vacuum of an accelerator that have Electronics Department instrumentation It is by just such publication that T-NS Technology Elected Member the potential to limit the performance and technical support, project engineer of high-intensity machines. High-power is recognized as having one of the highest Robert Zwaska is a Peoples Fellow at for the first time-projection chamber of number of citations and longest shelf targetry and beam design are evolving a SLAC/LBL collaboration, developer of the Fermilab Accelerator Physics Center. areas of producing the ideal materials for retention time of all publications in its He was granted a B.S. from the University biomedical electronics, and group leader field of interest. It is important that these conversion of proton beams into useful for environmental instrumentation. of Notre Dame in Physics, and a Ph.D. secondaries (neutrinos, muons, neutrons, high standards are maintained. To do from the University of Texas at Austin so requires planning and coordination etc.); these combine the aspects of IEEE involvements are centered on the in High Energy Physics. His general area particle production with the engineering Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society for the financial as well as the technical of research is in the production of high- success of our meetings and publications. of materials that can survive the (NPSS). It all began with the Nuclear intensity proton and neutrino beams. thermomechanical shock and radiation Robert Zwaska Science Symposium (NSS). In 1987, after I am honored to represent the Radiation Particle Accelerator Science and At Texas, his work was split between damage from the beam. many years of attending the NSS, Ed took Instrumentation community as an Technology Elected Member the development of high flux ionization on responsibility for Local Arrangements AdCom member and will serve in the At Fermilab he convened an Electron chamber detectors and longitudinal and has continued in various capacities best interest of all NPSS members. Cloud Working Group and an LBNE manipulation of proton beams in ever since; General Chairman, Session Ed Lampo can be reached by phone at +1 925 (Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment) the Fermilab Booster accelerator. Leader, Travel Coordinator, Arrangements 930-7328 or by E-mail at [email protected]. Beam Simulation Working Group. He The ionization chambers he developed serves as subproject manager on the were installed into the NuMI neutrino NOvA Project for Beam Physics, and beam at Fermilab to measure the on the LBNE project for Targetry. He Robert A. Reed remaining hadron beam after conversion is a member of the MINOS, NOvA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, to neutrinos, and additionally the Radiation Effects Elected Member where he supported NASA space flight and LBNE neutrino experiments; he muons that are produced concomitantly participates in the Project X accelerator and research programs. His radiation Robert A. Reed (S’93, M’94, SM’10) with the neutrinos. The longitudinal design. He has also served as the secretary effects research activities include is an Associate Professor of Electrical manipulation of the Booster beam was for the Prairie Section of the American topics such as single event effects and Engineering at Vanderbilt University. a fast measurement and feedback system Physical Society. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees displacement damage basic mechanisms to synchronize the beam in the Booster and on-orbit performance analysis and with that in the Main Injector. in Physics from Clemson University Bob Zwaska can be reached at Fermi prediction techniques. He has authored in 1993 and 1994. After completion of His present topics of research are the National Accelerator Laboratory, over 130 journal papers (more than his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoctoral Electron Cloud instability, high-power PO Box 500, MS 220, Batavia, 1170 citations, and several outstanding fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory targetry, neutrino beam design, and beam IL 60510; Phone: + 1 630 840-6842; Robert A. Reed and later worked for Hughes Space paper awards for the IEEE Nuclear and stacking. The Electron Cloud instability is E-mail: [email protected]. Radiation Effects Elected Member and Communication. From 1997 to Space Radiation Effects Conference, 2004, Robert was a research physicist at NSREC), two book chapters, and three

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Yongzhi Yin, S.H. Maramraju, Junguo Central within one year of publication. Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Bian, Xiaoli Li, A. Fieselmann, Xiaolan Unfortunately, PSPB decided that they Wang, K. Little and S. Pedemonte. will not submit the articles from IEEE reetings! As 2011 begins and I courses. Finally, there was a plenary The winners of the student paper awards journals for the authors. Instead each G complete my first year as Chair of session with two very interesting talks, were Rony Wiener for “Signal Analysis author will be responsible for submitting NMISTC, I would to thank the Chairs one by Dr. Greg Sorensen (MGH) on for Improved Timing Resolution with his/her article to NIH. However, IEEE of the Nuclear Medical and Imaging MR/PET research and the other by Dr. Scintillation Detectors for TOF PET staff has been asked to implement a Need both Sciences Council’s subcommittees for all Anthony Campbell (Cardiff University) Imaging” and Chih-Chieh Liu for “The process for sending an e-mail with the the work they have volunteered over the on “Life That Sparkles.” In addition to Observation and Correction of Positron appropriate version of the article to the The error of youth is to believe last year to serve our technical community. his plenary session talk, Dr. Campbell Range for PET-Insert Scanner.” Runners- author for his/her submission. that intelligence is a substitute for George Kontaxakis (Secretary and Chair was the MIC banquet speaker and spoke up for the awards were Wenting Deng for In the last bit of news, there was a of the Nominations Subcommittee), Anna on “The Inspiration of Darwin.” “Fast Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic experience, while the error of age proposed change to NMISTC Bylaw 2.1 Celler (Chair of the Awards/Fellows Imaging Using Echo-Time Optimization” is to believe that experience is a Robert Miyaoka The annual MIC meeting is also a time to make the NMISTC bylaw consistent NMIS Technical Committee Chair Subcommittee) and Raymond Muzic, Jr. and Jean-Baptiste Michaud for “Results substitute for intelligence. when we get to honor the excellence of with the IEEE TAB Operations Manual (Chair of the Communications [Web] from Neural Networks for Recovery of our peers. This year’s Hoffman Medical that states “The number of candidates on Lyman Bryson Subcommittee) have done an outstanding PET Triple Coincidences.” job taking minutes of meetings, getting Imaging Scientist Award winner was a slate for Society Officer, AdCom and In other news, election results for the nominations for the NMISC council, Dr. Richard Leahy “for significant BoD elections shall be no less than one Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences making arrangements for our annual and sustained contributions to inverse and a half times the number of vacant Council are complete and I would like NMISC meeting, getting nominations for problems in medical imaging and positions. In the event that this cannot to congratulate Adam Alessio, Freek our Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist for dedication to graduate training.” be reasonably accommodated, the Vice Beekman, Jennifer Huber, Jinhun Joung, and Hasegawa Young Investigator This year’s Hasegawa Young Investigator President, Technical Activities may at and Andrew Reader for their election Medical Imaging Science Awards, getting Medical Imaging Science Award his/her discretion allow a smaller slate.” to the council and thank them for their nominations for IEEE Fellows, updating winner was Xin He “for contributions Previous wording of NMISTC Bylaw willingness to serve our membership. our web site, etc. Again, thank you for all to evaluation of image quality for 3-class 2.1 was “The Chairperson of the NMISC tasks.” Congratulations Richard and Their three-year terms started January is responsible for ensuring that at least your efforts this past year. st Xin. For more details about each of 1 , 2011. I would also like to congratulate one nomination is made for each vacant In a recap of the 2010 IEEE NSS/MIC the NMISTC