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ISSUE 14:: MAY
DEC 2O13
A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E
INSTITUTE OF ELEC TRIC AL &
E L E C T RO N I C S E N G I N E E R S
ICOPS-Beams 2014: The 41st IEEE International
Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) and the
20th IEEE International Conference on High Power
Particle Beams (Beams14)
May 25th – 29th, 2014
Marriott-Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC USA
CONFERENCES
ICOPS-Beams 2014
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SOCIETY GENERAL BUSINESS
President’s Report
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Secretary’s Report
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Bill Moses Elected Division IV Director
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We encourage you to join these groups, create
time resident of the Washington, DC area, Dr.
Plasma Science (ICOPS) and the 20th IEEE
topics, make friends and assist others who
Schumer is proud to welcome you to the region.
International Conference on High Power Particle
can profit from your experience. Conference
As the political center of the United States, DC is
Beams (Beams14) will be combining for the first
registration for ICOPS-Beams 2014 is currently
a great place. Situated on 16 breathtaking acres,
time in 2014 as the IEEE ICOPS-Beams meeting.
ongoing; attendees can
the conference hotel in NW Washington, DC has
This meeting will be held May 25th – 29th, 2014,
register through the
hosted a long list of U.S. Presidents, dignitaries
in Washington, DC at the historic Marriott-
conference website at:
and VIPs. The conference is located between
Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest DC. This
https://www.ece.unm.edu/
Georgetown, the Adams Morgan district, and
icops-beams2014/.
Dupont Circle, finding a home between ethnic
conference follows
TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
Computer Applications in
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
The 41st IEEE International Conference on
the format of
restaurants, interesting and cosmopolitan
previous ICOPS
The General Conference Chair is Dr. Joseph
neighborhoods, cultural diversity, quirky shops,
meetings with topics
Schumer of the Naval Research Laboratory.
and offbeat bars and clubs. Washington, DC is a
Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences 5
from traditional
Dr. Schumer is a nationally and internationally
perfect place for an international gathering of the
Radiation Effects News
plasma physics and
recognized member of the Pulsed Power
world’s experts in the technology and science of
engineering, but also
and Plasma Physics community. As a long-
plasmas and pulsed power.
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5
includes enhanced technical sessions comprising
FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES
Awards6
Chapters10
OBITUARIES
Larry L. Altgilbers 9
Fred Goulding
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pulsed-power technology, simulations, and
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
diagnostics for intense charged-particle beams
and their applications. The conference also
features exhibits and two 1.5-day minicourses
There are two Technical Program Chairs for
entitled Low Temperature Atmospheric Pressure
the ICOPS-Beams 2014 conference. Dr. John
Plasmas and Atomic and Radiation Physics.
Luginsland (Air Force Office of Scientific
Invited and plenary papers will be published
Research) will handle the traditional ICOPS
in a Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on
topics, while Dr. Bruce Weber (Naval Research
Plasma Science and select contributed papers
Laboratory) will handle the traditional Beams
will be published in “Beams” proceedings, open
topics. These Technical Co-Chairs are committed
to all attendees of the combined conference.
to maintaining the high quality of papers
ICOPS-Beams 2014 is available via Social
Networking such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Dr. Joseph Schumer
General Conference Chair
presented at the conference.
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MICROWAVE GENERATION AND PLASMA
» Plasma Thrusters
INTERACTIONS
accepted for presentation at ICOPS-Beams 2014.
The website will contain links to the manuscript
» Plasmas for Lighting, Displays,
& Microdischarges
» Intense Beam Microwave Generation
» Fast-Wave Devices
» Environmental and Industrial Applications
» Slow-Wave Devices
» Plasma Medicine and Biological Effects
template, as well as detailed instructions for
manuscript preparation.
For our foreign colleagues who require a visa
for entry into the United States, a request
for an invitation letter can be made on the
abstract submission website when an abstract
Dr. John Luginsland, ICOPS
Technical Conference Chair
» Vacuum Microelectronics and THz Devices
DIAGNOSTICS
» Codes and Modeling
» Optical and X-ray diagnostics
» Nonfusion Microwave Systems
» Microwave and FIR diagnostics
» Microwave Plasma Interaction
» Particle Diagnostics
is submitted. If the abstract is accepted for
presentation, a notification and letter of invitation
will be sent to the authors.
MINICOURSES
Two excellent short courses have been designed
CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS AND
» Pulsed Power Diagnostics
combined conference will be held on May
SOURCES
» Plasma, Ion, and Electron Sources
» Intense Electron and Ion Beams
to complement the technical programs of this
PULSED POWER AND OTHER PLASMA
APPLICATIONS
» Insulation and Dielectric Breakdown
29th and 30th, 2014. The first Minicourse for
ICOPS-Beams 2014 is entitled Low Temperature
Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas with lectures by
Prof. John Foster (University of Michigan) and
his colleagues, and will be held in the Wilson A
HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PLASMAS AND
APPLICATIONS
Dr. Bruce Webber
Beams Technical Program Chair
» Opening and Closing Switches
second, parallel Minicourse for ICOPS-Beams
» Generators and Networks
2014 is entitled Atomic and Radiation Physics
with lectures by Dr. Aruti Dasgupta (Naval
» Fusion (Inertial, Magnetic and
Alternate Concepts)
Room of the Marriott-Wardman Park Hotel. The
» Compact and Rep-Rated Pulsed Power
Research Laboratory) and her colleagues, and
will held in the Wilson B Room of the MarriottWardman Park Hotel. These minicourses are
» Particle Acceleration with Laser and Beams
designed for graduate students and active
They have assembled a diverse group of
subject matter experts for their technical
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS
» Radiation Physics, X-ray lasers
assembling a full four-day program. Topics for
» High Energy Density Matter
Abstracts will be accepted until Monday,
this year include:
PROCESSES
» Basic Plasma Phenomena
» Computational Physics and Techniques
» Space Plasmas
SOCIAL EVENTS
February 10th, 2014. Please submit
» Laser Produced Plasmas
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND BASIC
scientists working in the field.
CURRENTLY OPEN!
program committee and are looking forward to
» Fast Z-pinches
» Plasma Material Interactions
INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
abstracts online at: www.ece.unm.edu/
A welcome reception is scheduled for Sunday,
icops-beams2014/. Accepted abstracts
May 25th, 2014 during opening registration.
are published in IEEE Xplore and must
A general all-conference poster session
meet the IEEE standards of originality
reception is planned for Tuesday, May 27th.
and quality. Please see the website for
And finally, the ICOPS-Beams Awards Banquet
an abstract template and guidelines for
is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, May
abstract submission.
28th, 2014. Please check the website for
additional information.
» Nonequilibrium Plasma Applications
A Companion Program has been organized
» Partially Ionized Plasmas
» High Pressure and Thermal
» Dusty and Strongly-Coupled Plasmas
Plasma Processing
Manuscripts for the Conference Proceedings can
to help you and your companions have a
be submitted after an abstract has been officially
wonderful visit to Washington, DC. Washington
ICOPS-BEAMS Continued on PAGE 8
DR. FOSTER’S COURSE WILL INCLUDE:
“High-pressure Filamentary
“Opacity: Theoretical and
“Introduction to Low-Temperature Plasmas,
Discharges (Streamers)”
astrophysical aspects”
Discharges in Water”
by Dr. Natalia Babaeva
by Prof. Anil K. Pradhan
by Prof. John E. Foster
University of Michigan
Ohio State University
University of Michigan
BUT IT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER...
