The PSAC Awards Committee is pleased to announce that Professor Emeritus Igor Alexeff of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville is the recipient of the Plasma Science and Applications Special Award (the so-called PSAC Award) to be presented at the 2002 ICOPS in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The award citation reads:

"For outstanding contributions to plasma science, including pioneering work on ion acoustic waves and on plasma sheath expansion, substantial impact on the development of high power microwave sources, dedicated mentorship and education of generations of students, and extraordinary professional service, including the co-founding of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society in 1972.”

More details on this award will appear in the June issue of the Newsletter which will feature the 2002 ICOPS.

Edl Schamiloglu, Past-Chair, PSAC Awards Committee can be reached at the University of New Mexico, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 323C EECE Building, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1356; Phone: +1 505 277-4423; Fax: +1 505 277-1439; E-mail: edl@eece.unm.edu