NPSS SOCIETY & TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE AWARDS

Last year, the Awards Committee moved the deadline for submission of nominations for Society Awards to January 31, 2008. Consequently, the Awards Committee was able to make its selections by the end of March, which enables awardees to be recognized at the conference of their choosing this calendar year. The committee reviewed many outstanding nominations for each of the Society Awards. Dr. Ilan Ben-Zvi won the Merit Award “for outstanding contributions to the fields of high energy physics accelerators and free electron lasers.” Dr. Steven H. Gold won the Richard F. Shea Distinguished Member Award “for outstanding contributions to the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society and its Plasma Science and Applications Technical Committee." Professor Farhat N. Beg won the Early Achievement award “for contributions to the understanding of electron transport in short pulse high intensity laser matter interactions and the physics of pulsed power driven z-pinches.” In addition, four students received Graduate Scholarship Awards: David M. French (University of Michigan), Brad W. Hoff (University of Michigan), Thomas D. Loveless (Vanderbilt University), and Jonathan A. Pellish, (Vanderbilt University). Congratulations to all!

The NPSS is revamping its Awards web page at http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/ awards.htm. The Awards page includes a summary of all awards, a detailed description of Society Awards that includes nomination forms, and a link to Technical Committee and/or Conference web sites. The process for choosing winners of Technical Committee Awards is the responsibility of the respective Technical Committee. A listing of all Technical Committee Awards follows.
1. Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Award;
2. Radiation Effects Award;
3. Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award;
4. Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievement Award;
5. Fusion Technology Award;
6. Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award;
7. Plasma Science and Applications Award;
8. Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award;
9. Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award;
10. Erwin Marx Award;
11. Peter Haas Pulsed Power Award;
12. Arthur H. Guenther Pulsed Power Student Award; and
13. NPSS Student Paper Awards.

In addition to the Technical Committee Awards listed above, NPSS has approved the establishment of two additional student awards. These awards are: (1) Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Doctoral Student Award to recognize significant and innovative technical contributions to the field of particle accelerator science and technology as demonstrated in a student’s doctoral thesis; and (2) Outstanding Student in Plasma Science Award to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of plasma science and technology. These awards must be approved by the IEEE Technical Activities Board later this year.

I would like to thank the members of the Awards Committee for their hard work and dedication. They are Igor Alexeff, Hal Flescher, Steve Gitomer, and Bill Moses.

Peter S. Winokur, Chair, NPSS Awards Committee, can be reached at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Washington, DC; Phone: +1 202 694-7090; E-mail: p.winokur@ieee.org.