award winners please see Alberto Del Guerra who was elected post. Nominations may be made by any held in Knoxville, Tennessee, we had the Awards section in this newsletter. as one of our AdCom representatives. member of the NMISC or any member an outstanding meeting led by General Also if you know someone who would This is for a four-year term. If you have in good standing of the Committee. Chair Ron Keyser, MIC Program Chair make a good recipient of either of these a desire to serve on the NMISC or know Self nominations are allowed.” It has David Townsend, and MIC Deputy Chair awards please take the effort to nominate of someone that you think would make been changed to “The Chairperson of Charles Watson. Between the NSS and them (deadline for nominations is 15 a good council member contact George the NMISC is responsible for ensuring MIC, we had 1985 attendees. In addition, July). Information about the NMISTC Kontaxakis, Secretary and Chair of that the number of nominations is no Are you scared too? we had attendees from 42 different awards and additional NPSS level awards the Nominations Subcommittee, at less than one and a half times the number The peril of discovery countries making the IEEE NSS/MIC can be found on the NMISC web site [email protected]. Please note of vacant posts (e.g., a minimum of eight truly an international meeting. My definition of an expert in (http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/nmisc/ that self-nominations are accepted nominations is required for five open The reason for the sadness of this and encouraged. While the MIC scientific program was MICAwards.html). committee positions). Nominations may any field is a person who knows be made by any member of the NMISC modern age and the men who live enough about what’s really going excellent, I have to say the poster sessions It was also fitting with the conference As mentioned in previous newsletters in it is that it looks for the truth in were the highlight of the meeting for me. being held in Knoxville, Tennessee for there have been ongoing efforts to get or any member in good standing of on to be scared. It was great to have room to walk through us to recognize Dr. Ronald Nutt and IEEE Publication Services and Products the Committee. Self nominations are everything and finds it. allowed.” This amendment was voted on P.J. Plauger the aisles during the poster sessions and Dr. David Townsend as recipients of Board (PSPB) to implement automatic Edmond & Jules de Goncourt to be able to have small group discussions the first IEEE Medal for Innovations submission of IEEE TNS and TMI and approved by NMISC and AdCom. without feeling cramped. It was the in Healthcare Technology. Drs. Nutt Journal manuscripts to PubMed Central. The amended NMISTC Constitution best poster session experience that I can and Townsend won “for the design, The motivation to have IEEE PSPB and Bylaws is published in this newsletter. remember. In regards to the scientific commercial development, and clinical automatically submit articles from I know many individuals are looking program there were 98 (88 MIC and 10 implementation of hybrid PET/CT journals such as Transactions on Nuclear forward to the 2011 IEEE NSS/MIC Joint NSS/MIC) oral presentations and Scanners.” Congratulations Ron and Science (TNS) and Transactions on Medical meeting that will be held in Valencia, 440 poster presentations. Further, there David. I would also like to recognize Imaging (TMI) is that the NIH now Spain. David Townsend is the General were six short courses offered, a MR/PET this year’s NMISTC student paper award requires all papers resulting from NIH- workshop and three morning refresher finalists and winners. The finalists were funded research be submitted to PubMed (continued on page 26)

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(continued from page 25) Korea. Hee-Joung Kim is the General Chair for the meeting and Jae Sung Lee Constitution and Bylaws of the Nuclear Medical Chair, Alberto Del Guerra will serve as is the MIC Chair. The meeting will be MIC Chair and Juan José Vaquero will held at the Coex Convention Center and Imaging Sciences Technical Committee of serve as MIC Deputy Chair. Valencia is within the Coex Mall. This site will Spain’s third largest city, situated on the provide us with plenty of space to host the the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Fearful times eastern Mediterranean coast, with many meeting as well as offering many tourism cultural and recreational attractions. opportunities. The 2013 committee Article I—Name and Object e. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) (b) The Chairperson shall appoint a Secretary for The meeting will be held in the Valencia The desire of acquiring the met at this past year’s IEEE NSS/MIC Section 1. The organization shall be known as the f. Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) the NMISC. The Secretary need not be chosen Conference Center and the neighboring Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Technical from among the elected members at large. comforts of the world haunts the meeting and is making nice progress on g. Functional MRI (fMRI) Sorollo and Hilton Hotels. the event planning. In 2014, the IEEE Committee of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Section 4. Sciences Society (NPSS), hereafter referred to h. X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) imagination of the poor, and the In 2012, the IEEE NSS/MIC meeting NSS/MIC meeting will be held in Seattle, (a) On alternate years a Vice-Chairperson (who as the Committee. i. Digital Radiography (DR) dread of losing them that of the rich. will be held in Anaheim, California. Tom Washington. Tony Lavietes is the General shall be the Chairperson elect) is elected by the Lewellen is the General Chair, Vesna Chair for the meeting. The meeting Section 2. The Committee shall strive for the j. Related imaging systems and devices voting members of the NMISC from the eligible Alexis de Tocqueville advancement of theories and applications of members-at-large of the NMISC. The term of will be held in the Washington State 5) Modeling and simulation of imaging detectors, Sossi will serve as MIC Chair and Alex Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences and of office for the Vice-Chairperson shall be two years devices, systems, and processes Converse will serve as MIC Deputy Convention Center located in downtown its allied arts and sciences and maintenance of as Vice-Chairperson, followed by two years as Chair. The meeting will be held at the Seattle. There will be a nice price range of high scientific and technical standards among 6) Image analysis techniques Chairperson, and two years as the Most Recent Disneyland Hotel. Along with having hotels (e.g., $92 to $185 per night) within its members. 7) Image reconstruction algorithms Past Chairperson. walking distance of the convention center excellent facilities to host the meeting, Section 3. The Committee shall aid in promoting 8) Quantitative imaging methods (b) Only those members-at-large having one the Disneyland Hotel will be undergoing for attendees to select from. close cooperation and exchange of technical year or more of their term as elected member- Article III—Membership a major renovation that will be complete information among its members and to this end at-large remaining shall be eligible for election Robert Miyaoka can be reached at the for the 2012 meeting. The full committee shall hold meetings for the presentation and Section 1. Members of the Committee are as Vice-Chairperson. In the event that a University of Washington, Department members of the IEEE NPSS having an interest Vice- Chairperson is elected to take office at has been formed and an on-site planning discussion of original contributions, shall assist of Radiology, Box 357987, Seattle, WA, in the publication of the Transactions on Nuclear in Nuclear Medical Imaging. the beginning of the second or third year of meeting is scheduled for March 2011. 