Your PPST Committee is excited to welcome you to the 2025 Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference in Berlin, Germany, taking place June 15 – 20, 2025. Additional information for authors, exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees can be found on the conference website (https://www.ppps2025.kit.edu/index.php).

Important Conference Dates:

Award Nominations Due: December 1, 2024

Abstracts Due: January 30, 2025

Early Bird (Reduced Fee) Registration Cutoff Date: April 27, 2025

Four Voting Members are elected to the Committee each year during the IEEE-NPSS election cycle. If you would like more information on the election process or would like to run for election, please contact the current Chair, Emily Schrock, emily.schrock@ieee.org

2025 Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference

The next joint PPC-ICOPS conference is being planned for Berlin, Germany in 2025.

General Chair: Dr. Georg Mueller (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Vice Chair: Dr. John Jelonnek (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Technical Program Co-Chairs: Dr. Tom Huiskamp (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Dr. Simon Bland (Imperial College London)

Treasurer: Dr. Wolfgang Frey (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Please check the conference website for additional information, https://www.ppps2025.kit.edu/index.php

 

 

• A Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (TPS) accompanies each IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (PPC) every two years or Pulsed Power and Plasma Sciences (PPPS) Conference when the PPC and ICOPS co-locate every six years. The objective of these Special Issues is to provide the widest possible distribution of archival quality papers detailing the unique and innovative developments in the areas of pulsed power science and technology. Contributions to the special issue will undergo the same rigorous review standards as typical for all IEEE Transactions and Journals. A few of the recent ones are listed below:

1. Special Issue offered at the conclusion of the 2023 IEEE PPC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=10786869&punumber=27
2. Special Issue offered at the conclusion of the 2021 IEEE PPC  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=9927133&punumber=27
3. Special Issue offered at the conclusion of the 2019 IEEE PPPS https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9218223
4. Special Issue offered at the conclusion of the 2017 IEEE PPC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=8481599
5. Special Issue offered at the conclusion of the 2015 IEEE PPC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=7583630
6. Special Issue offered at the conclusion of the 2013 IEEE PPPS https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=6810912

Isaac Cohen
Microwave Technologies and Systems Development Operation Manager
Radiance Technologies
Huntsville, Alabama
isaac.cohen@radiancetech.com

Randy Curry
Sandia National Laboratories
rdcurr@sandia.gov

Josh Gilbrech
Pulsed Power Engineer/Program Manager
Leidos Innovation Center
joshua.a.gilbrech@leidos.com

Frank Hegeler
Head of the Pulsed Energy Technology Section
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington DC, 20375
frank.hegeler@nrl.navy.mil

Tom Huiskamp
Assistant Professor
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
t.huiskamp@tue.nl

John Krile
Electrical Engineer
Scientific Applications & Research Associates (SARA)
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, US
jkrile@sara.com

Amanda Loveless
Post Doctoral Research Assistant
School of Nuclear Engineering
Purdue University
mlovele@purdue.edu

Seth Miller
Electrical Engineer
Sandia Naitonal Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
setmill@sandia.gov

Georg Mueller
PPPS 2025 General Chair
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (IHM)
Hermann-von-Helmholtz – Platz 1,
FR Germany
georg.mueller@kit.edu

Bucur Novac
Loughborough University
School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Leicestershire, UK
B.M.Novac@lboro.ac.uk

Jon Cameron Pouncey
Pulsed Power Engineer
Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren Division
Virginia, USA
jon.c.pouncey.civ@us.navy.mil

Emily Schrock
Chair 2024-2025
Pulsed Power Group
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico
PPST Secretary
eschroc@sandia.gov

Tao Shao
Professor
Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100190 P. R. China
st@mail.iee.ac.cn

Jacob C Stephens

Vice Chair 2024-2025
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
Jacob.C.Stephens@ttu.edu

Simon Bland
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus, London
Sn.bland@imperial.ac.uk

Joshua Leckbee
Advanced Accelerator Physics
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
jjleckb@sandia.gov

Johanna Neuber
SARA Inc.
Colorado Springs, CO
jneuber@sara.com

David Wetz
Professor and College of Engineering’s Director of Strategic Initiatives
University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Arlington, TX
wetz@uta.edu

 

Raymond Allen, Naval Research Laboratory

Stephen B. Bayne, General Chair, 2023 Pulsed Power Conference, Texas Tech University

Sterling R. Beeson, Research Engineer, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

Steve Calico, Industrial Advisory Committee, Raytheon Company, Albuquerque, NM

Gerald Cooperstein, Past Fellow Nomination Committee Rep., Retired, consultant , Naval Research Laboratory