“Laser Collisional Induced Fluorescence”
“Radiation field effects on NLTE plasmas”
“Microplasma”
by Dr. Ed Barnat
by Prof. Steven Rose
Politicians are not, as a class, outstandingly
by Prof. J. Gary Eden
Sandia National Laboratories
Imperial College, UK
evil or insane. For the most part they’re just
“Plasma Stimulated Combustion”
“Line Profile & Line broadening”
“LTP Diagnostic Techniques”
by Prof. Andrei Starikovskiy
by Dr. Richard W. Lee
by Prof. Walter Lempert
Princeton University
SLAC/UC-Berkeley
University of Illinois
ridiculous people...
— P. J. O’Rourke
Ohio State University
“Weakly Ionized Plasmas Applications
DR. DASGUPTA’S COURSE WILL COVER:
“NLTE Atomic physics for the NIF”
by Dr. Kevin B. Fournier
in Hypersonics”
“Overview of Atomic and
by Prof. Michael Shneider
Radiation Physics”
Princeton University
by Dr. A. Dasgupta
“Atomic models for NLTE simulations”
Naval Research Laboratory
by Dr. Yuri Ralchenko
(USPS 000-560) is published quarterly by
NIST
the Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society of the
“Atmospheric Pressure
LLNL
NUCLEAR & PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY NEWS
Plasma Diagnostics”
”Radiation Transport in Z pinches”
by Prof. K. Tachibana
by Dr. John Apruzese
“Coherent X-ray generation using
Inc. Corporate Office: 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor,
Kyoto University
Naval Research Laboratory
ultra-fast lasers”
New York, NY 10017-2394, ieee.org. Printed
by Dr. Margaret Murnane
in the USA. One dollar per member per year is
JILA/U. Colorado
included in the Society fee for each member
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
“Cavity Ring down for Atmospheric Pressure
“X-Ray spectroscopic signatures for
Plasmas”
Z pinches”
by Prof. Chuji Wang
by Prof. Alla Safronova
“Radiation physics of short pulse lasers”
Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and
Mississippi State University
University of Nevada-Reno
by Prof. Todd Ditmire
at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send
U. Texas
address changes to Nuclear & Plasma Sciences
of the Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society.
“Stratification of Glow Discharges”
“Opacity experiments on Z”
News, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
by Prof. Vladimir Kolobov
by Dr. Gregory A. Rochau
08854.
CFD
Sandia National Laboratories
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SOCIET Y GENER AL BUSINESS
ieee.org/npss
President’s Report
Please join me in welcoming our new members to
the NPSS. Many joined us at one of our sponsored or
co-sponsored conferences in the past year.
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» C
loud Computing
Steve Diamond
» T ransportation Electrification
Lee Stogner
» L ife Sciences
Bin He, M. Vidyasagar
» S
oftware Defined Networks
Janet Barth
President, IEEE NPSS
Antonio Manzalini
It is important to NPSS that we have the
and CEO, and finally as Past President. IEEE
support of the community it serves through
presidents also serve on the two top-tier IEEE
membership, and I believe that membership
governing bodies: the IEEE Board of Directors
in your community’s professional society is
and the IEEE Assembly. Six subordinate boards,
not just important to you but essential. Your
each of which has an elected volunteer leader,
membership tells everyone that you are serious
govern major areas of IEEE interest. These are:
» G
reen ICT
Jaafar Elmirghani
submission instructions depend on the Award.
» R
ebooting Computing
Elie Track, Tom Conte
about your professional work, and it means that
you are more connected through this newsletter
contact the responsible member directly or you
» IEEE-USA Board
» M
ember and Geographic Activities Board
(MGA Board)
can contact Peter Clout, Chairman of the NPSS
Communications Committee.
» Publication Services and Products Board
Our Society is run by volunteers. Volunteers
» Standards Association Board
organize and oversee the conferences;
volunteers manage the flow of papers presented
» Internet of Things
Roberto Minerva (Conference GC)
find the members of the NPSS AdCom on the
NPSS web site (www.ieee.org/npss) and
Curie Technical Field Award and IEEE Medal for
Healthcare Innovations and Technology. There
» Educational Activities Board
and member events. For help, answers to
questions, or if you have comments, you can
These Awards are the IEEE Marie Sklodowska-
are also four NPSS Awards that can be given
to applicants who are in any of the technical
fields of the NPSS. The deadline for receiving
If you would like to scratch your new technology
nominations for any of these Awards is January
itch, I invite you to browse the Future Directions
31st of each year. All nomination forms and
Committee’s WEB page (http://www.ieee.
supporting materials must be received by this
org/about/technologies/index.html) and
deadline to be considered. The NPSS Awards are
read about exciting new developments in these
submitted electronically. Forms and instructions
areas of technology research and discover
for submission can be found at http://ewh.ieee.
opportunities to interact with members of the
org/soc/nps/awards.htm.
research communities.
» Technical Activities Board
for conferences and publications, including
In addition, our Technical Committees sponsor
Finally, I would like to remind NPSS members
awards that are generally given only to people
appropriate reviews to ensure quality and
IEEE Technical Activities (IEEE-TA) is a major
that our Society acknowledges outstanding work
who work in that specific technical field. The
clarity. In addition, volunteers manage each of
component of IEEE that includes all programs
and papers with IEEE awards that recognize and
Awards are administered by the individual
the eight technical areas through the Technical
of the 45 IEEE Societies, such as the NPSS, and
promote each awardee’s career. I am thankful for
Technical Committees, and so their nomination
Committees, and volunteers manage the overall
Technical Councils and programs of the Technical
the extensive awards program of the IEEE, NPSS,
deadlines, forms, and submission instructions
activities of the Society and the relationship with
Activities Board (TAB) and the Technical Activities
and our Technical Committees which permits us
depend on the Award.
the IEEE. Finally, volunteers manage the general
Department (TAD). As delegated by the IEEE
to acknowledge the professional achievements
administration of our Society. All this is done to
Board of Directors, TAB establishes operational
by peers. This is a special tribute which needs
support you in your professional work and help
procedures assisting the management and
you better succeed. Every volunteer that I talk
operation of the IEEE Societies and Technical
with confirms that they are amply repaid for all
Councils, while supporting these technical
the time they freely give in the broadening of
communities in developing and delivering timely
their professional and managerial experiences
intellectual property products and conferences
and the new friends and contacts that they make.
on current or emerging technologies. Through
these activities, TAB directs the advancement of
the theory and practice of electrical, electronics,
Every volunteer that I
talk with confirms that
they are amply repaid for
all the time they freely
give in the broadening
of their professional and
managerial experiences
and the new friends and
contacts that they make.
communications, computer engineering,
computer science, the allied branches of
engineering, and the related arts and sciences
and technologies and their application for the
benefit of IEEE members worldwide as well
as for the general public. Eighteen volunteer
subcommittees make this ambitious undertaking
possible. As the name of TAB implies, technical
innovation and excellence are a major focus of
the board, especially fostering advancement in
IEEE emerging fields. The charter of the TAB’s
IEEE Future Directions Committee is to anticipate
and determine the direction of existing, new,
and emerging technologies and spearhead their
investigation and development by IEEE. The
primary working objective of the IEEE Future
for the Outstanding Student Paper presented
I urge each of our NPSS
members to review our
IEEE and NPSS Awards
portfolio and submit at
least one nomination. We
all know some remarkable
individuals who don’t
have the accolades they
deserve and, as seen
in the summary of the
Awards programs below,
Directions Committee is to:
a broad range of options
» Incubate emerging technologies and new
is available to us.
applications of current technologies.
