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Technical Program (PPC)

PPC Program

PPC 2015 Program At-A-Glance

Pulsed Power Components
Stephen Bayne
; stephen.bayne@ttu.edu
1.1
Closing Switches
Kefu Liu; kfliu@fudan.edu.cn
1.2
Opening Switches
Heather O’Brien; heather.k.obreien.civ@mail.mil
1.3
High Energy Density Storage
Susan Heidger; susan.heidger@kirtland.af.mil
1.4
Transmission Line & Transformers
José Rossi; rossi@plasma.inpe.br
1.5
Insulation & Dielectric Breakdown
Hulya Kirkici;
kirkih@eng.auburn.edu
1.6
Thermal Protection
Mike Giesselmann;
Michael.giesselmann@ttu.edu
Pulsed Power Systems
Brett Huhman; brett.huhman@nrl.navy.mil
2.1
Generators, Drivers, PFNs, & Alternate Technologies
Simon Bland; sn.bland@imperial.ac.uk 
2.2
Repetitive Systems
Jack Bernardes; jack.bernardes@navy.mil 
2.2
Electromagnetic Launch
Ian McNab; irmcnab@sonic.net
Ryan Hoffman; ryan.hoffman@navy.mil
 
2.4
Pulsed Power for Lasers
Frank Hegeler; frank.hegeler.ctr@navy.mil
Microwave Generation & Plasma Interactions
Steve Calico; steve.e.calico@lmco.com
3.1
High Power Microwave Devices
Sarita Prasad; sarita@ece.unm.edu
3.2
Microwave Systems & Sources
Andrey Andreev; Andrey.d.andreev@raytheon.com
3.3
Fast Wave Devices
Steve Calico; steve.e.calico@lmco.com
3.4
Slow Wave Devices
Alexander Vlasov; alexander.vlasov@nrl.navy.mil
3.5
Codes & Modeling
J.W. Braxton Bragg; james-william.b.bragg@lmco.com
Accelerators, Beams, & Radiation Sources
Joshua Leckbee; jjleckb@sandia.gov
4.1
High Current Accelerators
Fred Bayol; fbayol@ithpp-alcen.fr
4.2
X & Z-Pinches, X-ray Lasers & Radiation Sources
Matt Gomez; mrgomez@sandia.gov
4.3
Particle Acceleration with Lasers & Beams
Matthias Geissel; mgeisse@sandia.gov
4.4
High Energy Accelerators
(Pulsed Power Supporting Technologies)
Craig Burkhart; burkhart@SLAC.Stanford.edu
4.5
High Power Diodes
Jacob Zier; jake.zier@nrl.navy.mil
4.6
Lasers
Phil Arnold; arnold3@llnl.gov
Industrial, Commercial, & Medical Applications
Bucur Novac; B.M. Novac@lboro.ac.uk
5.1
Fusion – Inertial, Magnetic & Alternate Concepts
Dr. Omar A. Hurricane; hurricane1@lllnl.gov
5.2
Medical, Biological, Environmental,
& Industrial Applications
Hidenori Akyiama; akiyama@cs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
5.3
Emerging Applications
Georg Mueller; george.mueller@kit.edu
5.4
EM, Beam, & Laser Applications
Matthew McQuage; matthew.mcquage@navy.mil
Compact & Explosive Pulsed Power
David Goerz; goerz1@llnl.gov
6.1
Compact Pulsed Power
Raymond Allen; Raymond.allen@nrl.navy.mil
6.2
Explosive Power Generators
Andrew Young; young114@llnl.gov
Power Electronics
Mike Giesselmann; Michael.giesselmann@ttu.edu
7.1
Power Supplies & Modulators
Christopher Yeckel; cyeckel@stangenes.com
7.2
Prime Power & Power System Topologies
Matthew Martin; matthew.martin8@mavs.uta.edu
Isaac Cohen;
Isaac.cohen@mavs.uta.edu
John Heinzel;
john.heinzel@navy.mil
7.3
Power Conditioning
Colt James; cjames@pearsonelectronics.com
7.4
Solid State Switches
Stephen Bayne; stephen.bayne@ttu.edu
Diagnostics
John Mankowski; john.mankowski@ttu.edu
Shad Holt, shadholt@gmail.com
8.1
Pulsed Power Diagnostics
Jon Mayes; mayes@apelc.com
8.2
Microwave & FIR Diagnostics
Mark Johnston; mdjohn@sandia.gov
8.3
Optical & X-ray Diagnostics
Jiande Zhang; Jdzhang12@yahoo.com