Pat Corcoran, L-3 Communications Pulse Sciences, San Leandro, CA

Mark Crawford, Elected AdCom Representative, General Chair, 2015 Pulsed Power Conference, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Randy D. Curry, Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Steven J. Gitomer, Editor-in-Chief TPS, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Retired), Santa Fe, NM

Theodore “Chris” Grabowski, Sandia National Laboratories

Frank Hegeler, Treasurer for PPC 2023, Head of the Pulsed Energy Technology Section, Naval Research Laboratory

Susan Heidger, Technical Program Chair for PPC 2023, Sr. Research Physicist, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, NM

W. Mark Henderson, DE T&E Capability – Navy Deputy, NAVAIR HPM S&T Lead, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA

Thomas W. Hussey, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA

Chunqi Jiang, Associate Professor, Center for Bioelectrics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Weihua Jiang, Nagaoka University of Technology, Department of Nuclear System Safety Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering

Ravi P. Joshi, Professor, Texas Tech University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lubbock, TX 79409-3102

Juergen Kolb, Committee Chair (2013 – 2015), Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany

Kevin Lawson, Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH)

Joshua Leckbee, Committee Deputy Secretary, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Jane Lehr, University of New Mexico, Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Lisa Mattox, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Brent McHale, Finance Committee, National Security Engineering Division (www-eng.llnl.gov), Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, California

Georg Mueller, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (IHM), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, FR Germany

Andreas A. Neuber, Past Chair, P.W. Horn Professor, Center for Pulsed Power & Power Electronics, ECE Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Bucur Novac, International Advisory Committee, Loughborough University, School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Leicestershire, UK

Heather K. O’Brien, Chair 2022-2023, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Bryan V. Oliver, Pulsed Power Technical Committee Awards Committee, General Chair, 2013 Pulsed Power Conference, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Frank Peterkin, Awards Committee Chair, Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA

Mark Rader, Treasurer, 2011 Pulsed Power Conference, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL

Luís Redondo, Conference Publications, Lisbon Superior Engineering Institute (GIAAPP/ISEL), Portugal

Robert E. Reinovsky, President, NPSS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pulsed Power Hydrodynamics, Los Alamos, NM

Jose Rossi, Conference Cycler Scheduler, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil

Hong-Je Ryoo, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

Jason M. Sanders, Transient Plasma Systems, Inc.

Edl Schamiloglu, Secretary, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Albuquerque, NM

James Schrock, Air Force Research Laboratories

Nigel Seddon, MBE, Technical Expert – Novel Systems, United Kingdom

Rebecca Seviour, Head of Accelerator Research, University of Huddersfield (UK)

Mark Sinclair, General Chair, 2017 Pulsed Power Conference, Physics, AWE

Ian D. Smith, Chair, PPS&T Awards Committee, L-3 Communications Pulse Sciences, San Leandro, CA
Rick B. Spielman, University of Rochester

Kenneth W. Struve, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1173

Igor Timoshkin, Institute for Energy and Environment, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

David Alan Wetz Jr., Professor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Electrical Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

Roger White, L-3 Communications Pulse Sciences (Retired), San Diego, CA

William M. White, Secretary, Pulsed Power Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories,, Albuquerque, NM

The history of the Pulsed Power Conference and the Committee responsible for the organization started with the first conference held in Lubbock, Texas, in 1976. The conference attracted already about 200 attendees. We like to believe that the biennial meeting has since then become the most important forum for the exchange of advances in Pulsed Power Science and Technology and respective applications. The Conference Proceedings constitute a comprehensive record of accomplishments for more than a quarter of a century. Outstanding accomplishments are recognized by prestigious awards since 1981. The Erwin Marx Award was given for the first time at the 3^rd Pulsed Power Conference to J. “Charly” Martin. The inaugural Peter Haas Award was presented to Magne “Kris” Kristiansen in 1987. In the same year also the first outstanding student awards were presented.

Through 1995 the Pulsed Power Conference was affiliated with IEEE and sponsored by Pulsed Power Conference Inc. Starting in 1997 this private not-for-profit organization then became a Technical Committee in IEEE NPSS. A Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science has followed each Pulsed Power Conference since 1997.

Another milestone in our history was joining forces with PSAC and combining the International Conference on Plasma Science and the Pulsed Power Conference for the first Pulsed Power and Plasma Sciences Conference in Las Vegas, NV in 2001(PPPS-2001) – a meeting which found the interest of more than 1000 attendees.  This combined conference has been taking place every 6 years, with PPPS-2007 in Albuquerque, NM; PPPS-2013 in San Francisco, CA; PPPS-2019 in Orlando, FL; and PPPS-2025 to be held in Berlin, Germany.

