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DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory VOL. 2, NO. 2 • SUMMER 1998

Spitzer Building Dedication and NSTX

Groundbreaking Create Magical Day

PPPL celebrated the dedication of the Lyman Spitzer Building

and the groundbreaking of the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) on May 18. Above, standing in front of a full-scale

drawing of NSTX, are (from left) Masa Ono, NSTX Project

Director; Robert Goldston, Director of PPPL; Martha Krebs,

Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy

Research; Anne Davies, Associate Director, U.S. Department of

Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences; Doreen Spitzer, widow

of Lyman Spitzer, Jr.; and Martin Peng, NSTX Program Director.

In an earlier ceremony, PPPL’s Laboratory Office Building was

renamed in honor of Laboratory founder Lyman Spitzer, Jr., who

died last year. At the newly dedicated building are (from left)

Princeton University President Harold Shapiro, Goldston, Krebs,

Mrs. Spitzer, former PPPL Director Melvin B. Gottlieb, Rep.

Michael Pappas (NJ 12), and Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ 11).
PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998 Page 2

May 18 at the Laboratory was — in a word —

“magical.”

With spectacular weather, red-white-and-blue ribbons, and festive balloons heralding the event, PPPL

celebrated the dedication of the Lyman Spitzer Building

and the groundbreaking of the National Spherical Torus

Experiment (NSTX).

“It was truly a magical day for the Laboratory. Congressman Pappas was very supportive. Congressman

Frelinghuysen gave a rousing positive speech. Martha

Krebs also spoke very strongly in support of fusion and of

the Laboratory’s role as a home for national facilities.

Harold Shapiro spoke eloquently about endings and beginnings. Doreen Spitzer, however, put us all to shame

with references to Thucydides, which I later learned she

is reading in the original Greek! Indeed her speech was a

high point, and she endowed the whole ceremony with

magic,” said PPPL Director Rob Goldston in a message to

staff the day after the events.

Prior to the unveiling of the Lyman Spitzer plaque,

which now marks a pillar at the entrance to the former

Laboratory Office Building, Goldston joined Princeton

University President Harold Shapiro, U.S. Representatives Rodney Frelinghuysen and Michael Pappas, and

Martha Krebs, Director of the Office of Energy Research

at the U.S. Department of Energy, in the auditorium to

offer remarks.

Krebs lauded the achievements of Spitzer and spoke

of the Laboratory’s continuing leading role in fusion

research. “Professor Spitzer chose to work on the ‘big’

problems of science, so it is no wonder that he chose to

work on the problem of creating the energy of the stars on

earth... He set the tone of scientific excellence which has

characterized the Laboratory ever since,” she said.

The Department of Energy official spoke of the

dramatic changes at the Laboratory and of the fusion

program since Spitzer started Project Matterhorn in a

small building on the other side of the Forrestal Campus.

“With the restructuring of the fusion energy sciences

program, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has taken

on a mission much broader than the original Project

Matterhorn — developing the scientific understanding

and innovations that will lead to an attractive fusion

energy source. This mission includes working on both the

scientific and engineering innovations that will lead to a

lower cost design for the International Thermonuclear

A Magical Day ...

By Patti Wieser

Mrs. Spitzer (right) and Dr. Krebs view the building plaque after the

unveiling.

Experimental Reactor and exploring innovative concepts

like the National Spherical Torus Experiment,” Krebs

said.

She also discussed the important roles of improved

theory and computation, the need to continue making

progress on alternate concepts, and the importance of

small experiments, basic plasma science research, and

outreach and science education.

“Fusion research is a long-range program and needs

to be open and responsive to the development of new

ideas,” said Krebs, later adding, “The primary mission of

the fusion program is to develop the knowledge base for

an economical and environmentally attractive source of

fusion power.”

Krebs closed by paying tribute to the Laboratory’s

founder. “Lyman Spitzer still provides an excellent inspiration to the whole of the fusion research program. His

vision of the future was guided by both theory and

computation, as tempered by actual experiments; his

institutional and organizational efforts reflected a passion

for excellence; his scientific reach was broad, allowing

him to intereact effectively with disciplines outside the

bounds of plasma physics; his original goal of placing a

star on earth remains a compelling challenge for those

who follow in his footsteps,” she said.

