Process and Organization
APS-DPP Community Planning Process
The APS-DPP Community Planning Process (DPP-CPP) is a strategic planning process with the goals of identifying scientific and technological opportunities in the fields of Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Science, and making consensus recommendations for a strategy to address these opportunities to the DOE Office of Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee (FESAC).
The DPP-CPP was initiated by the APS-DPP executive committee in order to help FESAC fulfill a charge from DOE to develop a strategic plan for the DOE Office of Fusion Energy Science (FES). In this charge, the DOE Deputy Director for Science, Dr. Stephen Binkley, requests “that the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) undertake a new long-range strategic planning activity for the Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program. The strategic planning activity—to encompass the entire FES research portfolio (namely, burning plasma science and discovery plasma science)—should identify and prioritize the research required to advance both the scientific foundation needed to develop a fusion energy source, as well as the broader FES mission to steward plasma science.”
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PC members will
- Organize and lead workshops
- Recruit people for sub-groups etc. as needed
- Solicit white papers
- Synthesize community input into reports
PC members in different topical areas will work in parallel or together to organize topical workgroups
PC members will work together across topical areas to provide input for cross-cuts
Some PC members will focus on organizing topical areas; others will focus on organizing cross-cuts
Co-Chairs
- Coordinate among topical and cross-cutting areas
- Lead PC to organize workshops, etc.
- Lead PC to prepare input to FESAC
- Oversee of entire process to ensure completeness and fairness
Program Committee
- Organize and lead workshops
- Set dates / locations
- Help define expected output
- Invite speakers, advocacy groups, white papers
- Run working group sessions
- Lead expert groups
- Summarize output from workshops, expert groups, etc.
Expert Groups
Composition
- Led by PC members or designees
- Consist of community experts in pre-defined technical areas
- Community members can volunteer to join
Roles
- Review and refine high-priority gaps and relevant metrics
- Evaluate merits of proposed initiatives
- Ability to achieve proposed mission
- Feasibility of proposal
- Generate feedback for advocacy groups
Advocacy Groups
Composition
- Individuals, groups, or institutions who want to promote an initiative
- Not organized or led by PC members
Roles
- Develop proposals for strategic initiatives
- Present proposals in whitepapers and at workshops
- Address feedback from expert groups and working groups
Cross-Cutting Groups
Composition
- Led by PC members
- Consist of community experts across topical areas
- Community members can volunteer to join
Roles
- Lead working groups at workshops
- Coordinate across topical areas
- Help identify proposals that can contribute to multiple topical areas
How Can You Get Involved?
- Submit white papers for initiatives
- Join advocacy groups and expert groups
- Provide technical expertise to evaluate proposals
- Advance maturity of initiatives
- Participate in workshop discussions
DPP-CPP Program Committee Co-Chairs
Nate Ferraro - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Lauren Garrison - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nathan Howard - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carolyn Kuranz - University of Michigan
John Sarff - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Scott Baalrud - The University of Iowa
Wayne Solomon - General Atomics
Program Committee Members
MFE Program Subcommittee
Brunner, Dan (CFS) Hughes, Jerry (MIT)Biewer, Ted (ORNL) Jarvinen, Aaro (LLNL)Collins, Cami (GA) Magee, Rich (TAE)Grierson, Brian (PPPL) Mordijck, Saskia (William and Mary)Guttenfelder, Walter (PPPL) Petty, Craig (GA)Hegna, Chris (Wisconsin) Reinke, Matt (ORNL)Holland, Chris (UCSD) Shumlak, Uri (Washington)HEDP Program Subcommittee
Arefiev, Alex (UCSD) Hansen, Stephanie (SNL)Ditmire, Todd (UT Austin) Pickworth, Louisa (LLNL)Doss, Forrest (LANL) Rocca, Jorge (Colorado State)Frenje, Johan (MIT) Schaeffer, Derek (Princeton)Thomas, Cliff (LLE) Sean Finnegan (LANL)Gleason, Arianna (Stanford/SLAC)Fusion Materials & Technology Program Subcommittee
Caughman, John (ORNL) Lasa, Ane (UTK)Donovan, David (UTK) Nygren, Richard (SNL)Kolasinski, Rob (SNL) Tynan, George (UCSD)Hammond, Karl (Missouri) Setyawan, Wahyu (PNNL) Humrickhouse, Paul (INL) Zinkle, Steve (ORNL/UTK) Discovery Plasma Science Program Subcommittee
Scime, Earl (WVU) Dubin, Dan (UCSD)Ji, Hantao (Princeton) Schaffner, David (Bryn Mawr)Sinars, Dan (SNL) Den Hartog, Daniel (Wisconsin)Vincena, Stephen (UCLA) Raitses, Yevgeny (PPPL)Shannon, Steven (NC State) Cross-Cut Leaders
Theory & Computation- MFE: Holland, Chris (UCSD) (Chair)- HEDP: Doss, Forrest (LANL)- FM&T: Hammond, Karl (Missouri)- DPS: Dubin, Dan (UCSD)Measurement & Diagnostics- MFE: Biewer, Ted (ORNL)- HEDP: Frenje, Johan (MIT) (Chair)- FM&T: Kolasinski, Rob (SNL)- DPS: Den Hartog, Daniel (Wisconsin)
Enabling Technology- MFE: Brunner, Dan (CFS)- HEDP: Ditmire, Todd (UT Austin) - FM&T: Nygren, Richard (SNL)- DPS: Shannon, Steven (NC State) (Chair)
Workforce Development- MFE: Shumlak, Uri (Washington)- HEDP: Sean Finnegan (LANL)- FM&T: Donovan, David (UT-Knoxville) (Chair)- DPS: Schaffner, David (Bryn Mawr)