Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors has announced the recipients of their 1999 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Awards. Fusion Power Associates Excellence in Fusion Engineering Awards were established in 1987 in memory of Professor David J. Rose of MIT, a pioneer in the field of fusion engineering. They are presented to individuals, relatively early in their careers, who have shown both outstanding technical accomplishment and potential to become exceptionally influential leaders in the fusion field. Two such awards are being given in 1999: to Prof. Per F. Peterson and to Mr. Michael D. Williams.

Per F. Peterson

Prof. Per F. Peterson received his Ph.D from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. After spending a year at the University of California at Irvine and a year at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, he returned to the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. In 1998, he was made a full Professor and also became Chair of the Energy and Resources Group. He and his students have made, and continue to make, key technical contributions to fusion in the area of thick-liquid protected fusion chambers for both inertial and magnetic fusion. He has also been making other contributions to the engineering aspects of a wide variety of fusion concepts.

Michael D. Williams

Mike Williams received his B. S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1976, after which he joined the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Over the years he has been involved in all engineering aspects of the design, construction and maintenance of fusion experimental devices, including heating and control systems for the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor. Recently, as Deputy Project Manager, he led the engineering effort on the National Spherical Torus Experiment. Currently he is Head of the Engineering and Technical Infrastructure Department at PPPL, where he is responsible for managing all technical engineering, facilities and environmental engineering, computing and technology transfer resources at the Laboratory.

The awards were presented October 19 by Fusion Power Associates president, Dr. Stephen O. Dean, at Fusion Power Associates 20-Year Anniversary Meeting and Symposium in Washington, DC.