During the unveiling outside the Laboratory, Doreen

Spitzer, the widow of Lyman, spoke of continuity, renewed hope, the pleasure of the search, and the “power of

the electron.”

Telling the crowd how wonderful it was to see so

many familiar faces again, Mrs. Spitzer said, “We are

remembering the 40th anniversary [of PPPL] on November 1, 1991, and Carl Sagan’s inspiring remarks, despair

and gloom over cuts and retrenchments, now renewed
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funding (never quite enough, of course), but plenty of

renewed hope and energy, new ideas, new ways of tackling problems.”

She recalled her mother’s belief in continuity and in

keeping up the search, and noted a quotation of Robert

Louis Stevenson’s often repeated by her father, “To travel

hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true

success is to labor.” Her father, she added, called Lyman

a “night watchman.”

The Stevenson line became a family quotation, along

with Lyman’s remark to his children when they asked,

“Daddy, what did you do today?” and he replied, “I was

thinking what I would do if I were an electron.”

After describing the people at the Laboratory as

“quite wonderful,” Mrs. Spitzer said, “There will continue to be setbacks, and breakthroughs, errors, and triumphs. But you will be learning from these, and you will

be teaching younger generations who must be welltrained in order to succeed you in their turn. It’s a

marvelous time to be living in. Spectacular discoveries

are being made in every direction. I have great confidence

in the power of the electron.”

In closing, she added, “For me personally, the dedication of this building in the name of one of the finest

scientists, yes and I’ll add — one of the finest human

beings of our time — insures a continuity of fine minds

working together with limitless labor and energy, committed to high purpose for humanity in our world. If there

is technology magic in a name, there will be magic in

NSTX. God bless, and carry on!”

Mrs. Spitzer and Dr. Krebs then pulled the red-whiteand-blue banner to reveal a plaque inscribed “Lyman

Spitzer Building.” Following the dedication, everyone

made their way over to the NSTX Test Cell for a

groundbreaking ceremony. On a raised platform, special

guests and project leaders held glasses of chilled sparkling cider to toast the future of the next fusion device at

PPPL.

The day concluded with a scientific colloquium in

honor of Lyman Spitzer, Jr., featuring talks by Goldston,

Princeton University Provost Jeremiah Ostriker, NSTX

Program Director Martin Peng, Princeton University

Department of Astrophysical Sciences Chair Bruce Draine,

and Princeton University Department of Astrophysical

Sciences Professor Edward Jenkins.

Said Goldston, “When you travel a long and exciting

road like the one we are on, it is very important to have

good companions. PPPL is a great place to work because

of the high standards we set for ourselves, and because of

the strong sense of teamwork we bring to these tough

problems. This is a great team of scientists, engineers,

technicians, and support personnel. Over and over I am

amazed by their insight and by their dedication. It is an

honor for me to work with such a team.” ●

The delivery of the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

ohmic-heating (OH) solenoid on June 30 and its mating with the

inner toroidal-field (TF) bundle on July 8 marked major milestones in

the assembly of NSTX. According to Project Director Masa Ono, “The

OH coil presented the most difficult and critical NSTX design and

fabrication challenges, requiring a great deal of innovation. We are

pleased that NSTX is the first spherical torus in its class to have

successfully completed its OH assembly.”

Fourteen feet in height, the NSTX OH solenoid is the tallest in the

world. It will play a crucial role in the creation of the NSTX plasma, the

generation of the plasma current, and the formation of the device’s

unique magnetic field geometry. NSTX will also have TF coils and

poloidal-field (PF) coils, which play major roles in the creation of the

magnetic fields that confine, stabilize, and shape the plasma.

NSTX Construction Marks Milestones

Assembly of National Spherical Torus Experiment to Begin in September

By Anthony De Meo

Continued on page 4

At left, PPPL’s Joe Bartzak guides the world’s tallest ohmicheating solenoid as it is lowered over the inner toroidal-field

coils of NSTX.
PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998 Page 4

NSTX is a compact machine, designed to produce a

plasma resembling a sphere with a small hole running all

the way through its middle. Consequently, the NSTX

center column must have the smallest diameter possible.