98195-7987 USA; Phone: +1 206-543- Science (TNS) and other IEEE publications that Section 2. Affiliates may participate in the their term as member-at-large, said term shall In 2013, the IEEE NSS/MIC meeting 2084; Fax: +1 206-543-8356; E-mail: the committee shall deem appropriate, and shall activities of the Society as provided by the IEEE automatically extend until he vacates the office of Most Recent Past Chairperson. During this otherwise provide for the needs of its members. Bylaws and subject to the applicable IEEE rules will be held in Asia for the first time. [email protected]. extension, that individual shall be considered and regulations and to any additional limitations Host city for the meeting will be Seoul, Article II—Field of Interest an ex officio member with voting rights. imposed by the Society Bylaws. Section 1. The field of interest of the No individual may serve two successive terms Committee is Nuclear Medical and Imaging Article IV—Administration as Vice-Chairperson or two successive terms Sciences, and their related technologies and Section 1. The Committee shall be managed by a as Chairperson. applications. It shall foster publication or other Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Council (c) In the event that neither the Chairperson JOIN the Nuclear & dissemination of original contributions to the (NMISC) consisting of elected members-at- or the Vice-Chairperson is able to take office theories, experiments, educational methods and large, plus certain ex-officio members as specified as prescribed in the Bylaws, or if both are applications of Nuclear Medical and Imaging herein and in the Bylaws. The number of elected incapacitated or if both offices become vacant, Never the twain shall meet Plasma Sciences Society Sciences. Areas of technical activity will include, members-at-large shall be 15 members. the NMISC shall promptly elect an Acting but not be limited to the following: Chairperson from among the members-at-large Section 2. The terms of office of the elected People working together utilizing science, to assume the duties of Chairperson until either The first half of life consists of Section 2. members-at-large shall be three years. Members- a Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson takes office expanding the industry, furthering careers at-large elected to a full term may not succeed the capacity to enjoy without the 1) Radiation sources (including synchrotron or resumes their duties. chance, the last half consists of the radiation) themselves, and at least one year must elapse before an individual may be re-elected to the (d) The Vice-Chairperson will, except under www.ieee-npss.org 2) Detectors used for imaging and radiotherapy chance without the capacity. NMISC. Election of members-at-large shall be circumstances deemed unusual by a majority of 3) Radiation standards and radiation monitoring held annually to fill vacancies for the coming year. the voting members of NMISC, become the sole Mark Twain nominee for the succeeding Chairperson election. for biomedical instrumentation and personnel The terms of office of the ex-officio members 4) Theory, physics and instrumentation of shall be specified in the Bylaws. Section 5. The Chairperson shall be an ex-officio medical imaging modalities including, but not Section 3. member of all Subcommittees of the NMISC. restricted to: (a) The affairs of the Committee shall be Section 6. The Chairperson, as soon as a. Planar Nuclear Medicine (NM) managed by a Chairperson, as directed by the expedient after their election, shall appoint the b. Single Photon Emission Computed NMISC and in accordance with the powers and Chairpersons of the Subcommittees provided for Tomography (SPECT) duties as defined thereunder and in the Bylaws. in the Bylaws. In the event of the Chairperson’s absence or c. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) incapacity, his/her duties shall be performed by d. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) a Vice-Chairperson. (continued on page 28)

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(continued from page 27) unless 20 Committee members object within 90 NMISC and such other ex-officio members as must have submitted applications for membership RISC and NMISC. The Chairperson of the before the annual meeting, and also inform them days of the date of mailing of the notice. If such are provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws at the time the nominations are forwarded to Oversight Subcommittee must be a member of the procedure for casting a ballot if they are Article V—Nominations and Election objections are received, a copy of the proposed of the NPSS. IEEE Headquarters. of either the RITC or the NMISTC. The unable to attend the NMISC annual meeting. of NMISC Members-at-Large amendment shall be mailed with a ballot to all The vote will occur during the annual meeting 1.1. The voting members of the NMISC 2.6. The Secretary shall annually arrange for the Chairperson of the Oversight Subcommittee members of the Committee at least 30 days Section 1. Nominating procedures shall be distribution to the members of the Committee on shall appoint the committee’s membership, of the NMISC. If there is only one candidate, before the date set for the return of the ballots; shall be the elected members-at-large, the as prescribed in the Bylaws and shall include subject to the approval of the Joint Executive then that candidate will be elected at the the ballots shall carry a statement of the deadline Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and Most or about July 31, a ballot to elect the candidates provision for nomination by NMISTC members. Recent Past Chairperson. to fill vacancies on the NMISC. The ballot shall Subcommittee. The charge of the Oversight Annual Meeting by those NMISC members in for their return to the IEEE office. When a mail Subcommittee shall be to provide for the attendance. If there is more than one candidate, Section 2. Election of the members-at-large of be accompanied by a short biographical sketch of vote of the entire Committee membership is 1.2. The NMISC shall meet at least once per continuation and long term planning of the a secret ballot will be taken during the annual the NMISC shall be as prescribed in the Bylaws. made necessary, approval of the amendment by each nominee with an indication of their Nuclear year, upon dates determined by the Chairperson NSS/MIC conference, including the selection meeting and the Chairperson shall designate at least two-thirds of the ballots returned shall Medical and Imaging Science activities and Section 3. If a member of the NMISC does not at least three weeks in advance of the meeting. of the sites and General Chairpersons of future tellers to immediately count the ballots. Voting be necessary for its enactment. former or present IEEE activities. complete their term, the NMISC Chairperson Additional meetings may be called at the conferences. The General Chair of a given NMISC members-at-large who are not attending shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired Section 2. As an alternative to the procedure discretion of the Chairperson or upon request 2.7. Sixty days after distribution of the ballots, year’s conference shall, in consultation with the the annual meeting of the NMISC may submit a portion of the term. When an NMISC member outlined in Section 1 above, 10 members of the of at least eight voting members of the NMISC the IEEE Headquarters shall count and tabulate Oversight Subcommittee, the RISC and the ballot by notifying the NMISC Secretary of their is appointed for a partial term, that person is Committee may submit a petition to the AdCom with at least three weeks notice. the votes received and report the results to NMISC, also select the NSS Program Chair and choice. The results of the vote shall be announced eligible to run for the next full-term election of the NPSS. If approved by the NPSS AdCom 1.3. The last regularly scheduled meeting in the the NMISC. MIC Program Chair for that year’s conference. and the nominee receiving a majority of votes to the same position. and after notification of the NMISC, the calendar year shall be considered the Annual 2.8. The NMISC shall submit to the Secretary The term of office of the Chairperson of the cast shall be declared elected. In the event that proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Meeting of the NMISC. of the NPSS AdCom the names of the Oversight Subcommittee shall be one year, but no candidate receives a majority of votes cast, Article VI—Meetings membership by mail ballot as described above. the Chairperson may be re-appointed to the runoff elections shall be conducted by secret 1.4. The Annual Meeting of the NMISC will be candidates with the largest number of votes to Section 1. The Committee may hold meetings, same position. ballot at the Annual meeting of NMISC among Section 3. Committee Bylaws, and amendments open to all Committee members. fill the designated vacancies. conferences, symposia or conventions either the candidates receiving the two highest number thereto, may be adopted by two-thirds vote of 4. Ballots: All ballots, whether for purposes of alone