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Prof. Neville Clinton Luhmann Jr.
Neville's timeline
1943
Born
1943
1966
Graduated from college
1966
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Bachelor's Degree
1970
Member, Plasma Physics Division – APS
1970
1972
Graduated from graduate school
1972
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
Ph.D. Degree
Started a job at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
1972
Princeton, New Jersey
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Investigation of an RF Produced Nonneutral Hot Electron Plasma”
1972
1973
Started a job at University of California, Los Angeles
1973
Los Angeles, CA
1975
Co-organizer of 5th Annual Anomalous Absorption Conf. (Held at UCLA)
1975
Los Angeles, CA
Proposal Reviewer for NSF
1975
Proposal Reviewer for US ERDA, DCTR (now USDOE, DMFE)
1975
1976
Co-organizer of Gordon Research Conf. on Laser Interaction with Matter
1976
Session Chairman, for 2nd Int. Conf. and Winter School on Submillimeter Waves and Their Applications
1976
1977
Member, Organizing Committee for 2nd Topical Conf. on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics (American Physical Society)
1977
Santa Fe, NM
Member, U.S. Commission H (on Waves and Plasmas) of URSI
1977
Proposal Reviewer for US ERDA DLF
1977
1978
Lecturer, IEEE Mini-Course on Modern Plasma Diagnostics
1978
Monterey, CA
Member, Sigma Xi
1978
1979
Session Chairman, IEEE Int. Conf. on Plasma Science
June 4th, 1979
Montreal, QC, Canada
Session Chairman and Member of Program Committee at 4th Annual Int. Conf. on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Miami
December 10th, 1979
Miami, FL
1980
Chairman, Local Organizing Committee for 3rd APS Topical Conf. on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics
1980
Los Angeles, CA
Lecturer, IEEE Mini-Course on Modern Plasma Diagnostics
1980
Madison, WI
1982
Proposal Reviewer: Army Research Office
1982
1984
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineering
1984
Member of Executive Committee, U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Radio Science (USNC/URSI) Commission H (1984 - 1993)
1984
Proposal Reviewer for DOE Small Business Innovation Research Program
1984
1985
Member, IEDM Technical Subcommittee on Electron Tubes (1985 -1986)
1985
Member of DOE MFE Accomplishment Assessment Committee
1985
Member of University Fusion Associates Executive Committee (1985 - 1987)
1985
Member and Chairman Elect TEXT Users Organization (1985 - 1988)
1985
1986
Member of IEDM Technical Subcommittee on Electron Tubes
1986
1987
Member Technical Program Committee, Microwave Power Tube Conf.
1987
Monterey, CA
Member of Technical Program Committee, 1987 Tri-Service Cathode Workshop
1987
Chairman, Organizing Committee for 7th APS Topical Conference.
1987
Vice President, University Fusion Associates Executive Committee
1987
Member of APS Plasma Division Executive Committee
1987
Chairman of the Peer Review Panel for Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
1987
Member of APS Plasma Division Publications Committee (1987 - 1999)
1987
Chairman Organizing Committee for 3rd Int. Symposium on Laser-Aided Plasma Diagnostics, UCLA
1987
Los Angeles, CA
Appointed to External Advisory Committee to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Controlled Thermonuclear Research Division (1987 - 1991)
1987
1988
Member IEDM Technical Subcommittee on Vacuum Electronics
1988
Member of Technical Program Committee, 1988 Tri-Service Cathode Workshop, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
1988
Fort Monmouth, Oceanport, NJ
Technical Committee Member 1988 Monterey Microwave Power Tube Conf.
1988
1989
Member of Technical Program Committee, 1989 Tri-Service Cathode Workshop
1989
Member, of Technical Program Committee, Monterey Microwave Power Tube Conf.
1989
1990
Chairman, IEDM Subcommittee on Vacuum Electronics
1990
Member of Technical Program Committee, 1990 Tri-Service Cathode Workshop
1990
Cleveland, OH
Member, Technical Program Committee, Monterey Microwave Power Tube Conf.
