Edward Teller Medal winners named
The Edward Teller Medal recognizes pioneering research and leadership in inertial fusion sciences and applications. The award consists of a minted sterling silver medal, bearing the likeness of Dr. Teller. The medal is mounted on a wooden and inscribed metal plaque. The ANS has established an endowment fund to pay the expenses of the award and welcomes contributions from any source. As this fund grows a cash award to accompany the Medal will be considered.
The awards will be presented September 12 at the Second International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA2001) in Kyoto Japan (http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/ifsa2001/). The Conference, organized by Osaka University, the University of California and Ecole Polytechnique, will bring together about four hundred scientists and engineers from all parts of the world to compare notes on the latest research in inertial fusion.
Professor Atzeni is being honored because of his leading contributions to understanding and teaching the high energy density physics related to Inertial Confinement Fusion. His contributions to development of the isobaric gain model and to modeling fluid instabilities and mixing are notable. His publications span a broad range of physics issues including implosion symmetry and instabilities, thermonuclear burn, and fast ignition. Professor Atzeni is an outstanding teacher and has lectured on high energy density physics in several European countries and in Japan.
Dr. Rosen is recognized internationally for major contributions to the development of laboratory soft x-ray lasers, and to the design and analysis of complex experiments carried out on the Nova laser at LLNL. These experiments contributed to DOE approval of the National Ignition Facility. Rosen's outstanding work has been recognized by the American Physical Society as a Fellow, Centennial Lecturer, Distinguished Lecturer in plasma physics, Excellence in Plasma Physics Award. He has received the Award of Excellence from the DOE and has been appointed a Teller Fellow at LLNL.
The Edward Teller Medal is named in honor of Dr. Edward Teller, distinguished physicist, Director Emeritus of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Dr. Teller is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in inertial fusion sciences. The award has been granted to eighteen scientists from nine countries in previous years. It is now under the auspices of the ANS Fusion Energy Division and will be given biannually at the IFSA conferences.
Nominations for the Edward Teller Medal are widely solicited, and nominees need not be members of the ANS. Twenty-two scientists were nominated for this year's medals. The field of candidates was narrowed by a selection committee comprised of past Edward Teller Medal winners, as well as Dr. Teller himself. The final nominations were approved by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