» Volunteering to help, either as a reviewer for
you attend.
deadlines for these Awards, please contact the
General Chairman of the relevant Conference.
In addition, NPSS-sponsored Conferences that
have Short Courses solicit nominations for Paul
Phelps Continuing Education Grants. These
grants are intended either for tuition in NPSS
Sponsored Short Courses or for partial or total
travel expenses to attend NPSS Short Courses.
The grants are available for outstanding Student
Members of NPSS and unemployed members
of NPSS who need assistance in changing career
directions. Application forms can be obtained
using the link below, and information on the
submission instructions and application deadlines
should be obtained from the General Chairman
of the relevant Conference.
Finally, the Nuclear Science Symposium and the
Medical Imaging Conference offer Valentin T.
Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grants
to promote graduate-level study and research
on radiation instrumentation. Jordanov Travel
Grant awardees will be reimbursed for expenses
associated with traveling to and participating in
instructions and application deadlines should be
to be done more often. Therefore, I urge each
engineering community and the
of our NPSS members to review our IEEE and
general public.
NPSS Awards portfolio and submit at least one
Links to information on these Awards can be
nomination. We all know some remarkable
found on the NPSS Web site at http://ewh.ieee.
individuals who don’t have the accolades they
org/soc/nps/awards.htm. A useful summary
on emerging technologies through technical,
deserve and, as seen in the summary of the
of all NPSS and Technical Committee awards
professional, and educational activities.
Awards programs below, a broad range of options
which includes the description of the award, prize,
is available to us.
funding, eligibility, and basis for judging can be
» W
ork with IEEE members and staff to focus
» Telling your friends and colleagues about our
activities. We are happy to ship copies
submission instructions, forms, and application
» Identify opportunities to engage the
one of our journals or in the organization of
a future conference in the series that
at that conference. For information on the
the NSS/MIC. Information on the submission
So, this year I am asking you to rejoin IEEE and
NPSS for 2014 and consider:
Most NPSS conferences also present an Award
obtained from the NSS/MIC Conference web site.
found at http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/docs/
» S
erve as a catalyst for new conferences,
of our materials on request if these would
publications, standards, educational
IEEE Awards are high level awards that are
npssawards.pdf. Please take a moment to review
be helpful (contact Peter Clout,
products, forums, white papers, grants and
administered by IEEE and open to all IEEE
the summary and use it as a guide to identify
clout@vista-control.com).
projects to support new technologies.
members. While there are many IEEE-level
colleagues who have earned recognition in the
Awards (http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/
categories. If you have questions about awards,
IEEE is the world’s largest professional
The Future Directions Committee’s current
index.html), there are a few that are particularly
please email Craig Woody, our NPSS Awards
association dedicated to advancing technological
working groups and chairs/co-chairs are:
relevant to the technical fields of most NPSS
Chair, at woody@bnl.gov.
innovation and excellence for the benefit of
humanity. The voting membership of IEEE elects
a new president each year, who serves for three
years—first as President-elect, then as President
members. Their nomination deadlines, forms, and
» S
mart Grid
Wanda Reder
Janet Barth, NPSS President, can be reached at the Electrical Engineering Division, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, Phone: +1 301-286-5118 or at jbarth@ieee.org.
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SOCIET Y GENER AL BUSINESS
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Secretary’s Report
Our next AdCom meeting will have been held on November 2nd in Seoul, Korea,
following the NSS/MIC/RTSD conferences, so will be reported on in the March
newsletter. The first AdCom meeting of 2014 will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico on
Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 1st and will include a retreat as well as
Albe Larsen
IEEE NPSS Secretary
and Newsletter Editor
an AdCom meeting
As it is the end of the year, we have election
Radiation Instrumentation. The new technical
We thank the following outgoing AdCom
results to report as well as the announcement
committee chairpersons include Martin Purschke
members, both elected and TC chairs, for
chairman). Both John Verboncoeur (AdCom
of some new technical committee chairpersons.
(BNL), Computer Applications in Nuclear and
their service: Christian Bohm (CANPS),
PSAC 2013) and Stefan Ritt (CANPS chair)
Newly elected (some are old-timers elected yet
Plasma Sciences; Dimitris Visvikis (University
Gerald Cooperstein (PPST), Paul Dodd (RE),
remain on AdCom in other positions.
again) include Stefan Ritt, Computer Applications
of Brest, FR), Nuclear Medical and Imaging
Glenn Knoll (RI), and Suleman Surti (NMISC
in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences; Steven Gold,
Science and Technology. The March 2014
Plasma Science and Applications; Weihua Jiang,
Newsletter will contain more information
Albe Larsen, IEEE NPSS Secretary and Newsletter Editor, can be reached at SLAC National
Pulsed Power Science and Technology; David
about these individuals.
Accelerator Laboratory, MS-64, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94015; 650-926-2748;
email: amlarsen@slac.stanford.edu.
Hiemstra, Radiation Effects; and Dick Lanza,
Bill Moses Elected Division IV Director
Congratulations go to Bill Moses, who was recently elected to the IEEE Board of
Directors. He represents Division IV, which includes the NPSS as well as six other
IEEE Societies (Antennas & Propagation, Broadcast Technology, Consumer Electronics,
Electromagnetic Compatibility, Magnetics, and Microwave Theory & Techniques), and
his two-year term begins in January 2015.
Bill Moses
Division IV Director-elect
For the next year he will serve as Director-elect
medical imaging (especially Positron Emission
from 2002 – 2006 and 2011 – 2015. He was
and ‘learn the ropes’ from the current Division IV
Tomography or PET), homeland security,
President of the NPSS from 2004 to 2006,
the IEEE conferences and publications, and
Director, Jozef Modelski.
subatomic particle physics, and environmental
and has also been active at higher levels in the
they develop the innovations that IEEE needs,
remediation.
IEEE, and presently serves as a member of the
and that IEEE needs to make it easier for
Publication Products and Services Board and as
them to run conferences—to make conference
Chair of the IEEE Conferences Committee.
organizers want to run their conferences under
Bill received his B.A. from Dartmouth College,
graduating Magna Cum Laude with Highest
He has been active in the NSS/MIC for many
Distinction in Physics, and his Ph.D. in Physics
years and has served in a variety of positions
from the University of California, Berkeley in
within IEEE. He helped organize the first Medical
The platform that he ran on was that of helping
that IEEE is an aging organization and it needs
1986. Since then he has worked at Lawrence
Imaging Conference (MIC) in 1991 and helped
the volunteers within IEEE, who are its life
to attract, encourage, mentor, and empower the
Berkeley National Laboratory, where he is a
found the RISC in 1995. He has been elected
blood. He feels that they create and manage
next generation of scientists and engineers.
