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FPA 2018 Distinguished Career and Leadership Awards Announced

September 3, 2018

Fusion Power Associates (FPA) Board of Directors has selected the recipients of its 2018 Distinguished Career and Leadership Awards. The awards will be presented at Fusion Power Associates 39th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Strategies and Expectations through the 2020's, December 4-5, in Washington, DC.

FPA Distinguished Career Awards have been given annually since 1987 to recognize individuals who have made distinguished lifelong career contributions that have benefited fusion energy development.

2018 Distinguished Career Awards will be presented to Nathaniel Fisch (Princeton U. and PPPL) and to David Hammer (Cornell U.)

Nathaniel Fisch is recognized "for your many years of dedication to plasma science and its applications in many fields and to advancing the prospects for fusion power, and especially for your decades of career contributions as a scientist and your role as an educator of a generation of younger scientists, upon whose shoulders the future of plasma science and fusion depends".

David Hammer is recognized "for your many years of dedication to plasma science and its applications in many fields and to advancing the prospects for fusion power, and especially for your decades of outstanding career contributions to the fields of pulsed power, the science of high energy density plasma and its applications, and your role as an educator of a generation of younger scientists, upon whose shoulders the future of plasma science and fusion depends".

FPA Leadership Awards have been given annually since 1980 to recognize persons who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion as a commercial power source.

2018 Leadership Awards will be presented to Dennis Whyte (MIT) and to Sean Regan (U. Rochester).

Dennis Whyte is recognized for "the leadership you are providing to the worldwide quest for fusion power, especially by emphasizing the importance of seeking continued improvements in both scientific and engineering foundations that will improve the prospects for fusion's commercial success".

Sean Regan is recognized for "the leadership you are providing to the inertial confinement fusion effort, and especially for the scientific contributions you have been providing to the experimental program on the OMEGA laser facility and the leadership you are providing to the national program in your role as co-chair of the National Implosion Stagnation Physics Working Group".