Plasma Science Committee
The Plasma Science Committee has initiated Plasma 2010, the plasma volume of the next Physics Decadal Survey. Please see the highlight below for the latest committee update.
Functioning as a continuing steering committee for the field of plasma science, the PLSC provides guidance on ways to maintain and strengthen plasma science as a discipline. The committee maintains a broad and unified definition of plasma issues to give guidance to decision makers in universities, nonprofit research centers, and government agencies. The committee promotes coordination among institutions involved in plasma science, makes recommendations aimed at education of sufficient personnel in the field, monitors the industrial technology base, and sponsors workshops and symposia as a means of communication among the different branches of the field.
Plasma 2010 Final Report Release!
The Plasma 2010 Committee released the unedited, prepublication version of its final report, “Plasma Science: Advancing Knowledge in the National Interest,” on Tuesday, May 29!
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Committee and Staff Members
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Committee Membership
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Riccardo Betti, Chair, University of Rochester
Michael R. Brown, Swarthmore College
Patrick L. Colestock, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jeffrey Freidberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S. Gail Glendinning, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Valery Godyak, OSRAM Sylvania, Inc.
Jeffrey Hopwood, Tufts University
Chandrashekhar Joshi, University of California at Los Angeles
Michael Mauel, Columbia University
Eliot Quataert, University of California at Berkeley
Edward Thomas, Jr., Auburn University
Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Thomas H. Zurbuchen, University of Michigan
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NRC Staff
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Donald C. Shapero, Board Director
David Lang, Senior Program Associate
Caryn Knutsen, Senior Program Assistant
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Committee Meetings
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April 4-5, 2008
Keck Center, Washington, DC
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October 4-5, 2008
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
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April 13, 2007
Keck Center, Washington, DC
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September 29-30, 2007
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
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March 31, 2006
Keck Center, Washington, DC
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September 30 – October 1, 2006
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
Agenda
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April 1-2, 2005
Keck Center, Washington, DC
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September 24-25, 2005
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
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April 2-3, 2004
Keck Center, Washington, DC
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October 2-3, 2004
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
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April 4-5, 2003
Keck Center, Washington, DC
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September 27-28, 2003
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
Agenda
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April 5-6, 2002
NRC Green Building, Washington, DC.
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September 28-29, 2002
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA.
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Presentations made to the committee at each meeting are online, as available.
New Studies
The Plasma Science Committee has convened the Plasma 2010 committee, under the leadership of Steve Cowley and John Peoples, to conduct a decadal assessment of and outlook for all of plasma science.
Completed Studies
As a standing committee, the Plasma Science Committee (PLSC) has overseen and guided the formation of several ad hoc study committees. The final reports are published by the National Academies Press and are available online for reading or ordering private copies.
More Information
Please contact the BPA at bpa@nas.edu for more information about this committee.
Support
The Committee is pleased to acknowledge support from the Department of Energy.
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