2013 NPSS Awards
Report
Craig Woody
NPSS Awards Chair
AdCom Meeting
March 2, 2013
Savannah, GA
2013 Awards Committee
Craig Woody (Chair, RI)
Alberto Del Guerra (NMISC)
Kay Chesnut (RE)
Christian Bohm (CANPS)
Bob Zwaska (PAST)
Gerry Cooperstein (PPST)
John Sethian (FT)
Christine Coverdale (PSAC)
2013 NPSS Award Winners
Shea Award – Edl Schamiloglu
For outstanding contributions to the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society through its Pulsed Power Science and
Technology and Plasma Science and Applications Technical
Committees.
Merit Award – Ahmed Hassanein
For seminal contributions and leadership in the field of plasma
evolution and sources through development of advanced
computer simulation combined with state-of-the art innovative
laboratory experiments.
Early Achievement Award – Sylvain Girard
For contributions to the understanding of radiation effects on fiber
optics and fiber sensors and their integration in harsh
environments.
Graduate Student Awards
Joshua Cates (University of Tennessee)
Ph.D. Candidate – Nuclear Engineering (Radiation Detectors)
Sterling Beeson (Texas Tech University)
Ph.D. Candidate – Electrical Engineering (Plasmas)
Justin Freeman (Purdue University)
Ph.D. Candidate – Nuclear Engineering (Plasmas)
Dong-Hoon Lee (Yonsei University)
Ph.D. Candidate – MRI, Neuroimaging
Comments about awards
• Solicitation of awards was primarily though
the TCs
The TCs should know best who their best candidates are
and find the people to nominate them
• Except for the Merit Award, the number of
nominees was extremely minimal
Five candidates for the Merit, one for the Shea (carryover
from last year), two for the Early Career and five
Graduate Student (4 possible awards)
• We need to publicize our awards more and
encourage more nominations
More Newsletter articles, brochures,…
 More publicity at conferences
Phelps Continuing Education Grants
• Intended to pay for tuition and/or travel
expenses to conferences for attending Short
Courses. Available to students and
unemployed members of NPSS
• Total award amount for NPSS is $8K
• As far as I know, we generally don’t give
out all of this money in any given year
Valentine T. Jordanov
Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant
Funded by Valentine Jordanov, a Bulgarian born
entrepreneur, through a grant to the IEEE Foundation
”To promote graduate level study and research on radiation
instrumentation and to promote membership in IEEE”.
So far has primarily been used to fund travel to the
NSS/MIC (preference given to Bulgarian students)
Considered a grant not an award and therefore could
not be publicized on the NPSS website
Still true, but Jordanov donated additional funds in
January 2013 and wants to broaden the award. It now
looks like IEEE will allow this if we simply list the grant
in the TABARC Awards Manual