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Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 254-262
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Cowley has also been a professor at Imperial College London at the Blackett Laboratory. His research interests at Imperial include fusion theory; plasma and atomic theory associated with x-ray laser development; space and astrophysical plasmas; and multiphoton processes.
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His research interests are in developing and applying plasma theory and computation to present plasma confinement experiments, and fusion reactor design studies. He has served on and chaired a large number of Department of Energy (DOE)
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at the Johnson Space Center, where he managed a multicenter research team developing advanced plasma rocket propulsion concepts.
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Research interests include plasmas, plasma synthesis of nanoparticles and thin films, and nucleation theory. Current projects include plasma synthesis of superhard nanoparticle coatings, thermal plasma chemical vapor deposition of thin films, and particle nucleation in low-pressure plasmas.
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He previously served on the technical staffs of Sandia National Laboratories, Law rence Livermore National Laboratory, and Spectra Technology and on the faculty at the University of Illinois. His research interests include low-temperature plas mas, plasma materials processing, lasers, lighting plasmas, pulsed-power plasmas, and thin films.
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Among his honors, Dr. Menard was a recipient of the Kaul Prize in 2006, received the "Best Student Paper" award from the American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division in 1998, the Princeton University Honorific Fellowship in 1996, and the DOE Magnetic Fusion Science Fellowship in 1993.
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Dr. Surko served on the NRC Burning Plasma Assessment Committee and was co-chair of the NRC Panel on Opportunities in Plasma Science and Technology, which prepared the last decadal survey.
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in experimental particle physics from Stanford University. His doctoral thesis concerned the time evolution of the B-meson in the BaBar experi ment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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. Associated reports include Controlling the Quantum World: The Science of Atoms, Molecules, and Pho tons; Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos; Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research; Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics; Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth; Globalization of Materials R&D; A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative; and Analyzing the U.S.
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