There will be three PPST Committee meetings in 2025 and all will include a virtual or hybrid option. The spring meeting will take place in March and will be fully virtual. There will be a brief Committee meeting on-site at the Estrel Hotel the Sunday before PPPS in Berlin, Germany. The fall meeting date and location are TBD.

The Erwin Marx Award recognizes outstanding contributions to pulsed power technology by an individual over an extended period of time. The first Erwin Marx Award was presented at the 3rd IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (June 1981). The Erwin Marx Award was dedicated to the memory of Professor Marx and his concept of the Cascade Impulse Voltage Generator that bears his name. Professor Marx passed away on January 11, 1980, just prior to his 87th birthday. The High Voltage Institute of the Technical University of Braunschweig, where Professor Marx conducted his research, has graciously allowed the Pulsed Power Conferences to present the Erwin Marx Award in his name. A brief review of Professor Marx’s career is presented in the Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 6 – 8, 1983, p. 51.

Prize: Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s International Pulsed Power Conference this award consist of $3,000 and a plaque.

Eligibility and Basis for Judgement: Individuals who have made outstanding technical contributions to pulsed power technology for at least ten years are eligible for this award.

1. Importance of technical contributions to pulsed power research or development over at least a ten year period. (50%)
2. Importance of technical contributions made by teams led by the candidate. (20%)
3. Quality and significance of publications and patents (20%)
4. Years of technical distinction (10%).

The award is in consideration for outstanding technical accomplishments. The nominee is not required to be a member of the NPSS or IEEE but, where candidates have otherwise equal qualifications, preference shall be given to the candidate who is a member of the IEEE.

Presentation: Biennially, with presentation in odd numbered years at the IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference Awards Banquet.

Marx Award Form (docx)

In addition to the nomination form, a nominating letter and CV may be provided as an attachment to the form. It is also encouraged, though not required, to provide up to three letters of reference (maximum 2 pages in length each).

Submission Deadline: December 1

Send nominations to: Heather O’Brien

Rick Spielman was the 2023 Erwin Marx Award Winner, recognized for contributions to the development of vacuum post-hole convolutes and magnetically insulated transmission lines (MITLs) and their successful impact on Sandia National Laboratory’s Z-Machine and Saturn pulsed power machines.

1981 J.C. “Charlie” Martin
1983 Ian D. Smith
1985 Thomas H. Martin
1987 Ihor M. Vitkovitsky
1989 Kenneth R. Prestwich
1991 Gennady A. Mesyats
1993 Phillip W. Spence
1995 A. Richard Miller
1997 Boris M. Kovalchuk
1999 Peter J. Turchi
2001 Malcolm Buttram
2003 Vladimir K. Chernyshev
2005 Leland Schlitt
2007 David L. Johnson
2009 John T. Naff
2011 Patrick Corcoran
2013 Ian R. McNab
2015 William A. Stygar
2017 Sergei Rukin
2019 Alexander (Sasha) Kim
2021 Mark Savage
2023 Rick Spielman

The Peter Haas Award recognizes individuals whose efforts, over an extended period, have greatly benefited the pulsed power field through the development of important applications or areas of activity including research, education, and information exchange.

The Peter Haas Award recognizes outstanding contributions to pulsed power technology resulting from an individual’s continued effort to develop programs of research, education, and information exchange that are the basis for progress in pulsed power. The Peter Haas Award was established at the 6th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (June 1987) and bears the name of the late Peter Haas who was recognized at the 2nd Pulse Power Conference (1979) “for many contributions to a strong and vigorous pulsed power program through sound management, steadfast conviction, and farsighted technical acumen.” Today, the Peter Haas Award honors those individuals that share Peter’s dedication, leadership, and administrative vision for pulsed power.

This award is $3,000 and Plaque.

Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s International Pulsed Power Conference budget.

Presented biennially, with presentation in odd numbered years at the IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference Awards Banquet.

Any individual who has demonstrated sustained contributions to developing, managing or influencing programs, education or information exchange that has led to important advances in the field of pulsed power.

1. Importance of contributions to pulsed power through developing, managing or influencing programs, education, or information exchange (40 points); 2. Demonstrated leadership and service to the field of pulsed power (30 points); 3. Importance of the technical contributions to pulsed power research or development (20 points); 4. Years of service advancing or enlarging the field of pulsed power (10 points). The award will consider the total benefit conferred on pulsed power by the individual. The nominee is not required to be a member of the NPSS or IEEE, but where candidates have otherwise equal qualifications, preference shall be given to the candidate who is a member of the IEEE.