NSTX engineers successfully designed a uniquely thin

(13-inch diameter) center column, enclosing the OH

solenoid. The inner legs of the TF coils run vertically

through the solenoid.

Though they must be thin and assembled without a

large, massive support structure, NSTX’s OH and inner

TF coils will have to withstand high stress generated by

the 7-tesla OH magnetic field. To achieve the required

strength, the NSTX solenoid winding consists of the

longest, continuous water-cooled copper conductor of

any magnetic fusion device. Special insulation material

was also required. To fit together properly, both the OH

solenoid winding and the inner legs of the TF coils were

manufactured with a radial accuracy of less than a hundredth of an inch, maintained over the entire height of the

center column.

Challenges Successfully Met

These challenges were successfully met by the OH

solenoid design team, led by John Citrolo, and the manufacturing team, led by Jim Chrzanowski. Fabrication of

both the OH solenoid and the TF coils was performed by

Everson Electric Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

The PF coils were manufactured by Magnetic Enterprises

International of Oakland, California. On July 8, the OH

solenoid was slipped over the inner leg of TF coils to form

the NSTX center column.

The second half of 1998 will be a busy time for NSTX

staff. Within a three-month period beginning in September, major machine components will be assembled on the

support structure in the Test Cell. The vacuum vessel,

PPPL’s Joe Bartzak assists as the

OH coil is lowered over the center stack TF coil bundle.

which is being fabricated

by Process Systems International of Massachusetts,

will be delivered in August. It will reside in the

RESA building for about

six weeks of preparation,

including the attachment of

the four smallest PF coils.

The larger PF coils will be

attached to the vacuum vessel after it arrives in the

Test Cell.

In early September, the

center column will be

brought to the Test Cell

where it will be prepped

for about one month prior

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to its attachment to the vacuum vessel. In TFTR and other

tokamaks, the vacuum chambers are separate from the

center columns. To save space, the outer surface of the

NSTX center stack will serve as the inner wall of the

vacuum vessel. Preparation of the center column will

therefore include the attachment of protective carbon tiles

and various diagnostic sensors. By early November, the

center column will be inserted into the center hole of the

vacuum vessel. Following the installation of the remaining PF coils, the outer sections of NSTX’s 12 TF coils will

be attached to their inner legs.

Researchers expect that the entire NSTX device will

be assembled before the end of December. Integrated

systems testing will follow in January, 1999. Subsytems

will be tested individually and then linked together and

tested again in a building block process, until the entire

NSTX device is tested at first plasma.“The plan is aggressive. If all goes well, we could beat our schedule which

calls for first plasma in April, 1999,” noted Dr. Ono. ●
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Lab Garners Two DOE Diversity Awards

I

n recognition of its progress in building sound and

notable diversity programs and for implementing science education programs, PPPL received two Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Diversity awards from the

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on May 29.

On behalf of the Laboratory, PPPL Diversity Officer

Pamela Lucas accepted the Turquoise Award for Commitment in EEO/Diversity and the EEO/Diversity Best

Practices Award during the DOE’s 1998 Diversity Conference in Oakland, California. In addition to Lucas,

PPPL’s Patti Wieser attended the gathering, which was

titled “Diversity: One America in the New Millennium.”

“This is a great honor for the Laboratory to receive

two awards for our diversity efforts. We have been

through many changes during the past year, including a

significant downsizing and a reorganization. Throughout

these changes we have remained strongly committed to

diversity and to promoting an inclusive work environment in which all employees are respected,” said PPPL

Director Robert Goldston.

Added Lucas, “Winning both of these awards at this

particular time is significant. In spite of the budget uncertainties we’ve experienced recently, PPPL’s commitment to the principles reflected by these awards did not

waver. This would not have been possible without the

strong support of the PPPL leadership and the efforts of

the Human Resources Division, the Director’s Minority

Advisory Committee, the Director’s Advisory Committee on Women, and the Diversity Working Group.”

The Turquoise Award recognizes PPPL’s “commitment and implementation of EEO/Diversity practices and

the progress demonstrated in building sound and notable

diversity programs.” Upon receiving the citation, Lucas

said, “The Turquoise Award demonstrates that little can

become much in the hands of capable, committed individuals and this provides PPPL with a strong base upon

which to continue our efforts.”