or in cooperation with other organizations 2. Nomination and Election of NMISC 3. Functional Committees: The Chairperson of of votes until one candidate receives a majority the NMISC, provided that notice of the proposed election or changes in the Constitution, shall be subject to applicable IEEE and NPSS rules Members: Articles IV & V of the Constitution the Committee, in concurrence with the NMISC, of the votes cast. For these runoff elections, only Bylaw or amendment has been sent to each issued to the voting members by the Secretary and regulations. specify the number of NMISC members-at-large, shall appoint the Chairpersons of the following those NMISC members in attendance may cast member of the NMISC at least a week prior to pursuant to action by the NMISC. No ballot as well as the term length and restrictions. One Functional Subcommittees: a vote. Section 2. Eight voting members of the NMISC such meeting. Alternatively, a Committee Bylaw shall be counted unless unambiguously marked third of the NMISC members-at-large posts are shall constitute a quorum. No member shall have or amendment may be adopted by a two-thirds —A Fellows and Awards Subcommittee. by a qualified voter to indicate their choice, 7. Records: The secretary shall maintain a to be filled each year by election of the general more than one vote by reason of multiple offices mail vote of the members of the NMISC, —Other Subcommittees as shall be required for and sent in a sealed envelope bearing the voter’s permanent record of all non-routine motions membership of the Committee. or Committee responsibilities. provided a 30-day period is provided for such the operation of the Committee. name on or before the specified deadline date. passed by the NMISC, written minutes of the responses. In either event, the proposed Bylaw 2.1. The Chairperson of the NMISC is Section 3. A majority of the legal votes cast 3.1. The term of office of a Chairperson of a This specified deadline date shall be at least thirty Annual Meeting of the NMISC, a roster of all or amendment shall be publicized in the NPSS responsible for ensuring that the number of by those members of the NMISC attending a Functional Subcommittee shall be one year, but days subsequent to the date of the mailing of NMISC members, and a membership roster TNS or TMI, and/or the NPSS Newsletter. No nominations is no less than one and a half times meeting shall be necessary for the conduct of a Functional Subcommittee Chairperson may be the ballots. The distribution and counting of the of all NMISC Subcommittees. The secretary Bylaw or amendment shall take effect until it has the number of vacant posts (e.g., a minimum its business except as otherwise provided in re-appointed to the same position. ballots shall be entrusted to IEEE Headquarters. must provide a tabulation of the most recent five this constitution. been approved by the AdCom of the NPSS. of eight nominations are required for five open The IEEE Headquarters will report the results years of motions and a copy of the NMISTC committee positions) . Nominations may be 3.2. The Chairpersons of Functional of the election to the Secretary of NMISC, in constitution and bylaws to each newly elected Section 4. Business of the NMISC may be Article VIII—Revision made by any member of the NMISC or any Subcommittees must be members of the NMISC. turn, shall report the results to the NMISC. member-at-large to the NMISC. handled by any written means which includes Section 1. The Chairperson of the NMISC member in good standing of the Committee. 3.3. The membership of the Functional (but is not limited to) correspondence, fax or shall appoint a five-person Subcommittee no 5. Beginning of Terms of Office: All terms 8. Alternates: Self nominations are allowed. Subcommittees shall be appointed by the e-mail if, in the opinion of the Chairperson, later than January 1, 2007, and every five years of office of elected Members-at-Large of the Chairperson of that Functional Subcommittee. 8.1 Members-at-Large: An elected Member- matters requiring prompt action can be hence to evaluate the effectiveness of this 2.2. The Individual making a nomination must NMISC shall begin January 1 of the year The membership and activities of the Functional at-Large may designate any member in good adequately handled in that manner. A majority Constitution and Bylaws, to study the rules determine in advance that the nominee is willing immediately following their election. Sub-Committees should be publicized to standing of the NMISTC to represent the of the voting members of NMISC is required of governance required by the activities of the to serve if elected. the membership of the Committee via the 6. Election of the Vice-Chairperson of Member-at-Large at the NMISC meeting. to take action in such a case. Such actions are Committee at that time, and to consider writing 2.3. If there are more nominations than posts NPSS Newsletter, and suggestions for NMISC: The Vice-Chairperson of NMISC The representative shall have the privilege to be promptly confirmed in writing by the a new Constitution and Bylaws appropriate to to be filled, those nominees receiving the Subcommittee membership should be invited shall be nominated and elected from among of the floor, but may not vote on any matters Chairperson to NMISC. the existing and anticipated needs of the NMISC. highest number of votes will be elected to the from Committee members. the eligible members-at-large of the NMISC. coming before the NMISC. vacant posts. Section 5. The NMISC shall meet as required Bylaws A minimum of one month before the annual 8.2 AdCom Representation: If the NMISC 3.4. Each of the Functional Subcommittees shall meeting of the NMISC, the NMISC Secretary to conduct business and in accordance with 1. NMISC: Article IV of the Constitution 2.4. The Chairperson of the NMISC shall assure, Chairperson is unable to represent the NMISC submit a written report of its activities to the will notify all current NMISC members of the the Bylaws. provides that the NMISC shall consist of a before April 1, that a call for nominations is at the NPSS AdCom, the Chairperson may NMISC prior to or at the Annual Meeting. upcoming election and solicit nominations (self- number of elected members-at-large plus certain conveyed to the whole membership. Additional designate the Vice-Chairperson or the Most Article VII—Amendments 3.5. The Nuclear Science Symposium and nominations are allowed). The nominations will ex-officio members. The ex-officio members nominations may be submitted to the nominating Recent Past Chairperson as his/her alternate. Section 1. Amendments to this Constitution Medical Imaging Conference Oversight be closed two weeks before the annual meeting of the NMISC shall be (unless they are already committee by July 1 by members of the This alternate has the privilege of the floor and may be initiated by petition submitted by a Subcommittee shall be a Joint Subcommittee of the NMISC, and the Chairperson of the elected members-at-large), the Chairpersons Committee or by members of the NMISC. may vote on all matters coming before AdCom. two-thirds vote of the NMISC, such petition of the RISC and NMISC. Its Chairperson shall NMISC is responsible for ensuring that at least of the Functional Sub- Committees, the Such nominations must include an expression being submitted to the AdCom of the NPSS be appointed by a Joint Executive Subcommittee one nomination for Vice-Chairperson is received Revised October 2010. Chairperson of the Radiation Instrumentation by the nominee of willingness to serve if elected. for approval. After such approval, the proposed of the RISC and NMISC consisting of the by this time. The Secretary of NMISC shall Technical Committee, the Secretary, the Editors 2.5. All nominees must be either members in amendment shall be publicized in the IEEE TNS current Chairpersons, the Most Recent Past announce to all voting NMISC members-at-large and Associate Editors of the IEEE TNS and any grade of IEEE and of the Nuclear Medical or Medical Imaging (TMI), and/or the NPSS Chairpersons, and Vice Chairpersons of the the identities of the candidates at least one week Newsletter, with notice that it goes into effect other publications as deemed appropriate by the and Imaging Science Technical Committee or

