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2009 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference will be
held July 20-24, 2009 in Quebec City at the Hilton Quebec City and
the Quebec City Convention Centre. The conference will feature a
Technical Program consisting of nine sessions of contributed papers
(both oral and poster) that describe the latest observations and
research results in radiation effects, an up-to-date Short Course
offered on July 20, a Radiation Effects Data Workshop, and an Industrial
Exhibit.
The conference hotel will be the Hilton Québec which is connected
by indoor walkways to the convention centre and a concourse of shops.
All rooms feature a spectacular view of the city. Québec
City is the capital of the Canadian province of Québec. Québec
City’s Old Town is the only North American fortified city
north of Mexico whose walls still exist, and was declared a World
Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the “Historic District
of Old Québec.” It is also one of the oldest cities
in North America. Supporters of the conference include the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, Sandia National Laboratories, Air Force
Research Laboratory, NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Boeing, BAE
Systems, Honeywell, Micro-RDC, and Northrup Grumman.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Chaired by Lew Cohn, DTRA, papers to be presented at this meeting
will describe the effects of space, terrestrial or nuclear radiation
on electronic or photonic devices, circuits, sensors, materials
and systems, as well as semiconductor processing technology and
techniques for producing radiation-tolerant devices and integrated
circuits. The conference will be attended by engineers, scientists
and managers who are concerned with radiation effects. International
participation in the conference is strongly encouraged. Poster and
Data Workshop chairs will be Steve McClure, JPL, and Sarah Nation
of NSWC-Crane.
The conference committee is soliciting papers describing significant
new findings in the following or related areas:
• Basic Mechanisms of Radiation Effects in Electronic Materials
and Devices
• Radiation Effects on Electronic and Photonic Devices and
Circuits
• Space, Atmospheric and Terrestrial Radiation Effects
• Hardness Assurance Technology and Radiation Testing
• New Developments of Interest to the Radiation Effects Community
RADIATION EFFECTS DATA WORKSHOP
The Radiation Effects Data Workshop is a forum for papers on radiation
effects data on electronic devices and systems. Workshop papers
are intended to provide radiation response data to scientists and
engineers who use electronic devices in a radiation environment,
and for designers of radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant systems.
Papers describing new simulation facilities are also welcomed.
PAPER SUBMITTAL
Information on the submission of summaries to the 2009 NSREC for
either the Technical Sessions or the Data Workshop can be found
at www.nsrec.com. The deadline
for submitting summaries is February 6, 2009.
SHORT COURSE
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a one-day
Short Course on Monday, July 20. The theme for the 2009 short course
is: “Selection of Integrated Circuits for Space Systems”
and is being organized by Ken LaBel, NASA/GSFC. The course will
be of interest both to radiation effects specialists and newcomers
to the field alike.
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT
An Industrial Exhibit will be included as an integral part of the
conference and chaired by Laura Burcin, BAE Systems. The exhibit
will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. It will include exhibits
from 35-40 exhibitors that represent companies or agencies involved
in manufacturing electronic devices or systems for applications
in space or nuclear environments, modeling and analysis of radiation
effects at the device and system level, and radiation testing.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chairman
Mark Hopkins
The Aerospace Corporation
505-872-6201
Technical Program
Lew Cohn
DTRA
703-767-2886
Local Arrangements
David Hiemstra
MDA Space Missions
905-790-2800
Short Course
Kenneth LaBel
NASA/GSFC
301-286-9936
Publicity
Teresa Farris
Aeroflex Colorado Springs
719-594-8035
Finance
Steven Clark
AFRL
505-846-6067
Awards
Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois
CEA/DIF
33-169-26-4265
Industrial Exhibits
Laura Burcin
BAE Systems
703-367-4507
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