Hugh J. Barnaby
SHUOQIN WANG
2000 Graduate Student Award
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Hugh J. Barnaby |
Shuoqin Wang received the B.S. and M.S.E.E. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Zhejiang University, P.R.China, in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He received his M.S. degree in physics from University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, USA in 1997. At present, he is working toward his PhD degree in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California at Los Angeles.
His main interest is in the experimental and computer simulation studies of the generation of coherent radiation from the interaction of relativistic electrons with plasmas.
For his PhD project, Shuoqin Wang proposed an experimental investigation of x-ray emission of spontaneously emitted soft X-ray radiation caused by periodic betatron motion of a 30 GeV electron beam in a meter-long plasma at the Stanford Linear Acceleration Center (SLAC). Such radiation had never been detected before and its detection was important for assessing the feasibility of a so-called ion channel laser operating in the X-ray region. The proposal was strongly supported by his supervisor Professor Chan Joshi. Shuoqin Wang was able to make parasitic measurements of X-ray emission from betatron oscillations in a plasma wakefield accelerator experiment, called E157, at SLAC carried out by scientists from SLAC, UCLA, USC and LBL. It was for the clear observation of this radiation that he was recommended for and awarded the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society Graduate Scholarship award in 2000.
Shouqin Wang can be reached at the Electrical Engineering Department, 415 Hilgard Ave., Engineering IV, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095; Phone +1 310 825-1787; Fax: +1 310 206-8220; E-mail: sqwang@ee.ucla.edu. Shuoqin was nominated for the award by Chan Joshi.