Student Alumni Club

Thursday, March 8, 2007.

NW17 conference room.

Talk will start at 5:30 pm. Pizza and soda will be available at 5:15 pm.

Speaker: Dr. Vincent Tang.

Working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .

In this talk, an overview of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is given with emphasis on some of my work and experiences in the Engineering directorate. The structure of the Laboratory, its missions,
and its diverse research portfolio, ranging from Petawatt lasers to micro-fuel cells, are highlighted. Technically, startup efforts and data for a compact fusion neutron source using pyroelectric crystals are
discussed, along with diagnostic work on an 17 MeV electron beam using optical transition radiation (OTR). The presentation concludes with a discussion of internal LLNL funding sources, current LLNL fusion
projects, my views on working in LLNL Engineering, and employment opportunities that are available for graduates of the PSFC.

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