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15th IEEE NPSS International Pulsed Power Conference was held in
Monterey, CA, June 13 to 17, 2005. This biennial conference serves
as the principal forum for the exchange of information on pulsed
power science and technology. PPC2005 immediately preceded the 32nd
IEEE NPSS International Conference on Plasma Science, repeating
the successful teaming of the two conferences that first took place
in Monterey in 1999. An ICOPS minicourse “The Physics of Z
Pinches” united the two conferences.
PPC2005 was attended by 590 people from 22 countries, including
75 students. Four hundred oral and poster presentations spanned
the areas of Components (Pulsed Power Switches, Insulation and Dielectric
Breakdown, Diagnostics, Computational Techniques, and Electro-Mechanical
Design), Systems (High-Current Accelerators, Compact Pulsed Power,
Repetitive Pulsed Power, Explosively-Driven Pulsed Power, Pulsed
Power Laser Drivers, and Generators and Networks), and Applications
(Particle Beams, Z- and X-Pinch Sources, High Power Microwaves,
Biological, Medical, Industrial, Electromagnetic Launchers, Hydrodynamic
Experiments, Inertial Fusion Energy, and Space Environments).
Contributions to the field of Pulsed Power were honored with four
award presentations. The Erwin Marx Award recognized Leland Schlitt’s
outstanding individual contributions to pulsed power technology
over an extended period of time. The Peter Haas Award recognized
Robert Reinovsky’s outstanding contributions to pulsed power
technology resulting from his continued effort to develop programs
of research, education, and information exchange. The Pulsed Power
Student Awards recognized outstanding students in pulsed power engineering:
Joshua Leckbee from the University of Missouri, Columbia and Michael
Butcher from Texas Tech University.
Plenary talks were presented on “Present and Future Pulsed
Power Naval Applications” by F. Beach and “Electra,
a Repetitively Pulsed E-beam Pumped KrF Laser” by J. Sethian.
The Erwin Marx and Peter Haas Award recipients also presented plenary
talks describing their contributions to and perspectives on the
field.
A sixth Special Issue on Pulsed Power Science and Technology will
be published in the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science in Ocober
2006. The purpose of this Special Issue is to augment the conference
proceedings to provide the widest possible distribution of archival
quality papers detailing the unique and innovative developments
in the field of pulsed power science and technology.
The 16th IEEE NPSS International Pulsed Power Conference will be
held as a fully integrated conference with the 34th International
Conference on Plasma Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico June 17-22,
2007, called “Pulsed Power and Plasma Science 2007.”
PPPS-2007 will be held immediately prior to the Particle Accelerator
Conference in the same venue to facilitate collaborations between
these communities. Edl Schamiloglu, PPC2005’s Technical Program
Chair, will be PPPS-2007 Conference Chairman. More information can
be found at www.ece.unm.edu/ppps2007/
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