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her Ph.D. in Physics from Case Western Engineering, Tsinghua University in Plasma Science and Applications Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 2007-2009. in 1993 where she studied diamond PSAC Executive Committee professional interest in plasma science and diamond-like materials synthesis, Dr. Jiang’s research interest is in the areas Nominations Open and applications, and self-nominations characterization and mechanical of pulsed power technology, high power Nominations are requested to fill six are encouraged. Consistent with the properties with the Physics and Chemical microwave, intense particle beam, and positions on the Executive Committee growing international role of PSAC, we Engineering Departments. Dr. Heidger plasma application. He has authored (ExCom) of the Plasma Science and seek nominations of plasma scientists has 20 years of professional experience or coauthored more than 150 journal Applications Committee (PSAC), one and engineers from a diversity of nations. in physics, surface science, vacuum papers on these subjects. Dr. Jiang has of the eight Technical Committees of Please send nominations to Dr. Steven technology, material processing and coauthored two textbooks on plasma the NPSS. PSAC organizes the annual Gold, PSAC Secretary, at steven.gold@ synthesis and diamond technology, and pulsed power in Japanese and has International Conference on Plasma nrl.navy.mil with a copy to Brendan and 10 years’ experience in dielectrics, translated two technical books on pulsed power and high-power microwave Brendan Godfrey Science (ICOPS), and is managed by Godfrey, ExCom Chair, at brendan. nanotechnology, capacitor development Susan Heidger Plasma Science and Applications Chair an Executive Committee (ExCom) [email protected]. GOLD members and and high power switches. Her current from English to Chinese. Dr. Jiang has consisting principally of eighteen directly members living outside North America research efforts are focused on compact served as a member of International elected members who serve staggered are especially encouraged to apply. pulsed power and high-energy-density Advisory Committee of the International three-year terms. The ExCom also elects Current ExCom membership and other capacitors. She looks forward to working Conference on High-Power Particle the PSAC Chair. The ExCom meets information are provided at http://ewh. with the other members of the IEEE Beams (BEAMS) and has been a member twice a year, generally collocated with ieee.org/soc/nps/tc-psac.html. NPSS Pulsed Power Science and of International Organizers Committee of ICOPS and with the fall meeting of the the Euro-Asian Pulsed Power Conference Nominations may be submitted until July Technology Committee to benefit the APS Division of Plasma Physics. The (EAPPC) since 2006. He also served as 1 of this year. advancement of pulsed power science, next election will be held in the summer technology and applications. Dr. Heidger co-Guest-Editor for three IEEE Special of 2011 to fill terms beginning in January For further information contact PSAC Chair has been a technical committee member Issues on pulsed power and high-power 2012. Candidates must be IEEE-NPSS Brendan Godfrey or Steve Gold at the e-mail for the IMAPS High Temperature particle beams. members in good standing with a addresses above. Electronics since 2004 and the SAE Ravindra P. Joshi (M’83-SM’95-F’08) Power Systems Conference since 2006. received the B. Tech. and M. Tech. She is also a member of the American Weihua Jiang Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Physical Society and the Directed Energy Pulsed Power Science and Technology the Indian Institute of Technology in Professional Society. 1983, and 1985, respectively. He earned As with NPSS, the New Year brings Bryan will serve as the Chair of PPPS Weihua Jiang received his B.S. degree the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering changes in the terms of service for the 2013—a combined meeting of the in engineering physics from National from Arizona State University, Tempe, Pulsed Power Science and Technology International Conference on Plasma University of Defense Technology, in 1988. He was a Post-Doctoral fellow committee. It is an honor to take over Science, overseen by the Plasma Science Changsha, China in 1982 and M.S. at the Center of Solid State Electronics the Chairmanship of this committee and Applications Committee, and the degree in plasma physics from the Research, Arizona State University. from Professor Edl Schamiloglu who Pulsed Power Conference Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, In 1989, he joined the Department of has completed his term. The community China in 1985, respectively. He received Electrical and Computer Engineering, The New Year also saw the election of has benefited widely from his leadership his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering Old Dominion University as an Assistant new members to the committee. By way where he opened communication from Nagaoka University of Technology Professor. He is currently a University of introduction, I am presenting brief channels with a number of related in Nagaoka, Japan in 1991. Dr. Jiang Professor and Eminent Scholar. He is Jane M. Lehr biographies. Any member of the Pulsed Chair, Pulsed Power Science and organizations with common interests started working as a Research Associate involved in research broadly encompassing Power Science and Technology Technical Ravindra P. Joshi Technology Technical Committee and welcomed a new crop of volunteers in April 1991 in Department of Electrical modeling and simulations of charge Committee can be contacted from into PPST. Edl, however, will continue to Engineering, Nagaoka University of transport, nonequilibrium phenomena, information found on our website: http:// serve on the committee and has taken on Technology, where he was promoted to breakdown and high-field effects, and ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/tc-ppst.html the roles of Secretary as well as Chair of Lecturer in 1996, Associate Professor in bioelectrics. He also has used Monte the PPST Fellows Committee. We also Susan Heidger has been an IEEE 1998, and Professor in 2007, respectively. Carlo methods for simulations of high- thank David Price for his service on the member since 2004. She has worked He had also worked in the Department field transport in bulk and quantum well Committee. Bryan Oliver, the Technical for the Air Force Research Laboratory of Electrical and Computer Engineering, semiconductors. He is the author of over Program Chair for PPC 2011, has also (AFRL) since 1998, first in electrical Texas Tech University in 1998-1999 served his term but remains on the technology for propulsion and now in and in the Department of Electrical (continued on page 32) committee in an ex officio capacity. high power microwaves. She received

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(continued from page 31) Prof. Redondo is a member of the and systems, as well as semiconductor Hardness Assurance Portuguese Engineering Society (OE) processing technology and techniques Alan Tipton, APL 130 journal publications, and he has been and Nuclear Physics Research Center for producing radiation-tolerant devices a visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Photonic Devices and of Lisbon University (CFNUL) where and integrated circuits. The conference Laboratory, Philips Laboratory, Motorola Integrated Circuits he is the Scientific Coordinator of will be attended by engineers, scientists, and NASA Goddard. He has served as a Joe Srour, Aerospace Corp. the Instrumentation and Hyperfine and managers who are concerned Guest Editor for three Special Issues of Interactions Group. with radiation effects. International Radiation Effects in Devices and the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. participation in the conference is Integrated Circuits He is a Fellow of the IEEE. Mark Sinclair received B.Sc. from the strongly encouraged. Ron Lacoe, Aerospace Corp. Victoria University of Manchester, UK, Luis M. Redondo (M’06) was born in in 1990 and then went on to St Andrew’s Poster and Data Workshop chairs will be Single-Event Effects: Lisbon, Portugal in 1968. He received and Strathclyde Universities in Scotland Philippe Roche, ST Microelectronics, and Devices and Integrated Circuits the Bachelor’s degree in Power Systems to receive an M.Sc. in Laser Engineering Craig Hafer, Aeroflex Colorado Springs. Heather Quinn, LANL Luis M. Redondo and the Diploma degree in Electrical Teresa Farris and Pulsed Power Technology. In 1992 The Technical Session chairs are: Engineering from the Lisbon Superior Single-Event Effects: Radiation Effects Vice Chairperson he joined the Pulsed Power Group at Engineering Institute (ISEL), Portugal, Basic Mechanisms of Radiation Effects Mechanisms and Modeling