Senior Staff Scientist. His career has centered
to serve on AdCom three times, representing
on imaging ionizing radiation, including nuclear
the NMISC from 1996 – 2000 and the RISC
IEEE because it is so easy! In addition, he feels
Bill Moses can be reached by email at wwmoses@lbl.gov.
MEDITERRANEAN BLUE
OR TEACH IT?
SO I PRESUME
BY: MOUNIR LAROUSSI
What better way to prove you understand a
Assumption is the mother of screw-up.
subject than to make money out of it.
A sea like no other sea.
lifted me up,
Theater of the Odyssey,
and at the surface I saw a reassuring face
and of Cleopatra and Anthony.
smiling at me.
The sea
My father was standing in chest deep water,
of war and of peace.
and I heard him saying,
Cradle of known civilizations,
“son, you got to keep your legs and
and jealous keeper of secrets
arms moving.”
of civilizations yet unknown.
—Angelo Donghia
— Harold Rosenberg
OUTMATCHED!
DOWN TO EARTH
Men play the game, women know the score.
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means
To me, it is simply
To me, it is simply
The sea
the sea
where I fell in love with the Mediterranean blue,
where I took my first swim,
where I lingered long summer hours at
panicked and sunk like a stone,
the shore
pulled down by the wrath of Poseidon,
lazily dreaming,
about people and lands
of support.
— Roger Waddis
— John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir)
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS...
FROM YOU TOO!
that elusive border
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly
separating two magical shades of the azure.
which they know little, to cure diseases of which
from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or
they know less, in human beings of whom they
a stranger.
that eternally angry god of the Greeks,
beyond the faraway infinite line,
who, it was said, lived a thousand
fathoms below.
But a strong hand quickly snatched me,
know nothing.
Mounir Laroussi is Professor and Director of the Laser & Plasma Engineering Institute at
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. He can be reached at mlarouss@odu.edu
— Franklin P. Jones
— Voltaire
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TECHNIC AL COMMIT TEES
ieee.org/npss
Technical Committees
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN NUCLEAR AND PLASMA SCIENCES
...for the first time a
summer school for
real time applications
in particle and nuclear
physics. This school will
Stefan Ritt
CANPS TC Chair
bring together interested
students mainly from Asia
Planning of the next Real Time Conference
goes ahead at full speed. It will take place in
Nara, Japan, on May 26th to May 30th, 2014.
The University of Osaka, the RIKEN Research
Institute and the KEK High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization are the organizing bodies
under the chairmanship of Masaharu Nomachi.
and distinguished lecturers
from our community
who have many years of
experience in this field.
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The 2015 IEEE NSS/MIC meeting will take place
NMISC webpage (http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/
at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego,
nmisc/). As a reminder, NMISC has oversight of
CA with Vesna Sossi as the General Chair for the
the Medical Imaging Conference component of
meeting. Adam Alessio and Lawrence MacDonald
the annual IEEE NPSS NSS/MIC. This includes
will serve as the MIC Program Chair and Deputy
voting on site selection, approval of the MIC chair,
Program Chair, respectively. The 2016 IEEE
and promotion of activities useful to all IEEE
NSS/MIC meeting will be held in Strasbourg,
NPSS members who are interested in medical
France with Maxim Titov as the General Chair.
imaging. If you are interested in serving on the
NMISC please contact Andrew Goertzen (Andrew.
For this year’s elections we had a total of eight
Goertzen@med.umanitoba.ca), NMISC Secretary
candidates for five seats on the NMISC. The
and Chair of the Nominations Subcommittee.
new elected Council members are David Brasse,
Anna Celler, Katia Parodi, Dennis Schaart, and
Finally, this newsletter marks the last to be
Stefaan Vandenberghe with three-year terms
written by me since my term as the NMISC chair
starting on January 01st, 2014. I would like to
ends on Dec. 31st, 2013. It was an honor to
thank all of the candidates for volunteering their
serve this committee and I would like to thank
time to serve the NMISTC membership. If you
all the members and individual subcommittee
are interested in becoming more involved in the
chairs for making my job easier. Dimitris Visvikis
oversight of the MIC meeting please consider
will be taking over the duties of NMISC chair
running for an NMISC council position. Five
starting on Jan 01st, 2014. I am sure he will do
individuals are elected each year for a three-year
an excellent job and I wish him all the best.
term. For more information please go to the
Suleman Surti can be reached at University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, 404
Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA; Phone: +1 215-662-7214; Fax:
+1 215-57 880; E-mail: surti@mail.med.upenn.edu
RADIATION EFFECTS NEWS
The conference poster is currently in press,
and the web site will open soon. An executive
Radiation Effects Committee—
July 2013 Annual Report
committee site visit will have happened in
nuclear physics. This school will bring together
conjunction with the 2013 NSS/MIC conference
interested students mainly from Asia and
which was held in late October in Seoul, Korea,
distinguished lecturers from our community who
Marty Shaneyfelt is the present Chairman of the
not far from Japan. This visit allowed many
have many years of experience in this field. The
Radiation Effects Steering Group, which oversees
details of the conference to be finalized such
course will allow young scientists and engineers
NSREC Conferences.
as the program format, the banquet and the
to learn the basics of real time applications, both
traditional excursion.
in lectures and in practical lab experiences.
The historic town of Nara has many old temples
The Real Time Conference 2016 will be held
2013, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Francisco,
and shrines identified as a UNESCO world
in Padova, Italy, organized by the Consorzio
during the 2013 Nuclear and Space Radiation
cultural heritage site and is therefore a major
RFX, Euratom ENEA-Association under the
Effects Conference (NSREC). The meeting
center for tourism in Japan and a perfect place
chairmanship of Adriano Luchetta, our 2010
included presentations from the general chairs
to hold this conference.
CANPS price winner.
of the 2012 through 2014 NSRECs. In addition,
In conjunction with the Real Time Conference
More information about the CANPS committee
we will organize for the first time a summer
with an updated member list can be found at
school for real time applications in particle and
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/tc-canps.html.
The IEEE Radiation Effects Committee (REC)
held its annual Open Meeting on July 11th,
Marty Shaneyfelt
Radiation Effects TC Chair
presentations were made on the upcoming
RADECS 2013 conference.
An election was held during the Open Meeting
for a new Junior Member-at-Large to the
Stefan Ritt, chair of the Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Science (CANPS) Technical
Radiation Effects Steering Group (RESG). The
Committee, can be reached at the Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland. Phone
RESG welcomes Sylvain Girard, Université
+41 56 310 3728; E-mail: stefan.ritt@psi.ch
de Saint-Étienne, as its newly elected Junior
Member-at-Large. Sylvain joins Nick van Vonno,
Intersil Corporation, and Gary Lum, Lockheed
NUCLEAR MEDICAL AND IMAGING SCIENCES
Martin Space Systems Company, who are
serving as Senior-Member-at-Large and Member-
497 posters were presented over nine poster
at-Large, respectively.
sessions. The 14 MIC oral sessions were split
Teresa Farris
Vice-Chair-person of Publicity
into five parallel and four single sessions, while
During the Open Meeting, Marty presented
the nine poster sessions were distributed over
awards to outgoing RESG Member-at-Large
three parallel sessions. Two plenary sessions
Vincent Pouget, IES—CNRS and outgoing Senior
456 people attended the technical sessions
were also held on Wednesday Oct. 30th. The
Associate Editor for Radiation Effects of the IEEE
and 338 people attended the short course.
first plenary session had two invited talks. The
TNS Jim Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories.