Haas Award Form (docx)

In addition to the nomination form, a nominating letter and CV may be provided as an attachment to the form. It is also encouraged, though not required, to provide up to three letters of reference (maximum 2 pages in length each).

Submission Deadline: December 1

Send nominations to: Heather O’Brien

Bryan Oliver was the 2023 Peter Haas Award Winner, recognized for contributions to the development of pulsed power capabilities for x-ray radiography and the science of radiation effects in materials and electronics.

1987 Magne “Kris” Kristiansen
1989 Arthur H. Guenther
1991 Gerold Yonas
1993 Alan C. Kolb
1995 Bernard H. Bernstein
1997 William L. Baker
1999 Gerald Cooperstein
2001 Dillon H. McDaniel
2003 Hidenori Akiyama
2005 Robert Reinovsky
2007 Karl H. Schoenbach
2009 John E. Maenchen
2011 Roger White
2013 Scott J. MacGregor
2015 Edl Schamiloglu
2017 Ron Gilgenbach
2019 Thomas Mehlhorn
2021 Andreas Neuber
2023 Bryan Oliver

The Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee’s Outstanding Pulsed Power Student Award (established in 1997) was renamed the Arthur H. Guenther Pulsed Power Student Award in 2007 following the passing of Dr. Guenther. The Award is to recognize outstanding contributions as a student in pulsed power engineering, science or technology. A recipient is selected each year but awarded biennially at the Pulsed Power Conference Banquet.

This award is $2,000 and Certificate.

Funded by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s International Pulsed Power Conference budget.

Awarded annually, with presentation at the biennial IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference Awards Banquet.

Any full time undergraduate or graduate university student in pulsed power engineering or science. The nominee must be a student when nominated.

1. Quality of research contributions (40 points);

2. Quality of educational accomplishments (30 points);

3. Quality and significance of publications and patents (30 points).

Guenther Award Form (docx)

In addition to the nomination form, a nominating letter and CV may be provided as an attachment to the form. It is also encouraged, though not required, to provide up to three letters of reference (maximum 2 pages in length each).

Submission Deadline:
December 15

Send nominations to: Heather O’Brien

2024 – Zhigang Liu, Tsinghua University and Max Flynn, Texas Tech University

2023 – Hao Sun, Tsinghua University

 

 

1981 Timothy S. Sullivan
1983 Charles H. Harjes
1985 Anthony Donaldson
1987 Richard A. Korzekwa
1989 Mary Baker
1989 F. Mark Lehr
1989 Michael Mazzola
1991 Thomas G. Engel
1993 David C. Stoudt and Frank Hegeler
1995 Mark T. Crawford
1997 Raymond J. Allen
1999 Ron Arad
2001 Kelly Hahn and Tammo Heeren
2003 Gary Brent McHale and Thomas A. Holt
2005 Joshua Leckbee and Michael Butcher
2006 David Wetz
2007 Gregory F. Edmiston
2008 Jamie Darling
2009 Andrew J. Young
2010 Sarita Prasad
2011 Jonathan Foster
2012 Shurik Yatom and Jouya Jadidian
2013 Jacob Stephens
2014 Christopher Leach
2015 Sterling Beeson
2016 Dimitry Mikitchuk
2016 Shelby Lacouture
2017 David Yanuka
2018 Brett Huhman
2019 Christine Stollberg
2020 Gabriel Shipley
2020 Yang Cao
2021 Artem Kuskov
2022 William Brooks
2023 Hao Sun
2024 Zhigang Liu and Max Flynn

Refer to ieee-npss.org/awards/conference-awards/

Nominations for IEEE Fellow

The Pulsed Power Science and Technology (PPST) Committee requires adequate time to review requests for endorsement in order to best support highly qualified candidates to reach the grade of IEEE Fellow. The PPST Committee will limit the number of endorsements each year and may grant no endorsement in any given year.

Any individual, for whom the nominator is requesting endorsement from the PPST Committee, must be a recognized member of the pulsed power technical community. An informal request for endorsement must be submitted to the PPST Chair no later than January 15 to allow the Committee sufficient time to evaluate the request. The nominator may be required to provide a CV of the nominee to the PPST Chair, who will forward it to the PPST Committee for review. For assistance in reviewing and strengthening the overall nomination package, please reach out to members of the pulsed power community who have already been elevated to Fellow.

List of IEEE Fellows in the Pulsed Power Science & Technology and Related Areas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science