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The American Nuclear
Society, in recognition of the expanding contributions radiation
sciences make to industrial progress, established the Radiation
Science and Technology Award in 1967. The purpose of the award is
to identify and honor those individuals whose creative application
of radiation sciences and engineering principles have been particularly
outstanding.
The 2004 Award was presented to Prof. George H. Miley, Department
of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the University
of Illinois at an Honors and Awards Luncheon in Washington DC, November
16, 2004.
Citation: For his creative contributions to radiation science
and technology in furthering the development of nuclear batteries,
nuclear pumped lasers, and small fusion-based neutron sources for
industrial neutron activation analysis.
George Miley can be reached at the Fusion Studies Laboratory,
University of Illinois, 100 NEL, 103 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL
61801-2901; Phone: +1 217 333-3772; Fax: +1 217 333-2906; E-mail:
ghmiley@uiuc.edu.
Ed. Note: The above is included to let our membership
know of an important award bestowed by another society on a long-standing
and active member of the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. Congratulations,
George!
Ronald J. Jaszczak
University of Florida Outstanding Alumni Award
Ronald Jaszczak has
been recognized with an Outstanding Alumni Award by the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. He received
this honor at the University’s Annual Awards Brunch held on
November 13, 2004 in conjunction with the University’s Homecoming
activities in Gainesville, Florida.
Dr. Jaszczak earned a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from the University
of Florida in 1964, ranking fourth in a class of 980; he earned
a PhD in Physics in 1968 from the same university. Over the course
of his career, he has worked in academia, private industry and at
the US Atomic Energy Commission’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL). He held appointments at ORNL and the Nuclear Chicago Corporation
(now Siemens Medical Solutions) until being recruited by Duke University
in 1979; since that time, he has been a Professor of Radiology and
Biomedical Engineering at Duke.
His research interests are in the field of medical imaging science.
He has made major contributions to nuclear medicine, in particular
to the development, characterization and understanding of single
photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). In 1981, he and his
wife, Nancy, co-founded Data Spectrum Corporation (DSC) located
in Hillsborough, North Carolina. DSC is a leading manufacturer of
quality assurance and research phantoms for the nuclear medical
imaging community.
Dr. Jaszczak is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) and has served the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
Society in many administrative capacities, including NPSS President
from 1997-1998. In recognition of his pioneering work in nuclear
medicine imaging, the Society of Nuclear Medicine honored Dr. Jaszczak
with the 2000 Paul C. Aebersold Award.
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