FPN07-52

Navratil Elected Chair of FPA Board of Directors

October 2, 2007

The Fusion Power Associates (FPA) Board of Directors has elected Gerald Navratil (Columbia University) to serve as its Chairman for a two year term effective November 1. He succeeds Miklos Porkolab (MIT). Navratil was previously Vice Chair of the Board.

The Board also elected Farrokh Najmabadi (UC-San Diego) as Vice Chair. Stephen O. Dean and Ruth Ann Watkins were re-elected President and Vice President for Administration and Finance, respectively.

The annual meeting of the FPA Board will take place the evening of December 4 at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Ridge, TN, in association with the FPA Annual Meeting and Symposium, December 4-5 at the same location.

A listing of members of the FPA Board and information on the annual meeting are posted at http://fusionpower.org