of Publicity AWE. Initially he worked on the E in 1990 and 1992, respectively; the Ron Pease, RLP Research, Inc. Dave Heidel, IBM Minor machine moving on to Mogul E Master’s degree in Nuclear Physics which was optimized for radiography of Dosimetry Single-Event Effects: Transient from the Lisbon Science Faculty from dense objects. He then progressed on to Reno Harboe-Sorensen, ESA Jonathan Pellish, NASA/GSFC Lisbon University (FCUL), Portugal in machine design designing components 1996, and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Hardness by Design Space and Terrestrial Environments and upgrades for PIM, Eros, Mogul D Computer Engineering (Pulsed Power Ben Blalock, Univ. Tennessee Jim Adams,NASA/MSFC and EMU. Currently he is the technical Electronics) in 2004, from the Technical lead and Team Leader for Pulsed Superior Institute from Technical Lisbon Power at AWE overseeing a number Outstanding Papers at the 2010 NSREC University (IST-UTL), Portugal. of programs to develop fundamental He is currently Coordinator Professor knowledge and skills, to develop new 2010 NSREC Outstanding Conference Paper Award: at ISEL, teaching Power Electronics Mark Sinclair X-ray sources and to use Pulsed Power “Mechanisms and Temperature Dependence of Single Event Latchup Observed and Digital Systems, and Head of the for Hydrodynamic simulation. in a CMOS Readout Integrated Circuit from 16-300 K”, by C.J. Marshall, P.W. Automation and Electric Engineering Marshall, R.L. Ladbury, A. Waczynski, R. Arora,R.D. Fotlz, J.D. Cressler, D.M Kahle, Department of ISEL. His current Jane Lehr can be reached at Sandia National D. Chen, G.S. Delo, N.A. Dodds, J.A. Pellish, E. Kan, N. Boehm, R.A. Reed, and research interests include the development Laboratories, Exploratory Pulsed Power Because position K.A. LaBel indefensible? of new solid-state pulsed power systems Department, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque 2010 Outstanding Student Paper Award: for industrial applications, nuclear New Mexico, 87185-1152, US; Phone: +1 instrumentation and ion implantation. 505 844 8554; email: [email protected]. “Impact of Delta-Rays on Single Event-Upsets in Highly Scaled SOI SRAMS,” A liberal is a man too broad- by M.P. King, R.A. Reed, R.A. Weller, M.H. Mendenhall, R.D. Schrimpf, M.L. Alles, minded to take his own side E. Auden, S. Armstrong, and M. Asai in a quarrel. Nuclear and Space Radiation 2010 Outstanding Data Workshop Presentation Award: “Current Single Event Effects Compendium of Candidate Spacecraft Robert Frost Effects News Electronics for NASA”, by M.V. O’Bryan, K.A. LaBel, J.A. Pellish, D. Chen, J.M. Lauenstein, C.J. Marshall, R.L. Ladbury, T.R. Oldham, H.S. Kim, A.M. Phan, M.D. Berg, M.A. Carts, A.B. Sanders, S.P. Buchner, P.W. Marshall, M.A. Xapsos, he 2011 IEEE Nuclear and Space Short Course offered on July 25, a F. Irom, L.G. Pearce, E.T. Thomson, T.M. Bernard, H.W. Satterfield, A.P. Williams, T Radiation Effects Conference will Radiation Effects Data Workshop, N.W. van Vonno, J.F. Salzman, S. Burns, and R.S. Albarian be held July 25-29, 2011, in Las Vegas, and an Industrial Exhibit. Nevada, at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa. The conference will feature a Technical Program Chaired by Robert Dan Fleetwood, Chair of the Radiation Effects Technical Committee can be reached at Technical Program consisting of nine Reed, Vanderbilt University, papers to Vanderbilt University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, P.O. sessions of contributed papers (both be presented at this meeting will describe Box 92, Staion B, Nashville, TN 37235; Phone: +1 615 322-2771; Fax: +1 615 343-6702; oral and poster) that describe the the effects of space, terrestrial, or nuclear Daniel M. Fleetwood E-mail: [email protected]. Chair of the Radiation Effects latest observations and research results radiation on electronic or photonic Technical Committee in radiation effects, an up-to-date devices, circuits, sensors, materials Teresa Farris can be reached at [email protected].

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Awards Nominations for IEEE Medals Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Awards and Recognitions Richard Leahy Receives The Institute, a Fellow of the IEEE, and was he IEEE Awards Program provides innovations in engineering within Edward J. Hoffman Medical a General Chair of the 2004 IEEE ISBI Imaging Scientist Award T peer recognition to technical the fields of medicine, biology and and 2001 IPMI meetings. His research professionals whose exceptional healthcare technology. Richard Leahy received his Ph.D. from interests lie in the methodological aspects achievements and outstanding l IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, of image formation and analysis with contributions have made a lasting Medal, for outstanding achievements in England in 1985. He is a Professor of applications in molecular imaging and impact on technology, society, and signal processing. Electrical Engineering, Biomedical brain mapping. the engineering profession. l Engineering and Radiology at the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering, The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Bill Moses University of Southern California, Los Citation: For signif icant and sustained for outstanding contributions to Society members may be particularly NPSS Awards Committee Chair Angeles. Dr. Leahy is a former director contributions to inverse problems in the technology associated with the interested in the following IEEE Medals of the USC Signal and Image Processing medical imaging and for dedication to generation, transmission, distribution, and Recognitions, whose nomination graduate training. application and utilization of electric deadlines are 1 July 2011. The awards Richard Leahy power for the betterment of society. typically consist of a medal, certificate Edward Hoffman Medical Imaging l Scientist Award recipient and honorarium and are presented at the IEEE Service Awards distinguished IEEE Honors Ceremony. l IEEE Corporate Recognition Awards Xin He Receives Bruce l class ROC analysis, and initiated its IEEE Medal of Honor, for an l Hasegawa Young applications in areas including cardiac IEEE Honorary Membership Investigator Award exceptional contribution or an imaging, breast cancer computer-aided extraordinary career in the IEEE Awards presented by the IEEE Board of Dr. Xin He received her Ph.D. in diagnosis, as well as breast and ovarian fields of interest. Directors fall into several categories: The Biomedical Engineering from the cancer genetic counseling. In addition, l Medal of Honor, Medals, Technical Field IEEE Founders Medal, for outstanding University of North Carolina at Chapel she realized that the difficulties in solving Awards, Corporate Recognitions, Service contributions in the leadership, planning, Hill in 2005. When she was a third year the three-class problem were caused Awards, and Prize Papers. The IEEE and administration of affairs of great graduate student, she encountered the by the lack of understanding in binary also recognizes outstanding individuals value to the electrical and electronics problem of three-class ROC analysis. ROC analysis, which shifted her research through a special membership category: engineering profession. Three-class ROC analysis was considered focus to binary ROC analysis. Recently, IEEE Honorary Member. l an unsolved problem for more than she has been working on synergizing IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Nominations are initiated by members fifty years. She took on the challenge the current ROC research with relative Education Medal, for a career of and the public, and then reviewed by a Xin He and among several projects she had disciplines in social and behavioral outstanding contributions to education panel of peers. Their recommendations Hasegawa Young Investigator worked on, she chose three-class ROC science, mathematical philosophy and in the fields of interest of IEEE. End of discussion Award recipient are submitted to the IEEE Awards Board analysis to be her Ph.D. dissertation topic. the philosophy of physics. With this l After receiving her Ph.D., she worked new understanding, the solution to a IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for prior to final approval by the IEEE Board Science is amoral and should be. as a postdoctoral researcher at Johns fully general and practical three-class Radar Technologies and Applications, of Directors. There is no right and wrong, only for outstanding accomplishments Hopkins University. During this time, she ROC analysis