Last year, the Department of Energy established the

National DOE and Contractors EEO and Diversity awards

to recognize organizations that have advanced the cause

of diversity in the workplace and have provided a positive

role model for other facilities and programs within the

department. The program, sponsored by the DOE’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, is open to all DOE

federal organizations, DOE laboratories, and managing

and operating contractors. The award categories include

the Turquoise Award for commitment, the Roadrunner

Award for progress, and the Zia Award for excellence.

This year there were two recipients of the Turquoise and

PPPL Diversity Officer Pamela Lucas (middle) and PPPL Chair of

the Director’s Advisory Committee on Women Patti Wieser (left)

present two diversity awards from the U.S. Department of Energy

to PPPL Director Robert Goldston. Lucas and Wieser attended the

DOE Diversity Conference and awards ceremony in California.

“We have been through many

changes... including a significant

downsizing and a reorganization.

Throughout these changes we have

remained strongly committed to

diversity and to promoting

an inclusive work environment in

which all employees are respected.”

—Robert Goldston

two of the Roadrunner awards. In addition, several laboratories and contractors received “best practices” awards.

PPPL garnered the EEO/Diversity Best Practices

Award for “implementing science education programs,

including a ‘Science over Supper’ program, in which its

scientists team with area teachers to explore science

concepts taught in the classroom, and for its ‘Research

Enrichment Program’ that targets minority students interested in careers in science.”

“The ‘Best Practices’ Award for our efforts in Science Education was really a surprise. The entire Science

Education Program and the PPPL staff who lead workshops for ‘Science Over Supper’ and those who serve as

mentors to high school students in the Princeton Research

Enrichment Program should be commended for their

dedication and commitment to making the resources of

the Laboratory available to all members of the community,” commented Lucas. ●
PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998 Page 6

PPPL hosted 21 teams from New Jersey and Pennsylvania at the New Jersey Regional Competition of the

National Science Bowl® , held at the Lab in February.

“The Science Bowl is a challenging but fun day for

some of the brightest students in the area. These youngsters who excel in science and math face competition that

is often steep and answer questions on a variety of topics.

It makes for an exciting day,” said PPPL Science Education Program Leader Pamela Lucas.

Millburn High School won first place, but because of

a scheduling conflict, was unable to avail itself of the top

PPPL Hosts Regional Science Bowl

prize — an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., to

participate in the Seventh Annual National Science Bowl®

in May. The prize went to the second-place winner,

Montgomery High School.

Teams made up of four students, a student alternate,

and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach, participated in the regional competition at PPPL. The students

answered multiple choice or short answer questions in

biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, mathematics,

and earth and computer sciences. The competition is

sponsored by the U.S. DOE. ●

Pollution Prevention Day Draws Students

More than 125 students from

area schools participated in

hands-on science demonstrations,

watched some of their classmates

receive awards for pollution prevention posters, and toured the

Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor during Pollution Prevention Awareness Day at PPPL on April 23.

Poster Contest

The Laboratory hosted the

youngsters, as well as about a dozen

children of staff who came to PPPL

for “Take Our Daughters to Work

Day.” The day featured a talk by

Stony Brook Millstone Watershed

Education Director Jeff Hoagland,

recycling-related exhibits, and the

presentation of awards to fifteen

students for entries in the Lab’s

Pollution Prevention Poster Contest. The winning posters were

among 620 created for the contest,

many of which were displayed in

PPPL’s Lobby.

PPPL’s Facilities and EnviDiane Carroll, Head of PPPL’s Science Education Program, demonstrates to students the

effects of magnetic fields on plasma in an uncoated fluorescent light bulb during Pollution

Prevention Awareness Day.

ronmental Management Division, Director’s Advisory

Committee on Women, and Science Education Program

sponsored the poster contest and activities. In addition to

the activities for youngsters, the Laboratory hosted two

programs that week for adults featuring speakers Kyra

Hoffman, Daniel Caraccio, PPPL Deputy Director Richard Hawryluk, Richard Wetherald, George Hawkins, and

PPPL Director Rob Goldston. ●
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Watch out for Spike. At 130 pounds, he’s lean. And

with the tenacity of a bulldog, he’s mean. He —

or rather it — is a robot created by a team of students and

teachers from Hopewell Valley Central High School and

a few engineers including Bill Blanchard from PPPL.