In addition, we registered 106 attendees for
first talk, entitled “See the Future of Medical
He also thanked guest editors Pascale Gouker,
the industrial exhibits session only and there
Imaging through Consumer Electronics and
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois,
were 266 registered guests. The technical
Information Technologies,” was presented by
ESA, and Jonathan Pellish, NASA GSFC for their
sessions were very strong, with 133 papers
Dr. J. Jo (Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea).
contributions to the June 2013 Special Issue of
presented during the four-day conference (47
The second talk, entitled “Forays into Molecular
the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS)
oral presentations, 45 posters, and 41 Data
Imaging,” was presented by Dr. M. G. Pomper
commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the
Workshop). It is also of interest to note that a
(Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore,
NSREC. The special issue consists of papers that
high school student presented one of the data
MD, USA). In the second plenary session we
provide historical reviews and that summarize
workshop posters at the conference. This is the
As you read this newsletter the 2013 IEEE
honored this year’s Edward J. Hoffman Medical
current issues of interest to our colleagues in the
first time that a high school student has ever
NPSS Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical
Imaging Scientist and Bruce Hasegawa Young
radiation effects community. Marty announced
presented a paper at NSREC. In addition to the
Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) held at the
Investigator Medical Imaging Science award
the general chairs for upcoming NSRECs: Robert
technical program, there were four outstanding
COEX Convention Center in Seoul, South
winners, followed by four scientific presentations.
Ecoffet, CNES, Mike Xapsos, NASA GSFC, Robert
tutorial reviews given during the short course on
Reed, Vanderbilt, and Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois,
July 8th. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary
ESA, for the 2014 – 2017 NSRECs, respectively.
of the NSREC conference, attendees received a
Suleman Surti
NMISC TC Chair
Korea from Oct. 27th – Nov. 02nd will be over.
I would like to thank Hee-Joung Kim (General
For future meetings, the 2014 IEEE NSS/
Chair), Jae Sung Lee (MIC Program Chair),
MIC meeting will take place at the Washington
Craig Levin (MIC Program Deputy Chair), and
State Convention Center, Seattle, WA from Nov.
Ken LaBel, NASA/GSFC, 2012 Conference
TNS papers from the conference, a copy of the
all other meeting organizers for their hard
08th – 14th. Tony Lavietes will be the General
General Chair, recognized his conference
June 2013 Special Issue of the IEEE TNS, and
work in organizing a successful meeting.
Chair for the meeting, while Georges El Fakhri
committee and government and corporate
attended a special 50th Anniversary Celebration
and Katia Parodi will serve as the MIC Program
supporters. Ken and his team organized an
Reception on Monday evening, July 8th.
A total of 691 abstracts were submitted for
Chair and Deputy Program Chair, respectively. The
outstanding NSREC conference in Miami, FL.
the MIC program. From all these submissions,
organizing committee is actively working to plan
136 MIC talks were presented over two joint
a successful meeting and will have a poster and
Jeff Black, Sandia National Laboratories, 2013
Chair, announced that NSREC will be held July
(NSS-MIC) and one triple-joint (NSS-MIC-RTSD)
preliminary schedule ready in the near future.
Conference General Chair, summarized some
14th–18th, 2014, in Paris, France, at the Marriott
statistics for the 2013 conference. A total of
Rive Gauche. This conference will feature a
oral sessions, and 14 MIC oral sessions. Also,
DVD that included all of the prior published IEEE
Robert Ecoffet, CNES, 2014 Conference General
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year paid membership in the NPSS.
has made technical contributions to the
fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
Eligibility: Any graduate student in the
fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
AWARDS
Basis for Judging: Selection criteria, in order
of importance are: 1) importance of individual
Basis for Judging: Evidence of scholarship
technical contributions; 2) importance of
such as academic record, reports,
technical contributions made by teams led by
presentations, publications, research plans,
the candidate; 3) quality and significance of
related projects and related work experience.
publications and patents; 4) years of technical
Participation in IEEE activities through
distinction; 5) leadership and service within the
presentations, publications, student Chapter
Members of our Society whose careers have
fields of nuclear and plasma sciences and
involvement, etc., will also be considered.
distinguished accomplishments are eligible to be
related disciplines.
IEEE Technical Field Awards and
IEEE Medals
Presentation: Up to four (4) awards
nominated for one or both of two IEEE high-level
awards. There is still just time to make nominations
for one of these, the Curie Award. The next
deadline for this award nomination is January 31st
Peter Clout
Past Chair, IEEE Maria SklodowskaCurie Award Committee
Presentation: One award presented
presented annually. Check and certificates
annually at an NPSS-sponsored
sent to nominator to be presented at a
meeting chosen by the Awardee.
special occasion at the winner’s institution.
2014. For the Healthcare Technology Medal, the
RICHARD F. SHEA
Additionally, NPSS funds a special category
Healthcare Technology
DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AWARD
award—a Phelps grant—given to encourage
While I said above that members of our Society
The purpose of the IEEE Medal on Innovations
Description: To recognize outstanding
are eligible, nonmembers of NPSS and IEEE are
in Healthcare Technology is to recognize and
contributions through leadership and
also eligible to be nominated. Also, the award
identify the outstanding achievements and
service to the NPSS and to the fields of
can be given to up to three people who either
contributions for the work of engineers in the
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences. The prize
independently, or working as a team, were
fields of medicine and biology.
is $5,000, Plaque and a Certificate
The medal is presented annually to an individual,
Eligibility: Any member of the IEEE and NPSS
a team of individuals, or multiple recipients for
who has contributed to the fields of nuclear and
outstanding contributions and/or innovations
plasma sciences through leadership and service.
next deadline is July 1st 2014.
Short Course attendance at NPSS conferences
Curie Award
PAUL PHELPS CONTINUING
EDUCATION GRANT
Description: To promote continuing education
responsible for a seminal development within the
scope of the award.
that offer them. The criteria are:
and encourage membership in NPSS.
Prize: Maximum of $8,000/year for all
recipients, mostly for tuition in NPSS Sponsored
in engineering within the fields of medicine,
The areas of technology that would be eligible
biology, and healthcare technology. The areas of
Basis for Judging: Selection criteria are:
Short Courses but in selected cases, also for
for recognition through the Curie Award are
technology that would be eligible for recognition
leadership roles and leadership quality;
partial travel expenses to NPSS Short Courses.
those associated with nuclear and plasma
of this award include (but are not limited to)
innovative and important contributions to
sciences and engineering. This covers a fairly
bio-signal processing, biomedical image and
Society activities; service and dedication to
Eligibility: Outstanding Student Members of
broad scope of activities, but the unifying
image processing (ultrasound, PET, MRI, etc),
the NPSS; technical achievements.
