Princeton – A.J. Stewart Smith to be named VP for PPPL, search for new dean for research to begin
Princeton University – A.J. Stewart Smith to be named VP for PPPL, search for new dean for research to begin
By Eric Quiñones | 17 April 2012 – 03:00 p.m.
A.J. Stewart Smith, who has served as Princeton University’s first dean for research since 2006, will assume a newly created position as vice president for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to serve as the University’s primary liaison with DOE.
Smith said that his new role in focusing on PPPL is particularly important as the American fusion research community contends with domestic budgetary challenges, as well as U.S. commitments to support a major international fusion energy project known as ITER.
Smith noted that research at PPPL is at an exciting stage with the recent approval of funds for a significant upgrade of the lab’s major test facility, the National Spherical Torus Experiment, to pursue the development of nuclear fusion as a clean, safe and abundant fuel for generating electricity. At the same time, he wants to continue the trend of increasing collaborations between PPPL and University researchers on the frontiers of plasma physics.
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