Earlier this year, the PPPL/Hopewell Valley team took

Spike to Rutgers University to participate in the Johnson

& Johnson Mid-Atlantic Regional FIRST competition.

FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science

and Technology — is a national engineering contest that

immerses high school students in the world of engineering. This is the second year the Lab’s Science and Education Program sponsored the PPPL/Hopewell Valley team.

PPPL Engineer Bill Blanchard spent more than 100

hours working with the students to design, construct, and

test their robot, giving them an inside look at the engineering profession. “This project is good because it teaches

students the practical applications of technology. They

had to consider the robot’s weight, size, and height in their

design, as well as the cost of the material to build it,” said

Blanchard.

Spike is a combination of conduits, roller bearings,

plywood, motors, pulleys, a 12-volt battery, sprockets,

PPPL and Student Team Create Robot

The PPPL/Hopewell Valley team with their creation, Spike, at the competition at Rutgers.

PPPL’s Bill Blanchard is fifth from the left.

The PPPL/Hopewell Valley team

competes at Rutgers.

and aluminum plates,

among other items. The

amount of any one type of

material was restricted to

encourage the students to

use their imaginations and

a wide variety of materials and parts in the design

of the robot.

While devoting afterschool hours and weekends to the project, the

PPPL/Hopewell Valley team produced the robot in a

room that was formerly one of the high school’s woodworking shops. A core group of about five students

worked at nearly every session, while other students

participated for shorter periods. “Some of the students

were really fired up. We worked just about every night

after school, during weekends, and even on President’s

Day,” said Blanchard.

In March, the PPPL/Hopewell Valley team took their

creation to Rutgers. Each team’s robot competed with two

other robots in a hexagon-shaped playing field, complete

with an eight-foot center goal and three

sets of rails. The robot collected, transported, and placed beach-ball sized balls

in the center goal and on the rails to

score points. During a match, each of

the teams consisted of two drivers, two

advisors, and one human player. Spike

was operated by the student team in

seven contests, winning first place once

and second place six times. The team

was ranked 22nd out of the 48 teams

that participated in the three-day event.

So how did the team come up with

Spike for a name? “The school’s mascot is a bulldog. The students wanted to

build a sturdy robot to ensure it would

stand up to the rigors of competition,

and they did. So Spike just seemed like

a good name,” said Blanchard. ●

This summer, at ceremonies marked by a

robot roaming the halls of the State House,

the New Jersey State Assembly passed a

resolution honoring the 20 New Jersey

teams — including the PPPL/Hopewell

Valley Central High School team — that

participated in FIRST in 1998.
PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998 Page 8

PPPL Hosts Booth at Communiversity

Photos by Gregg Wielage

In April, PPPL participated

in Communiversity, an annual springtime celebration

that joins Princeton University with the community of

Princeton. In photo at far

left, PPPL Associate Director for External Affairs John

DeLooper (left) demonstrates turbulence with a

flowing bubble apparatus to

the sons of PPPL Deputy

Director Richard Hawryluk

as Hawryluk (in sunglasses)

watches. In the other photo,

Information Services Head

Anthony DeMeo fields questions about the Lab.

PPPL Participates in Plasma Science Expo

PPPL’s scientific demonstrations drew a crowd at the Plasma Science Expo at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The twoday April event attracted hundreds of students, teachers, and members of the public. PPPL’ers Diane Carroll, Anthony Contino, John

DeLooper, Pamela Lucas, James Morgan, and Andrew Post Zwicker represented the Laboratory at the Expo. In front of the fusion display

at left, Post Zwicker discusses science to a group of students. Contino, near the PPPL display at right, demonstrates an electromagnetic

arm wrestling machine.

Photo by James Morgan
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Spreading the Fusion Word through Community Outreach

PPPL Science Education Program Head Diane Carroll (left) watches

as Gov. Christie Whitman takes on the electromagnetic arm

wrestling machine during a science and technology conference at

Princeton University’s Center for Photonics and Optoelectronics

Materials. PPPL joined other local educational and business

institutions in offering exhibits at the June conference. In addition

to Carroll, PPPL’s John DeLooper, James Morgan, and Andrew

Post Zwicker gave hands-on science demonstrations and distributed information about the Laboratory during the event.

