NPSS COMMITTEE REPORTS AND NEWS

Radiation Effects Committee Annual Report

The IEEE Radiation Effects Committee (REC) held its annual Open Meeting on 19 July 2001 at the Westin Bayshore

Dale G. Platteter
REC Chairman

Resort and Marina in Vancouver, BC, Canada, during the 2001 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC). The meeting included reports from the chairmen of the 2000 through 2002 NSRECs.

An election was held during the Open Meeting for Junior Member-at-Large to the Radiation Effects Steering Group (RESG). The RESG welcomes Janet Barth of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as its newly elected Junior Member-at-Large.

During the Open Meeting, Dale Platteter introduced the new member of RESG. Dan Fleetwood of Vanderbilt University was appointed as 2004 Conference General Chairman. Jim Kinnison of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs was honored with an award for 3 years of service as Member-at-Large.

Ron Pease of RLP Research, 2000 Conference General Chairman, recognized each member of his committee with an award plaque.

Marty Shaneyfelt of Sandia National Laboratories, 2001 Conference General Chairman, summarized attendance statistics from the 2001 conference.

Ken Hunt, 2002 Conference General Chairman, announced that the 2002 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference will be held 15-19 July 2002, at the Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Dressendorfer of Sandia National Laboratories is organizing the tutorial Short Course. The Technical Program Chairman will be Tom Turflinger of NAVSEA Crane. Once again, NSREC 2002 is planning a Radiation Effects Data Workshop and an Industrial Exhibit. An excellent social program is being assembled by Local Arrangements Chairman Jeff Black of Mission Research Corporation.

NSREC is planning to republish the CD-ROM “Archive of Radiation Effects Short Course Notebooks” in 2002. This CD has proven to be a valuable resource for teachers, students, and engineering professionals studying the effects of nuclear radiation on electronics, satellites, and space systems. The new CD will represent a complete collection of 23 years of NSREC short course notebooks (1980- 2002). It will be made available to attendees of the 2002 Short Course in Phoenix, as part of the registration fee.  The current plan is to update this CD-ROM every 4 years.

Detailed minutes of the REC Open Meeting are available on the website (www.nsrec.com) for downloading. For the most current information on the Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, please visit this web site.

Radiation Effects Steering Group
2001-2002

Elected Members:

Chairman: Dale Platteter
    NAVSEA Crane

Executive Vice-Chairman: Ron Schrimpf
    Vanderbilt University
Secretary: Jim Schwank
    Sandia National Laboratories
Senior Member-at-Large: Fred Sexton
    Sandia National Laboratories
Member-at-Large: Dave Hiemstra
    MD Robotics
Junior Member-at-Large: Janet Barth
    NASA / GSFC
Past Chairman: Klaus Kerris
    Army Research Laboratory

Appointed Members:

Vice-Chairman, Publications: Nick van Vonno
    Intersil Corporation

Vice-Chairman, Publicity: Teresa Farris
    Aeroflex UTMC
RADECS Liaison: Robert Ecoffet
    CNES
Editor, IEEE Trans Nuc. Sci.: Paul Dressendorfer
    Sandia National Laboratories
Vice-Chairman, 2001 Conference: Marty Shaneyfelt
    Sandia National Laboratories
Vice-Chairman, 2002 Conference: Ken Hunt
    Air Force Research Laboratory
Vice-Chairman, 2003 Conference: Allan Johnston
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Vice-Chairman, 2004 Conference: Dan Fleetwood
    Vanderbilt University

Elected AdCom Members:

Term Expires: 12/01: Mark Hopkins
    The Aerospace Corporation
Term expires: 12/02: Peter Winokur
    Sandia National Laboratories
Term expires: 12/03: Ken Galloway
    Vanderbilt University

Dale Platteter serves as Chairman of the Radiation Effects Steering Group, which oversees the NSREC Conference. He is technical chair of the NPSS Radiation Effects Committee. Dale can be reached at NAVSEA Crane, Code 605, Building 2088, Crane, IN 47522; Phone 812-854-1206;  Fax 812-854-1751, Email: platt@ieee.org

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