The Newly Elected AdCom Members

Dennis B. Brown

Dennis B. Brown received his B.S. degree from the Michigan Technological University in 1957 and his M.S. and Sc.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1963 and 1965.  In 1967 he joined the Naval Research Laboratory.  He is currently assigned to the National Reconnaissance Office where he is managing technology development in radiation hardened components, RF and optical technology, and space structures.

He has been active in the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects conference.  He has served the NSREC as an author, reviewer, session chair, short course presenter, Short Course Chairman (1991), Technical Program Chairman (1993), General Chairman (1997), and member of the Radiation Effects Steering Committee.

He has published on the following subjects: time and energy dependence of radiation effects, radiation dose enhancement, kinetics of radiation induced interface state generation, annealing of radiation induced trapped charge, and the mechanism of low dose rate effects in bipolar semiconductor devices.  In addition to radiation effects work, his research interests include the study and modeling of x-ray generation, x-ray diffraction, x-ray film sensitivity, electron transport, and radiation energy deposition.

Dennis Brown can be reached at the Naval Research Laboratory,  Code 6820, Washington, DC 20375; Phone: +1 703 808-5290; Fax: +1 703 808-2426; E-mail: dbbrown@ccf.nrl.navy.mil

Mounir Laroussi

Dr. Mounir Laroussi obtained his Ph.D., in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (June 1988). After few years of teaching, he joined the Microwave & Plasma Laboratory of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Tennessee as a Research Assistant Professor from 1995 to 1998. In November 1998, Dr. Laroussi joined Old Dominion University's Applied Research Center where he now holds the title of Research Associate Professor and leads the research activities of the Applied Plasma Technology Laboratory (Lab web page: www.ece.odu.edu/~mlarouss)

Dr. Laroussi's research interests are the physics of plasmas, the industrial applications of non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasmas, and the interaction of EM waves with plasmas. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 papers. He holds three patents in the field of Plasmas & Applications. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of Sigma Xi (research society). He is the recipient of the 1996 Advanced Technology Award from the Inventors Clubs of America for his work on the application of non-thermal plasmas to biological decontamination, and he is the recipient of the IEEE Millenium Medal Award, 2000. Dr. Laroussi is Associate Editor of Physics Essays, an international journal dedicated to fundamental problems in Physics, and is presently serving as Guest Editor of the special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science on the "Non-Thermal Medical/Biological Applications of Ionized Gases and Electromagnetic Fields".

Mounir Laroussi can be reached at Old Dominion University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department & Applied Research Center, 12050 Jefferson Ave., Newport News, VA, 23606; Phone: +1 757 269-5640; Fax: +1 757 269-5644; E-mail: mlarouss@odu.edu. or laroussi@jlab.org.

Patrick LeDû

No information provided.

William W. Moses

I received a B.A. from Dartmouth College, majoring in Physics, in 1978, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. Since then I have worked in the Center for Functional Imaging at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where I am presently a Senior Staff Scientist. I joined the IEEE as a student member in 1986, and have been a member ever since. While my graduate work was in the field of high energy physics, my research after graduation has been in the field of instrumentation for Positron Emission Tomography (PET). This has included fundamental research in scintillators, photodetectors, and readout electronics, as well as development of complete detector modules and tomograph systems.

I have been active in the NPSS for a number of years, mostly with the organization of the Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC). I served as Chairperson of the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC, whose major responsibility is the long-term organization of the NSS/MIC) for the first four years of its existence, and was as an elected member of the NPSS AdCom representing the Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Technical Committee from 1995-1999. I have served on the NPSS Education Committee from 1990-1995, the Nuclear Medical Sciences Technical Committee since its inception in 1991, and the NSS "Meetings"Committee since 1992. I was Program Chairperson for NSS in 1993, Assistant Program Chairperson for MIC in 1991, Assistant Guest Editor for the Transactions on Nuclear Science in 1989, and also organized or taught a Short Course (Fundamentals of Medical Imaging) in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, and 1997.

I look forward to the challenges that we face in the upcoming years. I want to strengthen the already strong ties between the MIC and the NSS, and work to provide more long range planning and a higher level of fiscal oversight to the NSS/MIC meeting. I also look forward to helping AdCom wrestle with the complex problems surrounding electronic publication, balancing the needs for first-rate technical quality, sound editorial policy, and financial health with the desire for rapid publication, easy access, and good value for members.

Bill Moses can be reached at the Lawrence Berkely Laboratory, MS 55-121, 1 Cyclotron Raod, Berkeley, CA  94720; Phone: +1 510 486-4432; Fax: +1 510 486-4768; E-mail: wwmoses@lbl.gov