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Cohen honored with plasma physics award

Lawrence Livermore retiree Bruce Cohen has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s Charles K. Birdsall Award for "contributions to the numerical simulation of plasmas, particularly multiple time-scale methods and to their application to diverse plasma physics problems, from laser-plasma interactions to tokamaks." The Birdsall…

Chris Barty named IEEE Fellow

Chris Barty, chief technology officer in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) NIF & Photon Science Directorate, has been named a 2017 fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to ultrahigh-intensity lasers and the advancement of X-ray and gamma-ray science. The IEEE grade of fellow is conferred by the IEEE…

Fusion award honors LLNL scientist's career

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) selected Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researcher Wayne Meier as the recipient of their 2016 Fusion Technology Award. The award will be presented at the 2017 Symposium on Fusion Engineering June 4-8 in Shanghai, China. The Fusion Technology Award…

Nerine Cherepy selected as IEEE senior member

Livermore scientist Nerine Cherepy has been selected as a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Cherepy, who joined the Laboratory in 1998, has contributed to a variety of programs at Livermore, including the joint invention of a novel direct carbon fuel cell for the energy program, the establishment of the cleaning protocol used…

Edgar Leon named IEEE senior member

Edgar Leon, a computer scientist in the Livermore Computing (LC) Division, has been elevated to the grade of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) senior member.Only 7 percent of IEEE's approximately 431,000 members hold this prestigious status, which reflects professional maturity and requires extensive experience and documented achievements. "I’m…