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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Session Moderators
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Session Moderators
Pages 155-166
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M Suresh Babu received his M.A.in physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
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Cohen has served on numerous study groups examining Asia sponsored by the Asia Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Foundation, and the National Bureau of Asian Research; he is currently a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC)
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His recent awards include the INS Award in 2006 for Nuclear Reactor Technology, including nuclear safety; the Dhirubhai Ambani Oration Award in 2008; the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2009 from the Delhi College of Engineering Alumni Association; and Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2011 from the IIS and the IIS Alumni Association. Ian Hutcheon is the deputy director of the Glenn Seaborg Institute and leader of the Chemical and Isotopic Signatures Group in the Chemical Sciences Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
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Currently he holds the DAE Homi Bhabha Chair at BARC. Kakodkar, undeterred by the restrictions imposed by the international community, succeeded in developing various systems for pressurized heavy water reactors, in building the Dhruva reactor starting from the conceptual stage, in rehabilitation of Madras Atomic Power Station Units 1 and 2, both of which at one stage appeared to be on the verge of being written off, in conceptualization and development of the advanced heavy water reactor that realizes next generation objectives in addition to the use of thorium.
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Kuckuck's major areas of expertise include management of scientific and nuclear research and associated facilities, nuclear weapons development and testing, and international nuclear nonproliferation and arms control. He has broad experience in government, university, and public relations.
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national security. He currently holds the LLNL position of Associate Program Leader for the Global Security Directorate's International Nuclear Material Protection Program and has over 30 years of domestic and international experience in the fields of vulnerability assessment, including insider analysis, and physical protection.
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Author of more than 850 publications in refereed journals and books, 60 books, including special journal volumes, contributions to encyclopedia and handbooks, as well as owner of 21 patents, he has been recognized with more than 100 awards, 350 honor, plenary, and keynote talks, and editorial positions and assignments in esteemed national and international fora in more than 30 countries. He has been conferred Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIS, Distinguished Materials Scientist Award of Materials Research Society of India, National Metallurgist Award of Ministry of Steel, Government of India, the Padma Shri Presidential Honor, the Indian Nuclear Society Life Time Achievement Award (2011)
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Over these years he has also been a long-term visiting scientist at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Princeton University, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva. His primary research work for nearly five decades has been on different areas of theoretical physics, including nuclear theory, particle physics, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, solutions and quantum hall systems.
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After retirement from government service, Ramamurthy, in addition to continuing research in nuclear physics in the InterUniversity Accelerator Centre in New Delhi, he has also been actively involved in human resource development in all aspects of nuclear research and applications. Ramamurthy is also a chair of the Recruitment and Assessment Board for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and a member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)
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He started his career developing remotely maintainable solvent extraction process equipment for nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities. He served as a project manager for technology development and the remediation of soils and groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds and radionuclides at the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado.
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He is a founding member of the World Association of Nuclear Operators. He has received the Padma Bhushan Award, the Padma Shri Award, the Indian National Academy of Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award, the Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Nuclear Society, the Homi Bhabha Gold Medal from Indian Science Congress, and the Sir M
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He has received many awards including the Netzsch-Indian Thermal Analysis Society award in 2001, the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems silver medal in 2002, and the Materials Research Society of IndiaI medal for 2003-2004, the INS award for 2005, and the DAE award in 2007. He was on deputation on Indo-German collaboration and worked at the Nuclear Research Centre in Julich, Germany for a year and a half and attended several conferences abroad to give lectures in the field of thermodynamics of nuclear materials.
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