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website: http://depts.washington.edu/ufa/home.html
CONTENTS:
1. Don Priester retires from OFES
2. PPPL can provide technical support to University researchers
3. High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics Conference 2004
4. Lab Notice for "Innovations in Fusion Energy Confinement"
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1. Don Priester retires from OFES
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, John Willis wrote:
>
> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 18:05:29 -0500
> From: John Willis
> To: Rob Goldston , David Baldwin ,
> MiloraStan ,
> PorkolabMiklos ,
> Richard Hazeltine ,
> Stephen O. Dean , hassam@glue.umd.edu,
> LindlJohn
> Cc: HawrylukRich , PengMartin ,
> OnoMas , TangBill ,
> Vincent Chan
> Subject: Changing assignments
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> As many of you know Don Priester retired from OFES on March 3rd after 34
> years of working at the Department, for the most part in direct service
> to the fusion energy program. I#8217m sure you will join me in wishing
> Don all the best in retirement.
>
> I've asked Steve Eckstrand to assume responsibility for the NSTX
> experiment and at the same time requested that Curt Bolton take over
> leadership of the Theory Team. Steve would continue to manage SciDAC and
> the Fusion Simulation Project, as well as assisting on other
> theory/experimental grants as time allows. Curt will be responsible for
> organizing the annual Theory solicitation, with the help of the OFES
> Theory Team, and coordinating with the Theory Steering Committee.
>
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2. PPPL can provide technical support to University researchers
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Stewart Zweben wrote:
>
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 05:52:35 -0500
> From: Stewart Zweben
> To: Hassam A.
> Subject: submission to UFA Newsletter
>
>
> "PPPL can provide technical support to University researchers
> through its "Off-Site University Research Support" program.
> This past year over 20 US university groups were assisted
> by PPPL physicists and engineers in areas such as diagnostic
> development, engineering analysis, and theoretical and
> computational physics, and safety issues. Typically these
> support projects involve topics of mutual interest between the
> PPPL staff and University groups, and are limited to about
> 1-2 man-months of PPPL time per year per project. "
>
> --
> Stewart Zweben
> Principal Research Physicist
> Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
> P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543
> Phone (609) 243-3243
> Fax (609) 243-2874
> PPPL web site: http://www.pppl.gov/
> My PPPL site: http://www.pppl.gov/~szweben/
>
>
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3. High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics Conference 2004
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> ************************************************************************
> Preliminary Announcement
>
> 15th Topical Conference
> High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics
> San Diego, California
> April 19-22, 2004
> ************************************************************************
> ************************************************************************
>
> Conference web site: http://fusion.gat.com/conferences/htpd2004/
>
> Overview:
> ********
> The Fifteenth Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma
> Diagnostics will be held April 19-22, 2004 in San Diego, California
> at the Hyatt Regency Islandia Hotel. The conference is organized by
> General Atomics.
>
> This biennial conference brings together plasma physicists from
> a variety of fields including magnetic confinement fusion, inertial
> confinement fusion, space plasmas, astrophysics, and industrial
> applications to discuss mutual problems in the development of
> instrumentation and experimental techniques for the characterization
> of high-temperature plasmas.
>
> Papers are solicited describing original work in the field of
> plasma diagnostics. A list of possible topics is given below;
> however, papers concerned with other topics and aspects of plasma
> diagnostics are also welcome. In particular, contributions of novel
> new diagnostic techniques and technologies applicable to plasma
> measurements are encouraged.
>
> * Laser Scattering * Neutron Measurements
> * Optical Through X-Ray Spectroscopy * Fusion Products
> * RF Through FIR Emission Measurements * Neutral and Ion Beams
> * Bolometry * Pellet Techniques
> * Reflectometry * Gamma Rays
> * Interferometry * Langmuir Probes
> * Laser Fluorescence * Magnetic Loops
> * Current Profile Measurements * Data Acquisition and Engineering
> * Charge Exchange * Laser Ablation
> * Fluctuations & Transport Measurements * Imaging
> * Time of Flight * Radiation Hardening
> * Diagnostic Systems * Ion Diagnostics
>
> The conference format will be similar to those of the past,
> consisting of seven sessions of invited and contributed papers. The
> contributed papers will be presented in the poster format. Two of the
> meeting days will have morning and evening sessions, with the
> afternoons free for individual discussions and activities. To further
> encourage participant discussions and interactions, no parallel
> sessions are being planned.
>
> Invited Talks
> ************
> The Conference Organizing Committee requests nominations for
> invited talks in order to provide representation from the entire
> plasma research community. Submission of nominations via the
> conference web site will also be made available in the near future.
> If not submitted electronically, please send by post, e-mail, or fax
> the name of the nominee, the title of the talk, and a 25-word summary
> of the proposed talk. The nomination deadline is September 26, 2003.
> Self-nominations are welcome. The web submission site will be made
> active in June 2003.
