This is an internationally renowned, well-attended conference involving topics of direct interest to the NSF, Universities, DOE, Air Force, and many others. The IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science conference is a combination of the IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC) and the International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), sponsored by the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society of the IEEE. The PPC is held every two years, and the ICOPS is held annually; the combined PPPS is held every 6 years. ICOPS has been held annually since 1974. Recent meetings were held in Edinburgh, Scotland (2012), Chicago, IL (2011), Norfolk VA (2010), San Diego CA (2009), Karlsruhe Germany (2008), Albuquerque NM (2007, a joint meeting with Pulsed Power). Recent PPCs were held in Chicago, IL (2011), Washington DC (2009), and Albuquerque, NM (2007, joint with ICOPS). In 2013, PPPS will be held in San Francisco, CA (www.ece.unm.edu/ppps2013/) on June 16-21. Projected attendance is approximately 800 participants.
The conference will include plenary, oral, and poster sessions on research in pulsed power and plasma science and technology and Prize Addresses by the recipients of the Plasma Science and Applications Committee Award, the Ervin Marx Award, and the Peter Haas Award. Oral sessions will include plenary, invited and contributed papers. Plenary papers are 50 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes for discussion; Invited papers are allotted 25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions. Contributed papers are allotted 12 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for discussion. The PPPS Mini-course, organized by John Giuliani of Naval Research Laboratory, is on High Energy Density Physics.
Plasma technologies are expanding rapidly into new areas including bio-medical areas, high energy density matter, materials processing, in addition to continued growth in traditional areas such as basic physics, lighting, radiation sources, beam physics, inertial and magnetic confinement fusion, environmental sciences, and pulsed power. These areas depend on a strong foundation of basic research featured in the PPPS meeting. The PPPS technical program continues to reflect the dynamic evolution of pulsed power and plasma science through plenary, invited, and oral talks, as well as interactive poster sessions in a diverse set of sessions organized by a diverse group of researchers.
This award provides partial support for students to attend the IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science conference. It will support student travel grants, particularly underrepresented minorities, promote women in engineering, and help in awards costs. The travel grant will be awarded to those students who will be presenting papers (oral talks and posters) as first authors. If a large number of students will be presenting their work, then a committee consisting of three members of the local organizing committee will choose students on the basis of merit and need.
This conference award enabled graduate students to attend the Pulsed Power and Plasma Sciences 2013 (PPPS 2013) conference held at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA, USA. 16-21 June 2013. The PPPS 2013 conference includes a broad range of research topics, including: basic plasma phenomena; computational techniques; space plasmas, dusty plasmas; high power microwave sources; fast and slow wave electromagnetic sources; microwave and RF-plasma interactions; vacuum microelectronics; microwave systems; THz sources, radiation and applications; non-linear transmission lines microwave sources; plasma, ion, and electron sources; intense electron and ion beams; high current accelerators; X- and Z-pinches, X-ray lasers and radiation sources; fusion - intertial, magnetic and alternate concepts; particle acceleration with lasers and beams; laser produced plasmas; high energy density matter and radiation physics; plasma - material interactions; closing and opening switches; high energy density storage; transmission lines and transformers; insulation and dielectric breakdown; nonequilibrium plasma applications; high pressure and thermal plasma processing; environmental and industrial applications; plasmas for lighting, displays, and microdischarges; medical, biological and environmental applications; space and emerging applications; explosive power generators; high current high power pulsers; compact pulsed power; linear transformer drivers; electromagentic launch; generators and networks; repetitive systems; pulsed power for lasers; power supplies and modulators; prime power and power system topologies; microwave and FIR diagnsotics; optical and x-ray diagnostics; particle diagnostics; and pulsed power diagnostics. Partial suport was provided to an outstanding group of students selected by the PPPS2013 Student Grants Committee from a much larger pool of student applicants. Support included payment of registration fees and two nights of hotel lodging, enabling students to participate in an international conference to present their research, learn about cutting edge research in the broad pulsed power and plasma fields, and network with attendees from academia, government laboratories, and industry.