Two area teachers conduct experiments with magnets during a

workshop, “Magnetism,” this spring hosted by the Lab’s Science

Education Program. The workshop, one of three held recently at

the Ben Franklin Elementary School in Lawrenceville, is part of

PPPL’s “Science Over Supper” series in which area teachers team

up with PPPL scientists to explore the science concepts they teach

in their classes. The workshop was led by PPPL’s Andrew Post

Zwicker.

Photo by James Morgan Photo by James Morgan

PPPL’s James Morgan demonstrates the electromagnetic arm wrestling machine to a visitor at Future Fest in May in Washington, D.C.

PPPL participated in the annual outdoor street festival, which

included science and education displays.

Photo by Dianne Nunes

Photo by James Morgan

Dianne Nunes demonstrates a plasma ball at the Future Fest.

Others from the Lab at the event included Dianne Carroll, John

DeLooper, James Morgan, and Chris Ritter.
PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998 Page 10

PPPL’ers Make a Difference

PPPL’s Ronald Davidson, Pamela Lucas, and Susan Murphy-LaMarche are among a group of honorees recently

recognized at Princeton University for “making a difference in the lives of women at Princeton.” The President’s

Standing Committee on the Status of Women honored forty-three students, alumni, faculty, and staff who have, in ways

large and small, made Princeton University a more welcoming environment for women to live, learn, or work. The

group received certificates during a reception in their honor at Prospect House in May. From left are Davidson, Lucas,

and Murphy-LaMarche.

Menard Awarded for Student Paper

In recognition of his significant technical contribution in

the area of fusion science and engineering, PPPL’s Jon

Menard garnered the “Best Student Paper” Award from

the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Fusion Energy

Division (FED) in June. Menard, who is at PPPL through

a postdoctoral research appointment, received the ANS

FED Certificate of Accomplishment and a cash award

during the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of

Fusion Energy in Nashville. Professor Gerald Kulcinski

(left) of the University of Wisconsin presents Menard

with the citation for “Best Student Paper.”

American Nuclear Society Recognizes Menard’s Contribution to Fusion Research
Page 11 PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998

The Director’s Advisory Committee on Women (DACW) Open

Meeting brought together about forty Lab women and supervisors to

discuss issues on May 4 in the MBG Auditorium. The Director of the

Laboratory and the DACW host the annual event to provide an open

forum for the women of PPPL. Guest speaker Carol Kivler of Kivler

Communications gave a presentation about “Developing Personal

Resiliency to Change and Transition.” Above, meeting participants

jot down a list of changes during Kivler’s presentation. From left are

Marie Iseicz, Maria Pueyo, Joanne Bianco, and Virginia Finley.

Rutherford Honored

for Career Contributions

Paul Rutherford, former Associate Director for Research at PPPL, is a recipient

of the 1998 Distinguished Career Award from Fusion Power Associates (FPA).

The award recognizes Rutherford’s many outstanding technical and leadership

contributions to fusion energy development throughout his career. It further

notes that in addition to his many seminal contributions to fusion theory, he has

provided “insight and leadership on the key issues of fusion energy development and has provided a continuing link between plasma theory and engineering applications.” Rutherford received the citation on June 3 in Washington,

D.C., during the FPA annual meeting. The awards are given annually to

individuals who have made distinguished career contributions to fusion

development.

Murphy-LaMarche

Named Executive

of the Year

Susan Murphy-LaMarche,

Deputy Head of Human Resources at PPPL, is the 1998

“Executive of the Year” for

the Mercer Chapter of Professional Secretaries International (PSI). MurphyLaMarche received the

award at PSI’s luncheon on

April 20.

DACW Draws Women

of the Lab Together
PPPL NEWS • Summer 1998 Page 12

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Another Step Along the Way

The 23,000-pound vacuum vessel for the National Spherical Torus Experiment arrived at the Lab on August 5. The arrival marks a major

step in the construction of the new device.