Pulsed Power Science & Technology Technical Committee Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

1. Pulsed Power Science & Technology Technical CommitteeReport to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013 Juergen Kolb PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

2. Pulsed Power Science & Technology Committee Membership 20 voting members: Juergen Kolb (Chair), Andreas Neuber* (Vice Chair), Jane Lehr (Past Chair),Larry L. Altgilbers*, Stephen B. Bayne, Susan Heidger, W. Mark Henderson, Thomas W. Hussey*, Weihua Jiang (new NPSS AdCom Representative 2014), Ravi P. Joshi, Keith LeChien, Brent McHale, Georg Mueller, Bryan V. Oliver (Chair PPPS2013), Frank Peterkin*, Mark Crawford (NPSS AdCom Representative), Mark Rader, Luís Redondo, José O. Rossi, Mark Sinclair (Chair PPC2017), David A. Wetz *) cycling off end 2013 10 ex officio members: Edl Schamiloglu (PPS&T Secretary), Gerald Cooperstein (NPSS AdCom representative), Steven J. Gitomer (Editor-in-Chief TPS), Raymond Allen, Pat Corcoran, Randy Curry, John Maenchen, Robert E. Reinovsky, Roger White, Ian D. Smith PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

3. Pulsed Power Science & Technology Committee Membership • New members will be elected on the committee during the November meeting (11/8/2013) • 9 nominations/self-nominations have been received PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

4. Pulsed Power Science & Technology Committee Development • E-mail vote on transition to an elected committee held in July 2013: • The IEEE NPSS Pulsed Power Science and Technology Standing Technical Committee is to transition to an elected committee. motion passed 2. The transition to an elected committee is to be completed over a 3-year period. motion passed • Revision of C&BL ongoing:- Draft has been prepared by subcommittee - Draft and Revisions being discussed during Fall Retreat November 8./9. Nov. PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

5. PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21 Conference Statistics Conference Chair: Bryan Oliver no. of conference registrants: 911 technical participants: 838 IEEE members: 296 non-IEEE members: 244 students, etc.: 258 fellows, other: 40 on site: 111 companions: 73 exhibitors: 40 (30 booths - sold out) mini course: 23 PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

6. PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21 Conference Statistics PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

7. PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21 Budget Update (October 23, 2013) Revenue $899 k Expenses $768 k Surplus $130 k (17% of expenses) revenue details: expenses details: - registration ~ $ 600 k - food/beverages ~ $ 412 k - exhibits $ 133 k - conf. management ~ $ 83.5 k - sponsor/contributions $ 85 k - audio/visual ~ $ 71 k - IEEE book broker $ 28 k - publications ~ $ 27.5 k - exhibits ~ $ 18.5 k - registration ~ $ 13 k - internet ~ $ 11 k PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

8. PPPS 2013, San Francisco, June 16-21 Publication Update • Proceedings submitted to IEEE Conference Publication Program 9/2013 • TPS Special Issue on Plenary and Invited Papers from PPPS 2013, April 2014, Guest Editors: John Verboncoeur, East Lansing • TPS Special Issue on Pulsed Power Science and Technology October 2014, Guest Editors: Ravi Joshi, Mark Sinclair, Douyan Wang, David Wetz PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013

9. Upcoming Pulsed Power Conferences • 2015 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference (Chair: M. Crawford) together with 2015 SOFE (Chair: J.P. Allain) Austin, TX, May 31 - June 4, 2015 Hotel contract is signed Treasurer: Jane Lehr • 2017 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference - Chair: Mark Sinclair United Kingdom; international advisory committee formed (including Michael Kong, Georg Mueller) • 2019 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference – Proposal: Orlando, FL PPS&T Report to NPSS AdCom – November 2, 2013