Radiation Instrumentation (RITC)
The purpose of the Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee (RITC) is to promote the development and application of radiation detectors, radiation instrumentation, nuclear electronics and measurement techniques for ionizing radiation and to serve the interests of people involved in the aforementioned activities. All IEEE NPSS members who have an interest in these topics are self-identified as RITC members.
The RITC is managed by the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC), which has 15 members-at-large elected from the general membership of the RITC. Five people are elected to the RISC each year, and each person is elected to a 3-year term. The Steering Committee manages the activities of the Technical Committee.
The RISC, in conjunction with the Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Council (NMISC), oversees the annual Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference and is responsible for providing the long-range planning for the NSS/MIC, such as site selection and choosing a General Chairperson. The responsibility is with RISC for the even year editions of the conference.
The RISC provides input to the editorial board of the Transactions on Nuclear Science. RISC promotes radiation detectors and instrumentation together with related electronics and software generally by nominating members of the Committee for IEEE Fellow status and for various IEEE Awards. RISC itself manages three IEEE Awards for which it has direct control of the nomination and award processes through the RISC Awards Subcommittee: the Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award, the Emilio Gatti Technical Achievement Award and the Glenn F. Knoll Outstanding Achievement Award. These are presented annually at the NSS in a dedicated Award Session.
RITC member participation in the Committee activities is fundamental and strongly encouraged. Several ways of serving and participating are possible, from upgrading ones membership from standard member status to senior member status, to nominating deserving persons for the RISC Awards, to self-nominating as a candidate for the Member-At-Large position and to giving suggestions and contributions for scientific and educational activities beneficial to the RITC Community.
Membership
Steering Committee Officers
The RITC is managed by the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC), which has 18 members elected from the general membership of the radiation instrumentation community. Five people are elected to the RISC each year; each person is elected to a 3-year term. The RISC manages the activities of the RITC.
John Valentine – Chair
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Phone: +1 510 486-4920
Chiara Guazzoni – Immediate Past Chair
Politecnico di Milano and INFN Milan, Italy
Merry Keyser – Secretary
Software & Information Services, USA
Elected members-at-Large
Member at Large 2019-2021
Reynold J. Cooper
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Audrey Corbeil Therrien
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA
Giulia Hull
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay, France
Paul Lecoq
CERN, Switzerland
Abdallah Lyoussi
French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, France
Member at Large 2020-2022
Anna Erickson
GeorgiaTech, USA
Christer Frödjh
Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Francisco Javier Ramirez Jiménez
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Mexico
Lodovico Ratti
Universita’ degli Studi di Pavia and INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Italy
Maxim Titov
CEA IRFU, France
Member at Large 2021-2023
Cinzia Da Viá
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Stefan Gundacker
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Aleksandra Krzyżanowska
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Patrick LeDû
CEA, France
Michael Lerch
University of Wollogong, Australia
Voting Ex-Officio Members
John Valentine – Chair
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Chiara Guazzoni – Immediate Past Chair
Politecnico di Milano and INFN Milan
Sara Pozzi – AdCom Representative (2019-2022)
University of Michigan, USA
Craig Woody – AdCom Representative (2018-2021)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Non-voting Ex-Officio Members
Steven Meikle– NPSS President
University of Sydney, Australia
Gian Franco Dalla Betta – Radiation Instrumentation Senior Editor
Universita’ degli Studi di Trento and INFN Trento, Italy
Roger Fulton – NMISC Chair
University of Sydney, Australia
Zane Bell – Editor-in-Chief, TNS
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
The NSS/MIC Joint Oversight Sub-Committee Members
The Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) is a conference jointly organized by the Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee (RITC) and the Nuclear and Medical Imaging Sciences Technical Committee (NMISTC). In order to coordinate the NSS/MIC conference site selection, the Joint Oversight Subcommittee (JOS) makes site visits and recommends the conference locations. The Joint Executive Subcommittee (JES), consisting of the RITC and NMISTC President, Past President, and President-Elect, takes the JOS recommendation and makes the final conference site selection. The current members of the JOS are found here.
