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1965, the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society has sponsored
the biannual Particle Accelerator Conference. PAC2007 renews this
tradition with a meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico from June 25-29.
Since 1989, the Particle Science and Technology Awards have been
presented at the Particle Accelerator Conference to honor outstanding
contributions to particle accelerator science and technology. The
2007 winners are Drs. Satoshi Ozaki and Michael Harrison, Senior
Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY USA and
Dr. Victor Malka, Research Director at CNRS, Laboratoire d’optique
appliquée, Palaiseau, France.
Born and raised in Japan, Satoshi Ozaki moved to the USA in 1955
under the Fulbright Scholarship Program, soon after finishing his
MS degree working on the reconstruction of the Osaka University
Cyclotron. Immediately after obtaining his PhD in Physics from MIT
in 1959 he moved to BNL, where he pursued experimental research
studying the dynamics in particle interactions and spectroscopy
of hadrons using the Cosmotron and AGS, from conception to the development
of research facilities such as a major particle spectrometer and
the use of a computer on-line for a real-time data analysis.
In 1981, Ozaki was asked to come to KEK to direct the construction
of TRISTAN, a 60 GeV e+e-collider, the first major high energy physics
research facility in Japan. The TRISTAN Project was completed on
schedule within the budget (>$ 500M) in 1987. He returned to
BNL in 1989 as the Head of the RHIC Project, which was successfully
completed in 1999, leading to an outstanding physics program in
the study of relativistic heavy ion collisions including the observation
of new hot and dense matter that behaves like perfect liquid. He
was also instrumental in bringing the polarized proton capability
to RHIC with the funding support from RIKEN Institute of Japan.
Presently, as the Director of Accelerator Systems for NSLS II, he
is engaged in the design of an ultra bright third generation light
source.
Dr. Harrison was an Associate Project Director on the Relativistic
Heavy Ion Collider ((RHIC) at Brookhaven Nation Laboratory. In this
role he was responsible for overseeing the design and construction
of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). He is currently Project
Director of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials and the Program
Director for the Americas Regional Team for the International Linear
Collider Project. He received a Ph.D. from Liverpool University
in England in High Energy Physics and came to BNL from Fermilab
where he participated in the experimental high energy physics program
as well as construction of the Tevatron.
Dr. Harrison has been a Fellow of the American Physical Society
since 1994 and is a former member of the High Energy Physics Presidential
Advisory Panel (HEPAP). He is, or was, a member of accelerator oversight
committees at Fermilab, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics
(CERN), and the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY). He has
participated in numerous DOE Project and Laboratory Program Reviews
in High Energy, Nuclear Physics, and Basic Energy Science programs.
Drs. Ozaki and Harrison are cited “For leadership in the successful
design and construction of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.”
Dr. Victor Malka is one of the most prolific scientific researchers
in laser plasma accelerators. After graduating from his engineering
school in chemistry, he started to study physics at University when
he was 24 years old. He received his PhD in atomic physics in 1988
and got a permanent position at CNRS in 1989. He has worked on inertial
fusion, on parametric instabilities and on particle acceleration.
From October 2001, Victor creates his group of laser driven particle
sources at the Laboratory of Applied Optics (LOA). He is making
strong efforts in promoting laser-particle acceleration in various
fields. Victor likes to explore new schemes and new applications
of the laser plasma accelerator concept. He has identified various
potential applications (in chemistry, radiobiology, medicine, material
science) of importance for the whole scientific community. With
expertise in plasma physics, he develops new bridges between different
fields of science. His teaching activity at Ecole polytechnique
is based on a “research approach” in domains such as
laser physics, optics and plasmas; he stimulates creativity and
is appreciated by his students.
Dr. Malka is cited For groundbreaking work on laser-plasma accelerators.
The PAST Award Committee members for 2007 were: Ilan Ben-Zvi (Chair),
Bruce Brown, Ron Davidson, Steve Milton, Thomas Roser, and John
Seeman.
Links: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/past-award.html
(PAST Awards); http://pac07.org/
(2007 PAC)
Ilan Ben-Zvi, chair of the Particle Accelerator Science and
Technology TC can be reached a Brookhaven National Laboratory, Collider-Accelerator
Department, MS911B, Upton, NY 11973; Phone +1 631 344 5143; Fax:
+1 631 344 5954; E-mail: benzvi@bnl.gov.
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