is straightforward. This For nomination guidelines and forms, visit in advancing the fields of radar correct and incorrect. broadened her research areas in Gamma- understanding also opens a new avenue http://www.ieee.org/awards. Questions? technologies and their applications. ray imaging, developed and applied several for binary ROC research, i.e., guiding Contact IEEE Awards Activities, 445 Hoes Harvey Bialy l innovative imaging techniques, such as image quality assessment as a normative IEEE Medal for Innovations Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA; tel.: Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods practice. Dr. Xin He is the first author in Healthcare Technology, for +1 732 562 3844; fax: +1 732 981 9019; for imaging system optimization and fast of 14 journal publications, among which outstanding contributions and/or e-mail: [email protected]. convergent MAP algorithms for dual- 9 were published in IEEE Transactions isotope/modality reconstruction. on Medical Imaging. Currently she is In 2007, she received an NIH K99/ living in Maryland, looking for new R00 grant to continue her research on career opportunities. three-class ROC analysis. During the Citation: for contributions to evaluation of funding period of the K99, she found a image quality for 3-class tasks. theoretically general solution to three-

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Past-president of NPSS and long-time The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canadian Cyclotron Named TRIUMF resident Ken Dawson (from Canada’s minister of state for science the University of Alberta) shared his and technology, provided written IEEE Historic Milestone story of how the early development of remarks and congratulated TRIUMF the sophisticated control systems were for the original tour de force and IEEE Standing, left to right: Richard Lee, BC MLA designed and developed for the cyclotron. for the global recognition of Canadian and former TRIUMF employee; Jeff Holm, He described how early discussions about prowess. British Columbia minister Dr. Vice-president of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC; Mike Craddock, emerging instrumentation and control Margaret MacDiarmid spoke about the Accelerator Physicist and Professor Emeritus, UBC; standards at TRIUMF contributed to the importance of science and engineering as Dave Michelson, Chair of the IEEE Vancouver formulation and approval of the CAMAC an investment for the future and saluted Section, EE Prof. at UBC; Nigel Lockyer, standard and to TRIUMF’s involvement the TRIUMF cyclotron as a perfect TRIUMF’s Director; Margaret MacDiarmid, BC Cabinet Minister; Ray Larsen, former NPSS with IEEE. example. Ray Larsen, past president of NPSS, from SLAC, spoke about the President and UBC Graduate; Ewart Blackmore, Three members of the original team past TRIUMF Division Head culture of engineering and operating these then offered personal reflections. Joop “cathedrals” to the knowledge and wonder Seated from Left to right: Joop Burgerjon, Chief Burgerjon, chief engineer of the TRIUMF engineer during TRIUMF’s construction; of physics and the basic workings of the cyclotron construction project, talked Ken Dawson, Professor Emeritus, University of Universe. Jeff Holm, vice-president of about the intense effort that went into Alberta, past TRIUMF Division Head, former the Association of Professional Engineers NPSS President, past IEEE Division IV Director, engineering and building the mammoth and Geoscientists BC, spoke about his Past IEEE VP Publications; Mike Williams, Chair machine. He also acknowledged the tight IEEE History Committee; Eric Vogt, past Director early days bicycling by the TRIUMF Margaret MacDiarmid, BC Minister of Education bond among the original team members of TRIUMF; Lorna Warren, wife of TRIUMF’s first construction site and how impressive and of Science and Technology being given a tour n December 16, 2010, nearly a The December 1974 accomplishment as they worked round the clock for Director, J.B. Warren the feat of technology and engineering of the lab. O hundred people gathered atop was a global achievement not only because several years to get everything working. really was. what looked to be a three-storey concrete of the size of the device but also because Historical film footage was shown that blockhouse in Vancouver, British of the revolutionary design. The main illustrated the many complex steps of Professor Michael Williams, chair of the Columbia. They were at TRIUMF— cyclotron is inherently flexible and robust; engineering and assembling the entire IEEE History Committee, then formally Canada’s national laboratory for particle it can provide multiple beams of protons facility. UBC professor emeritus Michael introduced and unveiled the pair of and nuclear physics—to celebrate the at different energies and intensities Craddock then talked about overcoming bronze plaques (one French, one English) dedication of a special event thirty-six simultaneously. These key features have the key design challenges. The TRIUMF dedicating the IEEE Engineering Avoiding catatonia years earlier as an IEEE Engineering allowed it to serve as the chief engine cyclotron took advantage of the latest Milestone. He congratulated the entire Milestone: the first extraction of of programs in particle physics, nuclear tools and technologies of the early 1970s TRIUMF community. The test of a first-rate intelligence 500 MeV protons from the world’s physics, materials science, pion and proton and combined them into one heroic push Acknowledging the impacts on largest cyclotron. therapy, medical-isotope production, and for breakthrough performance. Ewart is the ability to hold two opposed technology and innovation, Richard irradiation services. The cyclotron also Blackmore, past head of TRIUMF’s ideas in the mind at the same time, The main cyclotron at TRIUMF is a Eppich, president and CEO of Advanced drives TRIUMF’s flagship ISAC facility Engineering Division, talked about his and still retain the ability to particle accelerator; it accelerates negative Cyclotron Systems, Inc., (ACSI) talked – which produces, separates, and transports days as a graduate student at TRIUMF hydrogen ions (H ) in an expanding spiral about how participating in the building function. One should, for example, exotic rare isotopes for studies of nuclear and then how the cyclotron’s core pattern using radio-frequency fields to of the TRIUMF cyclotron gave Ebco be able to see that things are helpless structure and the origins of the chemical capabilities were upgraded and applied to Start now provide the boost of energy on each orbit Industries the know-how to launch elements via nuclear astrophysics. ever new and pressing research problems and yet be determined to make around the center of the machine and an ACSI and begin Canada’s first and most including early treatment of cancer using It is not death that man should fear, them otherwise. overall static magnetic field to provide the The December 2010 ceremony was a successful cyclotron manufacturing secondary beams of pions to today’s but he should fear never beginning F. Scott Fitzgerald curved orbits. As the particles move faster combination of memories and marvels. business for producing medical isotopes. and faster, they spiral into ever larger Nigel S. Lockyer, current TRIUMF use of the machine for proton therapy to live. of ocular melanomas. And the main Timothy I. Meyer, Ph.D., Head of Strategic orbits and eventually reach the edge of the Director, served as the Master of Marcus Aurelius evacuated accelerator chamber. They are Ceremonies. He welcomed everyone and cyclotron is now used for the production Planning & Communications can be reached now travelling at close to three-quarters commented that Canada’s other historic of nuclear isotopes, some for medical at TRIUMF—Accelerating Science for the speed of light. A thin carbon foil engineering achievements included use as commercial products and some Canada, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, strips off the electrons from the particle first reception of a transatlantic radio for detailed nuclear-physics studies of BC V6T 2A3 CANADA: Phone +1 604 and the positively charged proton goes transmission and the first phone call from structure and reaction rates. 222-7674; Fax: +1 604 222-3791; zinging out of the machine into an Alexander Graham Bell. UBC Professor E-mail: [email protected]. extraction line for focusing, steering, and Dave Michelson opened the ceremony delivery to scientific and technical users. as chair of the Vancouver IEEE section.

