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H. Gold of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington,
DC is the winner of the 2008 IEEE/NPSS Richard F. Shea Distinguished
Member Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions through
leadership and service to the NPSS and to the fields of Nuclear
and Plasma Sciences.
Dr. Gold is the Senior Scientist for Radiation Generation Physics
in the Beam Physics Branch at NRL, where he has worked for the last
28 years. He is the head of the NRL Magnicon Facility, where he
directs a program to study advanced accelerator technologies, including
dielectric-loaded accelerators and active microwave pulse compressors,
using a 25 MW, 11.4 GHz magnicon amplifier tube that was developed
there. Dr. Gold has published more than 50 papers in refereed journals,
holds 5 Patents and two Statutory Invention Registrations, and has
been author or coauthor of more than 250 invited and contributed
papers at scientific conferences and workshops, including more than
100 proceedings papers.
Dr. Gold has been involved with the Executive Committee (ExCom)
of the NPSS Plasma Science and Applications Committee (PSAC) for
the past 18 years, including three 3-year terms as an elected member,
two years as Vice-Chair, and ten years as PSAC Secretary. He also
served a recent term on the NPSS AdCom (2004-2007), where his assignments
included chairing an ad hoc committee that created a restructuring
plan for the editorial board of the IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., and
service on a similar committee for the IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. He
served for 20 years as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Trans. Plasma
Sci. (1988-2007), where he was responsible for a very successful
continuing series of biennial special issues on High Power Microwave
Generation, and has served on the program committee of the IEEE
International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) on a number of
occasions, and as session organizer and session chair. He is currently
chair of the NPSS Chapters and Local Activities Committee and Distinguished
Lecturers Coordinator, and serves as a member of the 2008 IEEE Fellow
Committee. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and of the American Physical
Society.
Citation: “For outstanding contributions
to the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society and its Plasma Science
and Applications Technical Committee.”
Steven Gold can be reached at steven.gold@nrl.navy.mil.
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