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Fusion Technology Awards
2009 - A. René Raffray, University of California, San Diego
For his internationally recognized expertise in fusion engineering and his outstanding contributions to fusion technology, especially in the area of high heat flux components for both magnetic and inertial fusion energy.
 
2007 - Farrokh Najmabadi, University of California, San Diego
For his outstanding and innovative technical leadership in the development of fusion energy, for his contributions to the merging of physics and engineering considerations into the development of attractive fusion reactor concepts, and for his many years of service to the fusion energy sciences community.
 
2006 - Steven Zinkle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
For his outstanding contribution to the understanding of radiation effects in materials and his exceptional leadership in the U.S. fusion materials program.
 
2005 - Bradley Nelson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
For his innovative technical contributions to the engineering of fusion experiments and his exceptional leadership in the design and construction of experimental fusion facilities.
 
2004 - Charles Baker, UC San Diego
For his leadership in the development of fusion technology and the quest to build future fusion power plants, for his leadership of the US ITER fusion efforts, and for his leadership of the US Virtual Laboratory for Technology.
 
2003 - George H. Miley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
For many innovative contributions to the advancement of alternate confinement fusion concepts and technology, for pioneering the development of fusion neutron sources for industrial applications, and for educating and mentoring a generation of the IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering.
 
2001 - Joel H. Schultz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For his many contributions to fusion engineering and superconducting magnet technology.
 
1995 - Richard J. Thome, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
 
1994 - Kenneth R. Schultz, General Atomics
 
1993 - Michael David Williams, Princeton University Plasma Physics Lab.
For his development of neutral beam heating of fusion plasmas, For his activities in supporting the transfer of fusion technology from PPPL to the industrial sector, For his leadership in preparing TFTR for the very important and historical introduction of D-T in TFTR.
 
1991 - Stanley Lawrence Milora, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
For his development of plasma fueling by hydrogen pellet injection, for his contribution to the theory of pellet ablation, for his invention and design of the light gas pellet injection concept, and for his pioneering efforts to achieve the application of pellet injectors on plasma machines.
 
1989 - D. Bruce Montgomery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For his contributions to the development of both superconducting magnets and high-performance copper magnets: For his pioneering development of hybrid coils: For the engineering concept development of the Alcator series of magnets and for excellence in engineering management, both at the Massachusetts Institute of technology and at a national level on the Compact Ignition Tokamak project.