NPSS and unemployed Members of NPSS who
themes are ionizing radiation and ionized gases,
bioinstrumentation, biosensors, bio-micro/nano
especially their behavior, measurement and
technologies, bio-informatics, computational
Presentation: One award presented
effects. Specific areas include, but are not limited
biology and systems biology, cardiovascular and
annually at an NPSS-sponsored
Basis for Judging: Exceptional promise as a
to, radiation instrumentation, radiation effects,
respiratory systems engineering, neural and
meeting chosen by the Awardee.
Graduate Student in any of the fields of the
nuclear medical imaging, plasma science, pulsed
rehabilitation engineering, cellular and tissue
power, particle accelerators, controlled nuclear
engineering, bio-materials, bio-robotics, bio-
fusion and computer applications.
mechanics, therapeutic and diagnostic systems,
need assistance in changing career direction.
NPSS, exceptionally good work in those fields
for currently unemployed NPSS members and
EARLY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
an expectation that attendance to one or more
medical device design and development,
Description: To recognize outstanding
of the Short Courses will result in improved
Criteria considered by the IEEE Marie
healthcare information systems, telemedicine,
contributions to any of the fields making up
possibility of obtaining a job in the NPSS fields.
Sklodowska-Curie Award Selection Committee
and emerging technologies in biomedicine
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences, within the first
include importance of individual scientific
(e.g., biophotonics).
ten (10) years of an individual’s career. The
Presentation: Presented each year at the
prize is $3,000, Plaque, and Certificate
NPSS-sponsored conference in which the
contributions, importance of scientific
Short Courses are given. The awards will be
contributions made by teams led by the
The criteria that are considered by the IEEE
candidate, seminal nature of the contributions,
Medal on Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Eligibility: Member of the IEEE NPSS who
handled prior to the dates of the Conference,
innovation/originality, societal benefit, impact on
Selection Committee shall include impact on
at the time of the nomination is within
so that award recipients can apply the
the profession and the quality of the nomination.
the profession and/or society, succession of
the first ten (10) years of his or her career
corresponding funds towards covering tuition
significant technical or other contributions,
within the fields of interest of NPSS.
and/or traveling costs to the Short Courses.
The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate
leadership in accomplishing worthwhile goal(s),
and an honorarium.
previous honors, and other achievements as
Basis for Judging: Three (3) letters of
Those interested in applying for a Phelps
evidenced by publications or patents or
recommendation, publications and/or reports,
Grant should contact the Technical Committee
other evidence.
patents, etc. which demonstrate outstanding
chair hosting the conference with a Short
contributions early in the nominee’s career.
Course. There are also a larger number of
For more information, nomination forms and a
guide to nominating, please go to: http://www.
ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/curie.html.
Technical Committee Awards given each year.
For more information, forms and guidance,
please go to: http://www.ieee.org/about/
Presentation: At any major NPSS-sponsored
Nominations for these vary by the conference,
awards/medals/healthcare.html.
conference chosen by the Awardee
but many conferences held in the summer
have award deadlines at the end of January.
Peter Clout, Past Chair, IEEE Maria Sklodowska-Curie Award Committee, can be reached by email
GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
More information on these and other relevant
Awards, including submission information and
at clout@vista-control.com.
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Awards
Description: To recognize contributions to
tips for writing a successful award nomination,
the fields of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences.
is available at http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/
The prize is $1,500, Certificate, and one-
for you to demonstrate the respect you have
This article was originally prepared for the December 2012 NPSS Newsletter by Jane Lehr. Relevant
for both peers and students at both the
dates have been amended. Craig Woody is the current NPSS Awards chair and can be reached by
Society and the Technical Committee level.
email at woody@bnl.gov
Nominations are due January 31st, 2014 for the
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Awards
OUCH!
NOT TO ME
well as one for professional service. The NPSS
They say the dog is man’s best friend. I don’t
I’ve given offence by saying I’d as soon write
Awards are funded directly by the Society and
believe that. How many of your friends have you
free verse as play tennis with the net down.
are comprised of:
neutered?
and encompass recognition of both scientific
and technical achievement at various levels as
Craig Woody
Awards Chairman
— Robert Frost
— Larry Reeb
MERIT AWARD
Description: To recognize outstanding
THE NAME IS FAMILIAR...
AT LEAST IT’S EXERCISE
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences. The prize
Forgive your enemies but never forget
When you get to my age, life seems little more
is $5,000, Plaque, and Certificate
their names.
than one long march to and from the lavatory.
One of the greatest honors we can bestow
technical contributions to the fields of
on our colleagues is to nominate them
for a distinguished award. IEEE provides
numerous prestigious award opportunities
— John F. Kennedy
— John Mortimer
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ICALEPCS 2013 Lifetime Achievement Awards
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PETER CLOUT
published to develop a literature on controls and
the proceedings were quickly published after the
2013 Radiation Effects Award
ICALEPCS 2013 (International Conference on
conference as a NIM volume.
Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics
Control Systems) was held in San Francisco
At about the same time as we started to
during the week of October 7th. Despite U.S.
organize the meeting, I was invited, along with
Dale G. Platteter, retired, received the 2013
Government travel restrictions, the attendance
16 others from outside Brookhaven National
NSREC Radiation Effects Award
was a record 550 for a very full week.
Lab, to a workshop in January 1985 to help BNL
Dale received his BSEE degree from the
The conference has a Lifetime Achievement
understanding was that this meeting was by
University of Wisconsin (1972). Upon
Award which this time was presented to the
invitation only. Later that year, in April I believe,
graduation, he joined the radiation effects
six people, two from each of Europe, North
Winfried Busse organized a meeting in Berlin on
America and Asia, who were involved in starting
controls and simulation for accelerators, which I
the conference series and accelerating it to the
was not able to attend.
DALE G. PLATTETER
with controls decisions for the light source. My
group at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in
Crane, Indiana, where he was employed for 35
years performing failure analysis and radiation
Dale Platteter
Radiation Effects Award winner
success it has been ever since.
hardening of integrated circuits. Dale managed
During the four-day Los Alamos meeting,
the radiation effects group at Crane for 19 of
those years.
The history of ICALEPCS goes back about 28 years:
nuclear weapons programs. He performed
Berend Kuiper and Axel Daneels discussed with
me the possibility of organizing the following
radiation effects studies for Navy, NASA, Office
In 1983 my small controls group at Los Alamos
meeting (to include experiment controls) and
Dale is a recognized leader in the NSREC
of Naval Research, Central Intelligence Agency,
National Laboratory working on the Proton
this was held in Villars-sur-Ollon at the end of
community, serving on the IEEE Radiation
Defense Intelligence Agency, and GPS Satellite
Storage Ring Control System had some poster
September 1987 as the Europhysics Conference
Effects Steering Group (RESG) for 12 years.
program offices. He served as technical lead for
papers at the Santa Fe Particle Accelerator
on Control Systems for Experimental Physics. It
He was General Chairman of the IEEE Nuclear
bipolar technology research for Defense Threat
Conference. I was disappointed that these
was the 1989 meeting organized by Dave Gurd
and Radiation Effects Conference in Madison,
Reduction Agency programs for 20 years.
posters were lost in a big general session and
in Vancouver, Canada that coined the current
also that there was no opportunity to discuss
meeting title.
