A Publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Number 2 • June 2003 SOCIETY NEWS CONFERENCES 40th ANNUAL NUCLEAR AND SPACE RADIATION EFFECTS CONFERENCE NSREC 2003 Monterey, California, July 21-25, 2003 s General Chairman it is my, Allan John- results. Joe Srour (Northrop Grumman Space Tech- son’s, pleasure to invite you to attend the nology) is the editor of the special issue. A40th Annual International Conference on The DoubleTree Hotel is located in downtown Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects (NSREC) to Monterey, a few steps away from the pier in be held July 21-25, 2003 at the DoubleTree Hotel Monterey Bay where seals, otters and other marine and City of Monterey Conference Center in life abound. Monterey is one of the most popular va- Monterey, California. As with previous NSRE cation destinations in California. Nearby activities Conferences, 2003 will offer an outstanding tech- include kayaking, hiking, fishing, golf, wine tasting nical program, a one-day Short Course preceding and even auto racing. The Local Arrangements the technical program, a Radiation Effects Data Chairman, Mark Hopkins (Aerospace Corporation), Workshop, and an Industrial Exhibit. We welcome has planned several social events for attendees and attendance by engineers, scientists, managers and family members, including a shopping trip and lun- other interested persons from throughout the cheon in nearby Carmel and a visit to a local winery. world. Highlights of the conference are given be- The highlight of the social program is an evening at low. You can also access this information at the world-renowned Monterey Aquarium, which www.nsrec.com. will be open only to conference attendees and fami- To commemorate the 40th Anniversary, a special lies. This will provide a relaxing environment for so- issue of the Transactions on Nuclear Science will be cial interaction, as well as the opportunity to see the distributed to all attendees. The special issue will aquarium without the large crowds that are present contain 16 review papers that summarize key techni- during a typical day in peak season. cal findings presented at the conference over its his- tory, with a contemporary interpretation of the continued on page 3 Allan Johnson Paul Dodd Joe Benedetto Mark Hopkins General Technical Program Short Course Local Arrangements Chairman Chairman Chairman Chairman N U C L E A R & P L A S M A S C I E N C E S S O C I E T Y June 2003 1 IEEE NUCLEAR AND PLASMA SCIENCES TABLE OF CONTENTS SOCIETY NEWS is published three times per year by The Institute of Electrical and 40th Annual Nuclear and Space Radiation Electronics Engineers, Inc., 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Effects Conference NSREC 2003 . 1 NEWSLETTER EDITOR: W. 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Printed in U.S.A. 2 June 2003 N U C L E A R & P L A S M A S C I E N C E S S O C I E T Y CONFERENCES (cont’d) The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Nu- Technical Information clear and Plasma Sciences Society Radiation Ef- The Technical Program Chairman, Paul Dodd fects Committee and supported by the Defense (Sandia National Labs) and his program com- Threat Reduction Agency, Sandia National Lab- mittee have put together an outstanding set of oratories, Air Force Research Laboratory,and the contributed papers that have been organized NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program. into nine sessions of 50 oral and 47 poster pre- sentations, along with a Radiation Effects Data Workshop. The Workshop consists of 25 pa- Short Course pers emphasizing radiation effects data on elec- Attendees will have the opportunity to attend a tronic devices and systems, and descriptions of new simulation and radiation test facilities. In one-day Short Course on Monday, July 21. A addition, there are three outstanding invited Short Course is offered each year and is in- talks that should be of general interest to atten- tended to provide newcomers with an over- dees and their companions. view and in-depth study of timely and Technical sessions include: significant issues in the radiation effects field • Devices and Integrated Circuits and also to update the knowledge of experi- • Basic Mechanisms enced workers. The 2003 Short Course, orga- • Photonic Devices and Integrated nized by Joe Benedetto, Mission Research Circuits Corporation, is entitled Radiation Effects in Ad- • Atmospheric and Terrestrial Radiation vanced Commercial Technologies: How Device Effects Scaling Has Affected the Selection of Spaceborne • Single-Event Effects, Devices and Electronics. Integrated Circuits The first session will begin with a descrip- • Single-Event Effects, Mechanisms and tion of advanced CMOS processes, including Modeling process history, scaling and proven design • Spacecraft Environments and Effects hardness techniques by Ron Lacoe, Aerospace • Hardness Assurance Corporation. There is a tremendous opportu- • Dosimetry and Facilities nity to use commercial fabrication facilities not The perils of only for the production of radiation tolerant Invited Talks components but also for the study of new basic On July 23, Dr. Marcia K. McNutt, Monterey power mechanisms and materials. The second session, Bay Aquarium Research Institute will present No one would presented by Alessandro Paccagnella, will focus Use of Technology in the Exploration of Monterey on the challenges and opportunities involved Bay. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research have doubted his with the new ultra-thin oxides from a radiation Institute (MBARI) was founded in 1987 by ability to reign and reliability viewpoint. David Packard. The institute’s main focus is on had he never After lunch the third presentation by Tim designing and building new tethered and au- Oldham, NASA GSFC, will discuss sin- tonomous underwater vehicles and in situ sen- been emperor. sor packages for increasing the spatial and gle-event effects in advanced CMOS technol- temporal sampling of the ocean and its inhabit- Tacitus ogy, which have been heavily influenced by ants. MBARI is located in Moss Landing, Cali- changes in device design and scaling. The final fornia, where its two research ships and session by John Cressler, Georgia Tech, will remotely operated vehicles are berthed, giving discuss total dose and single-event effects in ad- them immediate access to Monterey Bay. vanced bipolar devices, where scaling has also MBARI also maintains moorings offshore, had a major effect on the way that advanced de- equipped with ocean-monitoring instruments, vices are affected by radiation. as well as two moorings in the equatorial Pa- cific that are part of the NOAA Tropical Atmo- For those interested in Continuing Educa- sphere Ocean array. In this talk, Dr. McNutt tion Units (CEUs), there will be an open-book will describe the institute’s use of technological test at the end of the course. The course is val- innovation to explore Monterey Bay. ued at 0.6 CEUs and endorsed by the IEEE On Thursday, July 24, The Future of Elec- and the International Association for Educa- tronics: Micro, Nano, or Molecular? will be pre- tion and Training.