>
> If you experience problems with the web submission (after June 2003),
> nominations can also be sent to the conference administrator:
> Ms. LupM-i Cerda
> Rm 13-454
> General Atomics
> P.O. Box 85608
> San Diego, CA
> 92186-5608
> Office phone: (858) 455-4155
> Fax number: (858) 455-4156
> E-mail address: Cerda@fusion.gat.com
>
>
>
> Submission of Papers
> *******************
> Contributors will be required to prepare an abstract in a
> format suitable for direct reproduction. A program book with all the
> contributed and invited abstracts will be distributed at the meeting.
> Details for submitting abstracts will be given in the next mailing
> and posted on the conference web site. In addition, the proceedings
> will be published in the Review of Scientific Instruments. Authors
> should plan to bring the manuscripts with them to the conference, and
> submission will be required on the first day of the conference
> (Monday). The manuscript should focus on a clear but concise
> description of the experimental technique and related aspects such as
> calibration issues. Instructions for preparing manuscripts will be
> included in future mailings. Deadline for contributed abstracts is
> January 16th 2004. We encourage submitters from sensitive countries
> to submit as early as possible (prior to the deadline) to allow for
> visa applications to be processed in time.
>
> Location
> ********
> The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Islandia in
> Mission Bay, San Diego. This is a very pleasant area near the Pacific
> Ocean while being close to many of San Diego's attractions. The beach
> and Belmont Park are at a walking distance. Opportunities for a
> variety of activities outside the conference will be available.
>
> Conference Registration and Banquet
> *********************************
> The conference registration and banquet fees will be announced
> shortly. On Tuesday evening, April 20, there will be a banquet, the
> location will be announced later.
>
> Accommodations
> ***************
> The Hyatt Regency Islandia (toll free: 800-233-1234,
> 619-224-1234 ) is holding a block of rooms for the conference.
> Standard Single/Double occupancy room rate is $99.00 per night plus
> sales and occupancy tax currently at 10.5%. This rate has been
> negotiated for the period between Saturday, April 17, 2004 and
> Friday, April 23, 2004. Please request the block of rooms for the
> Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics. The block
> of rooms will be on hold until March 18th, 2004. Reservations after
> the cut-off date will be on a space and rate available basis. The
> meeting facilities can be found on the hotel premises.
>
> Transportation
> *************
> San Diego, California is readily accessible via air and land
> travel. The Lindbergh airport is served by all major airlines. The
> hotel is readily accessible using a frequent shuttle service. More
> details on transportation will be posted in future announcements and
> on the conference web site.
>
>
> Conference Committee Members
>
> Cris Barnes, LANL cbarnes@lanl.gov
> RM-ijean Boivin, General Atomics boivin@fusion.gat.com
> Alan Costley, ITER costlea@itergps.naka.jaeri.go.jp
> Ray Fonck, Univ. Wisconsin fonck@engr.wisc.edu
> David Johnson, PPPL djohnson@pppl.gov
> Bob Kaita, PPPL kaita@pppl.gov
> Bob Kauffman, LLNL kauffman2@llnl.gov
> Jim Knauer, Univ. Roch./LLE jkna@lle.rochester.edu
> Ray Leeper, SNL rjleepe@sandia.gov
> Neville Luhmann, UC-Davis ncluhmann@ucdavis.edu
> Darlene Markevich, DOE/OFES darlene.markevich@science.doe.gov
> Glen Wurden, LANL wurden@lanl.gov
> Rich Petrasso, MIT petrasso@psfc.mit.edu
> Paul Woskov, MIT ppw@psfc.mit.edu
> Ralph Schneider, DOE/DP ralph.schneider@nnsa.doe.gov
>
> Local Conference Organizing Committee
>
> RM-ijean Boivin, General Atomics Boivin@fusion.gat.com
> Thomas Cowan, General Atomics Cowan@fusion.gat.com
> LupM-i Cerda, General Atomics Cerda@fusion.gat.com
>
>
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4. Lab Notice for "Innovations in Fusion Energy Confinement"
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Thio, Francis wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:12:21 -0500
> From: "Thio, Francis"
> To: Stephen O. Dean ,
> "Adil Hassam (hassam@glue.umd.edu)" ,
> DL-SC-50 ICC Team
> Cc: "McKnight, Ronald" ,
> "Markevich, Darlene" ,
> "John Willis (jwillis@fusion.doe.gov)" ,
> "Davies, Anne" ,
> "Sauter, John"
> Subject: FW: Lab Notice 03-19 for "Innovations in Fusion Energy Confinemen
> t Systems"
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>
> Dear Steve and Adil - Attached for your distribution to the community is
> a Notice directed at the National Labs, Government Laboratories, and
> FFRDCS on ICCs. Thanks,
>
> Francis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> M-^?^EFrom:M-^?^F Scott, Laura
> M-^?^ESent:M-^?^F Friday, March 28, 2003 8:38 AM
> M-^?^ETo:M-^?^F Thio, Francis
> M-^?^ESubject:M-^?^F Lab Notice 03-19
>
> Francis,
>
> Your Lab Notice 03-19 for "Innovations in Fusion Energy Confinement
> Systems" is now on the SC-64 Grants and Contracts website and can be
> accessed using the following web address:
>
> http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/LAB03_19.html
>
> Laura