my action packed lps grad student adventure 1972-1976...john sethian ucsd 2 in the early 1970’s,...
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My Action PackedLPS Grad Student
Adventure1972-1976
John Sethian
UCSD
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In the early 1970’s, LPS had many experimental programs in fusion energy oriented research.
•Electron beam heating of linear plasma– Chuck Wharton
•Electron beam heating of toroidal plasmas- Bruce Kusse
•Electron beam generated microwaves- John Nation
•Ion / electron beam plasma confinement Hans Fleischman
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Chuck Wharton’s lab• Prof C.B. Wharton; My Thesis advisor /the head of the group
• Fred Sandel; Introduced me to gin and Jaguars
• Mike Greenspan: My contemporary and fellow grad student. ……Who only tried to kill me once
• Milt Johnson: Worked in the corner on an experiment on Whistler Waves
• Pete Brown: The highly competent technician
• Peter Korn: Post Doc #1
• Carl Ekdahl: Post Doc #2, a mentor, lifelong friend, colleague
• A twelve foot long glass tube full of hydrogen cyanide
DAH
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Cornell Relativistic Electron Beam heating experiment
(Prof Chuck Wharton)
My Thesis
DL easy
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Cornell Thompson Scattering System-a much bigger task than I thought
The door
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The LPS Poker Alliance
Carl EkdahlStan HumpriesTom LocknerDick McKeeBob MegerEvan RoseChip SmithDave Woodall
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On defenses:Candidacy, Thesis, and Other
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Scattered light derailed my business career
pipe
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Life after Cornell
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Ithaca hurt my car
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FusionReversed magnetic field configuration with rotating beamsDense Z-pinch from frozen deuterium. TWICEKrF lasers for direct drive fusion energyRan National program for IFE based on direct drive
Kicked out of four different DOE fusion programsOther
Repetitve durable pulsed power and electron beamsCollective Acceleration of ionsCharged particle and laser beam weaponsMaterial modification with electron beamsEliminating NOx (and possibly CO2) in fossil fuel power plants
Now: Building a laser shock facility for Washington State University at the Dynamic Compression Sector, Argonne National Lab
Worked at The Naval Research Laboratory (38 yrs)Using pulsed power, electron beams, and their applications