| Steven
Zinkle, Director of the Materials Science and Technology Division
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, was awarded the
2006 IEEE/NPSS Fusion Technology Award For his outstanding contributions
to the understanding of radiation effects in materials and his exceptional
leadership in the U.S. fusion materials program.
Following graduation in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin (Ph.D.
Nuclear Engineering, MS Materials Science), Steve joined Oak Ridge
National Laboratory as a Eugene P. Wigner fellow. He became an ORNL
Corporate Fellow in 2004 and was leader of the Nuclear Materials
Science & Technology Group within the Metals and Ceramics Division
from 2001 until February 1, 2006. He is currently Director of the
Materials Science and Technology Division that was formed from the
Metals & Ceramics and Condensed Matter Sciences Divisions in
March 2006. His research is focused on physical metallurgy of structural
materials and investigation of radiation effects in ceramics and
metallic alloys for fusion and fission (terrestrial and space reactor)
systems. He is the author or coauthor of more than 210 peer-reviewed
publications, and is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society, ASM
International, and American Nuclear Society. Steve was recently
honored with the DOE Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Award (Nuclear
Technology, 2006), and the Mishima Award for Outstanding R&D
on Nuclear Fuels and Materials, American Nuclear Society (2007).
Steven Zinkle can be reached at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O.
Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6132; Phone: +1 865-574-4065; Fax
+1 865-574-4066; E-mail: zinklesj@ornl.gov;
Web: https://www.mst.ornl.gov/zinkle.shtml.
2007
FARROKH NAJMABADI
Farrokh
Najmabadi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Director of the Center for Energy Research at University of California,
San Diego, CA, was awarded the 2007 IEEE/NPSS Fusion Technology
Award “For his outstanding and innovative technical leadership
in the development of fusion energy, for his contributions to the
merging of physics and engineering considerations into the development
of attractive fusion reactor concepts, and for his many years of
service to the fusion energy sciences community.”
Najmabadi received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1982. He worked
at UCLA as a Research Scientist at Institute of Plasma and Fusion
Research during 1982-1994. He then joined UC San Diego in 1995.
His research interests include plasma physics, fusion engineering,
laser/matter and laser/plasma interaction. He has received David
Rose Award of Excellence in Fusion Engineering (1995), UC San Diego
Outstanding Engineering Professor (2003), American Nuclear Society
Fusion Energy Division Outstanding Achievement Award (2002), Fusion
Power Associates Award of Leadership in Fusion Research (2004).
He is also a member of APS, ANS, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu.
Najmabadi is a Senior Member of IEEE and has served as a member
of the Fusion Technology Standing Committee, the Nuclear and Plasma
Science Society (NPSS) Administrative Committee, the IEEE Power
Engineering Society Working Group on Advanced Sources of Energy,
and the Fusion Working Group of the Energy Development Subcommittee.
In 1997 he was the General Chair of the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
on Fusion Engineering. He currently serves as a Distinguished Lecturer
in the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society.
Farrokh Najmabadi can be reached at the University of California
– San Diego, 460 Engineering Bldg Unit li, La Jolla, CA 92093-0417;
Phone: +1 858 534 7869; Fax: +1 858 822 2120; E-mail: Najmabadi@fusion.ucsd.edu.
BEST STUDENT PAPER
BRANDON M. SMITH
Brandon
M. Smith, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI, was awarded the 22nd SOFE Best Student Paper Award for a paper
entitled 3-D Neutronics Analysis of the ITER First Wall/Shield Module
13.
Brandon recently finished his first year of graduate school at the
University of Wisconsin in the Nuclear Engineering and Engineering
Physics Department. Currently he is performing neutronics calculations
for ITER while investigating the coupling of CAD and Monte Carlo
radiation transport. Brandon completed B.S. degrees in Physics and
Nuclear Engineering at Penn State while serving as president of
Tau Phi Delta fraternity. In his spare time, he enjoys fly fishing
and music.
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