Professional Service:

  • Co-Chair of the Integrated Operation Scenarios Topical Group
    International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA)
    2021-present
  • Member of the EU DEMO Diagnostics and Control Review Panel
    EUROfusion
    Garching, Germany, May 11-14, 2020 (Remote Participation)
  • Member of the “Controls” Panel
    DOE FES/ASCR Workshop on Advancing Fusion With Machine Learning
    Gaithersburg, MD, April 30 – May 2, 2019
  • Leader of the Operations and Control Topical Group
    United States Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO)
    2017-2019
  • US Member of the Integrated Operation Scenarios Topical Group
    International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA)
    2016-present
  • Deputy Leader of the Operations and Control Topical Group
    United States Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO)
    2015-2017
  • Member of the "Beyond Interpretive Simulations" Panel
    DOE-FES Community Planning Workshop on Integrated Simulation
    Rockville, MD, June 2015
  • Founding Chair of the Technical Committee on Power Generation
    IEEE Control Systems Society
    2010-2015
  • Member of the ITER Plasma Control Group (PCG)
    Charged with the Conceptual Design of the ITER Plasma Control System (PCS)
    Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Integrated Product Team (IPT), ITER
    2010-2012
  • Member of the Organizing Committee and Writing Team
    National Workshop on New Research Directions for Future CP Energy Systems
    Baltimore, MD, June 2009