Technical Committees
Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Awards
Two awards are granted at the Particle Accelerator Conferences held in North America (PAC or IPAC). Meet our 2025 PAST Award and PAST Doctoral Student Award winners.
September 2025Technical Committee Update: Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Committee (NMISC)
The NMISC held the Mid-Year general meeting via Zoom on June 10, 2025. During this meeting, we discussed many items with focus on engaging our technical community for our conference and bylaws.
September 2025Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects News
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Phelps Award Winners, and provide details for 2026 award nominations.
September 2025Plasma Science and Applications Committee
The Plasma Science and Applications Committee (PSAC) has a lot in the works -- read more here or on our brand-new website — your central hub for all things ICOPS, PSAC news, initiatives, and conference updates.
September 2025Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee
Despite the tense geopolitical situation and travel and budget restrictions in some countries, we had a great turnout at the Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference in Berlin, Germany. Read about our upcoming conferences and nominations for 2026 awards are now open.
September 2025Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee
Congratulations to our 2025 award winners for PPST who will all be recognized during the upcoming PPPS Conference in Berlin.
June 2025Update from the Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Committee (NMISC)
NMISC is actively working on updating our TC’s constitution and bylaws, forging strong collaboration with RISC on many common matters, and is looking forward to a strong turnout for 2025 NSS/MIC/RTSD in Yokohama, Japan.
June 2025Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences (NMISC) Update
NMISC welcomed newly elected members, is reviving it subcommittee activities, and is looking forward to a strong turnout for abstract submissions to 2025 NSS/MIC/RTSD in Yokohama, Japan.
March 2025Pulsed Power Science and Technology — Upcoming Election
The PPST committee elections are coming up soon and we are looking to fill four positions on the committee and one position for our AdCom representative.
March 2025Particle Accelerator Science and Technology
We are looking for nominations for two 2025 Awards and a Doctoral Student Award, which will be granted at the North American Particle Accelerator Conference 2025 (NAPAC’25).
March 2025Nominations for 2025 NSREC Awards
Nominations are due January 24, 2025, for awards that will be presented at the IEEE NSREC 2025 Conference in Nashville.
December 2024Technical Committee Update: Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences (NMISC)
NMISC made a solid transition plan for its secretary, held its annual meeting in Tampa, FL during 2024 NSS/MIC/RTSD, participated in the site selection process of the 2028 conference, and engaged in planning the third NMISC-driven NPSS School in Vietnam in 2025.
December 2024Updates from the Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee at NSS/MIC/RTSD Conference
The recent NSS/MIC/RTSD conference provided the opportunity to present the annual Radiation Instrumentation Awards
December 2024Radiation Effects Annual Report
Read about the IEEE Radiation Effects Committee annual open meeting which was held during NSREC in Ottawa, Canada.
December 20242024 Radiation Effects Awards
A number of Radiation Effects awards were presented at the recents NSREC conference in Ottawa.
December 20242024 Phelps Award Winners
The 2024 Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grants were awarded at the opening of the NSREC Conference on July 22, 2024. The grants included tuition for the 2024 NSREC Short Course and a check for $1000. Learn more about our exceptional award winners.
September 2024Nominations for 2025 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Awards
We are now accepting nominations for awards that will be presented at the IEEE NSREC 2025 Conference, July 14-18, in Nashville, Tennessee.
September 2024Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee
Preparations are also in full swing for the 2024 NSS/MIC in Tampa. We are looking forward to the scientific, social portions, and meeting many of you in-person at the conference. We strongly encourage everyone to take advantage of the early-bird conference registration deadline.
September 2024Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee
Please save the date for our combined PPPS Conference to be held in Berlin, Germany, on June 15-20, 2025. Congratulations to the winners of the Arther H. Guenther Pulsed Power Student Award, who will be recognized at PPPS in Berlin!
September 2024Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Awards
The 2024 PAST Awards and the PAST Doctoral Student Award were presented at the 2024 International Particle Accelerator Conference.
June 2024Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee
We look forward to seeing everyone at the EAPPC Conference in Amsterdam in September 2024! Please also consider nominating outstanding students or colleagues for one of the three PPST awards this year.
June 2024Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences
During Q2 2024, NMISC seeks nominations for its three major awards that will be presented at its annual conference later this year, plans for the Mid-Year meeting, organizes another NPSS EduCom-supported school in Indonesia, and is busy with other subcommittee activities jointly with RISC.
June 2024Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee
Read about our annual member-at-large RITC election, NPSS-RITC Awards, and WiE Family Cares Grant.
June 2024Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences
In 2024, NMISC has new leadership, especially vice-chair Mitra Safavi-Naeini who joined this year. We look forward to forging stronger partnerships with RISC through joint subcommittees with the goal of improving our joint annual conferences.
March 20242023 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference Awards
March 2024Plasma Science and Applications Committee
Highlights include the announcement of the 2024 award winners for both the PSAC Award and the Igor Alexeff Outstanding Student in Plasma Science Award. Plus, an update on the upcoming 51st IEEE ICOPS and the 4th APCOPTS, which will be held jointly in Beijing, China
March 2024Particle Accelerator Science and Technology
The world’s accelerator scientists and engineer gather in Nashville, TN, for a the International Particle Accelerator Conference.
March 2024Radiation Instrumentation
Read abou our annual NPSS-RITC award nominations, 2024 NSS/MIC/RTSD, new IEEE WiE Family Cares Grant, and SCINT-2024
March 20242023 IEEE NPSS Radiation Effects Award
Ken LaBel, NASA GSFC, received the 2023 IEEE NPSS Radiation Effects Award for sustained contributions to the radiation survivability of electronics in space and leadership across the radiation effects community
December 2023Nominations for 2024 Radiation Effects Awards
Nominations for 2024 Radiation Effects Awards are due January 26th, 2024, and will be presented at the IEEE NSREC 2024 Conference, July 22nd – 26th, in Ottawa, Canada.
December 2023Radiation Effects
The IEEE Radiation Effects Committee (REC) held its annual Open Meeting on July 27th at the 2023 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC).
December 2023Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences
At the time of writing, we are preparing for the 2023 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD meeting. Similar to last year, the meeting will be a hybrid event, with the in-person venue being the Vancouver Convention Centre is downtown Vancouver, Canada from November 4th -11th, 2023.
December 2023Radiation Effects 2023 Phelps Award Winners
The 2023 Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grant was awarded to four student members from the radiation effects community.
September 2023Radiation Instrumentation
We just successfully concluded the first of our RISC-related technically cosponsored conferences, ANIMMA 2023
September 2023Particle Accelerator Science and Technology
The International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC’23, held in Venice, Italy this year, is the largest event in the accelerator field and this year’s conference drew a record attendance.
September 2023Pulsed Power Science and Technology
We had a great turnout for the 2023 Pulsed Power Conference in San Antonio, TX, in June.
September 2023