Pulsed Power Science & Technology Technical Committee

Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

Juergen Kolb

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Pulsed Power Science & TechnologyCommittee Membership

20 voting members:Juergen Kolb (Chair), Andreas Neuber* (Vice Chair), Jane Lehr (Past Chair),Larry L. Altgilbers*, Stephen B. Bayne, Susan Heidger, W. Mark Henderson, Thomas W. Hussey*, Weihua Jiang (new NPSS AdCom Representative 2014), Ravi P. Joshi, Keith LeChien, Brent McHale, Georg Mueller, Bryan V. Oliver (Chair PPPS2013), Frank Peterkin*, Mark Crawford (NPSS AdCom Representative), Mark Rader, Luís Redondo, José O. Rossi, Mark Sinclair (Chair PPC2017), David A. Wetz

*) cycling off end 2013

10 ex officio members:Edl Schamiloglu (PPS&T Secretary), Gerald Cooperstein (NPSS AdCom representative), Steven J. Gitomer (Editor-in-Chief TPS), Raymond Allen, Pat Corcoran, Randy Curry, John Maenchen, Robert E. Reinovsky, Roger White, Ian D. Smith

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Committee Membership

•New members will be elected on the committee during the November meeting (11/8/2013)•9 nominations/self-nominations have been received

Pulsed Power Science & Technology

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Pulsed Power Science & TechnologyCommittee Development

•E-mail vote on transition to an elected committee held in July 2013:1.The IEEE NPSS Pulsed Power Science and Technology Standing Technical Committee is to transition to an elected committee.

motion passed

2. The transition to an elected committee is to be completed over a 3-year period.

motion passed

•Revision of C&BL ongoing:- Draft has been prepared by subcommittee

- Draft and Revisions being discussed during Fall Retreat November 8./9. Nov.

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PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21Conference Statistics

Conference Chair: Bryan Oliver

no. of conference registrants: 911

technical participants: 838IEEE members: 296non-IEEE members: 244students, etc.: 258fellows, other: 40

on site: 111 companions: 73exhibitors: 40 (30 booths - sold out)mini course: 23

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PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21Conference Statistics

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PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21Budget Update (October 23, 2013)

Revenue $899 kExpenses $768 kSurplus $130 k

(17% of expenses)

revenue details: expenses details:

- registration ~ $ 600 k - food/beverages ~ $ 412 k - exhibits $ 133 k - conf. management ~ $ 83.5 k- sponsor/contributions $ 85 k - audio/visual ~ $ 71 k- IEEE book broker $ 28 k - publications ~ $ 27.5 k

- exhibits~ $ 18.5 k- registration ~ $ 13 k- internet~ $ 11 k

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PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21

Publication Update

•Proceedings submitted to IEEE Conference Publication Program 9/2013•TPS Special Issue on Plenary and Invited Papers from PPPS 2013,

April 2014, Guest Editors: John Verboncoeur, East Lansing•TPS Special Issue on Pulsed Power Science and Technology

October 2014, Guest Editors: Ravi Joshi, Mark Sinclair, Douyan Wang, David Wetz

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Upcoming Pulsed Power Conferences

• 2015 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (Chair: M. Crawford) together with

2015 SOFE (Chair: J.P. Allain)

Austin, TX, May 31 - June 4, 2015

Hotel contract is signed

Treasurer: Jane Lehr

• 2017 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference - Chair: Mark Sinclair

United Kingdom; international advisory committee formed (including Michael Kong, Georg Mueller)

• 2019 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference – Proposal: Orlando, FL

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