Providence, Rhode Island A Division of The American Physical Society October 29 - November 2, 2012 Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular, Roger Williams Park to a wetland trail, with nearly 100 of the pumpkins carved feels good knowing that the entrance fee goes to support Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave.,Providence RI. 6-11pm, last into insanely detailed works of art. The Jack-O-Lanterns the Zoo's education and conservation efforts. admission at 10pm. are placed in themed groups compete with their own sound Event Prices: $12 for adults and $10 for children During the month of October a truly one-of-a-kind track, the culmination of which is the hundreds of carved Monday-Thursday, $15 for adults and $13 for children autumnal display comes to Roger Williams Park Zoo. Over pumpkins making up the “Laughing Tree” display. Friday-Sunday. 5,000 illuminated Jack-O-Lanterns add their festive light Touted by locals and tourists alike as “spectacular”, it James Clerk Maxwell Prize (APS) Award for Excellence in Plasma the Integrated Tuning Campaign within the for Optical Engineers. He has received for Plasma Physics Physics Research. In 2008, he was awarded National Ignition Campaign (NIC) on NIF. many international awards, including the Hannes Alfvén Prize by the European She has been involved with the National the Photosonics Award and the Harold E. "For Pioneering, and seminal contributions Physical Society (EPS). He is a Fellow Ignition Campaign experiments since they Edgerton Award. to, the field of dusty plasmas, including of APS, American Association for the started in 2009. Prior to NIF experiments, work leading to the discovery of Advancement of Science (AAAS), as well she led the “Hohlraum Point Design plasma crystals, to an explanation for as American Geophysical Union (AGU). Working Group” within NIC to develop the Pierre Michel the complicated structure of Saturn's point design hohlraum for ignition. Debbie Lawrence Livermore National rings, and to microgravity dusty plasma recently completed a three-year term on Laboratory experiments conducted first on parabolic- John Dawson Award the Executive Committee of the American Dr. Pierre trajectory flights and then on the for Excellence in Plasma Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics. Michel received International Space Station." Physics Research undergraduate Liu Chen "For predicting and demonstrating the George Kyrala degrees in Physics University of California, Irvine technique of laser scatter on self-generated Los Alamos National Laboratory and Photonics plasma-optics gratings that enables from Strasbourg Professor Liu George Kyrala University Chen received his generation and redirection of high-energy laser beams important for indirect drive received his (France) in 2000; Bachelor’s degree bachelor's degree he got his Ph.D. from National inertial confinement fusion and high-power laser-matter interactions." from the American with highest Taiwan University in University in honors from Ecole 1966, and his Ph.D. Debra Ann Callahan Beirut, Lebanon, Polytechnique, from University Lawrence Livermore National and his PhD in Paris in 2003, for his work on laser-plasma of California at Laboratory atomic physics interactions for inertial confinement Berkeley in 1972. from Yale fusion applications. From 2004 to 2006 From 1972 to 1974, Debbie University, where he worked on laser-plasma acceleration he was a postdoctoral staff member at Bell Callahan received he was a Gibbs of particles and its applications for x-ray Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. In her BS degree Fellow. He joined sources at the LOASIS program of 1974, he joined Princeton Plasma Physics in Physics and the High Energy Density group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Laboratory of Princeton University as a Mathematics from Physics Division at Los Alamos in 1979. where he was awarded the “A.M. Sessler” research scientist, and, later, also became the University Over the next 15 years, George worked post-doctoral fellowship. He then joined a faculty member in the Department of Denver in with researchers conducting experiments Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory of Astrophysical Sciences. In 1993, he 1985. After at the University of Rochester's OMEGA in 2006 where he is currently a staff was appointed a Full Professor in the spending two laser and developed new physics models scientist pursuing numerical, theoretical Department of Physics and Astronomy years at Cornell run on supercomputers to better understand and some experimental work on laser- of University of California at Irvine, and, University, she the phenomenon. This led to the conclusion plasma interactions. In particular, he in March 2012, became an Above-Scale moved to the that the energy transfer process could be conducted numerical and theoretical work Professor Emeritus. Currently, he is a University of California, Davis to complete controlled using slight adjustments to the laser on the physics of power transfer between Professor of Physics and the Director of her PhD under the direction of Bruce beams' wavelengths, and even be used as a laser beams crossing in plasmas and its Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation Langdon and John DeGroot. Her thesis novel tool to tune the implosion symmetry possible applications for symmetry tuning of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. research was carried out at Lawrence of LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF) on the National Ignition Facility; this Professor Liu Chen is a theoretical plasma Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). targets. George is an expert on ultra high- scheme was experimentally demonstrated physicist with broad research interests. She completed her PhD in 2003 and has speed diagnostics of lasers, X-rays and the a year later and has been routinely used His current research is focused on waves, continued to work on inertial confinement plasmas generated. He is being recognized since then. Dr. Michel has been leading instabilities, and turbulence in magnetized fusion and inertial fusion energy at LLNL. for work on a far-reaching discovery about the National Ignition Campaign’s “laser- laboratory and space plasmas; as well Debbie is currently a group leader for laser-matter interaction, which has important plasma interaction working group” since as nonlinear dynamics of coherent high- ICF/IFE target design within AX Division implications for NIF. 2009. He is a member of the American power radiation devices. In 2004, he in the Weapons and Complex Integration Physical Society. received the American Physical Society George is a Fellow of the American Directorate, and the target design leader for Physical Society and the International Society The DPP Chronicle 1 questions of physics, advancing human Robert Kirkwood understanding of the deepest laws of HEDSA Annual Symposium Caregiver/Child Room Lawrence Livermore National nature. It contains six detectors each designed for specific kinds of exploration. on High Energy Density Room 528, 5th Level, RICC Laboratory Laboratory Plasmas Robert A caregiver/child room is available Kirkwood Marshall N. Rosenbluth Sunday, October 28 in the Rhode Island Convention Center received his Outstanding Doctoral 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. near the area of the oral presentations Bachelors and Thesis Award for parents/caregivers to use at no cost to Room 554AB, RICC attendees. The room is intended for parents/ Masters degrees "For measurements and theory of the The program includes the following caregivers who have brought infants or in Electrical ultrafast, high field, nonlinear response presentations: young children to the annual meeting. The Engineering from of gases near the ionization threshold, UCLA in 1982 7:30 PM "Large-scale molecular dynamics room will be furnished with comfortable characterization of femtosecond plasma furniture and with a limited amount of toys, and 1984 (under filaments, and demonstration that simulations of charged particle stopping in F. F. Chen and strongly coupled plasmas: definitive tests of natural organic snacks, and beverages for femtosecond filamentation requires young children. Note that APS and DPP R. J. Taylor). He plasma stabilization." plasma kinetic theories", Michael Murillo, worked at TRW Los Alamos National Laboratory. do not assume responsibility for providing supervised child care. corporation from 1984 to 1985 designing Yu-Hsin Chen 8:00 PM "Generation of scaled particle diagnostics for magnetic Lawrence Livermore National protogalactic seed magnetic fields in laser- Caregiver/Children’s Room hours: mirrors and where he received a graduate Laboratory produced shock waves", Gianluca Gregori, Monday, Oct. 29, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. fellowship. He received his doctoral degree Dr. Yu-hsin Oxford University UK. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. from MIT in Applied Plasma Physics in Chen received 1989, (under Ian Hutchinson) where he 8:30 PM "X-ray Thomson Scattering: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. the B.S. degree Incisive probe for warm dense matter", developed the first cyclotron absorption in electrical Thursday, Nov. 1, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. diagnostics for tokamaks, and was awarded Sean Regan, Laboratory for Laser engineering Energetics, University of Rochester. Friday, Nov. 2, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. the Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding and the M.S. in 9:00 PM "Richtmyer-Meshkov jet Doctoral Thesis Award (previously the electro-optical formation and areal mass oscillations Simon Ramo Award) from the American engineering in Internet Pavilion Physical Society. He later worked at triggered by HED shock waves", 2000 and 2002, Exhibition Hall BC, RICC Caltech developing wave-current drive and respectively, both Alexander "Sasha" Velikovich, Naval as staff physicist at the Air Force Phillips from National Research Laboratory. Note: DPP offers internet access to Lab remotely studying energetic particles Taiwan University. He obtained his Ph.D. attendees as a service. on Shuttle flights. Dr. Kirkwood moved degree in electrical engineering from Coffee Breaks in RICC to the Lawrence Livermore National University of Maryland, College Park in Sunday, Oct. 28 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.