FPN03-63

U.S. Fusion Workforce Survey

October 23, 2003

The Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) has recently been charged with addressing "the issue of workforce development in the U.S. fusion program". As part of this assessment process, the FESAC Workforce Development panel has been performing institutional surveys of universities, national laboratories, and industry.

A second part of this survey is to obtain information directly from persons (students, engineers, scientists, etc.) involved in fusion energy and fusion technology at all levels - magnetic fusion energy (MFE), inertial fusion energy (IFE), fusion energy technology development, and other fusion-related technologies - e.g., inertial confinement fusion (ICF).

Persons involved in any area of fusion research or technology development are asked to respond to the short (< 10 minutes) online survey that is located at the following website:

http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/FESAC_survey

Participation in this survey is considered "vital to obtain accurate information about the state of the U.S. fusion workforce."

For further information, contact:

Edward Thomas, Jr., Auburn University Chairperson, FESAC Workforce Development Panel etjr@physics.auburn.edu