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1 History of UW Plasma Physics J. C. Sprott Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison Presented to the Plasma Physics Group Meeting on November 13, 2001

2 Nuclear History n 1942 First fission reactor (Dec) n 1942 - 1945 Manhattan Project n 1945 First fission bomb (Jul) n 1952 First fusion bomb (Oct) n 1952 - 1958 Project Sherwood n 1958 Controlled fusion declassified n 1960 First fission power plant n 1963 Plasma physics begins at UW

3 US Fusion Program 1960 n Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - Stellarators n Oak Ridge National Lab - ECRH Mirror Devices n Lawrence Livermore National Lab - Gun-Injected Mirror Devices n Los Alamos Scientific Lab - Toroidal Pinches n General Dynamics - Toroidal Pinches

4 Donald W. Kerst 1911 - 1993

5 Wanderings of Don Kerst

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12 Early Ph.D. Graduates n Dale Meade (Kerst 65) - PPPL n Jim Paukey (Symon 66) - Sandia n Gerry Barney (Kerst 67) - Rockfeller n Cliff Erickson (Kerst 67) - Honeywell n Jim Howard (Symon 69) - U. Colorado n John Schmidt (Mills 69) - PPPL n Clint Sprott (Kerst 69) - U. Wisconsin n Don Lencioni (Kerst 69) - MIT Lincoln Lab n Glenn Kuswa (Kerst 70) - Sandia n Charles Stallings (Kerst 70) - Physics Int.

13 Plasma Physics Faculty n Don Kerst n Keith Symon n Fred Mills n Dale Meade n Clint Sprott n Stewart Prager n Dick Dexter n Paul Terry n Sam Hokin n Cary Forest

14 Early Engineering Plasma Faculty n Jim Beyer (ECE) n Leon Shohet (ECE) n John Scharer (ECE) n Harold Forsen (EP) n Gil Emmert (EP) n Bob Conn (EP) n Gerry Kulcinski (EP) n Dick Post (EP) n John Conrad (EP) n Jim Callen (EP)

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