The IEEE Radiation Effects Committee (REC) held its annual Open Meeting on July 18, 2002 at the Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, during the 2002 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC). The meeting included reports from the chairmen of the 2001 through 2003 NSRECs.

An election was held during the Open Meeting for Junior Member-at-Large to the Radiation Effects Steering Group (RESG). The RESG welcomes Gary Lum of Lockheed Martin as its newly elected Junior Member-at-Large.

During the Open Meeting, Dale Platteter introduced the new members of RESG. Fred Sexton of Sandia National Laboratories is the newly appointed 2005 Conference General Chairman.  Fred was also honored for completing 3 years of service as Member-at-Large. Mark Hopkins of Aerospace Corporation was honored for 4 years of dedicated service as our representative on NPSS AdCom.

Marty Shaneyfelt of Sandia National Laboratories, 2001 Conference General Chairman, recognized each member of his committee with an award plaque. Marty and his team took the NSREC to Vancouver in 2001, facilitating one of our most successful meetings.

Ken Hunt of Air Force Research Laboratory, 2002 Conference General Chairman, summarized some statistics from the 2002 conference. NSREC attendance was up by 12% in Phoenix, with 538 attending the technical and short course sessions. In addition, we registered 64 additional people for the exhibits, for a grand total of 602 attendees. 129 papers were presented during the 5-day meeting (52 orals, 48 posters, 29 data workshop). International attendance was up by 10%, with visitors from 23 countries.  Best of all, a new record was set for IEEE. 60% of NSREC attendees were members of IEEE, thanks to Vern Price who recruited 28 new members during the conference.

Allan Johnston, 2003 Conference General Chairman, announced that the 2003 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference will be held on 21-25 July 2003, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Monterey California. Joe Benedetto of Aeroflex UTMC is organizing the tutorial Short Course. The Technical Program Chairman will be Paul Dodd from Sandia National Laboratories. Once again, NSREC 2003 is planning a Radiation Effects Data Workshop and an Industrial Exhibit. Mark Hopkins of Aerospace Corporation is assembling the social program, which includes an evening at the Monterey Aquarium. The 2003 conference celebrates our 40^th anniversary.

This past July, NSREC published the “Archive of Radiation Effects Short Course Notebooks 1980-2002.” The CD archive is a valuable resource and can be ordered from IEEE on-line Catalog&Store at http://shop.ieee.org/store ($160 IEEE members). The current plan is to update this CD every 4 years.

We are constantly looking for new ways to encourage NPSS membership in our community. This fall, we plan to distribute a QuickTime video recording of the 2002 Short Course on CDROM (playable on your PC), and provide this CD to each NPSS member who attended. We expect our NPSS members to show this Short Course video to their non-NPSS colleagues. The goal of this project is to provide members with “good opportunities” to recruit new members. Tim Holman of Vanderbilt University is leading this effort and putting his high-tech digital video equipment to good use.

Minutes from the REC Open Meeting are available at www.nsrec.com. For the most current information on the Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, including information on paper submission, please visit this web site.

Elected Members:

Chairman: Dale Platteter
    NAVSEA Crane

Executive Vice-Chairman:Ron Schrimpf
    Vanderbilt University

Secretary: Jim Schwank
    Sandia National Laboratories

Senior Member-at-Large:Dave Hiemstra
    MD Robotics

Member-at-Large: Janet Barth
    NASA / GSFC

Junior Member-at-Large: Gary Lum
    Lockheed Martin

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, 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

Vice-Chairman, 2005 Conference:
    Fred Sexton
    Sandia National Laboratories

Elected AdCom Members:

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 3334, Crane, IN 47522; Phone: +1 812 854-1206; Fax: +1 812 854-1751: Email: platt@ieee.org