Ron Schrimpf
NSREC EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN TEACHES AT UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER
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Ron Schrimpf |
Ron Schrimpf, Vanderbilt University, spent June and July 2000 at the University of Montpellier, France as an Invited Professor. He was hosted by Professor Jean Gasiot and worked on radiation effects in microelectronics. Ron returned to France in October for additional work with Professor Gasiot and meetings at other organizations. Vanderbilt and Montpellier have large radiation-effects research programs and researchers at the two universities have a long history of collaboration. Over the past ten years, approximately fifteen French students have worked with Professor Schrimpf at the University of Arizona or Vanderbilt University. In addition, Hugh Barnaby, a Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt, spent the fall semester 2000 at the University of Bordeaux.
The University of Montpellier has the largest European academic research group in the radiation-effects area and has supported NSREC through paper submittals and committee appointments. The main research topic of Ron’s visit was terrestrial single-event effects in advanced integrated circuits, but additional goals were promoting new collaborative projects and additional student exchanges.
Ron has been active in the Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference as General Chairman, Technical Program Chairman, and Guest Editor. He is currently the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Radiation Effects Steering Group.
In addition to spending time in Montpellier, Ron visited several other organizations involved in radiation-effects work. These organizations included Alcatel in Toulouse and Cannes, the University of Bordeaux, the Institut Supérieur d’Électronique de Paris, several research organizations in Grenoble, and CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ron and his family lived in La Grande Motte, a small town near Montpellier on the Mediterranean coast. In addition to the French cuisine, they particularly enjoyed the Bastille Day fireworks at Carcassone, the Roman arenas at Arles and Nîmes, and the Pont du Gard (a Roman aqueduct).