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Award (Honorable Mention) in 1999. related activities including scientific Obituaries In addition, he has received 5 Best conferences, publications, short courses, Paper Awards from the AMEREM/ fellowships, and awards. He has led High Muzaffer Atac 1931–2011 and at the University of Texas at Dallas. EUROEM Awards Committee, and he Power Electromagnetics workshops and We are sad to report the passing on And he helped to create detectors for and his research team were honored as shortcourses around the globe. Dr. Baum December 7, 2010 of Dr. Muzaffer Atac, demonstration purposes for Fermilab’s an AFOSR Star Team for 2000-2002 was an active organizer of scientific a long time friend of NPSS. Dr. Atac education program, which teaches high- and received the 1st annual R. Earl Good conferences and workshops that bring energy physics to junior high and high Award from AFRL (2004) for their together researchers from all over the was a physicist at Fermilab for 40 years, Name calling providing critical developments in particle school students. work in target identification. He was United States and the world to share detectors for experiments at Fermilab named an IEEE Fellow in 1984, an EMP the latest in electromagnetic research. and around the world. The longtime Muzaffer served as an Assistant Program Fellow in 1986, and the first Air Force The United States is probably the When not putting his new ideas in head of Fermilab’s detector development Chair for the Nuclear Science Symposium Research Laboratory Fellow in 1996, only country in which “realist” can mathematics and electromagnetics (EM) group, Dr. Atac also took great pride in for more than a decade, culminating as but the honors that meant the most to into new technical notes or organizing be used as a pejorative epithet education, working simultaneously in Chair of the Program Committee for him came in July of 2004 when he was meetings, Dr. Baum enjoyed playing Henry Kissinger the 1980s as a physics professor at the the 1988 Nuclear Science Symposium bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate the piano and creating his own musical Dr. Muzaffer Atac University of California at Los Angeles in Orlando. of Engineering by Otto von Guericke compositions, many of which have been University in Magdeburg, Germany heard at conferences. His compositions and received a special honor from his can also be heard at one of the many colleagues in Russia for his lifetime of churches in Albuquerque that host the achievements. He received the IEEE annual concerts of the Albuquerque Carl Edward Baum 1940-2010 power electromagnetics, pulsed power, John Kraus Antenna Award (2006) and Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and mathematics and system design, many of also the IEEE Electromagnetics Award Requiescat in pace even at his own church where he used which remain the standards of excellence from IEEE (2007). He was a member to be the choir director. Twenty-three of His ideas kept flowing like a mighty river. today. From his earliest designs in nuclear of Commissions A, B, & E of the U.S. these compositions have been recorded. Carl Baum, mentor to many, took his electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sensors National Committee of the International last breath peacefully on December 2, and simulators to the latest developments Union of Radio Science (URSI) and Carl is survived by his two nephews 2010 in Albuquerque, NM. Carl was in high-power microwave and ultra- established the SUMMA Foundation and sister-in-law, George, Spencer, and born in Binghamton, New York, on wideband antenna and system design, which sponsors various electromagnetics- Martha Baum of Albuquerque. February 6, 1940. He received his B.S. Dr. Carl Baum’s research has remained (with honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in ever on the forefront of technology. His electrical engineering from the California advances in high power electromagnetic Carl Edward Baum Institute of Technology in 1962, 1963, theory have left an indelible mark Gerald L. Rogoff 1939-2010 The following from Dr. Igor Alexeff of and 1969 respectively. Following his and a lasting legacy in High Power Dr. Gerald L. Rogoff, 71, of Framingham, the University of Texas, Knoxville, TN, B.S., he received his commission in the Electromagnetics and its application, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 in and Dr. Richard Temkin, MIT Plasma Air Force and was stationed at the Air including EMP, high power microwaves Framingham. He was born on June 7, Science and Fusion Center, Gerry’s Force Weapons Laboratory at Kirtland and Target ID. 1939, the son of the late Samuel and long-time colleagues, sums his passion for AFB, New Mexico. He served from teaching students, teachers, members of His scientific contributions were Diana (Olderman) Rogoff. Devoted 1963 until 1971 as an officer, and then Congress and their staffs and the general prodigious. He has written innumerable husband of Elizabeth (Preston) Rogoff accepted a civilian position and retired public about plasma science: Gerald technical notes, articles, books, and of Framingham, he was also the loving as a Senior Scientist in 2005. During his Rogoff was a founding member of the presentations and was the editor of the brother of Myrna Zoll of New York military career, he was awarded the Air Coalition for Plasma Science, http:// Note Series that has published state- City, N.Y., and uncle of Amy Zoll of Force Research and Development Award www.plasmacoalition.org/index.html. of-the-art research results for the past Philadelphia, Pa., and David Zoll of and the Air Force Nomination to Ten He was elected Chairman of the Gerald L. Rogoff 45 years. He was a founding member of Albany, N.Y. Dr. Rogoff earned a Ph.D. Outstanding Young Men of America. Coalition in 1998 and served in that the IEEE Albuquerque Joint Chapter of at MIT in physics and was a physicist and Since his retirement from USAF, he was capacity until 2004; subsequently, he NPSS/EMC/APS/MTT. He received researcher for Westinghouse Research a Distinguished Professor in the Dept. served as Vice-Chairman. Gerry was the Richard R. Stoddart award of the Labs in Pittsburgh, PA, for GTE in of ECE, the University of New Mexico. responsible for seeing the Coalition IEEE EMC Society (1984), and the Waltham, MA and later Osram Sylvania through to a much stronger group that In a career that spanned five decades, this Harry Diamond Memorial Award in Danvers, MA where he retired with remarkably creative engineer introduced (1987), the AFSC Harold Brown Award 30 years of research in plasma lighting innumerable new concepts in high (1990), and the Air Force Basic Research sources for the plasma industry. (continued on page 40)

38 Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society www.IEEE-NPSS.org 39 (continued from page 39) which Igor personally found informative and enjoyable. He found Gerry to be achieved widespread support from the a dedicated and inspiring person, and science community, including direct was happy to help the Coalition obtain support by the IEEE NPSS and the financial support from the IEEE. APS. Gerry continued to be active in the Coalition until only a few weeks prior to His last position was a visiting scientist his untimely death. Gerry also served as at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Chair for Membership and Recruiting Center in Cambridge, MA where he for the Coalition. Gerry was very worked closely with several staff members interested in promoting Plasma Science, on producing informational leaflets for Gerald L. Rogoff (left) and Mounir Laroussi (right) and organized the Coalition for Plasma the Coalition on Plasma Sciences. Dr. at a student event at Old Dominion University Science to inform the public of both the Rogoff was a member of IEEE; American importance and the breadth of the field. Physical Society; and AOPA as a private He held public meetings to demonstrate pilot. At the request of his family no the importance of various components of services were held. In lieu of flowers, Mrs. the field, supported student involvement Rogoff has made a special request for at ICOPS and elsewhere and had regular all to donate blood to your local medical facility or make a contribution in memory information meetings with members of Dr. Rogoff to the Dana Farber Cancer of Congress. (Igor: I know, because I Research Center in Boston, MA or NPR had a meeting with a congressman, and (National Public Radio). had to wait because the congressman was with Gerry.) His group developed Contributions to the above are from plasma demonstration equipment. He Dr. Igor Alexeff, Dr. Richard Temkin, once chaired a half-day session at ICOPS and Mr. Paul Rivenberg of MIT.

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