Nominations for New Members
Nominations of candidates for election into the RITC is open the beginning of each year, with nominations due in June. The Steering Committee governs activities and issues relevant to the IEEE NPSS radiation instrumentation community. Candidates must be official members of the IEEE NPSS. Self nominations are encouraged. Please send all nominations by May 31st to Lorenzo Fabris, RITC Nominations Chair, who can be reached at fabrisl@ornl.gov, and Merry Keyser at merrykeyser@ieee.org.
Technical committee information
Constitution and Bylaws
Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award
Description
This award is given to a young investigator in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions to the fields of radiation instrumentation and measurement techniques for ionizing radiation. The prize, consisting of $1,500 and an engraved plaque, will be awarded at the IEEE/NPSS Nuclear Science Symposium.
Eligibility
Individuals whose highest degree has been awarded within 10 years of the date of nomination, and includes current graduate students.
Selection Criteria
Nominees will be judged according to their contributions to the fields of radiation instrumentation and measurement techniques for ionizing radiation as demonstrated by the technical merit and creativity of their research. Priority will be given to nominees whose research has been published in peer-reviewed journals.
Deadline
Nominations must be received by July 15.
For 2021 the deadline has been extended to July 30, 2021
Instructions
For tips on how to write a successful award nomination refer to Tips for Writing a Successful NPSS Award Nomination (pdf).
The nomination must be compliant with the IEEE Policy on Award Limitations, which states “Normally, an individual shall receive only one honor in recognition of a given achievement, unless the significance of the achievement is such as to merit subsequently a higher award. A higher award may be given in the following year or thereafter.”
Nomination forms are available in pdf format or in doc format.
Completed packets should be submitted ONLY VIA EMAIL to the RISC Awards Committee Chair listed above.
The nominator should provide the information requested in the nomination form. Please do not submit materials beyond those requested.
Award Committee Members
The members of the Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award Committee are listed below.
Chiara Guazzoni, Politecnico di Milano and INFN, Italy (Chair)
Cinzia da Vià University of Manchester, Great Britain
Grzegorz Deptuch BNL, USA
Arianna Morozzi Universita’ di Perugia e INFN, Italy
JF Pratte Universite’ de Sherbrooke, Canada
John Valentine LBNL, USA (ex officio)
Conflict of Interest
We take seriously to manage and solve any Conflict of Interest that should arise. Nominations and endorsements by award sub-committee members may not be made for the awards cycle in which they are seated. Committee members need to be replaced prior to submitting a nomination or endorsing, otherwise the nominee is ineligible.
Past Recipients
2020 Arianna Morozzi
2019 Rosana Martinez Turtos
2018 Jean-François Pratte
2017 Yuntao Wu
2016 Marc Andre Tétrault
2015 Areg Danagoulian
2014 Jelena Ninkovic
2013 Rafael Ballabriga
2012 Feng Zhang
2011 Andrew Goertzen
2010 Matteo Porro
2009 Stuart Kleinfelder
2008 Grzegorz Deptuch
2006 L. Eric Smith
2004 Chiara Guazzoni
Glenn F. Knoll Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievement Award
Description
This award is given to an individual in recognition of outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of radiation instrumentation. The prize, consisting of $3,000 and an engraved plaque, is awarded at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium.
Eligibility
Any individual whose long-standing contributions to the field are particularly worthy of recognition.
Selection Criteria
Primary consideration will be given to nominees who have made original and significant innovations in the field of radiation instrumentation. Other factors include a nominee’s overall research contribution and his/her influence on radiation instrumentation through education.
Deadline
Nominations must be received by July 15.
For 2021 the deadline has been extended to July 30, 2021
Instructions
For tips on how to write a successful award nomination refer to Tips for Writing a Successful NPSS Award Nomination (pdf).
The nomination must be compliant with the IEEE Policy on Award Limitations, which states “Normally, an individual shall receive only one honor in recognition of a given achievement, unless the significance of the achievement is such as to merit subsequently a higher award. A higher award may be given in the following year or thereafter.”
Nomination forms are available in pdf format or in doc format.
