ASMI Puget Sound May Meeting

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When:  May 24, 2022 from 17:00 to 21:00 (PT)

ASMI Puget Sound May

Meeting (05/24/22):

 

 

Dinner and Tech Talk

 

Speaker:

Dr. Scott Wilke,

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Laboratory

 

Topic:

Laser Based Inertial Confinement Fusion at the National Ignition Facility

 

Please come join us for the May 24, 2022 ASMI Meeting - for social hour, dinner and a fantastic technical presentation!

 

Location: 

Piatti’s

2695 Northeast Village Lane

Seattle WA, 98105

Date: 

Tuesday, May 24th

 

Time: 

Social Hour: 5:30 – 6:30PM

Dinner: 6:30 – 7:30PM

Presentation: 7:30 – 8:30PM

 

Admission:

$20 (General), $10 (Students)

A 3-course dinner is provided with non-alcoholic beverages included.  Venue includes a no host bar. 

 

Registration:

The event is live here: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asmi-puget-sound-may-2022-dinner-and-presentation-tickets-335686897547

 

Please register by May 20th

 

 

Leaderhip Committee:

 

·        Robert Kearney [Co-Chair]

·        Eve Burkhart [Co-Chair]

·        Mary Davis [Treasurer]

·        Lucien Brush [Student Affairs]

·        Jason Zhou [Web Administrator]

·        Keith Anderson [Ring Central Coordinator]

 

Announcements:

 

ASMI Puget Sound Chapter is Seeking Volunteers for Officers and Board Positions for2022-2023

It is that time of year again to fill out our leadership roster.  This is an opportunity for young emerging professionals, or mid-career materials engineers to step in and fill positions in the Puget Sound Chapter. If you are interested, send an email to psasmnewsletter@gmail.com.

 

Industry Engineer of the Year. The Chapter is proud to announce that Luis Leon has just been selected as recipient of the PSEC’s Industry Engineer of the Year Award for 2022.

Puget Sound Chapter’s Materials Science Scholarship. The chapter has a $1000 Materials Science scholarship available.  The application deadline is May 30, 2022. Contact Eve Burkhart (eve.t.burkhart@boeing.com) for more details.

 

Presentation Title:  Laser Based Inertial Confinement Fusion at the National Ignition Facility

 

Speaker:  Dr. Scott Wilke, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Laboratory

 

Speaker Bio: Dr. Scott Wilks is a Research Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since earning his Ph.D. in Plasma Physics at UCLA in 1989. His area of expertise is the application of computer simulation to the design and analysis of high-intensity laser-matter experiments. He played a key role in the early development of the Fast Ignitor concept and helped to establish the physical picture of ion acceleration, dubbed Target Normal Sheath Acceleration (TNSA). His work on applying ‘particle-in-cell’ simulations to ultra-intense laser-plasma interactions led to several theoretical predictions which have been verified by experiment. Currently, Dr. Wilks is working in the Advanced Photon Technologies group at LLNL on the topics of ion acceleration, laser-based MeV radiography, plasma optics, and advanced ignition ideas for Inertial Fusion Energy. He is Chair of the SimNet Committee for LaserNetUS, a network of short pulse laser facilities across North America.

 

Dr. Wilks is a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 2009. He was awarded the Defense Programs Award of Excellence in 2002 and received the Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research in 2006 for developing the fast ignition inertial fusion concept. He has authored or co-authored over 300 refereed publications in high energy density and plasma physics, which have garnered over 17,000 citations.

 

 

Abstract: Currently in review for approval at LLNL

 

Location

Piatti's
2695 Northeast Village Lane
Seattle, WA 98105