Professor Emeritus Igor Alexeff was awarded the Plasma Science and  Applications Award by the Chairman of the Plasma Science and  Applications Committee, Dr. Robert K. Parker, at the banquet of  the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) in Banff, Canada, on Tuesday, May 28, 2002. Dr. Alexeff’s talk at the banquet was titled “Outrageous Personal Plasma Projects.” In it he described projects that have had unexpected results in scientific, political, and personal undertakings and came to the padadoxical conclusion that “objectivity in science is a subjective matter.”

Professor Alexeff organized the first ICOPS conference in 1974 in Knoxville, TN, USA. He has served in numerous positions in the IEEE over the years, culminating in serving as President of The Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society in 1999-2000.

His career covered three areas: He served as a nuclear engineer at Westinghouse in 1952-1953, where he helped develop the first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus. He worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1960-1970 in Plasma Science and Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion. He then worked at the University of Tennessee in 1970-1995 as Professor of Electrical Engineering. He is now Professor Emeritus, and is a member of the ASI Technology Corporation, developing plasma antennas for the military and industry.

Professor Alexeff has been active in many public organizations, having been one of the founding organizers of the Tennessee Inventors Association, and is President at present. He was also President of the Southern Appalachian Science Fair, and brought the Westinghouse Science Fair to Knoxville.

Professor Alexeff received his BA from Harvard in 1952, and his PhD from Wisconsin in 1959. During his career, Professor Alexeff worked overseas in Japan, India, South Africa and Brazil. He has a PhD in nuclear physics, and a Professional Engineering license from the state of Tennessee. He has over 100 refereed publications, over 10 patents, and one book to his credit.

Igor Alexeff can be reached at the University of Tennessee, Electrical Engineering Department, Ferris Hall, Knoxville, TN  37996-2100; Phone: +1 865 974-5467; Fax: +1 865 974-5492; E-mail: i.alexeff@ieee.org