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American Nuclear Society Accelerator Applications Division. Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Nolan Hertel, Chair Hollywood, Florida June 29, 2011. Division/TG Mission. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
American Nuclear SocietyAccelerator Applications
Division
Presentation to the
ANS Board of Directors
Nolan Hertel, Chair
Hollywood, Florida
June 29, 2011
Division/TG Mission
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of photons, neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
AAD Executive Committee Structure
• Executive Committee Structure (Succession plan from Treasurer to Chair): Chair – Nolan E. Hertel (Georgia Tech) Vice Chair – Philip L. Cole (ISU) Secretary – Jeffrey O. Johnson (ORNL) Treasurer – Bradley Micklich (ANL) Past Chair –Phillip D. Ferguson (ORNL) Incoming Treasurer – Eric A. Burgett (ISU) BOD Liaison – Joy Rempe
AAD Executive Committee• 2010 - Michele Ferenci (Hershey Medical Center), James
Jones (INL), Rebecca Howell (M. D. Anderson Hospital)
• 2011 – Michael R. James (LANL), Ning Li (BRNC), Erich Schneider (University of Texas at Austin)
• 2012 - Jeremy Busby (ORNL), Sean O’Kelly (NIST), James Stubbins (University of Illinois)
• 2013 - Karen Kelley (LANL), Rebecca Howell (M. D. Anderson Hospital), Eric Pitcher (LANL)
• 2014 – Michael R. James (LANL), Stuart D. Henderson (Fermilab), Erich A. Schneider (University of Texas at Austin)
2010 AAD Committee Chairs
Committee Chair
Technical Programs Nolan Hertel, Interim (search underway)
Newsletter Phil Cole
Honors & Awards Phil Ferguson
Liaison w/Societies Hisahi Ninokata
Nominating Phil Ferguson
Web Page Karen Kelley
Scholarship Yaron Daron
Young Members Liaison Currently vacant; in discussion with potential candidate
Membership Trends (5 Years)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (April)
ANS 10,851 10,938 11,137 11,557AAD 305 289 301 327 353 (56 unpaid)*% of ANS 2.8% 2.6% 2.7% 2.8%% change +4.8% -5.2% +4.2% 8.6%
*There are 24 more paid members in April 2011 than in April 2010. 90 Student members in 2010 and 106 (paid + unpaid) in 2011 to date.
AAD Budget
2009 2010 Actual 3/31/2011
Carry Forward $36,836 $37,350 $32,396
Other Income
Member Allocation $578 $602 $654
Scholarship
Student Support $3,000 $2,000
Other Expenditures $64 $2,556
Balance $37,350 $32,396 $31,050
Some more Governance• AAD Planning/Strategic Plan, Succession
Planning Succession Plan – 2004
• Progression from Secretary to Chair
No Strategic Plan submitted to PDC
• Communications/Web Update of webpage was started in April 2011 Maintained by Hanna Shapira Karen Kelley, Excom member
AAD Contributions to ANS
• ANS Position Statements Naturally Occurring or Accelerator-produced
Radioactive Materials – STATUS??? #71 Transmutation of Nuclear Waste – in
discussion with Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division.
• 2009 revision done by AAD
• Needs to be run by FCWMD
AAD Participations with other Professional Societies
• AccAPP’11 Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, April 3-7, 2011, Knoxville, TN. (co-hosted by the IAEA)
• AccApp’09 “International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators”: 54 countries, 348 participants; in Vienna Austria with IAEA
AAD Contributions to ANS• Society Leadership
PDC – 3 of 4 meetings NPC – 2 of 4 meetings 75% at June meeting 50% at November meeting
• Non-Meeting Publications None
• YMG Ensured that one of the candidates for treasurer was a young
member.
AAD Services to Membership• Scholarships
Undergraduate award of $2000 from endowed division scholarship fund
Established an AAD-Corporate Sponsored Scholarship of $2000• Awarded in 2009 from contribution from TechSource• Not awarded, but have contributors.
• Peer Recognition/Awards Best Paper Awards Special Award to James Jones in 2009 for his work in application of
accelerators to detect SNM.• Student Support
2009 ANS Student Conference $2000 2010 ANS Student Conference $2000 2009 ANS national meeting student travel support $500 2010 ANS national meeting student travel support $1000
Accelerator Applications Division Meetings
• National Meeting Participation 2009: 1session 0 panel 2010: 3 sessions (cosponsor in 2 additional
sessions) 0 panel
• Topical/Prior, Current & Future Years- Class I: AccApp09 with IAEA Vienna, AT- Class I: AccApp11 Knoxville, TN
Division Meetings
Division Governance
Division Contributions to
Society
Division Services to Membership
National Meeting Participation
2010Annual: 1session, 0panel 2010Winter: 2session, 1panel
Succession Planning 2004 Succession Plan
ANS Position Statements
67 Nat Occur or Accelerator RAM (Draft under development)
71 Transmutation of Nuclear Waste (AAD to review, send to FCWMD)
Professional Development
AAD does not support professional development activities
Class I, Class II
Topicals AccApp’09 in Vienna
AccApp’11 planned for Knoxville
Membership Trends 301/291 mbrs -3.3% change 2006 291/305 mbrs +4.8% change 2007 305/289 mbrs -5.3% change 2008 289/301 mbrs +4.2% change 2009 301/327 mbrs +8.6% change 2010
Participation with
Outside Professional Societies
IAEA Primary sponsor of AccApp’09 Cosponsor of AccApp’11
Scholarships
AAD Scholarship established in 2007 AAD Scholarship award in 2009
Class III Topicals 2003 Embedded Topical Co-Sponsor
June
Communications
website updated 2009
Society Leadership 3 of 4 Mtgs. PDC & 2 NPC
75% at June mtg 50% at Nov mtg. Presentation to BOD June 2009
Peer Recognition/ Awards
Best Paper Award
Division Planning No Strategic Plan submitted to PDC
Chair Non-Meeting Publications
AAD does not support non-meeting pubs
Student Support 2010 Student Conference 2010 National Meetings
Division’s Commitment to
YMG Liaison appointed AAD Exec Comm
member
Summary
• List Areas of Success AccApp09 and AccApp11 Scholarships, Divisional and Corporate Student Support Activities
• Focus for Future Action Resolve Position Statement issues Increase division membership National meeting participation Strategic Plan Communication