Completed packets should be submitted ONLY VIA EMAIL to the RISC Awards Committee Chair listed above.
The nominator should provide the information requested in the nomination form. Please do not submit materials beyond those requested.
Award Committee Members
The members of the Glenn F. Knoll Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievement Award Committee are listed below.
Chiara Guazzoni, Politecnico di Milano and INFN, Italy (Chair)
Zane Bell ORNL, USA
Paul Lecoq CERN & UNI Valencia, Spain
Marek Moszinsky National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland
Stanislav Pospisil UTEF, Czech Republic
John Valentine LBNL, USA (ex officio)
Conflict of Interest
We take seriously to manage and solve any Conflict of Interest that should arise. Nominations and endorsements by award sub-committee members may not be made for the awards cycle in which they are seated. Committee members need to be replaced prior to submitting a nomination or endorsing, otherwise the nominee is ineligible.
Past Recipients
2020 Stanislav Pospisil
2019 Lothar Strüder
2018 GFK RIOA Marek Moszyński
2017 GFK RIOA Tadayuki Takahashi
2016 GFK RIOA Christopher Damerell
2015 GFK RIOA Sherwood Parker
2014 GFK RIOA Robert Klanner
2013 RIOA Lars Furenlid
2012 RIOA Richard Wigmans
2011 RIOA Gerhard Lutz
2010 RIOA Veljko Radeka
2009 RIOA Carel van Ejik
2007 RIOA Glenn Knoll
2005 RIOA Ralph James
2003 RIOA Emilio Gatti
2001 RIOA Steve Derenzo
IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award
Description
This award is given to an individual in recognition of mid-career significant and innovative technical contributions in the field of radiation detectors, radiation instrumentation, and/or nuclear electronics, and/or measurement techniques for ionizing radiation. The award consists of US$2,000 and an engraved plaque and is awarded at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium.
Eligibilty
Any individual with at least ten years of professional experience and significant contributions in the areas of radiation detectors, radiation instrumentation, and/or nuclear electronics, and/or measurement techniques for ionizing radiation can be nominated. For the scope of this award, mid-career is defined as no less than 10 years and no more than 28 years of research after obtaining the highest degree (Masters; PhD).
Selection Criteria
Primary consideration will be given to nominees who have made original and significant innovations in the field of radiation detectors, radiation instrumentation, and/or nuclear electronics, and/or measurement techniques for ionizing radiation. Other factors can include the cumulative research contributions over the first part of the career and the level of internationally recognized leadership. In addition, the roles of the nominee as a mentor may also be considered.
Deadline
Nominations must be received by July 15.
For 2021 the deadline has been extended to July 30, 2021
Instructions
For tips on how to write a successful award nomination refer to Tips for Writing a Successful NPSS Award Nomination (pdf).
The nomination must be compliant with the IEEE Policy on Award Limitations, which states “Normally, an individual shall receive only one honor in recognition of a given achievement, unless the significance of the achievement is such as to merit subsequently a higher award. A higher award may be given in the following year or thereafter.”
Nomination forms are available in pdf format or in doc format.
Completed packets should be submitted ONLY VIA EMAIL to the RISC Awards Committee Chair listed above.
The nominator should provide the information requested in the nomination form. Please do not submit materials beyond those requested.
Conflict of Interest
We take seriously to manage and solve any Conflict of Interest that should arise. Nominations and endorsements by award sub-committee members may not be made for the awards cycle in which they are seated. Committee members need to be replaced prior to submitting a nomination or endorsing, otherwise the nominee is ineligible.
Award Committee Members
The members of the IEEE Emilio Gatti Technical Achievement Award Committee are listed below.
Chiara Guazzoni, Politecnico di Milano and INFN, Italy (Chair)
Zane Bell ORNL, USA
Paul Lecoq CERN & UNI Valencia, Spain
Marek Moszinsky National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland
Stanislav Pospisil UTEF, Czech Republic
John Valentine LBNL, USA (ex officio)
Past Awardees
2020 Stefan Ritt
2019 Réjean Fontaine