Event Program – Anniversary/Symposium Agenda
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. Opening and welcoming remarks
Dave Hammer Lance Collins, Dean, Cornell Engineering
8:45 a.m. Overview of the Symposium organization and what we wish to accomplish Dave Hammer
1967-1977
8:50 a.m. The earliest LPS years Jack Clark & Chuck Wharton
9:10 a.m. Memories of Cornell LPS, 1968-1973 Bill Destler
9:30 a.m. My action-packed LPS grad school adventure, 1972-1976 John Sethian
9:50 a.m. Open discussion, unscheduled contributions invited
10:05 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Intense electron and ion beams theory Tom Antonsen
1977-1987
10:50 a.m. Early collective ion acceleration and microwaves
Tony Anselmo
11:10 a.m. Recollections from Mitchell St. and life after Cornell
Richard Adler
11:25 a.m. Recollections from LPS and life after Cornell
Greg Ginet
11:40 a.m. Open discussion, unscheduled contributions invited
12:00 p.m.- Lunch & time to reminisce while enjoying the campus 2:00 p.m.
LPS@50 Anniversary Symposium
Friday, October 6, 2017
Afternoon/Evening Events
700 & 701 Clark Hall
2:00 p.m. Remarks by Emmanuel Gianellis, Vice Provost for Research, Cornell University
2:10 p.m. All you need to know in 25 minutes about magnetic
fusion energy: From Mitchell St. to Provence Don Rej
2:35 p.m. Ion diode and other interesting theory Mike Desjarlais
3:00 p.m. Reminisces of my years in LPS Jonathan Krall
1987-1997: Beams and Microwaves
3:15 p.m. Ion ring experiments Edl Schamiloglu
3:35 p.m. Ion ring/beam propagation theory Bryan Oliver
4:00 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. Ion beam propagation experiments: 1990s Joe Olsen
4:45 p.m. High power microwaves: Early 1990s Tim Davis
4:55 p.m. Open discussion, unscheduled contributions invited
5:00 p.m. From the 1990’s to the 21st Century: A journey in
research and systems engineering Jeffrey Tate
5:15 p.m. 1990-2000 a collaboration story Levi Schachter
5:30 p.m. The LPS legacy in pulsed power as seen at NNSA: A personal view Ralph Schneider, NNSA (Retired)
Friday Evening Program
Statler Hotel Terrace Lounge & Restaurant
6:30 p.m. Wine and cheese reception, cash bar
7:30 p.m. Symposium banquet
8:15 p.m. Keynote speaker
LPS legacy in space plasmas and remote sensing
Jason Providakes
9:00 p.m.- Time for socializing by all participants, cash bar
11:00 p.m.
LPS@50 Anniversary Symposium
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Morning Events
700 & 701 Clark Hall
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:45 a.m. Opening remarks
Space Plasmas and Remote Sensing
8:50 a.m. The early days Mike Kelley
9:00 a.m. Some recent advances in ionospheric modification
research Wayne Scales
9:25 a.m. Fruits of a Cornell thesis: From plasma simulations of
waves to a career Meers Oppenheim
9:50 a.m. The places you’ll go: The global reach of space plasma and remote sensing Jonathan Makela
10:10 a.m. Break
1990-2007: Exploding Wires, X-pinches and Microwaves
10:40 a.m. X-pinches and exploding wires Daniel Kalantar
11:00 a.m. Collaboration between Imperial College and LPS in
this area begins Simon Bland (“Honorary Alumnus”)
11:20 a.m. Microwave research comes to an end at Cornell
Graham Kerslick
11:30 a.m. From multi-wire arrays to MagLIF Daniel Sinars
11:55 a.m. Practical pulsed power in industry John Douglass
12:10 p.m.- Lunch & time to reminisce while enjoying the campus 2:00 p.m.
LPS@50 Anniversary Symposium
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Afternoon Events
700 & 701 Clark Hall
NNSA Center Era: Wire Arrays, XMHD, Plasma Jets & Gas Puffs
2:00 p.m. COBRA experiments and their legacy Ryan McBride
2:15 p.m. Kate Bell
2:30 p.m. What is so good about Extended MHD and the PERSEUS code? Charlie Seyler for Matt Martin
2:50 p.m. Break
3:10 p.m. Open discussion, unscheduled contributions invited
4:00 p.m. Pre-alumni (i.e. present students) Tom Byvank and Sophia Rocco
Present activity; what will be seen in the lab tour COBRA host, Jacob Banasek
4:15 p.m. Closing remarks Bruce Kusse
4:30 p.m. Refreshments in Rhodes Hall 310
Lab tour in groups of 10 or so
Basement of Grumman
6:00 p.m. Adjourn