Wisconsin (1995) and served as RESG
Chairman (2000 – 2003). Dale was instrumental
During his career, Dale designed several bipolar
in developing several NSREC conference
technology “test chips” for studying low-dose-
guideline documents, designing and maintaining
rate (ELDRS) effects and published more than
In the 1970s and early 1980s, controls groups
Shin-ichi Kurokawa. He told me last week that the
the first NSREC website (1995 – 2006), and
20 papers in IEEE journals. Dale was co-author
were nearly always the scapegoat for project
Los Alamos workshop was his first introduction to
served as editor of the NSREC Archive of
of the Outstanding Conference Paper at NSREC
delays and cost overruns. Not only was the
the international controls community.
Radiation Effects Short Course Notebooks
(1983). He developed fault tolerant circuits to
startup of a project delayed but any necessary
CDROM (1998, 2002, 2006).
protect microprocessor chips from single event
changes in the control system took too long to
I think that everyone involved can feel proud
upsets (1980).
implement. It was not unusual that the software
of the success that sparked from the 1985
was so monolithic that any small change was a
meetings into a thriving community that ensures
major undertaking.
the prompt and continuing success of so many
As a researcher/manager, Dale directed radhard semiconductor process developments in
Citation: For significant contributions to the
support of Navy, Army, and Air Force strategic
Radiation Effects Committee of the IEEE/NPSS.
controls issues at the meeting.
The following meeting was organized in Japan by
physics and astrophysics projects around the
I realized that the projects got what they paid
world. Our end is not controls but the best
for. Clearly, delays and cost overruns were not
research possible with the machines to which
good for research progress and to address this
we add the controls.
we needed to develop the controls community.
Accelerator project managers had to take
The Awardees of the Lifetime Achievement
controls seriously if their projects were to be
Award were:
successful (on time and under budget). Also,
the technologies used and implementations,
» D
aniele Bulfone (Italy),
especially the software, needed to be developed
to be better suited to the changing requirements
» P
eter Clout (USA),
of physics and experiment controls.
» A
xel Daneels (Switzerland),
In 1984 I asked for and obtained support
from my Group Leader and Division Leader to
» D
avid Gurd (Canada),
organize an Accelerator Controls Workshop in
NSREC Past Chairmans toast 50th anniversary
Los Alamos in October 1985. We had hoped to
» S
hin-Ichi Kurokawa (Japan) and
attract about 60 participants but in the end 130
attended from around the world and 50 papers
» R
yotaro Tanaka (Japan)
were presented. I also wanted the proceedings
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Education is the path from cocky ignorance to
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FRED GOULDING 1925–2013
LARRY L. ALTGILBERS 1945–2013
Dr. Larry Altgilbers passed away on 20th Sept.
field. In the course of his numerous international
Fred Goulding, an Englishman and former
to experimental science. Under his guidance,
2013 in Huntsville, Alabama after an extended
interactions Larry was particularly involved
Distinguished Staff Scientist at Lawrence
the Laboratory developed a strong program in
battle with cancer. Larry will be remembered
in information exchange with researchers
Berkeley National Laboratory, began his
Ge materials and detector technology resulting
Larry L. Altgilbers
1945–2013
on compact pulsed power in Russia, the
in large-volume, high-purity Ge gamma-ray
PRC, Germany, and the United Kingdom. His
detectors that have become the standard
involvement culminated in the author- and
in the industry with application in fields as
co-authorship of three books and 226 technical
diverse as medical imaging, gamma-ray
papers in the archival literature. Published in
astronomy and homeland security. Silicon X-ray
2000, his book Magnetocumulative Generators,
detectors, likewise facilitated through Fred’s
Springer-Verlag, was the first one of its kind and
efforts, are also widely used in analytical X-ray
quickly adopted as reference material by many
spectroscopy for environmental monitoring and
researchers in the field.
other applications.
Larry had more than 30 years of progressively
In 1977 he became Department Head for
more responsible experience in advanced
Measurement Science within the Engineering
pulsed-power technology; he served since
Fred Goulding
1925–2013
as a champion of compact pulsed power that
would enable applications in the gigawatt power
regime while keeping volume and weight within
limits. His tenacity and will to foster pulsedpower programs aimed at miniaturization are
exemplary. Only two months before his passing,
Larry organized and held his annual Directed
Energy Workshop in Huntsville.
Through original management and
salesmanship, he has funded diverse programs
in pulsed-power technology in excess of $40M.
The sum total of his efforts has established
the State-of-the-Art in small advanced energy
conversion systems such as Magnetic Flux
Compression Generators, Ferroelectric
Generators, Ferromagnetic Generators, and
High Power Microwave sources, all of which
are critical to the development of pulsed highpower RF generation. The program, broad in
scope, has developed switching technology,
projects he funded. This
included mentorship of
young researchers in the
field of pulsed power; he
would never shy away
from discussing any issue
with the many graduate
students involved in his
projects. A number of
these students carry on his
his conviction that much of the science of
experimental physics lay in the development
Larry has always taken
personal interest in the
Division. The title, chosen by Fred, reflected
of sophisticated tools with which to perform
measurements. Fred’s responsibilities included
electronics career working on radar during
oversight of groups involved in instrumentation
World War II. He then became involved in the
for, among others, the first Time Projection
development of nuclear instrumentation at Chalk
Chamber and the Keck Telescope. With his deep
River Laboratories in Canada, where he became
knowledge of physics and engineering concepts,
head of the electronics group and developed the
Fred understood the fundamental requirements
expertise in nuclear particle detection which was
at a depth exceeding that of typical managers.
to become his career’s unifying theme. In 1960,
He also supported the introduction of modern
Fred was recruited to LBNL as a group leader for
computer technology and integrated circuit
electronics instrumentation in the then Nuclear
design into the portfolio of techniques available
Chemistry Division.
to Lab researchers.
This was a dynamic period in Laboratory
Fred’s most enduring legacy may be the
history. The 88-inch cyclotron had recently
generations of young scientists, engineers and
been commissioned, the search for transuranic
technical staff whom he mentored and inspired.
elements was being pursued actively at the
His creative approach to problem solving served
HILAC, and the Bevatron was at the peak of its
as a model for others to emulate. Whether
productivity. Fred’s familiarity with electronics for
remaining in the Laboratory or moving on to
experimental physics was a welcome addition to
success in academia, industry and other national
the Laboratory.
labs, all carry a strong sense of respect and
gratitude for Fred’s contribution to their careers.
At this time, semiconductor devices were
first introduced into experimental physics.
Fred still stands out among most of his peers
Fred’s demonstrated experience in electronic
as a unique individual who contributed to
circuit design using discrete transistors was
the success of the Lab in numerous ways.
rapidly exploited with his development of
He contributed technically to a diverse range
state-of-the-art pulse processing systems for
of programs that covered most aspects of
nuclear measurements. These were applied
the Lab’s mission. He won the respect of
to semiconductor diodes for nuclear particle
collaborators with whom he worked and the
detection, which became critically important
gratitude of dozens of colleagues whose
issue with the many graduate students involved
tools to study nuclear reactions at Laboratory
careers he enhanced. His achievements were
in his projects. A number of these students carry
accelerators. He was heavily involved in
recognized across the international scientific
2007 as a voting member on the NPSS Pulsed
developing lithium-drifted germanium detectors,
community. He was honored by the Lab with
Power Science and Technology Committee
which revolutionized gamma-ray spectroscopy,
the rare classification of Distinguished Staff
and actively contributed to the success of the
as well as the design of the low-noise preamps
Senior Scientist.
particularly successful and it is worth noting
IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference.
and pulse-shaping networks needed to exploit
that five of his funded programs have received
His multifaceted, international contributions
these unique detectors. These custom radiation
Fred’s connection to NPSS was through
Tibbetts Awards for their SBIR work. It should
are also witnessed by being a member of
detection and pulse processing systems
the Nuclear Science Symposium where he
also be recognized that ten of his SBIR projects
the International Steering Committee for the
designed by Fred and his colleagues enabled the
presented many ‘firsts’ in his papers, and was
have received Phase Ill awards and produced
Megagauss Conference for many years.
