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)