1990
Member, Program Committee of 8th APS Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics
1990
Hyannis, Barnstable, MA
1991
Member, Program Committee for APS DPP Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting, November
1991
1992
Member, Program Committee, 9th APS Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics
1992
Santa Fe, NM
Member, 9th International Conf. on High Power Particle Beams National Steering Committee
1992
Washington D.C., DC
1993
Started a job at University of California, Davis
1993
Davis, CA
1994
Member, Program Committee for APS DPP Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting
1994
Member, International Advisory Board of the 20th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW1995)
1994
Chairman, Committee to select the winner of the 1994 Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
1994
Member, Program Committee, 10th APS Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics
May 8th, 1994
Rochester, NY
Member of Technical Committee, Monterey Power Tube Conference
May 12th, 1994
Monterey, CA
Chairman, Program Committee for International Conference on Plasma Science and Technology
June 16th, 1994
1995
Member, International Advisory Board of the 21st International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW1996)
1995
1996
Senior Member, IEEE MTT, ED and NPS (1996 - 2002)
1996
Member, International Advisory Board of the 22nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave
1996
Co-Chair, 11th APS Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics
May 13th, 1996
Monterey, CA
1997
Member, Program Committee for APS DPP Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting
1997
Member, International Advisory Board of the 23rd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW1998)
1997
Program Committee, 1997 Laser Aided Plasma Diagnostics Conference
September 22nd, 1997
1998
Member, Electron Device Society Vacuum Devices Technical Committee
1998
Member, Organizing Committee, 4th Workshop on High Energy Density and High Power RF
1998
Pajaro Dunes, CA
Chair, 24th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 1999)
1998
Chairman, Organizing Committee for 1999 Laser Aided Plasma Diagnostics Conference
1998
1999
Member, International Advisory Board of the 25th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2000)
1999
2000
Member, Organizing Committee for 2001 Laser Aided Plasma Diagnostics Conference
2000
Member, International Advisory Board of the 26th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2001).
2000
2001
Co-Organizer, 5th Workshop on High Energy Density and High Power RF
2001
Snowbird, UT
Member, IEEE Executive Committee of the Plasma Science and Applications Committee of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society (2001 -2003)
2001
Member, International Advisory Board of the 27th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2002)
2001
2002
Member, Organizing Committee, 6th Workshop on High Energy Density and High Power RF
2002
West Virginia
Member, International Advisory Board of the 28th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2003).
2002
Member, Executive Committee for University Fusion Association (2002 - 2003)
2002
Member, UC Davis Cancer Center
2002
Fellow, IEEE
2002
Organizer, U.S.-Japan Workshop on Fluctuation Diagnostics
February 27th, 2002
Davis, CA
Member, Organizing Committee on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT2002)
August 18th, 2002
Beijing, China
2003
Member, US ITER Project Advisory Committee (2003 - 2006)
2003
Member, International Advisory Board of the 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2004).
2003
Reviewer, Department of Energy, Small Business Innovation Research Grants.
2003
2004
Member, International Advisory Board of the 30th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2005).
2004
Member, Program Committee for the 2005 Joint IRMMW/THz Electronics Conference.
2004
Member, Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED), Office of Defense (2004 - 2007)
2004
2005
Scientific Reviewer, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institute of Health.
2005
Reviewer, CERC review of the Zisken application.
2005
Participated in UC Discovery Grant, Industry-University Cooperative Research Program (IUCRP).
2005
Member, Chancellors Ad Hoc Committee
2005
Member, International Advisory Board of the 31st International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2006).
2005
Chairman Organizing Committee, 7th Workshop on High Energy Density and High Power RF
June 13th, 2005
Kalamata, Greece
Chairman Organizing Committee, 17th International Symposium on Laser-Aided Plasma Diagnostics
September 26th, 2005
Snowbird, UT
2006
Scientific Reviewer, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institute of Health.
2006
Member, International Advisory Board of the 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2007).
2006
2007
Member, Executive Committee of the IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Committee.
2007
Member, International Advisory Board of the 33rd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2008)
2007
Proposal Reviewer for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
2007
2008
Proposal Review Panel Member, National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), NIH.
2008
Member, Kenneth J. Button Prize (Institute of Physics Medal) Committee.
2008
Member, International Advisory Board of the 34th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Wave (IRMWW 2009).
2008
2009
Board Member, International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz International) Society
2009
2010
Reviewer, DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) Program
2010
2011
Honorary Guest Editor, special issue for Journal of Terahertz Science and Technology
2011
2013
Member of the International Advisory Committee of “The Cooperative Innovation Center on Terahertz Science,”
2013
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2019
Plenary Session Chair, IVEC 2019
2019
Member, IEEE EDS Vacuum Electronics Committee
2019
Member, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Fellow Evaluation Committee
2019
2020
Emeritus IOC Member (Advisory) Infrared and Millimeter Wave
2020
2025
Passed away
September 5th, 2025
Walnut Creek, CA
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