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Unlock the latest edition of the NPSS Newsletter for a glimpse into the pulse of Nuclear and Plasma Sciences! Your involvement is crucial to the NPSS community. Immerse yourself in the latest news, conferences & events, and join us in celebrating the achievements of your fellow members!

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All the best,

The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

Upcoming Conferences

We encourage our members to participate in these conferences and take advantage of the opportunities to connect with peers, learn about new developments, and contribute to the advancement of the field.

17th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications (SCINT2024)

University of Milano – Bicocca in Milan, Italy, from 8th July to  12th July 2024.
 

The conference is an international forum on scintillator materials spanning fundamental aspects to technological applications. Plenary lectures, keynotes, orals, and poster sessions are planned during the whole week together with several social activities.

2024 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC)

Ottawa, Canada, 22nd  – 26th  July 2024
 

The NSREC 2024 conference features a technical program consisting of eight to ten technical sessions of contributed papers describing the latest observations in radiation effects, a Short Course on radiation effects issues with current relevance offered on 22 July, a Radiation Effects Data Workshop, and an Industrial Exhibit. 

2024 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD
 

The 2024 NSS/MIC/RTSD will be held in Tampa, Florida from 26th October to 4th November.
 

The NSS 2024 program incorporates the latest developments in detector technology and materials, new instrumentation techniques, and their implementation in high energy and nuclear physics, astrophysics, accelerators, nuclear security, and many other applications in various types of radiation environments. The program will also include emerging fields and current hot topics in nuclear science instrumentation. 

First NPSS Climate Change Workshop for Energy and Society
 

27th October at the 2024 Nuclear Science Symposium being held in Tampa, FL.
 

The NPSS Climate Change Initiative, created by the NPSS AdCom in 2023,  aims to identify possible contributions by the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences community to solving the climate change problem. 

Vesna Sossi, IEEE NPSS President 

February and March were eventful months. We underwent our society review by the IEEE Technical Activity Board (TAB) Society/Council Review Committee (SCRC) during the TAB meeting series in February, followed by our AdCom retreat and meeting at the beginning of March.

Albe Larsen, IEEE NPSS Secretary and Newsletter Editor

AdCom held its first meeting of 2024 at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, NM over 7th – 9th March,  with FinCom and ComCom (Finance and Communications committees) meeting on the 7th, the 8th dedicated to our retreat discussed in the President’s Report above, and our general meeting on 9th March.

Martin Purschke, Chair Newsletter Reformatting Committee

You will have noticed that this newsletter has arrived in a new and different format. For many years we had published the newsletter on actual paper that was mailed out. A few years ago we switched to online distribution only, however, we left the “paper” format as it was, and distributed a PDF that looked like the original print-format issue.

Emily Schrock,  

PPST Chairr

Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee

I would like to give a quick introduction, as I took over as chair for the 2024-2025 Term for the Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee (PPST).

Youngho Seo,

NMISC Chair

Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences

The second quarter of 2024 for NMISC has become quite busy with many committee activities as well as activities that NMISC supports. 

Srilalan Krishnamoorthy
RISC Chair

Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee

It is June and we are only a little over a month away from the first RITC conference in 2024 – SCINT2024 in Bicocca, Milan, Italy. A detailed description of the conference is provided separately in this newsletter. Note that we are about three weeks before conference registration formally closes.

Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Awards

The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Particle Accelerator Science and Technology (PAST) Technical Committee grants the PAST Award to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of particle accelerator science and technology.

Dr.Gennady Stupakov,

PAST Award Recipient

IEEE Foundation NPSS Fund

The IEEE Foundation NPSS Fund was established in 2021 to support NPSS projects for educational, outreach, diversity or humanitarian purposes, consistent with the IEEE’s mission to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity..

Roger Fulton,

Chair, IEEE Foundation NPSS Fund

Publications

Changing of the Guard at TPS

After serving for almost 40 years as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (TPS), last summer Dr. Steve Gitomer decided to step down from that role. We then began a search for his replacement, soliciting applications in a variety of venues, including through the NPSS website, the NPSS Newsletter, editorials in TPS, the TPS email blasts, and personal contacts.  Applications were open through 31st December, 2023.

Paul Dressendorfer,

Publications Committee Chair

NPSS Nominations

Three NPSS AdCom positions are open for nomination

The NPSS Administrative Committee (AdCom) includes elected members who represent our eight Technical Committees (TC) and the Transnational Committee. 

Steven Meikle,

Nominations Chair

Education Committee

New Video Library to Support NPSS Educational Activities

The Educational Committee (EduCom) was established in 2022 as a new Functional Committee within NPSS. Its mission is to provide strategic advice to NPSS on new educational initiatives and to effectively oversee the NPSS Instrumentation Schools as a continuous, sustainable educational endeavor.

Stefan Ritt,

EduCom Chair

2024 IEEE Marie-Sklodowska Curie Technical Field Awardon Committee

Award Recipient — Richard E. Carson

The IEEE Marie-Sklodowska Curie Award is an IEEE Technical Field Award sponsored by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear and plasma sciences and engineering

Richard E. Carson,

 2024 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award Recipient

NPSS Awards 

The deadline for NPSS Awards nominations was 31st January, 2024 and the Awards Committee is currently reviewing all of the nominations. The results will be announced by summer. It’s also not too early to start thinking about the next awards cycle, for which the deadline will be 31st January, 2025.

Ron Schrimpf,

Awards Committee Chair

Novel 4π Field-of-View Gamma-ray Imaging 

Gamma-ray imaging technology plays a crucial role in various fields, including astronomical observation, medical applications, nuclear power plant decommissioning, and nuclear security.

D. Rutstrom, RISC Student Paper First Prize RecipienYoshiharu Kitayama, Tohoku University, JAEAt, NSS 2023

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