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory to be recognized
also the first NSS Radiation Detection and
as a world leader in the exploitation of these
Measurement short course instructor. He also
Larry was actively involved in research up until a
new technologies and established Fred’s
was an active contributor to standards efforts,
Always enjoying the opportunity, Larry had
week before his death; he will be greatly missed
international reputation. Fred was frequently
especially NIM.
traveled overseas many times and fostered
by pulsed-power researchers in many countries.
cited by research staff as a major contributor to
radiating structures, energy storage elements,
power conditioning and chemical-to-electrical
energy conversion.
Larry always took personal interest in the
projects he funded. This included mentorship of
young researchers in the field of pulsed power;
he would never shy away from discussing any
on his legacy and have gone on to successful
careers in the area of compact pulsed power
and related fields. His effort with SBIRs has been
legacy and have gone on
to successful careers in the
area of compact pulsed
power and related fields.
commercially available products.
contacts with many eminent researchers in the
the success of diverse research projects.
Fred retired from the Lab in 1991, but remained
Submitted by Andreas Neuber on behalf of the Pulsed Power Science and Technology Technical
Fred continued in his leadership role in
enjoying his new freedom from responsibility to
Committee. Andreas Neuber can be reached at andreas.neuber@ttu.edu
the area of nuclear instrumentation and
pursue his own research interests. He passed
measurement science for several decades.
away on July 2nd, 2013 at the age of 88 and is
He was quick to recognize emerging areas of
survived by his wife, Eve and son, Derek.
active in research for many years afterward,
science and technology likely to be important
Provided by Joseph M. Jaklevic, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with contributions
from Ed Lampo, Patrick Le Dû and Bill Moses. Edited by Albe Larsen and Bill Moses. For further
information, please contact jmjaklevic@lbl.gov.
Fred’s most enduring legacy may be the generations of young scientists, engineers and technical staff whom he mentored and inspired.
His creative approach to problem solving served as a model for others to emulate. Whether remaining in the Laboratory or moving on to
success in academia, industry and other national labs, all carry a strong sense of respect and gratitude for Fred’s contribution to their careers.
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technical program consisting of approximately
Chapter News
NPSS News
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» Philippe Roche and Gilles Gasiot,
ten sessions of contributed papers (both oral and
STMicroelectronics, who will give a talk on
poster) that describe the latest observations and
“SEE on Advanced CMOS Bulk, FinFET and
research results in radiation effects, a Radiation
UTTB SOI Technologies.”
Effects Data Workshop, and an industrial exhibit.
WHY VOLUNTEER FOR THE NPSS
Attendees will also have the opportunity to
ALEXANDRIA STUDENT CHAPTER?
» Guy
Berger, Consultant, and Vincent Pouget,
participate in a one-day Short Course on Monday,
Montpellier 2 University who will give a talk on
On the 15th of September of this year, 2013,
July 14th. The theme for the short course is the
“Facilities and Methods for Radiation Testing.”
the IEEE NPSS Alexandria Student Chapter
Effects of Radiation Environments on Devices
and Test Procedures, and is being organized by
conducted the event “Why Volunteer for the
NPSS Alexandria Student Chapter” in order
to give the students a reason to volunteer
Raghda Ibrahim
Chairman, Alexandria Student Chapter
» M
arkus Brugger, CERN, who will give a talk
Frederic Saigne, University of Montpellier—IES.
on “Radiation Effects, Calculation Methods
The presenters of the short course include:
and Radiation Test Challenges in Accelerator
for the chapter. The event started with a brief
Mixed Beam Environments.”
introduction to IEEE, NPSS and the major goals
» S
ébastien Bourdarie, ONERA, who will give
of the chapter: to connect all the students and
such voluntary work on the Nuclear and Plasma
a talk on “Comparative Earth and Jovian
The short course should be of interest both to
professionals whose interests are in Nuclear and
Studies in Egypt, especially that Alexandria
Space Environment.”
radiation effects specialists and newcomers to the
Plasma Sciences in Egypt, to keep the students
University has the only Nuclear and Radiation
up-to-date with all the new technologies and
Engineering Department in Egypt.
approaches in the field, to refresh the topics
field alike. Each short course attendee will receive
» P
hilippe Adell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and
Jérome Boch, Montpellier 2 University, who
a CD-ROM Archive of IEEE NSREC Short Course
Notebooks (1980 – 2014).
they might have studied earlier and to fill the
Finally , Prof. Mohammed Hassan, IEEE NPSS
will give a talk on “An Update of the Most
gap between education and job fields.
Alexandria Student Chapter’s advisor, explained
Recent Research about Dose Rate Effects in
For the most current information on the Nuclear
how volunteering helps in preparing the
SiO2-Based Electronics.”
and Space Radiation Effects Conference,
Later on, Mohammed El Dallal , IEEE AlexSB
student to be an active member in the society.
including information on paper submission,
Chairman and Co-Founder of two start-ups in
He highlighted how the volunteer would
please visit www.nsrec.com.
Alexandria, gave a talk about how voluntary work
gain experience in areas like organizational
for one of IEEE’s organizational units can help in
management
career. After El-Dallal, Ahmed Zakria, a volunteer
At the end of the event , Omnia Morsy, another
in the IEEE Alexandria Student Branch and
volunteer in the NPSS Alexandria Student
Research Assistant at the Egypt-Japan University
Chapter, explained the process of applying
for Sciences and Technology, gave another
for membership during the NPSS Alexandria
talk about how voluntary work in one of IEEE’s
Student Chapter recruitment campaign.
organizational units can enhance research skills
and comprehension of one’s academic major.
Afterward, Dr. Abd El Fattah Youssef, IEEE NPSS
Marty Shaneyfelt, Chair of the Radiation Effects Technical Committee, can be reached by email
at shaneymr@sandia.gov; Teresa Farris, Vice Chaiirperson of Publicity, can be reached by email at
improving personal skills and consequently one’s
teresa.farris@aeroflex.com.
A PRECIOUS FEW...
MONEY TALKS
the applicants in order to recruit the most
After all, when you come right down to it how
I have found that people are usually much more
qualified volunteers.
many people speak the same language even
moved by economics than by morals.
Two weeks later, the chapter started interviewing
member, talked about the expected impact of
when they speak the same language?
— Norah Phillips
Raghda Ibrahim, NPSS Alexandria Student Chapter Chairman, can be reached by email at raghda.
— Russell Hoban
imohammed@gmail.com.
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